“One of the most critical things in choosing a partner is cultural alignment. If your bank values high-touch client service, you can’t partner with one that prioritizes chatbots and call centers. It just doesn’t work. You need to know your values match because friction in values leads to friction in the relationship.” — Cate Dawson, […]
From the “$0 to $1B Club” to AI x crypto and infrastructure bets, top investors from Sequoia, Snowflake, and others share where they see real adoption, returns, and disruption in 2026. As AI enters 2026 with a shift from promise to proof, the pressure is on to show real adoption, real economics, and real infrastructure […]
Hi there and welcome to Funded, where we spotlight early-stage bets on the future of tech. Today, we’re highlighting Double, the newly rebranded accounting platform (formerly Keeper) that just raised $6.5 million to help firms close books faster, smarter, and with more human impact. Double, which now serves over 4,000 firms across North America, has […]
“MiCA released a regime that was a starting point, and it gives us boundaries to work from. And then we moved to the US, and now we see GENIUS, and we grow, and we iterate from there.“ “I scare everyone in the bank with my [laptop’s] crypto sticker,” joked Jennifer Lassiter, Managing Director and Head […]
AI is everywhere at work—but quality isn’t. A Snowflake leader and the co-founder of Unframe AI share how companies can prevent workslop from costing their business millions in lost productivity and trust. The rise of AI has pushed organizations into a race toward speed and efficiency. They all want their teams on their toes, delivering […]
As smart wearables are increasingly adopted by enterprises, execs express concerns and guidance around data privacy. The first wave of user-facing AI hardware came like a literal wave — and disappeared just as quickly. Google Glass, more than a decade old now, never found many takers, but even recent AI hardware attempts like the Humane […]
Conditions are ripe for capital to shift into “risk off” mode. But, post-2020, many fintechs already have their wartime footing MIT Economist Rudi Dornbusch had an oft-quoted observation about economics, which also rings true for financial upheaval: “Things take longer to happen than you thought that they would, and then they happen faster than you […]
At DevConnect, Ethereum’s cypherpunk core collides with the pull of mainstream opportunities On my last night in San Martín de los Andes, a bus-full of Edge City residents wound its way uphill to enjoy a delightful asado dinner — ribeye, lamb, flank steak, maillard-crusted veggies, a lettuce leaf or two. Pure decadence. Three hours and […]
New data from fintech Mercury shows AI-generated search driving shifts for ecommerce operations AI isn’t just reshaping how customers find products—it’s reshaping how ecommerce companies operate. According to new data from Mercury’s 2025 Ecommerce Holiday Report, nearly nine in ten respondents (86%) said they rely on AI extensively or somewhat in their business operations, and […]
As AI devours traditional web traffic, blockchain startups are reviving the dream of user-owned data and agent-powered micropayments. The question of how to power the internet has been a stubborn source of debate since more or less the genesis of the information superhighway. (We mean “power” metaphorically speaking.) How to address this question has been […]