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The fallout of Lambda School and why income share agreements did not take off
Why the AngelList founder is betting on the future of social audio
Recap on what's hot, what's not, and what the trends mean for the rest of the venture world
Cross-border investing in 2024, why larger funds are splitting up operations, plus the results of our latest VC comp survey
Thoughts on the news, secondary effects of AI-generated videos, plus the best things we found last week
Looking back at what Seibel accomplished as the head of YC, thoughts on courage vs. commitment, plus the seven best things we read last week
What to make of the Telegram IPO rumors, metrics for business efficiency, plus our best links from the past week
Why hardware investing is making a comeback, what categories of hardware are scoring the most investment dollars, and questions we're asking ourselves when thinking through hardware investments
Why GPs are starting to bring on founders as LPs and why this can act as an advantage for savvy funds
OpenAI's BIG bet, who's backing it, and the questions we're asking ourselves
how Lightspeed is working around a closed IPO window to return sticky capital to LPs
