I'm a senior editor at Forbes covering venture capital and startups, especially in cloud and AI, out of New York. I edit the Midas List and Under 30 for VC, and created the Midas List Europe and Cloud 100 lists. I've written more than a dozen cover stories on business leaders
XYZ Invested In Anduril And 15 Other Palantir Alumni Startups. Now It’s Branching Out.
XYZ Venture Capital, early backer of Anduril and 15 other Palantir alumni startups, added Camille Ricketts and Art Clarke as partners alongside $325 million in new funds.
Airtable’s New AI Tool Can Generate Apps From Just A Prompt — And Has CEO Howie Liu Back On Offense
Airtable’s new Cobuilder product generates apps just from a simple prompt — and has the $11.7 billion-valued startup back eyeing an IPO after painful job cuts.
Google Is Not Buying Wiz For $23 Billion After All
Wiz walked away from the $23 billion deal and will instead pursue an IPO, Wiz CEO Assaf Rappaport wrote employees in a letter obtained by Forbes.
Benchmark Is Raising A New $425 Million Fund For The AI Startup Era
VC firm Benchmark's $425 million ‘Benchmark 1' fund maintains its size to invest in a new ‘technological era," the firm said in a letter to investors obtained by Forbes.
Billionaire Steve Cohen’s Point72 Ventures Lays Off Fintech Team In Pivot Towards AI
Five investors, and likely multiple partners, are leaving Cohen’s fund as it shifts focus from fintech, the category where it had made more than half its 100-plus investments.