Pablo Palafox likes to say his company is “getting started” even as its valuation just crossed ten figures. HappyRobot, the startup that builds AI agents to run the phone calls, emails, and scheduling that keep supply chains moving, just raised a $150 million Series C at a $1.2 billion valuation, Fortune learned exclusively. Prysm Capital
Six twentysomethings in East London have built what they say is the anti-San Francisco hacker house. The goal is a “holistic improvement in life,” rather than “12 weeks, Demo Day is coming,” Rowan Aldean, 26, explained. Intrigued, I spent an afternoon visiting the house, meeting its residents, and doing a vibe check. I arrived after
Russia has accused Telegram founder Pavel Durov of facilitating terrorism over allegations that the messaging app has been used for recruitment by the Ukrainian secret services. The FSB, Russia’s national security service, said Telegram had been used “to prepare and coordinate acts of sabotage and terrorism” within Russia and had not removed channels, chats and
For 19-year-old Arlan Rakhmetzhanov, there is no middle ground. Either build a company as valuable as Google, he says, or fail and end up on the street. He started coding at age 15 in his native Kazakhstan, completed a couple of summer programs in San Francisco, and DMed every Y Combinator founder he could find
There is one founder making waves in the AI industry who is not an American tech billionaire like Elon Musk, Sam Altman or Dario Amodei. Yang Zhilin is the 34-year-old researcher and entrepreneur behind Chinese company Moonshot AI and its new open-weight Kimi K3 AI model, which caught the attention of Silicon Valley this week.
Hinge founder Justin McLeod announced an $18 million fundraising for his new dating company, Overtone. McLeod stepped down from his CEO role at Hinge last year, and Hinge owner Match Group, which also owns apps like Tinder and OkCupid, is helping fund his new venture, along with FirstMark Capital and Pace Capital. While details about