Episodes

  • Vibe-coding startup Lovable raises $330M at a $6.6B valuation

    Vibe-coding startup Lovable raises $330M at a $6.6B valuation
    Dec 18 2025
    Lovable has seen its valuation more than triple just five months after the company's last funding round in July. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    4 mins
  • Weeks after raising $100M, investors pump another $180M into hot Indian startup MoEngage

    Weeks after raising $100M, investors pump another $180M into hot Indian startup MoEngage
    Dec 18 2025
    The deal valued MoEngage at "well over" $900 million post-money. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    6 mins
  • Radiant Nuclear raises $300M for its semi-sized 1 MW reactor

    Radiant Nuclear raises $300M for its semi-sized 1 MW reactor
    Dec 17 2025
    Radiant Nuclear is developing a small modular reactor to replace diesel generators. The startup previously raised $165 million in May. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    5 mins
  • Nuclear startup Last Energy raises $100M for its steel-encased micro reactor

    Nuclear startup Last Energy raises $100M for its steel-encased micro reactor
    Dec 17 2025
    Last Energy will use the funds to build its 5 megawatt pilot reactor in Texas, which it hopes to turn on next year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    5 mins
  • VCs discuss why most consumer AI startups still lack staying power; plus, Whole Foods to install smart food waste bins from Mill

    VCs discuss why most consumer AI startups still lack staying power; plus, Whole Foods to install smart food waste bins from Mill
    Dec 16 2025
    The next consumer tech revolution may require an introduction of a new personal device. Plus, the food waste startup founded by Nest alumnus Matt Rogers also received an investment from Amazon's Climate Pledge Fund. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    6 mins
  • Mirelo raises $41M from Index and a16z to solve AI video’s silent problem; First Voyage raises $2.5M for its AI companion that helps you build habits

    Mirelo raises $41M from Index and a16z to solve AI video’s silent problem; First Voyage raises $2.5M for its AI companion that helps you build habits
    Dec 16 2025
    Mirelo, a German startup that is building AI to add synced sound effects to videos, has raised a $41 million seed round led by Index Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz. Also, First Voyage has raised $2.5 million in a seed funding round from a16z speedrun, SignalFire, True Global, and other investors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    8 mins
  • Thea Energy previews Helios, its pixel-inspired fusion power plant

    Thea Energy previews Helios, its pixel-inspired fusion power plant
    Dec 15 2025
    Thea Energy says that its planar-coil fusion power plant could be cheaper and easier to build thanks to AI-powered control software. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    7 mins
  • Eclipse Energy’s microbes can turn idle oil wells into hydrogen factories; plus, India’s Spinny lines up funding to acquire GoMechanic

    Eclipse Energy’s microbes can turn idle oil wells into hydrogen factories; plus, India’s Spinny lines up funding to acquire GoMechanic
    Dec 15 2025
    The biotech startup is betting that owners of abandoned oil wells will use the tech to squeeze energy out of their wells. Also, Spinny is set to be valued at about $1.8 billion post-money in its latest funding round. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    8 mins