Topic: revenue scaling

  • Cursor nears $2B funding at $50B valuation after hitting $2B ARR

    Cursor nears $2B funding at $50B valuation after hitting $2B ARR

    Cursor is finalizing a $2 billion funding round at a $50 billion valuation, led by Andreessen Horowitz and Thrive Capital with Nvidia, nearly doubling its value from late 2025. The company achieved a record-breaking $2 billion in annual recurring revenue in about three years, with over one millio...

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  • Last 4 Days: Save $190 on Founder Summit 2026

    Last 4 Days: Save $190 on Founder Summit 2026

    TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 takes place on November 4 in Boston, bringing together over 1,000 founders and investors for a full day of actionable insights, peer-to-peer learning, and high-impact networking designed to accelerate startup growth. Early Bird rates offering savings of up to $190 o...

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  • Origin Lab raises $8M to sell game data for world-model AI training

    Origin Lab raises $8M to sell game data for world-model AI training

    Origin Lab has raised an $8 million seed round to create a marketplace that connects AI labs with video game studios, providing high-quality, legally clean training data for physical world models. The startup addresses a critical shortage of 3D spatial data needed for AI systems to understand obj...

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  • Base44 launches Base1 AI model for vibe coding

    Base44 launches Base1 AI model for vibe coding

    Base44 launched its own proprietary AI model, Base1, to gain independence from external vendors and control costs, moving beyond building apps on top of other companies' models. The model is trained on a proprietary dataset from tens of millions of real user interactions, creating a defensible fe...

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