Published on: 2025-06-28 16:52:14
In Brief LM Arena, a crowdsourced benchmarking project that major AI labs rely on to test and market their AI models, has raised $100 million in a seed funding round that values the organization at $600 million, according to Bloomberg. Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and UC Investments, which manages an investment portfolio for the University of California, led the fundraising. Lightspeed Venture Partners, Felicis Ventures, and Kleiner Perkins also participated. 📢We’re excited to share that we’ve
Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-27 09:27:34
In Brief Anysphere, the maker of AI-powered coding tool Cursor, has attracted $900 million in a fresh round of funding led by Thrive Capital, The Financial Times reported, citing anonymous sources familiar with the deal. Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and Accel are also participating in the round, which values Anysphere at about $9 billion, the report said. Cursor raised $105 million from Thrive and a16z at a $2.5 billion valuation, TechCrunch reported in December. Thrive Capital also led that ro
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-17 20:18:14
Andreessen Horowitz’s hiring spree continues. On Monday, Erik Torenberg announced that the giant VC firm had acquired his Turpentine podcast, with him joining as a general partner. Torenberg’s podcast focuses mostly on interviewing VCs at a variety of firms about their approach to investing. Recent guests include Accel’s Andrew Braccia, Seven Seven Six’s Alexis Ohanian, and Benchmark’s Sarah Tavel and Eric Vishria. Torenberg said he plans to continue with his podcast, but we’ll see if it chang
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-09-21 16:06:48
A16z Speedrun announced that its opening applications for its upcoming event, SR005, the fifth edition of its signature event. The 12-week startup speedrunning program begins on July 28 in Los Angeles, with a16z planning to invest up to $1 million into each company selected to participate. The event culminates in Demo Day, held on October 7 during SF Tech Week. Applications for the program close on May 11. Speedrun’s participants usually include those in the AI and interactive spaces, and their
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Former North Carolina congressman Patrick McHenry announced Wednesday that he landed a job with VC firm Andreessen Horowitz. He will be a senior advisor. His post on X said little about what the job entails, except to be advocating for startups (which a16z likes to call “little tech”) with policymakers. Andreessen Horowitz did not immediately respond to a request for comment. McHenry spent 20 years in Congress before retiring in January. As chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, h
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