Melia Russell

OpenAI just closed a $6.6 billion funding round. The new round values the ChatGPT developer at more than $150 billion.

VCs are lobbing cash at the presidential election and key congressional races, FEC data shows. While most VCs favored Democrats, a16z's crypto giving dwarfed all other donations.

The University of California, Berkeley, is the top producer of alumni starting tech companies. Founded by Jeremy Fiance, The House Fund targets Berkeley-affiliated startups like Databricks.

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Cathie Wood's Ark Venture Fund allows retail investors to invest in high-growth startups. The fund's net assets have climbed to $69 million, roughly tripling year over year.

In an email to subscribers, Ark Invest highlighted its exposure to Elon Musk's private companies.

ElevenLabs is raising new funding, boosting its valuation to over $3 billion, according to multiple sources.

The average startup lacks the leverage, not to mention the financial firepower, that Big Tech has to influence Trump's tariffs policy.