It was not a holiday week on the funding front, as a raft of largely AI-focused companies closed big rounds. The largest of these was a $1.5 billion financing to enterprise AI startup Fireworks AI, and a Series D for meal and delivery provider...
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This week, most of the largest U.S. startup funding rounds centered around the sector one would suspect: artificial intelligence. Beyond that, the...
Longstanding Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan passed away Monday at age 100. But for those of us old enough to remember the dot-com boom, his...
Co-founded by Molly Huyck and Amie Konwinski, Aequitas Invest's funding portal provides women-led businesses a way to raise capital. Crunchbase News...
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Exclusive: Juno, CPA-Founded Startup That Aims To Make Tax Returns Less Painful With AI, Raises $12M
AI tax prep automation startup Juno, founded to address the opportunities — and risks — that come with advances in AI, and built for underserved SMB...
Startups often miss out on valuable tax credits because they lack processes to identify, document and claim them throughout the year, writes guest...
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A fixture in Silicon Valley for decades, Tim Draper has built a reputation for bold, often contrarian bets that have yielded some of the industry’s...
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Ownwell, an AI-powered startup that appeals property taxes on behalf of homeowners, has secured $50 million in financing, including $30 million in...
High-growth startups often overlook sales and use tax, but expanding into new states or revenue streams can quickly trigger complex, state-specific...
Antitrust law was written for a different era and today’s tech giants move faster than regulators ever can. By the time the government files a case...
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For thousands of early-stage companies working on AI, biotech, climate tech and more, the U.S. government shutdown is an existential crisis. It...
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