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Congressman is investigating fintech Ramp’s attempt to win $25M federal contract

AIMPWAMay 12, 2025

Rep. Gerald Connolly, ranking member of the U.S. House Oversight Committee, has initiated an investigation into whether expense management startup Ramp is receiving preferential treatment in its bid for a $25 million government contract. Connolly sent a letter to the General Services Administration (GSA) Acting Administrator, Stephen Ehikian, demanding information and documents related to the...

Google launches new initiative to back startups building AI

AIMPWAMay 12, 2025

On Monday, Google announced the launch of its AI Futures Fund, a new initiative that seeks to invest in startups that are building with the latest AI tools from Google DeepMind, the company’s AI R&D lab. The fund will back startups from seed to late stage and will offer varying degrees of support, including allowing...

Fitness tracker Whoop faces unhappy customers over upgrade policy

AIMPWAMay 11, 2025

Whoop has backed down, somewhat, from the controversial upgrade plans around its Whoop 5.0 fitness tracker. When the company first announced Whoop 5.0 this week, it said members who wanted the new device could either extend their subscriptions by 12 months or pay a one-time upgrade fee of $49 ($79 for the model with EKG...

Elizabeth Holmes’ partner reportedly fundraising for new blood-testing startup

AIMPWAMay 10, 2025

Billy Evans, partner of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, is working on a new startup that seeks to deliver “human health optimization” through blood testing, according to The New York Times. The Times reportedly spoke to two investors pitched on the startup, called Haemanthus, and also viewed some of Haemanthus’ marketing materials. In those materials, the...

Learn how to raise a seed round from top VCs at Disrupt 2025

TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 returns to Moscone West in San Francisco from October 27-29, bringing together more than 10,000 startup and VC leaders for an inside look at where innovation is headed. Among the must-attend sessions is a candid panel on the Builders Stage about one of the most high-stakes moments in any founder’s journey: raising...

Figma’s IPO success is ‘a little bit of a meme stock,’ says Sapphire Ventures’ Jai Das

Figma managed something rare in today’s market: it survived a failed Adobe acquisition, stayed independent, and went public on its own terms. But its post-IPO performance tells a more complex story about startup exits in 2025. “This is a little bit of a meme stock,” said Jai Das, president and partner at Sapphire Ventures, on...

Payment platform Lava raises $5.8M to build digital wallets for the ‘agent-native economy’

A new startup, Lava Payments, aims to take on payment giants by building a solution for the modern web where AI agents now handle transactions for their customers. The idea came to founder Mitchell Jones after he left his earlier Y Combinator-backed fintech startup, Lendtable, as he began to experiment with AI. He saw the...

Tavily raises $25M to connect AI agents to the web

Companies across many industries are implementing AI agents for internal use, automating a wide range of tasks. In the financial sector, AI agents are critical for fraud detection. They can analyze vast amounts of transaction data in real time. Meanwhile, sales organizations are using AI agents to gather data on potential customers. These AI sales...

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Learn how to raise a seed round from top VCs at Disrupt 2025

Figma’s IPO success is ‘a little bit of a meme stock,’ says Sapphire Ventures’ Jai Das

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