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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.

🔥 South Park Commons Founder Fellowship

The SPC Founder Fellowship is backing founders in their earliest stages, from pre-idea to pre-revenue, with funding and guidance. Apply by February 2, 2025 here.

🔥 Questions for VCs

Pitching a VC? Don’t miss your chance to ask sharp, meaningful questions—they could reveal if they’re the right partner for your startup.

🔥 9 content ideas B2B founders can steal for LinkedIn

Struggling to post content? This guide offers 9 proven LinkedIn strategies for B2B founders, from sharing your startup's origin story to trend-jacking industry news.

🔥 How to time your product launch for maximum success

Timing is a strategic tool that can make or break a product launch (as seen with Google Glass versus Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses). Read here to learn how to identify the perfect launch moment!

⚙️ Founder Tool of the Week

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

🎬 Stable

This virtual business address and mail management service provides a permanent address and virtual mailbox to scan mail, forward packages, deposit checks, and more.

📕 Interesting read

Despite fears that AI will replace human jobs, history shows labor has always found value, even during big tech shifts.

Automation creates new jobs and opportunities while boosting productivity. Read more here if you want to see why human work isn’t going away anytime soon.

💼 Get a Startup Job

🟢 Dialpad is looking for a CX Learning Experience Designer.

🟢 Cribl is looking for a Staff Software Engineer.

🟢 Wonder is looking for a Regional Brand Marketing Manager.

🟢 Customer.io is looking for a Technical Support Engineer.

🟢 Discord is looking for a Senior Copywriter.

🗒️ Best Startup News of the Week

 🗒️ Trump pardons Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht

President Trump pardoned Ross Ulbricht, founder of the Silk Road dark web marketplace, known for facilitating illegal drug sales. The announcement was made on Truth Social, citing Ulbricht’s mother and Libertarian values as reasons. Ulbricht, who received a life sentence in 2015, had long been viewed by Libertarians as a victim of government overreach..

🗒️ OpenAI teams up with SoftBank and Oracle on $500 billion data center project

OpenAI has partnered with SoftBank, Oracle, and other major players to launch the Stargate Project, a $500 billion initiative to build AI data centers across the U.S. The venture, aimed at securing American leadership in AI, promises to create hundreds of thousands of jobs and provide critical infrastructure for advanced AI systems. 

🗒️ Musk clashes with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman over Trump-supported Stargate AI data center project

Elon Musk criticized the $500 billion Stargate AI project, a joint venture backed by OpenAI, SoftBank, and Oracle, calling it financially unviable despite President Trump’s strong endorsement. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman defended the initiative, highlighting its national importance and potential economic benefits. The feud reflects deeper tensions between Musk and Altman, rooted in past disputes over OpenAI’s direction and Musk’s rival AI ventures.

🗒️ Perplexity launches Sonar API, enabling enterprise AI search integration

Perplexity has introduced the Sonar API, allowing businesses to integrate its generative AI-powered search technology into applications. The service offers two tiers: a fast and affordable Sonar API for basic queries, and Sonar Pro for complex, compliance-driven tasks, including expanded features like multi-step queries and customized sources. As OpenAI and Google’s competitor, Perplexity aims to address enterprise needs with real-time data retrieval and citation-backed results while focusing on industries like healthcare and finance.

 🗒️ YouTuber MrBeast joins bid to buy TikTok

Jimmy Donaldson, better known as MrBeast, has joined a group of U.S. investors attempting to purchase TikTok's American operations amidst national security concerns over its Chinese parent company, ByteDance. The group, led by Jesse Tinsley of Employer.com, is backed by institutional investors and represented by the law firm Paul Hastings, though details of the bid remain undisclosed. ByteDance and MrBeast’s team have yet to comment on the proposal.

🗒️ AngelList and CoinList partner to help crypto startups raise and manage funds

AngelList and CoinList have partnered to launch crypto-focused investment tools, including special purpose vehicles (SPVs) and roll-up vehicles (RUVs), enabling crypto startups to raise funds using stablecoins like USDC. These tools streamline fundraising by simplifying compliance and allowing startups to manage large groups of investors efficiently.

🦄 Mega Funding Rounds of the Week

 ➡️ Colossal Biosciences, a startup focused on reviving extinct species like the woolly mammoth and dodo bird.

Raised: $200 million Series C round at a $10.2 billion valuation, led by TWG Global.

➡️ Harbinger, a startup manufacturing electric medium-duty vehicle platforms for commercial use.

Raised: $100 million Series B round co-led by Capricorn and Leitmotif, with Tiger Global, Coca-Cola, ArcTern Ventures, Thor Industries, TechNexus, Ridgeline, Maniv Mobility, Ironspring Ventures, Schematic Ventures, and Overture Climate participating.

➡️ Loft Orbital, a startup providing space infrastructure services.

Raised: $170 million Series C round led by Tikehau Capital, with Bpifrance, Foundation Capital, Temasek, Supernova Invest, and Tribeca Venture Partners also joining.

➡️ Stoke Space, a startup developing a fully reusable rocket system.

Raised: $260 million Series C round from Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Glade Brook Capital Partners, Industrious Ventures, Point72 Ventures, Seven Seven Six, and Y Combinator.

➡️ Synthesia, a startup creating AI-generated human presenter videos for corporate use.

Raised: $180 million at a $2.1 billion valuation, led by NEA, with World Innovation Lab, Atlassian Ventures, PSP Growth, GV, MMC Ventures, and FirstMark participating.

➡️ Harvey, a startup automating legal workflows for professionals.

Raised: $300 million at a $3 billion valuation, led by Sequoia Capital.

➡️ Phantom Technologies, a crypto wallet startup simplifying blockchain asset management.

Raised: $150 million round co-led by Sequoia Capital and Paradigm.

➡️ Instabase, a company providing a platform to automate the processing of unstructured data.

Raised: $100 million Series D round led by QIA, with Greylock Partners, NEA, Andreessen Horowitz, and Index Ventures participating.

➡️ Netradyne, a company using advanced cameras and sensors to monitor driving behavior.

Raised: $90 million at a $1.35 billion pre-money valuation, led by Point72 Private Investments, with Qualcomm Ventures and Pavilion Capital also joining.

➡️ Neura Robotics, a startup building robots capable of seeing, hearing, and feeling to work safely with humans.

Raised: $123.4 million Series B round led by Lingotto Investment Management, with BlueCrest Capital Management, Volvo Cars Tech Fund, InterAlpen Partners, Vsquared Ventures, HV Capital, Delta Electronics, C4 Ventures, and L-Bank participating.

➡️ Shield AI, a company building drones and AI software for military use.

Raised: $200 million round at a $5 billion valuation, with Palantir, Airbus, L3 Harris, Andreessen Horowitz, Point72, and Riot Ventures also joining.

➡️ Umoja Biopharma, a startup developing in vivo CAR T-cell therapies to generate cancer-fighting cells.

Raised: $100 million Series C round co-led by Double Point Ventures and DCVC Bio, with ARK Invest, Cormorant, MPM Capital, Qiming Venture Partners USA, RTW Investments, Alexandria Venture Investments, SoftBank, CaaS Capital, Emerson Collective, K2 HealthVentures, Myeloma Investment Fund, and the University of Minnesota Endowment joining.

🤝 About this newsletter

We are writing this newsletter to inspire you and share the lessons we and other founders learned along the way so that you can build your startup easier, faster and more successful.

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