… Fundraising is a long game of chasing proximity. Cold outreach. Missed intros. Weeks waiting for replies that never come. You spend as much time trying to get in front of the right investors as you do refining your story. Without access, capital is moving. Deals are getting done. …
…AI, cloud, and security spend.” Those tailwinds powered what just became the largest venture-backed acquisition in history — Google’s $32 billion deal, finalized after a declined 2024 offer, antitrust review on…
… Today, Runway’s technology powers production workflows for filmmakers and ad agencies, and the company has signed deals with major media players like Lionsgate and AMC Networks. …
… Khachatryan didn’t specify how many people switched over as data providers for AI, only saying “the majority” did. “Initially, a lot of our deals were just selling what we had off the shelf, like our existing library. …
… You think the congressman who was interviewing you knew that?” Kirsten: Yeah, I mean, he was playing the whole semantics game. …
… The inciting incident for all of this was when an OpenAI model defeated the top human player in the video game DOTA II. …