Beehiiv Launches Webinars, AI Analytics, and Paywalls at $28M ARR
Beehiiv rolls out 10,000-seat webinars, AI podcast analytics, metered paywalls, and paid trials as it crosses $28M ARR and takes on Patreon, Kit, and Substack.
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Jessica Thornton
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Jessica Thornton drives Ceowire's operations and partnerships as COO & Co-Founder. Stanford MBA with 12 years in venture capital, she has sourced and closed deals across 30+ startups from New York, London, and Singapore. She oversees editorial partnerships, revenue strategy, and the CEO Portraits series.
34 articles by Jessica
Revolut Launches GlobalHire to Take On Deel in 160 Countries
Revolut enters the $500-per-employee EOR market with GlobalHire, letting UK businesses hire in 160+ countries without local entities.
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6 Million Fake GitHub Stars Are Fueling a Shadow VC Pipeline
A CMU study found 6 million fake stars across 18,000 repos. Stars sell for $0.06 each, and VCs use them to source seed deals worth millions.
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Collide Capital Raises $95 Million Fund II for Fintech and Future of Work
Collide Capital closes a $95 million Fund II to back early-stage fintech, supply chain, and future-of-work startups, with UC Regents and Goldman Sachs as LPs.
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18 Best Platforms to Sell Your Startup in 2026
Every marketplace, broker, and acquisition platform where founders sell startups in 2026 — from micro-SaaS to eight-figure exits.
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Patlytics Raises $40 Million to Dominate AI Patent Law
Patlytics closes a $40 million Series B to scale its AI-powered patent intelligence platform. The startup has grown 20x in ARR since its seed round.
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Picsart Now Pays Creators for AI-Generated Content
Picsart launches a creator monetization program open to all users. No follower minimum, earnings based on engagement, paid via Stripe.
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How Tally's CEO Got 1,200 Users Before Launch — With Zero Budget
Marie Martens, CEO of Tally, shares how she grew from 20 users to 1,200 before launching on Product Hunt, without spending a dollar on marketing.
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Beehiiv Launches Native Podcast Hosting, Takes Aim at Patreon
Beehiiv adds podcast hosting with 0% revenue share, challenging Patreon and Substack as the newsletter platform expands into audio for creators.
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Every Major Company Laying Off Workers in 2026 So Far
From Amazon to Oracle, here is every major company cutting jobs in 2026. Full list with numbers, reasons, and which industries are hit hardest.
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Salesforce Gives Slack 30 New AI Features and an Agentic Slackbot
Salesforce unveils 30 AI features for Slack, turning Slackbot into an autonomous agent with reusable skills, MCP support, and desktop monitoring.
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Allbirds Sells for $39 Million After a $4 Billion IPO Peak
Allbirds agreed to sell all assets to American Exchange Group for $39 million — a fraction of the $348 million it raised in its 2021 IPO.
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OpenAI Shuts Down Sora After Burning $1 Million a Day
OpenAI kills its Sora AI video app after hemorrhaging cash. Users fled, Disney pulled its $1 billion deal, and the AI video bet collapsed in six months.
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Every Startup Accelerator You Can Apply to Right Now (2026)
The complete list of startup accelerators open for applications in 2026, from Y Combinator to Antler — with investment terms and equity.
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Lovable Goes on an Acquisition Hunt at a $6.6 Billion Valuation
Vibe-coding startup Lovable is actively seeking startups and teams to acquire as it races to defend its position against OpenAI, Anthropic, and Cursor.
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Air Street Capital Raises $232 Million, Europe's Largest Solo VC Fund
Nathan Benaich's Air Street Capital closes a $232 million Fund III to back early-stage AI startups across Europe and North America. Total AUM hits $400 million.
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Latitude: How Stanislas Maximin Builds Rockets at 26 With No Degree
How Stanislas Maximin dropped out of business school at 20, founded Latitude, and is now building a 50-launch-per-year rocket factory in France.
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Bluesky Raises $100 Million in Series B After CEO Transition
Bluesky closes a $100M Series B led by Bain Capital Crypto, now reaching 43 million users as founder Jay Graber steps down as CEO.
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Y Combinator's Winter 2026 Batch Bets Big on AI Agent Infrastructure
YC's W26 cohort reveals a startup generation building systems for AI agents, not humans — from monitoring tools to lunar habitats.
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Apple Launches AirPods Max 2 at $549
Apple surprise-launches AirPods Max 2 with the H2 chip, 1.5x better noise cancellation, live translation, and the same $549 price tag.
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Fuse Raises $25 Million to Replace Legacy Loan Systems at US Credit Unions
Fuse closes a $25 million Series A to build an AI-native loan origination system for credit unions, plus a $5 million rescue fund.
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How to Use Notion AI Integrations: The Complete Guide 2026
How to set up every Notion AI integration in 2026 — Slack, Google Calendar, Jira, Figma, GitHub, Linear, Zapier. Step-by-step setup and automation tips.
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Fidji Simo: From Sète Fishing Town to OpenAI and a $15 Billion IPO
How Fidji Simo went from a French fishing village to running the Facebook app, taking Instacart public, and becoming OpenAI's CEO of Applications.
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AI Apps Monetize Fast But Can't Keep Users
RevenueCat's 2026 report shows AI apps convert 52% better but lose annual subscribers 30% faster than non-AI apps. The retention crisis is real.
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Juicebox Raises $80 Million at an $850 Million Valuation
AI recruiting platform Juicebox raises $80 million Series B led by DST Global at an $850 million valuation after tripling ARR since July 2025.
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Top 10 Startup Funding Rounds: Who Raised What in March 2026
From OpenAI's record $110 billion round to a brain implant startup raising $230 million, here are the biggest raises of the week.
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Sam Altman: From Fired to Running an $830 Billion Empire
How Sam Altman went from Stanford dropout to OpenAI CEO, survived a boardroom coup, and built the most valuable startup in history.
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Cluely CEO Roy Lee Admits He Lied About $7 Million in Revenue
Cluely CEO Roy Lee confessed to fabricating $7 million in ARR. Andreessen Horowitz had led a $15 million Series A — without verifying the numbers.
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Anduril Is Raising Billions at a $60 Billion Valuation
Anduril targets a $60 billion valuation — double in under a year — as Palmer Luckey's defense-tech company fills the void left by Anthropic's Pentagon ban.
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Brian Chesky: How Airbnb Turned Air Mattresses Into an $85 Billion Empire
How Brian Chesky went from RISD art student to CEO of Airbnb, the $85 billion travel giant with 7.7 million listings in 220 countries.
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Uneed Picks 14 Indie Hackers for a Week in a French Manor
Uneed launches the first indie hacker residency in Europe — 14 founders, one week in a 19th-century manor in Nantes, France, fully sponsor-funded.
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WorkOS Raises $100 Million at a $2 Billion Valuation
WorkOS raises $100 million at $2 billion. OpenAI, Anthropic, and Cursor use it for enterprise authentication as AI agents demand identity infrastructure.
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California Billionaires Are Fleeing to Miami Over Wealth Tax
California's proposed wealth tax bill AB 259 is driving billionaires to Florida. Larry Page spent $180 million on Miami real estate in 90 days.
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OpenAI Raises $110 Billion Funding Round at $730B Valuation
OpenAI closes the largest funding round in history at $110 billion. Amazon leads with $50 billion, valuing the company at $730 billion pre-money.
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