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Accel reportedly in talks to lead $1B round for Thinking Machines at $40B valuation (techcrunch.com)

2026-09-03 | by Marina Temkin | tags: thinking machines, openai, accel

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Gamma acquires Accel-backed design startup Lica (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-25 | by Ivan Mehta | get Logitech Spotlight presentation remote → | tags: accel, lica, design startup

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Accel-backed Keenable is indexing the web for AI agents (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-25 | by Anna Heim | tags: yandex, keenable, ai chatbots

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Accel closes oversubscribed $550M India fund within weeks, 19 months after its last (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-11 | by Jagmeet Singh | tags: accel, india fund, consumer internet

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DOGE Veterans Are Landing Big Jobs at Prediction Markets (wired.com)

2026-07-30 | by Kate Knibbs | tags: doge, polymarket, accel

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DrDroid (YC W23) Is Hiring (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-18 | tags: drdroid, accel, playbooks

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Backed by $60M in funding, Oak steps out of stealth to fix the identity mess that AI agents are making worse (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-15 | by Anna Heim | tags: accel, identity, morag

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Chips Startup Fractile Raises $220 Million to Speed Up AI Queries (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-05-13 | get AI Chip Development Kit → | tags: accel, accel peter, factorial

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Guitar tuner that uses phone accelerometer (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-08 | get Korg PitchCrow-G Guitar Tuner → | tags: accel tuner, phone accelerometer, guitar

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Laravel raised money and now injects ads directly into your agent (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-16 | by Gareth Dwyer | get Ad Injection Browser Extension → | tags: laravel, accel, laravel cloud

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Accel raises $5B to back late-stage bets (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-15 | by Dominic-Madori Davis | get Accel Growth Fund → | tags: accel, anthropic, data center

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Accel, Prosus pick six ‘off-the-map’ startups for inaugural India cohort (techcrunch.com)

2026-03-24 | by Jagmeet Singh | get Startup Incubator Kit → | tags: accel, prosus, praan

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Google, Accel India accelerator chooses 5 startups and none are ‘AI wrappers’ (techcrunch.com)

2026-03-16 | by Jagmeet Singh | get Google Pixel 7 → | tags: google, accel india, ai startups

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Cursor has reportedly surpassed $2B in annualized revenue (techcrunch.com)

2026-03-03 | by Marina Temkin | get Mouse → | tags: cursor, bloomberg, accel

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One-time hot insurance tech Ethos poised to be first tech IPO of the year (techcrunch.com)

2026-01-20 | by Julie Bort | get Ethos Insurance → | tags: accel, backed, billion

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One-time hot insurance tech Ethos poised to be first tech IPO of the year (techcrunch.com)

2026-01-20 | by Julie Bort | get Ethos Insurance → | tags: accel, backed, billion

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Nvidia and Alphabet VC arms back vibe coding startup Lovable at $6.6 billion valuation (cnbc.com)

2025-12-18 | by Kai Nicol-Schwarz | get TensorFlow → | tags: accel, accel khosla, alphabet

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Google and Nvidia VC arms back vibe coding startup Lovable at $6.6 billion valuation (cnbc.com)

2025-12-18 | by Kai Nicol-Schwarz | get TensorFlow → | tags: accel, accel khosla, global

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Vibe coding startup Lovable's latest funding round values it at $6.6 billion, sources say (cnbc.com)

2025-12-16 | by Kai Nicol-Schwarz | get Smartwatch → | tags: accel, billion, lovable

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Google teams up with Accel to hunt for India’s next AI breakouts (techcrunch.com)

2025-11-25 | by Jagmeet Singh | get Google Cloud → | tags: accel, founders, google

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The global race for the AI app layer is still on (techcrunch.com)

2025-11-12 | by Anna Heim | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: accel, botteri, cloud

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Accel backs Uber rival Rapido as Prosus boosts stake (techcrunch.com)

2025-11-06 | by Jagmeet Singh | get Rapido → | tags: accel, billion, prosus

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Accel and Prosus team up to back early-stage Indian startups (techcrunch.com)

2025-10-31 | by Jagmeet Singh | get Chromebook → | tags: accel, india, partnership