
Ben Bergman
Senior Correspondent, Venture Capital and Startups at Business Insider
Senior Correspondent @BusinessInsider, investigating VC/startups. Big into tennis, skiing and poker. Got a tip? Message me securely on Signal: BenBergman.11
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5 days ago |
businessinsider.es | Ben Bergman |Effie Webb |Charles Rollet |Hugh Langley
Google, xAI y otras tecnológicas están tomando distancia de Scale AI a toda velocidad. Apenas unas horas después de que Meta anunciara su inversión de 14.300 millones de dólares (unos 13.000 millones de euros) en la startup de etiquetado de datos, Google detuvo varios proyectos en curso con la empresa, según correos internos a los que ha tenido acceso Business Insider. Dos contratistas ya habían observado que Google venía reduciendo su colaboración con Scale AI.
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1 week ago |
businessinsider.com | Rosalie Chan |Charles Rollet |Effie Webb |Ben Bergman
Google, xAI, and other tech companies aren't wasting any time distancing themselves from Scale AI. Just hours after Meta announced a massive $14.3 billion investment in the data labeling startup, Google halted multiple projects with the company, according to internal correspondence obtained by Business Insider. Google had already been winding down its work with Scale AI, two contractors working on its projects told BI.
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2 weeks ago |
businessinsider.com | Leena Rao |Ben Bergman |Henry Blodget
Accel, the storied venture firm that invested early in Facebook and Slack, is set to lead a new funding round in the Swedish "vibe coding" startup Lovable at a valuation of at least $1.5 billion, according to multiple sources familiar with the deal. Vibe coding, which allows novices with limited programming expertise to create code using AI, has been all the rage lately.
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2 weeks ago |
businessinsider.com | Leena Rao |Ben Bergman |Henry Blodget
At a recent dinner for tech investors in San Francisco, venture capitalists discussed the usual industry gossip on deals before turning to a more nagging question: Who is behind the Arfur Rock X account? "The guessing game was certainly going on," said Dylan Itzikowitz, a principal at South Park Commons who attended the dinner. "There are a lot of rumors about who he is."Cloaked in anonymity, Rock is on a mission to bring more transparency to tech, as long it's good news.
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4 weeks ago |
businessinsider.de | Ben Bergman
Laut General-Catalyst-CEO Hermant Taneja ist „Venture ist bequem und faul geworden“. Sam Barnes/Sportsfile for Collision via Getty Images Venture-Firmen unterstützen normalerweise hochfliegende Tech-Startups. Deshalb haben sich viele in der Branche den Kopf zerbrochen, als General Catalyst (GC) eine Krankenhauskette kaufte.
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This is a pretty bleak chart from @cartainc: 63% of 2019 funds have yet to return any cash. https://t.co/ToTsjWY671

Vibe coding is all the rage, and now @Accel is set to lead a new funding round in the Swedish startup @lovable_dev at a valuation of at least $1.5 billion. The company went from zero to $17 million ARR in its first three months. https://t.co/KirPDZihQa

RT @deedydas: Meta is currently offering $2M+/yr in offers for AI talent and still losing them to OpenAI and Anthropic. Heard ~3 such cases…