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💻 Resources of the Week

In this section, you will find the best resources that we have seen in the last week. All of them help you grow your startup from 0 to 1.

🔥 An opinionated guide on which AI model to use in 2025

Choosing the right AI model in 2025? This guide breaks down the strengths of ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, and Perplexity, so you know exactly where to spend your money and time.

🔥 The definitive framework to find your next scalable user acquisition channel

This proven framework from growth leaders at Pinterest, Meta, and Descript will help you find the right user acquisition channels, so you can focus on what actually drives growth.

🔥 The marketing efficiency & attribution playbook: What today’s CMOs are tracking

A new benchmarking study reveals the key metrics, attribution models, and efficiency strategies that top B2B marketers use measure ROI and allocate budgets.

🔥 When should startups prioritize PMF Score over NPS?

Using NPS too early can mislead founders. PMF Score is a better indicator of real product demand. This guide breaks down when and how startups should use each metric to track growth effectively.

⚙️ Founder Tool of the Week

In this section, we share one tool that helps you build your startup.

🎬 Browserbase

This platform provides a reliable, high-performance infrastructure for running, managing, and monitoring headless browsers at scale. It allows developers to integrate web browsers into their AI applications without managing the complexities of browser infrastructure.

📕 Interesting read

Great ideas aren’t disappearing, they’re just waiting to be rediscovered. Packy McCormick dives into why so many modern startups are built on decades-old concepts and how today’s technology and shifting demand are finally bringing them to life.

💼 Get a Startup Job

🟢 Stealth Healthcare Startup is looking for a Founding Software Engineer

🟢 Generate:Biomedicines is looking for a Strategy and Business Development Associate Director/Director

🟢 R&D Co-Op is looking for a Product Designer

🟢 HeyGen is looking for a Demand Generation Marketer

🟢 Octopus Energy is looking for a Marketing Specialist

🗒️ Best Startup News of the Week

🗒️ Klarna files to go public on NYSE

Klarna is filing to go public on the New York Stock Exchange after two decades in business. The buy now, pay later giant has bounced back from its 2022 valuation crash, reporting $2.81 billion in revenue last year and returning to profitability. Its IPO will be a major test for venture-backed companies looking to revive the public markets.

🗒️ Y Combinator startups are fastest growing, most profitable in fund history because of AI

AI is supercharging Y Combinator startups like never before. CEO Garry Tan revealed that some companies are growing 10% per week, with a quarter of them relying on AI to write 95% of their code. With leaner teams and stronger revenue, these startups are proving that profitability, not just growth, is the new standard.

🗒️ Google acquires cybersecurity firm Wiz in historic deal

Google is making its biggest acquisition ever, buying cybersecurity startup Wiz for $32 billion in cash. The move strengthens Google Cloud’s security and AI capabilities, positioning it against AWS and Microsoft Azure. As regulatory scrutiny looms, this deal could redefine AI-driven cybersecurity and the future of cloud protection.

🗒️ Rippling sues Deel over alleged trade-secret theft

HR software firm Rippling is taking Deel to court, accusing the company of planting a spy to steal trade secrets. The lawsuit, filed in California, claims Deel violated racketeering laws and accessed confidential sales data. Deel denies the allegations and plans to counter the claims as the legal battle heats up.

🗒️ Sequoia shutters Washington D.C. office, lets go of policy team

Sequoia Capital is closing its Washington D.C. office and disbanding its policy team, marking a shift from other VC firms deepening ties with Capitol Hill. The move contrasts with Andreessen Horowitz, which has been expanding its political presence.

🗒️ Nvidia announces two ‘personal AI supercomputers’

Nvidia just unveiled its latest AI powerhouses, the DGX Spark and DGX Station, designed to let users prototype and fine-tune AI models at scale. Powered by the new Grace Blackwell chips, these machines promise unprecedented performance, with DGX Spark delivering up to 1,000 trillion operations per second.

🦄 Mega Funding Rounds of the Week

➡️ Ditto, a startup that provides a mobile database designed to keep applications functional even without consistent internet connectivity, raised an $82 million Series B round at a $462 million post-money valuation.

Raised: $82 million Series B round at a $462 million valuation. The co-leads were Top Tier Capital Partners and Acrew Capital, with Advance Venture Partners, Amity Ventures, Friends and Family Capital, Fundrise, Innovative Technology Fund, Internet Initiative Japan, and True Ventures also participating.

➡️ Mesh, a startup whose crypto payments network enables users to pay with various cryptocurrencies while allowing merchants to settle transactions in their preferred stablecoins, raised an $82 million Series B round.

Raised: $82 million Series B round. The deal was led by Paradigm, with additional participation from Consensys, QuantumLight Capital, and Yolo Investments.

➡️ Flock Safety, a startup that provides public safety products like automated license plate recognition cameras and a gunshot detection system, raised a fresh $275 million at a $7.5 billion valuation.

Raised: $275 million at a $7.5 billion valuation. The deal was led by Bedrock Capital, with previous investors Andreessen Horowitz, GreenOaks, Meritech Capital, Matrix Partners, and Y Combinator also participating.

➡️ Insilico Medicine, a company whose AI-powered drug discovery software analyzes biological and chemical data to identify promising drug candidates, raised a $110 million Series E round.

Raised: $110 million Series E round. The deal was led by Value Partners, with previous investors Warburg Pincus and Qiming Venture Partners also participating.

➡️ Lumafield, a startup that develops industrial X-ray CT scanners and software that allows engineers to see inside manufactured parts and products in 3D, raised a $75 million Series C round.

Raised: $75 million Series C round. The round was led by IVP, with additional participation from G2 Venture Partners, Wellington Management, as well as previous investors Spark Capital, DCVC, Kleiner Perkins, Lux Capital, and Matter Venture Partners.

➡️ Plata, a digital bank that offers credit cards and other financial services to consumers, raised a $160 million Series A round at a $1.5 billion valuation.

Raised: $160 million Series A round at a $1.5 billion valuation. The deal lead was Kora, with additional participation from Moore Strategic Ventures. The company has raised a total of $750 million in debt and equity.

➡️ Terabase Energy, a startup that uses robots to streamline the construction of large solar power plants, raised a $130 million Series C round.

Raised: $130 million Series C round. The deal was led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2.

➡️ Latigo Biotherapeutics, a startup that develops non-opioid medications to treat pain without the risk of addiction, raised a $150 million Series B round.

Raised: $150 million Series B round. The round was led by Blue Owl Capital, with Deep Track Capital, Access Biotechnology, Qatar Investment Authority, Cormorant Asset Management, Sanofi Ventures, Rock Springs Capital, UPMC Enterprises, and Kern Capital also participating, alongside previous investors Westlake Village BioPartners, Foresite Capital, 5AM Ventures, and Alexandria Venture Investments.

➡️ Maxion Therapeutics, a startup that develops antibody-based drugs targeting diseases driven by ion channels and G protein-coupled receptors, such as autoimmune disorders, chronic pain, and cardiovascular diseases, raised a $72 million Series A round.

Raised: $72 million Series A round. The deal was led by General Catalyst, with additional participation from British Patient Capital, British Business Bank, Solasta Ventures, and Eli Lilly, as well as previous investors LifeArc Ventures, Monograph Capital, and BGF.

➡️ Arbor Biotechnologies, a startup that develops gene-editing therapies for genetic diseases, raised a $73.9 million Series C round.

Raised: $73.9 million Series C round. The round was co-led by Arch Venture Partners and TCGX, with participation from QIA, Partners Investment, Revelation Partners, Kerna Ventures, and previous investors abrdn, Ally Bridge Group, Arrowmark Partners, Deep Track Capital, Piper Heartland Healthcare Capital, Surveyor Capital, Temasek, T. Rowe Price Associates, and Vertex Pharmaceuticals.

➡️ Cognition AI, a startup that has built an AI-powered coding assistant designed to assist software developers by automating coding tasks and improving productivity, raised "hundreds of millions of dollars" at approximately a $4 billion valuation.

Raised: "Hundreds of millions of dollars" at a $4 billion valuation. The round was led by 8VC.

➡️ Nerdio, a company that provides an automated platform to help organizations deploy and manage Microsoft cloud technologies, including Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365, raised a $500 million Series C round at a $1+ billion pre-money valuation.

Raised: $500 million Series C round at a $1+ billion pre-money valuation. The deal was led by General Atlantic, with additional participation from Lead Edge Capital and StepStone.

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