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STARTUPS
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Startup Program Eligibility Requirements for AI Founders
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Startups are eligible for the program if they have raised <$20M in equity funding, are less than 5 years old, and are associated with one of our Startup Partners. Learn more and apply today:
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Perplexity Launches Startup Program with API Credits
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Introducing Perplexity for Startups
— Perplexity (@perplexity_ai) 8 avril 2025
We're launching our startup program to help you and your team spend less time researching and more time building.
Eligible startups can apply to receive $5000 in Perplexity API credits and 6 months of Perplexity Enterprise Pro for their… pic.twitter.com/1gt1L9If5bIntroducing Perplexity for Startups We're launching our startup program to help you and your team spend less time researching and more time building. Eligible startups can apply to receive $5000 in Perplexity API credits and 6 months of Perplexity Enterprise Pro for their
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Sequoia & Replit CEO Vision: 1 Billion Developers Beyond AGI
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A Better End State than AGI? Sequoia Capital & Replit CEO Amjad Masad on 1 Billion Developers pic.twitter.com/dpKHCTegjG
— Replit ⠕ (@Replit) 8 avril 2025A Better End State than AGI? Sequoia Capital & Replit CEO Amjad Masad on 1 Billion Developers
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H2O.ai Named Among 20 Hottest AI Cloud Companies 2025
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Big news: http://
H2O.ai named one of the 20 Hottest AI Cloud Companies on the 2025 #CRNAI100 list! Proud to be in great company with @awscloud , @Broadcom @SnowflakeDB Google Cloud @Microsoft , @CoreWeave @Oracle + other leaders. We're building the best -
Startup secures $83M funding from top venture capital firms
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announcing our $83M funding.
— KREA AI (@krea_ai) 8 avril 2025
s/o to our great investors @a16z @BainCapVC @pebble_bed @AbstractVC @HF0Residency
read the story 👇 pic.twitter.com/sAG4Y7Dggeannouncing our $83M funding. s/o to our great investors @a16z @BainCapVC @pebble_bed @AbstractVC @HF0Residency read the story
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Krea AI Startup Achieves 20x Revenue Growth in 14 Months
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the past 14 months at Krea have been hectic. we rolled out over 50 major product updates, grew to over 20 million users organically, and 20x'd our revenue – all with a team of 8 working out of a living room in San Francisco, CA. read the full story here:
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Krea AI Raises $83M for AI Image and Video Platform
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Krea AI just raised $83M in funding from Bain Capital Ventures and others
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) 8 avril 2025
The startup is building a unified browser-based platform that brings together tools to generate, edit, and customize AI-generated images and videospic.twitter.com/u4wQFABN8lKrea AI just raised $83M in funding from Bain Capital Ventures and others The startup is building a unified browser-based platform that brings together tools to generate, edit, and customize AI-generated images and videos
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AI Efficiency: Strategic VC Funding and Burn Rate Management
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“The safest modus operandi is to assume your last [venture capital] fundraise is indeed your last one for a while. Leverage AI where you can to ease pressure on [cash] burn and to create efficiency gains.”
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Custom GPT Strategy Reveals Company Recruitment and Business Models
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I spoke w/ the founder of @madebymonks_ about building a custom GPT based on his personality and what it reveals about the company's overall AI strategy — from recruitment efforts and team structures to new business models. Link to my @Digiday story about WesleyBot in the .