a16z wants to start competing for PE deals, Anduril nears a $12.5b valuation, why VC is weighed down by its 2021 vintage, and funding for self-driving cars is starting to pick up
Plus H.I.G. raises fresh funds, what changes when transitioning from operator to VC, what worries Vinod Khosla, and Tim Tebow joins a venture fund
Plus Apple might partner with Meta on AI, Deel's latest valuation numbers, and why seed investors have stopped investing alongside blue-chip firms
Positive signs for EMs, long live vertical AI, Hamilton Lane raises a massive secondaries fund, and most AI hype stocks have fallen this year
AI goes after white collar jobs, the EU is going after big tech, an OpenAI exec is starting a new company, and China's top AI companies are coming to America
Who got funded from YC W24, LPs want infra exposure, how to think about venture debt, and Europe spurs defense tech investments
The six newest unicorns from last month, OpenAI wants to change their non-profit status, and SaaS revenue is still in a rut
AMZN becomes a major gen AI player, pensions want out of private equity, Lightspeed shifts to secondaries, and funding for visual media is up 90%
OpenAI hits $3.4b in revenue, Elon Musk's pay package gets approved, Brex abandons the co-CEO model, and the number of active VCs in Europe drops 50%
Tegus gets acquired, exits multiply for continuation funds, the challenge of raising a second-time fund, plus GM pours $850m into Cruise
Every new AI feature from Apple's WWDC, the most-active investors in May, American AI companies are poaching talent from China, and 'anti-woke' shareholders are going after corporate boards
PE returns keep trending down, the biggest updates coming out of Apple's WWDC, the latest on Elon Musk's pay package, and Collaborative Fund snags $125m to tackle climate
