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Marina Temkin

Marina Temkin

Venture Capital and Startups Reporter at TechCrunch TV

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The 9 most sought-after startups from YC Demo Day

We asked YC-focused investors to name the startups from the Summer 2025 batch that generated the most interest.
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Sources: AI training startup Mercor eyes $10B+ valuation on $450 mi...

The two-year-old startup has been in discussions with investors for a Series C round.
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Exclusive: AI training startup Mercor eyes $10B+ valuation on $450 ...

Mercor, a startup that connects companies like OpenAI and Meta with domain experts needed to train and refine their foundational AI models, is in discussions with investors for a Series C round.
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Netskope follows Rubrik as a rare cybersecurity IPO, both backed by...

The 13-year-old company could be valued up to $6.5, with Lightspeed's stake worth $1.1 billion.
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AI logistics startup Augment, from Deliverr’s founder, raises massi...

The new funding, which was led by Redpoint, comes just five months after the startup launched out of stealth with a $25 million seed round.
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Orchard Robotics, founded by a Thiel fellow Cornell dropout, raises...

Orchard Robotics, founded by a Thiel fellow Cornell dropout, raises $22M for farm vision AI
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911 centers are so understaffed, they’re turning to AI to answer calls

The company offers an AI voice assistant that helps 911 centers handle non-emergency calls.
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Exclusive: Assort Health nabs $50M to automate patient phone calls,...

The company's AI voice agents are designed to take over high-volume, repetitive tasks like scheduling, cancellations, and frequently asked questions normally managed by front desk staff.
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Google vet raises $8M for Continua to bring AI agents to group chats

David Petrou, founding member of Google Goggles and Google Glass, wants to enhance group chats with AI.
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Exclusive: The high costs and thin margins threatening AI coding st...

Coding assistant startups are highly unprofitable, says a source familiar with Windsurf financials.
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Tavily raises $25M to connect AI agents to the web

The one-year-old startup raised a Series A led by Insight Partners.
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Clay confirms it closed $100M round at $3.1B valuation

The AI sales automation startup raised fresh funds, led by CapitalG, just months after its last round.
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Venture firm CRV raises $750M, downsizing after returning capital t...

The 55-year-old VC firm announced its twentieth fund.
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Exclusive: More details emerge on how Windsurf’s VCs and founders g...

VCs and founders took much of the $2.4 billion, but money was left for a payout to all employees, sources say.
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Kleiner Perkins-backed Ambiq pops on IPO debut

The 15-year-old chipmaker saw its shares climb 61% above its IPO price by the close of its first trading day.
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Anthropic reportedly nears $170B valuation with potential $5B round

The new round is being led by Iconiq Capital, with the possibility of a co-lead investor joining.
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AI data analyst startup Julius nabs $10M seed round

Julius is designed to act like a data scientist by analyzing and visualizing extensive datasets and then performing predictive modeling from natural language prompts.
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Chime backer Lauren Kolodny bets on AI to revolutionize estate proc...

Acrew Capital's Kolodny led a $20 million Series A in Alix, a startup that uses AI to automate estate processing.
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VC Victor Lazarte is leaving Benchmark to launch his own firm

Lazarte has only been at Benchmark for two years. He backed startups like Mercor, HeyGen, and Decart AI.
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Latent Labs launches web-based AI model to democratize protein design

The company claims that its model achieved state of the art on specific metrics.
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Benchmark in talks to lead Series A for Greptile, valuing AI-code r...

YC alum Greptile raises $30M Series A.