Updates on Venture Capital

Every AI story we track on Venture Capital: 122 stories so far, each summarized in our own words and linked to the publisher that reported it.

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Today's stories

OpenAI cuts its valuation target to $1.25tn as it nears a $30bn round

The Next Web

This week

The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: AI Drives A Varied Lineup Of Large Financings

Crunchbase
Finance12 min read

In AI, it’s a tale of two diverging investor classes

SiliconANGLE

Andreessen Horowitz Renames a16z Crypto, Expands Fund Beyond Crypto

Unite.AI

Acquirers Are Snapping Up Boom-Era Startups That Haven’t Raised Funding In Years

Crunchbase

Jon Gray Rebuts AI Bubble Warnings, Calls Demand ‘Parabolic’

Bloomberg
Education10 min read

‘Weird And Maybe Uninvestable’: How Reach Capital Spots Its Venture Winners

Crunchbase

When A Startup Sells, Its Employees’ Equity Plans Can Change Overnight

Crunchbase
Finance38 min read

AI Had Better Work Out

Where's Your Ed At

Ken Griffin Says AI ‘Almost Certainly’ in a Bubble Right Now

Bloomberg

US Sanctions Chinese Venture Firm in Google AI Secrets Case

Bloomberg
Finance8 min read

Fintech Funding Fell 21% In Q3 As Deals Grew Scarcer

Crunchbase

How To Build A Billion-Dollar Company Without Venture Capital

Crunchbase

Top venture capitalist Jenny Lee says Asian startups are speeding toward IPOs

CNBC
Finance8 min read

LatAm Startup Funding Jumps 26% In Q3 As VCs Begin ‘Rediscovering’ The Region

Crunchbase

This month

Society & Culture5 min read

I went to see why Silicon Valley can't stop laughing at Elizabeth Holmes

Business Insider

Asia’s Startup Funding At Near Record High In Q3, Driven By AI

Crunchbase

Want to work for a billionaire investor? Vinod Khosla is hiring.

Business Insider

38 Companies Join The Crunchbase Unicorn Board In Blockbuster September, Led By Semiconductor, Fintech And Space Tech Companies

Crunchbase

Fifth Wall’s Brendan Wallace On Why The Best Proptech Bets May Not Look Like Proptech

Crunchbase
Finance3 min read

EIF’s incoming chief says Europe’s Tech Champions funds hold 15 unicorns

The Next Web

Gen Alpha founders are already pitching VCs. Here's what investors want them to know.

Business Insider

Vittorio Colao: Europe missed the digital wave and must not miss the next

The Next Web

Priya Saiprasad, General Partner at Touring Capital – Interview Series

Unite.AI
Finance4 min read

Active Investors Kept Up The Deal Pace In Q3, Even As Funding Fell

Crunchbase

One of Anthropic's earliest backers shares where he's investing now, and offers advice to founders

Business Insider

Dealroom CEO says Europe’s first trillion-dollar startup may already exist

The Next Web

Europe Posted Its Strongest Quarter In Q3 In 4 Years, As Its Venture Ecosystem Expands Beyond The UK

Crunchbase

Europe’s startups had their best quarter in 4 years, Crunchbase data shows

The Next Web
Finance5 min read

US venture deal value reaches record $515.8B as exits fail to keep pace

SiliconANGLE

Anthropic's secret weapon is its CEO's charm, one of its earliest investors says

Business Insider

The final Disrupt Stage lineup: Three days of conversations you won’t hear anywhere outside of TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

TechCrunch

Endeavor Catalyst closes $320M fund as Europe becomes its top growth market

The Next Web

Venture Firm Behind Chip Startup Groq Targets $10 Billion Megafund

The Wall Street Journal

Meet the Startup Battlefield 200 judges who’ll decide the winner at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

TechCrunch

Crunchbase Data: Q3 2026 Posted A Record Count Of Billion-Dollar Rounds As The Global AI Race Heats Up

Crunchbase

American investors are touring China’s robot factories to size up the competition

Business Insider
Finance2 min read

SoftBank completes $30bn OpenAI investment with final $10bn payment

Covered by 2 sources

IMC 2026 to put DeepTech at centre of startup programme ASPIRE

ET AI (The Economic Times)

MuleSoft founder’s DIG Ventures closes $120M fund for AI infrastructure

The Next Web
Finance6 min read

The IPO Window Is Opening Selectively; Readiness Will Decide Who Gets Through

Crunchbase

Peak XV ups Surge seed investment ceiling to $5M, unveils 18-startup cohort

TechCrunch

Next 5 VCs judging Startup Battlefield 200 contenders at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

TechCrunch

This Early Groq Investor Expects Half Her Bets To Fail

Crunchbase

The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Cybersecurity, AI And Health Take The Lead

Crunchbase

Mark Wahlberg is coming to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, and he wants to talk about your work, not his

TechCrunch

Lightspeed targets $250M for new India fund, focusing on early-stage AI

TechCrunch

Meet the next wave of VCs judging Startup Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

TechCrunch

Software Investor Warns About Flawed Billion-Dollar AI Valuations

Forbes
Finance3 min read

Jumbo-Sized Series A Rounds Are On The Rise

Crunchbase

StrictlyVC at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Inside the changing rules of venture capital

TechCrunch

Khosla Ventures Taps Ex-OpenAI Executive Tal Broda for Infrastructure Investing

The Wall Street Journal

Meet the next wave of VCs judging Startup Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

TechCrunch
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