Startup investor ranks have fallen another 25%—can they come back to life? https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/active-vc-firms-shrink-zombie-funds
Lux Q3 2024 Report https://www.luxcapital.com/news/lux-q3-2024-report
Q3 2024 PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor https://pitchbook.com/news/reports/q3-2024-pitchbook-nvca-venture-monitor
9 VC firms collected half of all money raised by US funds in 2024 https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/us-vc-fundraising-concentration-andreessen-horowitz
General Catalyst, a16z capture 44% of US VC fundraising in 2024 https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/general-catalyst-a16z-funds-lp-commitments
49 US startups have become unicorns so far in 2024: Here’s the full list https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/24/38-startups-have-become-unicorns-so-far-in-2024-heres-the-full-list/
Thinning the Herd: ~50% of Unicorns Should No Longer Be Unicorns – A VC Specialist’s Viewpoint https://www.industryventures.com/insight/thinning-the-herd/
Forward, Startup Behind ‘Doctor in Box’ Healthcare Modules, to Shut Down https://www.theinformation.com/articles/forward-startup-behind-doctor-in-box-healthcare-modules-to-shut-down
Bowery, once a leading indoor farming company valued at $2.3B, shuts down https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/bowery-indoor-farming-agtech-company-ceases-operations
Electric aircraft startup Lilium has run out of money https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/24/lilium-shuts-down-electric-aircraft-germany-startup/
InVision design collaboration services shutdown https://www.invisionapp.com/inside-design/invision-design-collaboration-services-shutdown/
US fintech Tally to shut down after failing to secure “necessary funding” to continue operations https://www.fintechfutures.com/2024/08/us-fintech-tally-to-shut-down-after-failing-to-secure-necessary-funding-to-continue-operations/
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff claims Microsoft has done a ‘tremendous disservice’ to the AI industry https://fortune.com/2024/10/25/salesforce-ceo-marc-benioff-microsoft-ai-copilot-disappointed/
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff Has Thoughts on AI Agents, Automation, and The Future of Your Job https://youtu.be/MS3xYlVc8i4
Marc Benioff says it’s ‘crazy talk’ that AI will hurt Salesforce, wants a billion AI agents in a year https://techcrunch.com/podcast/marc-benioff-says-its-crazy-talk-that-ai-will-hurt-salesforce-wants-a-billion-ai-agents-in-a-year/
OpenAI reportedly working on AI agent slated for January release https://mashable.com/article/openai-reportedly-working-ai-agent-slated-january-release
AMA with OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Kevin Weil, Srinivas Narayanan, and Mark Chen https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/1ggixzy/ama_with_openais_sam_altman_kevin_weil_srinivas/
The AI agents have arrived https://www.platformer.news/anthropic-ai-agents-computer-use-consequences/
Anthropic Wants Its AI Agent to Control Your Computer https://www.wired.com/story/anthropic-ai-agent/
Rabbit now lets you teach the R1 to perform tasks for you https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/21/24302600/rabbit-r1-ai-agent-teach-mode-tasks