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CEOs of Perplexity, Applied Intuition, Flapping Airplanes, Vercel & General Catalyst Join Cerebral Valley Speaker Lineup Ahead of Our Summit…
New speakers join our main-stage lineup for Thursday, Nov. 12
Nov 6
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Madeline Renbarger
and
Eric Newcomer
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The Blue Tsunami Is a Victory for Democracy — and a Wake-Up Call for Silicon Valley
Plus, more election takeaways & a Silicon Valley vs. Wall Street spat over business models
Nov 6
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Jonathan Weber
,
Madeline Renbarger
, and
Cain Hillier
21
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Introducing Emergent: The Founder-Generated Startup List
These 29 early-stage startups were identified by Newcomer summit speakers as potentially generational companies. We’re pleased to be working with…
Nov 5
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Eric Newcomer
,
Madeline Renbarger
, and
Riley Konsella
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EXCLUSIVE: Sequoia Parts Ways With Half-a-Dozen Partners, Shuts European Office Amid AI-Era Reorg
Three US-based investors were pushed out as the VC firm shakes up its structure
Nov 5
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M. Sriram
and
Tom Dotan
23
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Latest Fundraising Efforts Show OpenAI & Anthropic on Divergent Paths
Tepid interest in its latest financing & Anthropic’s enterprise dominance have left OpenAI scrambling for a strategy
Nov 4
•
Tom Dotan
34
Compute Crunch? Startups Aim to Financialize It
Thrive, General Catalyst, a16z, and FirstMark Capital are backing firms building trading markets & selling access to GPUs
Nov 2
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Madeline Renbarger
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October 2026
Big Tech Defied Tradition With a Risky Bet on Trump. It’s Not Looking Like a Winner.
Plus, Anthropic S-1 reactions & a requiem for ‘Rest of World’
Oct 30
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Jonathan Weber
,
Madeline Renbarger
,
Cain Hillier
, and
M. Sriram
20
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EXCLUSIVE: Former Sequoia India Partners Launch Mettle Capital with $350 million Fund
The new India-focused fund comes after an acrimonious split with the spun-off Sequoia unit
Oct 29
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M. Sriram
49
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The New Space Race: Startups Press Ahead on ‘Orbital Infrastructure,’ Test Feasibility of Data Centers
Beaming energy to Earth is a big stepping-stone for upstart satellite & rocket companies
Oct 28
•
Cain Hillier
52
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Anthropic’s S-1: Key Data Points & Fun Facts for Venture Investors
Revenue growth of 1300% year-over-year is the key to it all
Oct 26
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Madeline Renbarger
and
Cain Hillier
22
2
Anthropic’s Pending IPO Has Silicon Valley on the Edge of Its Seat
Plus, SemiAnalysis takes heat over data center figures & a16z tops a well-regarded ranking of AI VCs
Oct 23
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Jonathan Weber
,
Madeline Renbarger
, and
Cain Hillier
26
2
The Story of Anthropic’s Cap Table: VCs Showed Up Late to the Party, Toting All the Cash They Could Wrangle
Iconiq, Menlo, & Lightspeed are set to be the biggest venture winners in the upcoming IPO. None have more than 2% of the company.
Oct 22
•
Tom Dotan
58
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