Julie Bort
Startups and VC Desk Editor at TechCrunch
Startups and VC desk editor, TechCrunch. Formerly Business Insider, IDG, author of two books. I'm a mom, skier and mountain biker.
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techcrunch.com | Julie Bort
The latest San Francisco startup culture drama happened on Monday night. And it centered around “the most legendary party that never happened,” Cluely founder and CEO Roy Lee tells TechCrunch. Cluely had hoped to throw an after-party for a Y Combinator event occurring on Monday and Tuesday called AI Startup School. The event drew crowds thanks to scheduled speakers like Sam Altman, Satya Nadella, and Elon Musk. Cluely is an AI startup born of controversy and rage-bait comedy marketing.
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flipboard.com | Julie Bort
Trump’s sons say their new phone will be built in the US. Experts say it looks a lot like a phone from ChinaNew York CNN — When the Trump Organization unveiled its new Trump Mobile wireless service on Monday, it said its upcoming T1 smartphone will be “proudly designed and built in the United States.” But experts told CNN they’re skeptical that a smartphone can be built in the US based on the …
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techcrunch.com | Julie Bort
OpenAI said Monday the U.S. Department of Defense granted it a contract for up to $200 million to help the agency identify and build prototype systems that use its frontier models for administrative tasks and more.
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techcrunch.com | Julie Bort
Spend management startup Ramp announced on Tuesday that it raised a $200 million Series E led by its largest investor, Founders Fund, at a post money $16 billion valuation. This is a jaw-dropping $3 billion increase over the $13 billion valuation Ramp announced just a few months ago in March from a $150 million secondary share sale. It’s current valuation is also more than double the $7.65 billion Ramp hit a little over a year ago when it raised $150 million at a $7.65 billion post money.
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technewstube.com | Julie Bort
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