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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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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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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AI Startup Offers Artificial Citation Boost for Scientists
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My new AI startup charges 1 cent per paper citing yours on arXiv. For $10K you can become the most cited scientist of all time.
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Harry’s 20VC Podcast: AI Adoption Bottlenecks and Opportunities
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After listening to multiple of Harry's 20VC podcasts, it was fun to appear on it. We talked about bottlenecks in AI adoption, US/China geopolitics, what opportunities remain to build in (tldr: a lot), and more! https://t.co/O4S0TYmpDF
— Andrew Ng (@AndrewYNg) 20 novembre 2025After listening to multiple of Harry's 20VC podcasts, it was fun to appear on it. We talked about bottlenecks in AI adoption, US/China geopolitics, what opportunities remain to build in (tldr: a lot), and more!
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Eric and Kay’s AI Company Growth Impressive
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Congratulations Eric! The speed with which you and Kay are building is impressive, and it's been thrilling to see the company's growth under your leadership!
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NVIDIA GPU Bottlenecks: Why Cerebras is Challenging the Market Leader
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After 9 years at NVIDIA, James Wang left and joined @cerebras.
— Cerebras (@cerebras) 20 novembre 2025
In this Big Chip Club episode, @draecomino breaks down the bottlenecks of NVIDIA GPUs, and what's keeping them OUT OF first place…
Drop your follow-up questions below 👇 pic.twitter.com/K3vxsQ8AQyAfter 9 years at NVIDIA, James Wang left and joined @cerebras
. In this Big Chip Club episode, @draecomino breaks down the bottlenecks of NVIDIA GPUs, and what's keeping them OUT OF first place… Drop your follow-up questions below -
Profluent Raises $106M Led by Bezos for Biology AI
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yesterday, @profluentbio announced a $106m round led by jeff bezos and altimeter, with big checks from me @airstreet and friends at spark and insight. on @airstreetpress
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State of AI Meetup in London with Industry Leaders
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t-2 weeks til we're back in london for @airstreet state of ai meetup, ft:
– @rosstaylor90 of @genreasoning – @youssef_a_mejj of @synthesiaio and yours truly on @stateofai
! come hang with 150 ai friends across big tech, ai labs, startups and academia