Founders
Aug 10, 2026
Cursor's Head of Talent on Building High-Density Teams
Adam Ward, Head of Talent at Cursor, breaks down why the traditional recruiting funnel produces mediocre hires — and shares the three-step framework he uses to build elite, high-talent-density teams at one of the fastest-growing AI developer tools ever built.
Talent
Hiring
Strategy
Aug 6, 2026
Yann LeCun Joins 224 Ventures' New $100M AI Fund
The 'AI godfather' Yann LeCun has signed on as a partner at 224 Ventures, a new fund targeting AI-native startups with $1M–$5M checks. The move comes just weeks after LeCun abruptly exited another fund, Extelligence Invest, amid questions over exclusivity conflicts.
AI
Venture Capital
Startups
Aug 1, 2026
Building Young: AI Rewrites the Founder Playbook
AI tools are dramatically compressing the time it takes to go from idea to product, and teenage founders are among the biggest beneficiaries. But Silicon Valley's romance with young builders has a complicated flip side — public failure at scale, and an ecosystem that can turn fast.
Startups
AI
Founders
Jul 30, 2026
Thinking Machines' Lilian Weng Exits, Returns to OpenAI
Lilian Weng, who co-founded Thinking Machines after years leading AI safety research at OpenAI, has left the startup citing health reasons — and has since rejoined her former employer. The move raises questions about the pressures facing AI startup founders and the gravitational pull of well-resourced labs.
AI
Startups
OpenAI
Jul 25, 2026
Reid Hoffman, Mark Pincus Raise $100M for New AI Lab
Prentis, a new AI lab co-founded by LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and Zynga founder Mark Pincus, is in talks to raise $100 million. The startup is betting that automating everyday computer tasks will become a bigger AI use case than code generation. Here's what we know about their thesis.
AI
Startups
Venture Capital
Jul 22, 2026
Jack Dorsey Launches Buzz, a Chat App for Humans, AI
Jack Dorsey is entering the workplace communication space with Buzz, a group chat platform designed to put human teammates and AI agents in the same conversations. The move puts Dorsey in direct competition with Slack and Microsoft Teams at a moment when AI-native tooling is reshaping how teams collaborate. Here's what we know and why it matters.
AI
Startups
Enterprise AI
Jul 21, 2026
5 German Startups to Watch: KLAO, BodyWision, More
A fresh wave of German startups is making its debut across health, tech, and consumer sectors. Here's a quick but substantive look at five new ventures worth adding to your radar.
Startups
Health Tech
Germany
Jul 20, 2026
Morning Brew's Founder Built a Claude-Powered Machine
Alex Lieberman, co-founder of Morning Brew, has rebuilt his entire content workflow around Claude — using a six-step AI system that eliminates blank-page paralysis while preserving his authentic voice. Here's how the system works, and what founders can steal from it.
AI
Content Marketing
Startups
Jul 15, 2026
Klarna, Improbable Top Europe's Founder Factories
A new report from VC firm Antler identifies Klarna and Improbable as Europe's leading producers of successful startup founders. The deeper finding: working at a startup through its seed-to-Series C journey nearly doubles the odds of building a venture-backable company yourself.
Startups
Venture Capital
Founders
Jul 14, 2026
Why Silicon Valley's Already-Rich Grind Again for AI
A new wave of serial founders and early tech winners are jumping back into the arena — this time chasing AI. Fear of missing a generational inflection point, combined with the prospect of outsized returns, is pulling veterans out of comfortable retirement.
AI
Founders
Startups
Jul 7, 2026
5 European Startups to Watch: bayshore, INXM, More
A fresh wave of European founders is making moves. Here's a quick rundown of five newly launched startups spanning AI, optics, and beyond that are worth keeping on your radar.
AI
Early-Stage
European tech
Jun 27, 2026
How a Founder Used AI to Navigate a Cancer Diagnosis
When Connor Christou was diagnosed with cancer despite being in peak physical condition, he turned to AI to make sense of his medical data. By feeding blood results, scan data, wearable outputs, and journal entries into Claude, he built a surprisingly sophisticated personal health intelligence system.
AI
Health Tech
Personal AI