Samantha Stokes

They say pressure makes diamonds. VCs are probably hoping the same is true for startups launching and operating in this tough economy.

Tim Tully taught himself to code at age six and started his career as a software engineer before joining Menlo Ventures in 2021, where he now invests in AI startups.

Insider is putting together a list of the best up-and-coming venture capitalists of 2024. We want to spotlight US-based VCs who are skilled at dealmaking at both large and small funds.

Poolside raised a $500 million Series B in October 2024. Founded in 2023, the San Francisco-based startup is building its own foundation

Attention uses AI and natural language processing to record sales calls, analyze data, and generate next steps.

Evertune just raised $4 million from Eniac Ventures, Nextview and Roger Ehrenberg. The startup offers marketing analytics tools to help brands boost their SEO on LLMs like ChatGPT.

Fidelity invested in OpenAI's $6.6 billion funding round recently. A new filing reveals the valuation of the mutual fund giant's stake in the startup.

Elon Musk's xAI is raising fresh funding at a $40 billion valuation, the WSJ reported. Social media network X, meanwhile, is currently valued at $9.4 billion, according to Fidelity filings.

Jeff Bezos has backed a number of spatial intelligence startups that lets robots autonomously navigate and interact within their environments via AI.

For Saumya Bhatnagar, being the only woman in a room is far from a novel experience. An engineer by training and currently the co-founder and chief