OpenAI to acquire the team behind executive coaching AI tool Convogo

OpenAI is acquiring the team behind executive coaching AI tool Convogo in an all-stock deal, adding to the firm’s M&A spree.

Go-to-market strategies for an AI era 

In the season finale of Build Mode, Isabelle Johannessen sits down with Paul Irving, partner and COO of GTMfund, to discuss go-to-market strategies for the AI era. Paul shares specific, actionable advice on how early-stage startups can win even when fa…

Why this VC thinks 2026 will be ‘the year of the consumer’

AI adoption in enterprise is stalling as companies don’t know where to start. Vanessa Larco of Premise VC thinks 2026 will be the year of the consumer.

Former Bolt CEO Maju Kuruvilla’s startup triples to $100M valuation

Spangle has raised $15 million in a Series A round to expand its AI-generated shopping experiences.

Yes, LinkedIn banned AI agent startup Artisan, but now it’s back

Several viral posts noticed that Artisan was banned. But the CEO tells us it wasn’t for the reasons many thought.

Shopify competitor Swap raises $100M six months after raising $40M

VC firms DST Global and Iconiq are piling into e-commerce startup Swap Commerce, which is going up against Shopify.

Where VCs think AI startups can win, even with OpenAI in the game

Vanessa Larco, partner at Premise and former partner at NEA, thinks 2026 will finally be the year of consumer AI.  Larco, who’s been investing in consumer and prosumer for years, thinks we’re about to see a shift in how …

How Quilt solved the heat pump’s biggest challenge

Quilt’s heat pumps are built containing a suite of sensors, which have delivered mountains of data that allow its engineers to wring added performance out of its systems.

Intel spinout Articul8 raises more than half of $70M round at $500M valuation

Articul8’s valuation for its current funding round marks a roughly fivefold increase since its Series A.

McKinsey and General Catalyst execs say the era of ‘learn once, work forever’ is over

Calacanis, General Catalyst’s Taneja, and McKinsey’s Sternfels discussed how AI is reshaping technology and the labor force.