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New York City’s startup ecosystem saw $718.1M deployed across 50 deals in December 2024. This analysis examines venture ...

Artificial intelligence has become so ubiquitous these days that we barely realize when we’re using it. Sophisticated algorithms help Siri locate the nearest grocery store and tell us what movies to ...

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Chris Fralic is a Partner at First Round Capital. Since joining the firm in 2006, he has focused in areas such as advertising technology, social media, ecommerce and gaming. He also serves as a board ...

Eight years ago, not even a million dollars went into startups focused exclusively on humanoids. Today, the total amount of private capital for the industry has climbed over $1.4B. Just this month, ...

Living in NYC with the ever-increasing rents requires you to stay in an apartment for a few years, wait until the rent becomes unbearable, and then move somewhere else. This cycle is often repeated ...

So you’ve quit your soul-sucking corporate job and are ready to enter the big, bad world of startups. You’ve got your idea all laid out and even managed to find a few partners to work with. But ...

Some of them want to see traction. Some will invest on blind faith. Still others won’t look at more than a one-page elevator pitch. Many are founders themselves, but no matter what their preferences, ...

This past fall Peter Thiel, founder of PayPal and Palantir, delivered a talk entitled “Competition is for Losers” at Stanford University’s Center for Professional Development. Thiel’s lecture title ...