Hacker News with Generative AI: Venture Capital

Mark Cuban is ready to fund a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky's AT Protocol (techcrunch.com)
Entrepreneur and investor Mark Cuban is ready to fund a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky’s AT Protocol, he shared in a TikTok video posted on Wednesday.
Social Media, Venture Capital, Decentralized Technologies
10 points by thunderbong 18 hours ago | 0 comments
Chinese venture capitalists force failed founders on to debtor blacklist (ft.com)
Venture Capital, China, Finance, Business
8 points by walterbell 8 days ago | 2 comments
Chinese VCs go after personal assets of failed founders (techcrunch.com)
In the U.S., it’s accepted that most startups fail — and when that happens, VCs (generally) accept their losses and move on. But that’s not the case in China, where VCs are trying to claw back their investments in failed startups by pursuing the personal assets of their founders in court, The Financial Times reports.
Venture Capital, China, Startups, Law
11 points by thecolorblue 10 days ago | 0 comments
Silicon Valley Tech Investor Orchestrated Takedown Plot of Startup Toptal (cnbc.com)
Silicon Valley, Venture Capital, Startups, Business
39 points by persnicker 11 days ago | 7 comments
Chinese venture capitalists force failed founders on to debtor blacklist (ft.com)
Venture Capital, China, Finance, Business
4 points by brunohaid 12 days ago | 0 comments
Why we invested in Silicon Box and the advanced chiplet packaging (medium.com)
Why We Invested in Silicon Box and the Advanced Chiplet Packaging
Venture Capital, Semiconductors, Chip Packaging
23 points by kome 15 days ago | 6 comments
With Gaza war and Trump's return, Silicon Valley embraces a military Renaissance (972mag.com)
On Dec. 10, Israeli military officials, weapons manufacturers, and American venture capitalists gathered at Tel Aviv University for the first ever DefenseTech Summit.
Military, Technology, Politics, Israel, Venture Capital
6 points by cbHXBY1D 17 days ago | 1 comments
What Happened in 2024 (avc.xyz)
Some years are marked by one big thing that overshadows everything else. In tech, startups, and VC, 2024 was one of those years. The one big thing was Silicon Valley's hostile takeover of the federal government, via an infiltration of Donald Trump's MAGA movement, and Trump's subsequent thrashing of Joe Biden's "establishment" government in the November election.
Politics, Technology, Startups, Venture Capital
3 points by wslh 18 days ago | 0 comments
Marc Andreessen Warns Against 'Government-Protected Cartel' of Major AI (aicoin.com)
In a lengthy Twitter thread, Marc Andreessen—noted venture capitalist and co-founder and general partner at Andreessen Horowitz—laid out the case for allowing AI development, but warned about creating a “government-protected cartel.”
Artificial Intelligence, Venture Capital, Regulation
5 points by phendrenad2 33 days ago | 1 comments
Y Combinator's 2024 year in review (twitter.com)
Y Combinator, Venture Capital, Startups, 2024
14 points by benjlang 33 days ago | 0 comments
First incubator and fund exclusively focused on Bluesky and AT Protocol (bsky.app)
Social Media, Decentralized Technologies, Venture Capital
12 points by consumer451 36 days ago | 2 comments
Debanking (and Debunking?) (bitsaboutmoney.com)
Recently, noted VC Marc Andreessen kicked off a discussion about debanking, in a podcast with his co-founder Ben Horowitz (begins at 7:42) and in an appearance on Joe Rogan’s podcast. The venture firm they founded, a16z, also published a brief on this topic.
Finance, Venture Capital, Technology, Podcasts
258 points by wmf 39 days ago | 344 comments
Ask HN: What SOM Makes Startups Attractive to VCs? (ycombinator.com)
Startups, Venture Capital, Funding, Business, Advice
8 points by djokester 40 days ago | 3 comments
Trump picks venture capitalist David Sacks as AI and crypto 'czar' (theguardian.com)
Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he was nominating podcaster and former PayPal chief operating officer David Sacks to be his White House artificial intelligence and crypto czar, continuing a pattern of rewarding big donors with political power.
Politics, Artificial Intelligence, Cryptocurrencies, Venture Capital
5 points by pseudolus 43 days ago | 1 comments
A16Z 2025 Big Ideas for Crypto (a16zcrypto.com)
Editor’s note: a16z released its omnibus list of “big ideas” tech builders may tackle in the year ahead, according to partners across AI, American Dynamism, bio/ health, crypto, enterprise, fintech, games, infrastructure, and other areas. Below is a shortlist of some of the things that excite our various a16z crypto partners about what’s ahead. And for a 2025 outlook on policy, regulation, and more, check out this November 2024 post.
Cryptocurrency, Venture Capital, Predictions, Technology, 2025
12 points by wslh 44 days ago | 12 comments
Resend (YC W23) raises $18M Series A (resend.com)
Resend just raised a $18M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz.
Funding, Startups, Series A, Venture Capital, YC
12 points by zenorocha 45 days ago | 5 comments
Y Combinator and Power in Silicon Valley (commoncog.com)
On September 10, 2010, AdGrok founder Antonio Garcia-Martinez was hanging out at co-founder Argyris Zymnis’s San Francisco apartment when he received a call from Rodger Cole.
Y Combinator, Silicon Valley, Venture Capital, Startups
300 points by nsoonhui 46 days ago | 164 comments
Debanking of tech startup founders – Marc Andreessen interview (youtube.com)
Venture Capital, Startups, Technology, Finance
13 points by dennis_jeeves2 52 days ago | 9 comments
Y Combinator often backs startups that duplicate other YC companies, data shows (techcrunch.com)
The Silicon Valley dream is to build a tech startup that is such a unique idea it alters the commercial universe and turns its founders into billionaires. Participating in the Valley’s most famed startup factory, Y Combinator, is often part of that dream. Airbnb, Coinbase, and Stripe all got started there.
Startups, Venture Capital, Y Combinator, Data Analysis
389 points by isaacfrond 53 days ago | 204 comments
YC is wrong about LLMs for chip design (zach.be)
YC recently released their latest Request for Startups, and one specific item has already been getting some buzz in chip design communities. It’s exciting that an organization as high-profile as YC is taking chip design more seriously… or at least it’s exciting until you actually start reading what their proposal is.
Chip Design, Startups, Venture Capital
322 points by laserduck 63 days ago | 272 comments
Marc Andreessen Demands Criminal Charges for Advertisers' Free Market Decisions (techdirt.com)
Marc Andreessen, the influential venture capitalist, is exhibiting a startling disconnect between his stated beliefs in free markets and free speech, and his recent authoritarian threats against those who disagree with him.
Free Speech, Venture Capital, Censorship
11 points by hn_acker 64 days ago | 6 comments
How AI is beating VCs in their own game (arxiv.org)
Traditional decision tree algorithms are explainable but struggle with non-linear, high-dimensional data, limiting its applicability in complex decision-making.
Artificial Intelligence, Venture Capital, Machine Learning
10 points by yihlamur 64 days ago | 12 comments
Does anyone know how much VC firms contributes to wealth inequality? (ycombinator.com)
Does anyone know how much VC firms contributes to wealth inequality?
Venture Capital, Wealth Inequality, Economics, Finance
8 points by user90131313 66 days ago | 16 comments
Ben Horowitz's Cozy Relationship with the Las Vegas Police Department (techcrunch.com)
When Skydio, a young maker of drones in San Mateo, California, sent a customer proposal in 2023 to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, its chief of staff, Mike Gennaro, forwarded the email to VC Ben Horowitz.
Tech, Law Enforcement, Venture Capital
47 points by acjohnson55 67 days ago | 5 comments
The $3T AI Opportunity Everyone Missed (chrisbora.substack.com)
Everyone's talking about the AI infrastructure bubble. The numbers are staggering - $600B in GPU investments that supposedly dwarf the actual revenue potential. Analysts are sounding alarms about over-investment. VCs are getting nervous. The narrative of "too much, too fast" is everywhere.
Artificial Intelligence, Venture Capital, Technology, Business
9 points by ivanvanderbyl 67 days ago | 8 comments
Age-Normalized Testosterone Peaks at Series B for Male Startup Founders (twitter.com)
Startup Funding, Startups, Gender, Biology, Venture Capital
7 points by Mdubrov 70 days ago | 0 comments
Ask HN: Are there VC funds that focus on profitability with minimal rounds? (ycombinator.com)
I’m exploring venture capital funds that prioritise sustainability and profitability over continuous fundraising.
Venture Capital, Startups, Profitability, Funding Rounds
9 points by petrusnonius 72 days ago | 3 comments
Silicon Valley's Andreessen, Horowitz Give Millions to Trump (bloomberg.com)
Venture capitalists Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz each donated $2.5 million to a pro-Donald Trump super political action committee, according to the latest filings with the Federal Election Commission.
Politics, Venture Capital, Donald Trump
4 points by michaelrkn 78 days ago | 0 comments
VC Built an Empire in Cybersecurity, Then Came the Conflicts of Interest (forbes.com)
For years, security executives at some of America’s largest corporations — Kraft Heinz, Colgate-Palmolive and Fidelity, to name a few — were happy to hear from Gili Raanan, the founder of a boutique Israeli venture capital firm called Cyberstarts.
Venture Capital, Cybersecurity, Business
8 points by equalitech 81 days ago | 0 comments
Silicon Valley's Elite Pour Money into Blotting Out the Sun (bloomberg.com)
Venture capitalists, startup founders and tech executives are funding studies, experiments and small deployments of controversial technology that could cool the planet.
Climate Change, Technology, Venture Capital, Silicon Valley
11 points by viewtransform 81 days ago | 6 comments