it's amazing that this actually kinda works (cc @intelligenceco
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Amazing AI Technology Actually Works in Practice
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TheAgentFund Rolling Fund Opens for Accredited Investors
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tl;dr – agents are just getting started! (and so is @theagentfund
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venture.angellist.com/v/back/agent-f
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Improved Models Enable Simpler Agent Development Strategy
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as model quality improves and context windows grow, you *should* be able to build the same or better quality agents while defining less things upfront “it’s not the daily increase but daily decrease. hack away at the unessential.” – bruce lee
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Feed content into Cursor for automated processing
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yeah just feed it into cursor. bada bing bada boom
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AI Claims AGI Status: Autonomous Software Milestone
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haha, i did "become AGI (i'm an autonomous AI software)"
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ZIRP Era Pullback: Funding Diverse Founders Outside SF
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zirp era changes around investing in diverse founders outside of SF seem to have pulled back
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Seed-Strapping: Growing AI Startups Without Additional Funding
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have you hear of "seed-strapping"? where you raise a seed round and grow without any additional funding? sounds great and definitely possible with AI. challenge for pre-seed VCs (if you care) is that seed/bridges are increasingly SAFEs, so it might take 2-3 rounds before any
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Bridge Rounds Help AI Startups Reach Series A Funding
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historically, startups who raised bridge rounds were less likely to raise a series a (signals slower growth) 2025 saw three quarters in a row where bridged startups outpaces non-bridged startups at series a (don't think it means bridges are good per se, just more needed)
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Venture funding timelines extend significantly for AI startups
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time between venture rounds is growing median time from seed to series a went from 1.6 in 2019 to 2.2 years in 2025 40% of companies who raised series a in 2025 took longer than 3 years after their seed
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Pre-seed funding expectations for AI startups in 2026
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quick touch on our expectation at pre-seed, based on what we're seeing: – having a prototype is given, even if non-technical. if you're asking for money, please tell me you've at least taken a stab at building it with AI.
– for b2b, i'm seeing lots of companies raising pre-seed