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Back to news homeSilicon Valley Bank’s Collapse Chills Start-Up Funding
Jonathan Nelson had lined up commitments for $2 million in new funding for his financial technology start-up, HF.Capital, from two investors last month. He was aiming for $2.5 million and […]
Chatbot Start-Up Character.AI Valued at $1 Billion in New Funding Round
Character.AI, a 16-month-old start-up that builds online chatbots, said on Thursday that it had raised $150 million in a recent funding round that valued the company at $1 billion.Character.AI is […]
Crypto Wants Its Shine Back
At a cryptocurrency conference in Denver this month, a group of singers clad in bright orange onesies took the stage to perform what one industry website later described as an anthem for […]
48 Hours Till Payroll, $200,000 to Go: Diary of a Bank Failure
Sara Mauskopf’s day-to-day concerns — her customers, her employees, her own three children — don’t typically involve the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. She is the chief executive of Winnie, a […]
Silicon Valley Bank’s Deep Ties to the Tech Industry
When Kleiner Perkins, one of Silicon Valley’s highest-profile venture capital firms, wanted to build a bridge between two of its office buildings around 2005, it decided to take out a […]
Inside the Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank
Gregory Becker, the chief executive of Silicon Valley Bank, leaned back in his chair at a technology conference last week in San Francisco’s luxurious Palace Hotel, and delivered a bullish […]
AI Funding Frenzy Escalates
The blooming flowers include Dust, a start-up founded by former employees of OpenAI. Dust is nearing a $5 million funding round led by Sequoia Capital that will value it at […]
An AI Start-Up Boomed, but Now It Faces a Slowing Economy and New Rules
Cutting costs to shorten the company’s timeline for profitability, he said, was essential to appease investors and possibly sell shares to the public in a few years. “We have to […]
Silicon Valley Bank Collapse Sets Off Blame Game Between Crypto and Tech
SAN FRANCISCO — For once, the crisis didn’t seem to revolve around a cryptocurrency company.The sudden collapse of Silicon Valley Bank on Friday set off panic across the technology industry. […]