Imgur has raised $20M from Coil, a micropayment tool for creators that Imgur has agreed to build into its service ~tech social media Article 655 words 14 votes
Uber raises $1 billion for its self-driving unit from SoftBank Vision Fund, Toyota, and DENSO ~transport Article 5 votes
OpenAI, after announcing that their language model was "too good to release", have moved most of their staff into a corporation "capped at 100x returns on investment". ~tech Article 942 words, published Mar 11 2019 16 votes
Many companies like Lyft and Uber are going public without having profits - The last time this was so common was in 2000, right before the dot-com bubble burst ~tech Article 1840 words 15 votes
Reddit raises $300 million at $3 billion valuation - interview with Steve Huffman ~tech social media Article 784 words 31 votes
Tim O'Reilly: The fundamental problem with Silicon Valley’s favorite growth strategy ~tech Article 9010 words, published Feb 5 2019 17 votes
Reflecting on my failure to build a billion-dollar company ~finance business Article 3267 words 24 votes
Reddit is raising another $150 million to $300 million in venture capital ~tech social media Article 777 words 53 votes
Gaming chat startup Discord raises another $150M, surpassing $2B valuation ~tech Article 274 words 14 votes
VC folks talk about social media, community, and the failings - includes ex-product head of YouTube ~tech social media Video 40:42 3 votes
Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian has $225 million in fresh funding to back health and elder tech startups ~tech Article 309 words 9 votes
GitLab raises $100 million from Iconiq, GV, and Khosla, at $1.1 billion valuation ~comp Article 550 words 16 votes
The rise of giant consumer startups that said no to investor money ~finance business Article 2745 words 9 votes
The entire economy is MoviePass now. Enjoy it while you can. ~finance business Article 1462 words 6 votes