Cottage Cheese Shortages Are Driven by TikTok and ‘Protein-Maxxing’
A couple of months ago, the cottage cheese at my local grocery store went missing. When I asked the cashier ...
Tag: private equity
Morpho raises $175 million in a round led by a16z crypto, Paradigm, and Ribbit Capital
Paul Frambot has a message for the “suits” at traditional financial institutions. “I think TradFi is going to have to ...
Mecka AI raises $60 million to train robots with human data sourced from body sensors and iPhones
Data is the oil of the AI boom—and the startup Mecka AI hopes to tap the vast reservoir of hand ...
Elon Musk’s best friend could make $100 billion on SpaceX. His firm is also owed billions
His name is Antonio Gracias, a handsome private equity investor from Detroit. The two met through the Silicon Valley web ...
Exclusive: Vanta hits $300 million ARR as ‘shadow AI’ explodes across corporate America
Most corporate employees in America have likely signed up for ChatGPT. And Claude. And possibly Cursor. Their employer’s security team ...
a16z-backed Infinite Machine is building e-bikes that feel like mopeds. Cyclists may have qualms
Last week, in Queens, I met up with Infinite Machine CEO Joseph Cohen at his startup’s new vibey office space ...
Blend’s post-IPO reset: CEO Nima Ghamsari bets that AI can turn it all around
Blend’s CEO Nima Ghamsari wants to talk less about the past decade’s fintech sugar high and more about recovering from ...
AI is reshaping the doctor visit—just not how you think
Digital health startups raised $14.2 billion in 2025, up 35% from 2024, with AI‑enabled companies capturing 54% of that capital ...
Private equity is eying Asia’s healthcare funding gap as countries get wealthier and older
Asia is getting wealthier, older—and potentially sicker, as rates of non-communicable disease rise across Southeast Asia. Yet governments aren’t investing ...
The one-person unicorn: Myth, miracle, or the future of startups?
Does the one person unicorn exist? Or is it the startup version of a ‘cryptid,’ a mythical creature that is ...
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