A16Z LAUNCHES SCHOOL AFTER DROPOUT STRATEGY IMPLODESMORPHOTONICS RAISES €40M ON DISPLAY TECH 'ROADMAP'OURA'S $2.2B IPO: A MASTERCLASS IN FOUNDER EXIT TIMINGTRUMP'S AI FORCE: BUREAUCRACY SOLVES COMPETITIONWSP GRACEFULLY EXITS ARCADIS COURTSHIP AFTER 'CAREFUL CONSIDERATION'BAIN CAPITAL RAISES $1.6B TO FUND COMPANIES THAT DON'T EXIST YETCOMP AI RAISES $34M TO BE 'CONTINUOUSLY AGENTIC' ABOUT COMPLIANCECONGRESS DISCOVERS ELECTRICITY BILLS EXIST, ACTS SHOCKEDA16Z LAUNCHES SCHOOL AFTER DROPOUT STRATEGY IMPLODESMORPHOTONICS RAISES €40M ON DISPLAY TECH 'ROADMAP'OURA'S $2.2B IPO: A MASTERCLASS IN FOUNDER EXIT TIMINGTRUMP'S AI FORCE: BUREAUCRACY SOLVES COMPETITIONWSP GRACEFULLY EXITS ARCADIS COURTSHIP AFTER 'CAREFUL CONSIDERATION'BAIN CAPITAL RAISES $1.6B TO FUND COMPANIES THAT DON'T EXIST YETCOMP AI RAISES $34M TO BE 'CONTINUOUSLY AGENTIC' ABOUT COMPLIANCECONGRESS DISCOVERS ELECTRICITY BILLS EXIST, ACTS SHOCKED
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Stord Raises $250M to Compete With Amazon at Warehousing

A $3B valuation for physical logistics, the one thing Amazon actually invented.

💀💀💀💀  4/5 — Audaciously Delusional
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eSports Founder Masters the Art of Telling VCs What They Want

Dylan Robbins raised $20M for a gaming company by apparently convincing investors they were funding artificial intelligence.

💀💀💀💀  4/5 — Pitch-Deck Prestidigitation
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eSports Founder Masters the Art of Telling VCs What They Want

Dylan Robbins raised $20M for a gaming company by apparently convincing investors they were funding artificial intelligence.

💀💀💀💀  4/5 — Pitch-Deck Prestidigitation
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The ARR Accounting Show: A VC Love Story

Investors and founders have discovered that multiplying monthly recurring revenue by twelve works even better when nobody's watching.

💀💀💀💀  4/5 — Mathematically Creative
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Fragrance Startup Raises $2M to Solve Problem Nobody Had

Betaworks and True Ventures bet that centuries-old industry just needed a Series Seed and better branding.

💀💀💀💀  4/5 — Aromatically Delusional
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a16z Bets $10.5M on Finding Your Own Forgotten Stuff

Stilta solves the critical problem of companies not knowing what they already own.

💀💀💀💀  4/5 — Spectacularly Redundant
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Easier to Raise Millions Than Land an Internship, Stanford Study Finds

After four years of investigation, researcher discovers the entire ecosystem is upside down.

💀💀💀💀  4/5 — Backwards Economics
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Eclipse Discovers Physical World After Decade of Loneliness

Firm's $2.5B Cerebras bet repackaged as visionary thesis rather than late-cycle desperation.

💀💀💀💀  4/5 — Hindsight Rebranding
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Eclipse Discovers Physical World After Decade of Loneliness

Firm's $2.5B Cerebras bet repackaged as visionary thesis rather than late-cycle desperation.

💀💀💀💀  4/5 — Hindsight Rebranding
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Benchmark's Billion-Dollar Accident: The Meeting That Almost Wasn't

VC firm that avoids hardware backed hardware anyway and somehow won—proving that indifference is just patience in a bull market.

💀💀💀💀  4/5 — Survivorship Bias Personified
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