september 2023

Superpower, which uses AI for personalized health overviews and offers biannual lab testing that analyzes 100+ blood biomarkers, launches with a $30M Series A

and I couldn't be more proud to be part of it. Joining Superpower as the first engineering hire and founding engineer has been an incredible journey 🧡 [image] Mene Mazarakis / @menemazarakis : absolut...

Sources: Upwind, which sells tools to secure cloud infrastructure, is raising a $100M Series B at a $850M-$900M valuation, after raising $50M in September 2023

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :

Starlink crosses 4M customers, after offering a beta in October 2020 and hitting 1M subscribers in December 2022, 2M in September 2023, and 3M in May 2024

Aria Alamalhodaei / TechCrunch :

Tesla cuts Full Self-Driving's US price from $12K to $8K, after a price cut from $15K to $12K in September 2023, and drops the $6K Enhanced Autopilot option

https://www.bloomberg.com/...  #tesla #tech #elonmusk #cars #transport #evs X: @wholemarsblog : Buying in full is now a good deal again @strivenb : @WholeMarsBlog But Elon kept saying value of FSD wil...

Amazon invests another $2.75B in Anthropic, the second tranche of its planned $4B investment in the AI startup, after investing $1.25B in September 2023

Sources: ByteDance reports Q3 revenue up 43% YoY to $30.9B, $84.4B in January to September 2023 revenue, above 2022's $85.2B, and starts staff share buybacks

Wall Street Journal :

A look at chip equipment maker J.E.T, which is up 166% since its September 2023 Tokyo IPO, as the company eyes subsidy-fueled demand to lower its China reliance

Bloomberg :

Filing: Vietnam-based internet company VNG withdraws its registration for a US IPO, after postponing it in September 2023, saying it will register in the future

Bloomberg :

Sources: Anthropic projects $850M+ in annualized revenue by 2024's end, or $70M+/month, an increase of over 8x from its monthly revenue around September 2023

3 months ago, that estimate was $500MM. And for the ongoing raise, Menlo is using an SPV with a fee for other investors to join. https://www.theinformation.com/ ... Stephen Loynd / @loyndsview : “The ...

Miami-based Bird files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, listing $100M to $500M in liabilities; the NYSE began delisting the e-scooter rental company in September 2023