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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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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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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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.
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Series A Valuations Double: Shifting Startup Funding Expectations
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expectations are rising too series a median ARR more than doubled in 4 years our expectation at pre-seed has changed too
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Tech Valuations Expand at Premium Market Segment
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valuations are getting rising – more specifically, expanding at the top
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Liberal Arts Major Achieves Writing Success With AI Assistant
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not bad for a liberal arts econ major who’s never written a paper
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AI-Powered Marketing Video Freelancers for Startups
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any freelancers focused on creating marketing videos for startups, leveraging ai? a port co asked me if I knew anyone who could build videos like our launch one (pinned on my profile) (drop work below and I’ll pass it on)
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Testing Maximum Autonomy Level on Replit Platform
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finally trying autonomoy level max on replit will let you know how it goes