I write about Venture Capital & Silicon Valley for Bloomberg @technology. My Signal is +1 925 271 0912.
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Will be on @BloombergTV shortly with @EdLudlow discussing all things Anthropic IPO & our VC returns story
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Read our story on Vivek Ramaswamy's new startup from yesterday
Collab w/ @eyk_henning @RebeccaTorrenc5
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SCOOP: Vivek Ramaswamy is backing and co-founding a new nuclear startup called Atlas Atomics.
The company is raising about $400 million in new capital at a $1.9 billion valuation, led by General Catalyst + w/ participation from A16z.
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First time celebrating Onam! Loved learning the story behind the harvest festival & the yearly return of a king his people never forgot.
My brother-in-law made this incredible spread (he’s a private chef by profession so always a treat)
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New Indian coffee shop in SF - Le Mil’s! Big fan of the spiced cold brew & love a surprise parle-g
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A16z just raised $15 billion in its largest fundraising haul earlier this year. It's interesting that they still felt the need to raise a separate $1.1 billion just for physical AI, instead of trying to stretch existing infra/growth/etc capital into the best bets.
From my chat w/ @RaghuRaghuram earlier today
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Interesting - the mysterious chip startup that Situational Awareness backed just launched a website & is hiring a "machinist"
sourcefoundry.com/
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In honor of Cursor’s exit today, resurfacing my story on them from last year — the first profile of the startup as it was skyrocketing through Silicon Valley 🚀
The kicker aged well
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Last year, I interviewed @Airtable CEO @howietl about the challenge of avoiding becoming "one of the dinosaurs" as companies race to become AI-native.
With this week's news that Airtable is being acquired by Bending Spoons for $1.28B, that conversation feels especially relevant today. 👇
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Story here: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
NEW on @theterminal with @parmarhema:
Ahead of the Citadel deal, Situational Awareness explored selling parts of its private portfolio to firms including Greenoaks and Sequoia Capital in its rush to raise cash
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Another half marathon in the books!
Training threw everything at me this year — so feeling extra grateful to finish strong & celebrate the best city.
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What a week what a week
Just got off @BloombergTV discussing our story this AM about AI anxiety
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With today's SpaceX/Cursor merger news, here's the VC takeaway: Thrive Capital and Andreessen Horowitz are the reason "concentration at all costs" is becoming a more trendy strategy in venture capital.
They're both notable SpaceX investors and make up the two largest VC stakeholders in Cursor, backing the coding startup early & more importantly, constantly.
Andreessen Horowitz was already poised to make its best return of all time from SpaceX, and is now expected to have even more exposure in the rocket/AI co. Thrive's combined stake in Cursor/SpaceX is now worth north of $10 billion.
More in @technology and @BloombergTV
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On soon to talk about the latest in VC land with @BloombergTV @technology
Founders Fund has raised $6 billion for a new fund, reports @nmasc_ on @TheTerminal
Will discuss details of it on the show today.
This is the firm's largest haul ever.
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Enjoyed this point of view from @andrewdai on valuation sensitivity at the early stages (even if you are building a neolab). Often founders think a high valuation will establish importance and dominance in ways that recruit others to join their mission - but what if it is the opposite?
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seven years since my one-way ticket to san francisco♥️grateful every day to this city - for the best friends, the dream job, and the loml
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Day 1 of Upfront Summit wrapped!
My annual excuse to come to Los Angeles and source up with the greats over green juices & avocado toast
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It’s going to be an absolute mad dash to all these IPOs, so no time like the present to become a source!
Signal is 921 271 0912
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+ Re-upping our @business scoop from last night
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*Multiple* AI labs are in the fundraising market right now, and @RebeccaTorrenc5 & I have the scoop on the latest.
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First time on Bloomberg TV today!
Thanks @EdLudlow for the great conversation on Replit’s latest funding talks & the crazy vibe-coding race
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And yes I’m still reporting out of San Francisco!
Tips and leads welcome: mascarenhasn@bloomberg.net 💌
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Some professional news: I’m joining Bloomberg! Same city, same beat — covering the endlessly dynamic world of venture capital and startups.
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Inside Sequoia Capital’s leadership shakeup — and the internal tensions that built up before Roelof Botha’s exit.
Exclusive reporting w/ @Katie_Roof
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What a week what a week what a week!
- Hosted @theinformation's TITV from WTF Summit, with interviewing @merritthummer, @aparnacd, and @duckbillai CEO Meghan Joyce
- Interviewed @ninaachadjian & @LM_Braswell about the dizzying race of AI dealmaking (and DPI)
- And had a candid conversation with Birdies CEO @biancagates, KiwiCo CEO @sandraohlin and Clare V CEO Clare Vivier about e-commerce (from tariffs to AI implementation)
- Plus stay tuned for on-scene interviews with @campbell_brown and @Jessicalessin
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