A nonprofit-adjacent fund discovers that backing entrepreneurs outside Silicon Valley is surprisingly expensive.
Read full article →Open-weight model arrival imminent; threat level to incumbents: moderate concern, maximum press release.
Read full article →Daniel Ek's Neko Health joins a crowded field of venture-backed body scanners racing to medicalize wellness before anyone asks if they should.
Read full article →Enterprise sales doubled since July, which means exponential forever, obviously.
Read full article →Analysts have discovered that training computers requires money — a shocking development that somehow justifies the largest capital misallocation forecast in history.
Read full article →The firm that spent a decade telling kids college was obsolete now operates an academy—because the market finally called their bluff.
Read full article →Forerunner Ventures plans to liquidate its entire $1.26B stake—because nothing says 'growth company' like your lead investor sprinting for the exits.
Read full article →Roo Capital and Grand Ventures bet $34 million that marketing-speak counts as product strategy.
Read full article →Sam Altman announces company needs more time to perform the safety work it just performed.
Read full article →Anthropic's Dario Amodei demands immediate slowdown in AI development while his company remains the beneficiary of unlimited venture capital.
Read full article →DumbCapital covers venture capital and M&A in North America with the skepticism these markets have long deserved and rarely received. We are not impressed by large numbers. We are not moved by press releases. All articles are satirical commentary based on real, publicly reported deals. Nothing here is financial advice.