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Exowatt • Sep 10, 2024

Altman-backed startup bets on heat and the sun to tackle AI's massive carbon footprint

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Exowatt • Sep 10, 2024

Altman-backed startup bets on heat and the sun to tackle AI's massive carbon footprint

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Exowatt • Sep 10, 2024

Altman-backed startup bets on heat and the sun to tackle AI's massive carbon footprint

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Atomic • Sep 9, 2024

Best Workplaces for Innovators 2024: General Excellence

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Atomic • Sep 9, 2024

Best Workplaces for Innovators 2024: General Excellence

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Butter • May 12, 2024

Exclusive: Butter raises $10M to combat failed payments

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Butter • May 12, 2024

Exclusive: Butter raises $10M to combat failed payments

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Exowatt • Apr 23, 2024

OpenAI’s Sam Altman is funding a green-energy moonshot as AI’s power demands grow to ‘insatiable’ levels

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Exowatt • Apr 23, 2024

OpenAI’s Sam Altman is funding a green-energy moonshot as AI’s power demands grow to ‘insatiable’ levels

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Exowatt • Apr 22, 2024

Why Sam Altman is betting on solar to help power AI

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Exowatt • Apr 22, 2024

Why Sam Altman is betting on solar to help power AI

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Exowatt • Apr 21, 2024

Sam Altman and others are investing $20 million in a startup tackling AI's energy problem

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Exowatt • Apr 21, 2024

Sam Altman and others are investing $20 million in a startup tackling AI's energy problem

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Exowatt • Apr 21, 2024

Sam Altman invests in energy startup focused on AI data centers

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Exowatt • Apr 21, 2024

Sam Altman invests in energy startup focused on AI data centers

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Replicant • Sep 15, 2023

Consumer frustration grows as customer service becomes more automated

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Replicant • Sep 15, 2023

Consumer frustration grows as customer service becomes more automated

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OpenStore • Aug 15, 2023

Keith Rabois' startup OpenStore is launching an accelerator program for Shopify merchants

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OpenStore • Aug 15, 2023

Keith Rabois' startup OpenStore is launching an accelerator program for Shopify merchants

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Found • Aug 8, 2023

Weight loss drugs: the battle over coverage

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Found • Aug 8, 2023

Weight loss drugs: the battle over coverage

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Butter • Jul 23, 2023

Butter Payments service to prevent lost subscriptions revenue

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Butter • Jul 23, 2023

Butter Payments service to prevent lost subscriptions revenue

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Atomic • May 19, 2023

Atomic CEO says this is best time to build companies

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Atomic • May 19, 2023

Atomic CEO says this is best time to build companies

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Atomic • May 15, 2023

Exclusive: venture studio Atomic raises $320 Million for its fourth fund and adds ex-Postmates CFO as GP

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Atomic • May 15, 2023

Exclusive: venture studio Atomic raises $320 Million for its fourth fund and adds ex-Postmates CFO as GP

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Butter • Jan 10, 2023

Butter Payments raises $22 Million to target a massive problem for subscription companies

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Butter • Jan 10, 2023

Butter Payments raises $22 Million to target a massive problem for subscription companies

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Butter • Dec 12, 2022

61 fintechs set to take off in 2023, according to top investors

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Butter • Dec 12, 2022

61 fintechs set to take off in 2023, according to top investors

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Atomic • Nov 16, 2022

Communications as a VC weapon

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Atomic • Nov 16, 2022

Communications as a VC weapon

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Boompop • Nov 16, 2022

BoomPop gains traction by designing high-end off-sites for a remote-first world

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Boompop • Nov 16, 2022

BoomPop gains traction by designing high-end off-sites for a remote-first world

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Boompop • Nov 2, 2022

Why a corporate retreat 'arms race' is hitting post-pandemic remote workplaces

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Boompop • Nov 2, 2022

Why a corporate retreat 'arms race' is hitting post-pandemic remote workplaces

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OpenStore • Oct 23, 2022

With $150M in tow, OpenStore expands mission to bring serendipity to online shopping

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OpenStore • Oct 23, 2022

With $150M in tow, OpenStore expands mission to bring serendipity to online shopping

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Homebound • Oct 21, 2022

Buyers are paying as much as $1.5M for burner lots near Boulder, Co

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Homebound • Oct 21, 2022

Buyers are paying as much as $1.5M for burner lots near Boulder, Co

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Atomic • Sep 22, 2022

The 26 most important VCs in Miami, according to other VCs

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Atomic • Sep 22, 2022

The 26 most important VCs in Miami, according to other VCs

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Playbook • Aug 28, 2022

A financial-planning startup got almost 40% of its customers from TikTok and Instagram

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Playbook • Aug 28, 2022

A financial-planning startup got almost 40% of its customers from TikTok and Instagram

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Bungalow • Aug 24, 2022

Get used to startups trying to reinvent housing

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Bungalow • Aug 24, 2022

Get used to startups trying to reinvent housing

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Atomic • Aug 14, 2022

Meet the 30 young leaders forging a new future for the healthcare industry in 2022

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Atomic • Aug 14, 2022

Meet the 30 young leaders forging a new future for the healthcare industry in 2022

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Terminal • Aug 11, 2022

Tech’s offshore hiring has gone into overdrive

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Terminal • Aug 11, 2022

Tech’s offshore hiring has gone into overdrive

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Found • Aug 9, 2022

Scaling a weight loss startup with Found’s Swathy Prithivi and Atomic’s Jordan Kong

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Found • Aug 9, 2022

Scaling a weight loss startup with Found’s Swathy Prithivi and Atomic’s Jordan Kong

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Homebound • Jul 25, 2022

Why this founder feels confident facing the economic downturn

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Homebound • Jul 25, 2022

Why this founder feels confident facing the economic downturn

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Found • May 24, 2022

In her own words: Sarah Jones Simmer’s cancer, IPO lead to CEO

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Found • May 24, 2022

In her own words: Sarah Jones Simmer’s cancer, IPO lead to CEO

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OpenStore • May 23, 2022

Keith Rabois has acquired 40 Shopify sellers in the past year through his startup OpenStore

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OpenStore • May 23, 2022

Keith Rabois has acquired 40 Shopify sellers in the past year through his startup OpenStore

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OpenStore • May 22, 2022

I sold my Shopify store for nearly $1 million only 8 months after launching it

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OpenStore • May 22, 2022

I sold my Shopify store for nearly $1 million only 8 months after launching it

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Atomic • Apr 25, 2022

Five questions with Atomic's Jordan Kong

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Atomic • Apr 25, 2022

Five questions with Atomic's Jordan Kong

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Replicant • Apr 25, 2022

Call center automation software vendor Replicant raises $78M

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Replicant • Apr 25, 2022

Call center automation software vendor Replicant raises $78M

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Atomic • Mar 15, 2022

Atomic's Hadley Wilkins defines the why, what and how of brand building

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Atomic • Mar 15, 2022

Atomic's Hadley Wilkins defines the why, what and how of brand building

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Atomic • Mar 7, 2022

America's best startup employers: Homebound, Bungalow

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Atomic • Mar 7, 2022

America's best startup employers: Homebound, Bungalow

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Homebound • Feb 28, 2022

People are using AI to remodel their homes way faster

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Homebound • Feb 28, 2022

People are using AI to remodel their homes way faster

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Raydiant • Feb 15, 2022

Raydiant, which develops in-store digital signage, lands $30M

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Raydiant • Feb 15, 2022

Raydiant, which develops in-store digital signage, lands $30M

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Homebound • Feb 14, 2022

Tech-enabled homebuilder Homebound raises $75M series C Led by Khosla

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Homebound • Feb 14, 2022

Tech-enabled homebuilder Homebound raises $75M series C Led by Khosla

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Homebound • Feb 13, 2022

10 people defining the future of real estate tech

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Homebound • Feb 13, 2022

10 people defining the future of real estate tech

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Atomic • Feb 2, 2022

How Miami became the most important city in America

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Atomic • Feb 2, 2022

How Miami became the most important city in America

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Playbook • Jan 26, 2022

This startup wants to help young high-earners retire early by saving on taxes

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Playbook • Jan 26, 2022

This startup wants to help young high-earners retire early by saving on taxes

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Atomic • Dec 27, 2021

The biggest tech trends of 2022 according to over 40 experts

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Atomic • Dec 27, 2021

The biggest tech trends of 2022 according to over 40 experts

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Found • Dec 15, 2021

Weight care management startup Found lands $100M at a $600M valuation

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Found • Dec 15, 2021

Weight care management startup Found lands $100M at a $600M valuation

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Butter • Nov 30, 2021

Butter raises $7M to end ‘accidental’ customer churn due to payment failure

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Butter • Nov 30, 2021

Butter raises $7M to end ‘accidental’ customer churn due to payment failure

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OpenStore • Nov 16, 2021

OpenStore raises $75 million to acquire more Shopify sellers, reaches $750 million valuation in eight months

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OpenStore • Nov 16, 2021

OpenStore raises $75 million to acquire more Shopify sellers, reaches $750 million valuation in eight months

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Atomic • Nov 16, 2021

Atomic has launched 14 startups in the last 12 months (and they’re getting funded); here’s how it works

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Atomic • Nov 16, 2021

Atomic has launched 14 startups in the last 12 months (and they’re getting funded); here’s how it works

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Found • Sep 29, 2021

She ran Bumble’s IPO while being treated for breast cancer. Now she’s becoming a CEO

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Found • Sep 29, 2021

She ran Bumble’s IPO while being treated for breast cancer. Now she’s becoming a CEO

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Found • Sep 29, 2021

Found comes out of stealth with $32M in funding, former Bumble exec as its new CEO

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Found • Sep 29, 2021

Found comes out of stealth with $32M in funding, former Bumble exec as its new CEO

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Hims & Hers • Aug 24, 2021

Inspired by Airbnb, Hims & Hers offers 10,000 free medical visits to displaced Afghan refugees

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Hims & Hers • Aug 24, 2021

Inspired by Airbnb, Hims & Hers offers 10,000 free medical visits to displaced Afghan refugees

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