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[Kumesh Aroomoogan @kumesh_a]

ZeroDrift raised an oversubscribed $10,000,000 seed round to enforce compliance on AI communications, just 3 months after launching out of stealth.

AI agents are becoming the next enterprise communication layer, and every regulated company will need compliance enforced before AI writes, speaks, calls, or publishes on its behalf.

TechCrunch exclusive: https://t.co/NY5mPZ2N2e

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@kumesh_a LET'S GO ZERODRIFT

[Katia Ameri 🗽 #NYTechWeek @KatiaAmeri]

⚡️ Breaking: Today is the biggest tech week day in the history of tech week, with a record-breaking 459 events happening across New York City.

[Lucky @lucky_z2]

My first company went to Apple. My second, the largest short-video platform in Latin America, went to TikTok. My third is still running as Vietnam's biggest music streaming platform.

I built all three because I could see what was coming before anyone else did.

The vibe coding generation is not watching anymore. They are building. Games. Arts. Memes. Interactive worlds. No code. Just an idea and a phone. 15 million things built on Sekai. 200,000 more today.

We just raised $26M led by @rabois at @KhoslaVentures and @Nik_Quinn at @ConnectVentures (CAA) with Mayfield, A16Z speedrun, A*.

https://t.co/zqArUnPQhK

[Jon Lai @Tocelot]

Congrats @lucky_z2 and Sekai team on closing a $26m Series A from our friends at Khosla, Connect, Mayfield, and A*!

Sekai has become the home for a new generation of AI-native personalized apps. In a short period of time, users have built >15m mini apps across personal utility, productivity, entertainment, & more

We’ve had the pleasure of working with Lucky, a 3x repeat founder, since the preseed thru a16z @speedrun, and have been impressed by their vision, velocity, and pragmatic leadership. We couldn’t be more excited to invest further to support the team on the next phase of growth! 🚀

[Macy Mills @_CallMeMacy]

No better way to start #nytechweek than doing @Barrys with @speedrun alum and the Barry’s king himself @tkexpress11 @Techweek_

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@CloutedHQ @slow absolute cinema

[Clouted @CloutedHQ]

Nobody believes in you, so make them.

Announcing our $7M seed round led by @Slow.

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@_CallMeMacy @Techweek_ ok macy I'll be there thx for the invite

[Macy Mills @_CallMeMacy]

If you are an exec or operator based in NYC, and you're curious what the a16z @speedrun team is investing in at the earliest stages of AI, you don't want to miss the NY @Techweek_ AI Faire on Frid, June 5.

I hope to see you there! https://t.co/V3c9o02rMH

[Yeng @YengT9]

70,000 members. 162 countries. 4 months.

Introducing Lekondo

THE THIRD SPACE FOR FASHION 🌎

Now available on iOS and Android

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@themichelinmin @SnappStats @GoldHouseCo @DormRoomFund @ValiaVentures LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[Min @themichelinmin]

@SnappStats is excited to announce a total raise of $4.4 million to deliver AI-driven fan personalization to sports fans and teams! We are grateful for our investors, particularly our leads @speedrun , @GoldHouseCo Ventures and @DormRoomFund.  Also thanks to @ValiaVentures , Symphony Ventures, Bridge Ventures, Operator Stack Fund, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Bling Capital and The House Fund as well as notable angels from Nextdoor, Boston Celtics ownership and other talented technology, sports and finance individuals.

The Company is founded by a co-founder of Caviar (exited to Square in 2019) as well as other seasoned technology and finance entrepreneurs.

Check out our current consumer product at https://t.co/Katit8Fv1n and follow us for the enterprise product!  If you love sports, our product will be a fit for you in a Snapp!

Excited to be building this with co-founders @ShawnTsao, @andrewtamura and Alex Marshall!

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@andrewchen We’ll be there!

[andrew chen @andrewchen]

who’s in boston/nyc later over the next few weeks?

The team is hosting a bunch of stuff alongside portcos, partners, etc

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May 26-June 7
Boston Tech Week, followed by NY Tech Week right after. This is going to our biggest Tech Week ever:

- We have over  2000+ events
- 15+ tracks - infra, founders, engineers, hackathons etc
- 50+ portcos participating: OpenAI, Elevenlabs, Deel, Gamma, xAI, Stripe and speedrun companies too

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@NNRXMM @_CallMeMacy Hmmm I would copy-paste all the written information somewhere safe and then try again either on a different browser OR after clearing cache/cookies.

Sorry about the trouble!

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@andrewchen also $7M+ in credits!

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@Chen @jennysduan LET'S GO JENNY

[Lester @Chen]

clair health's entire company fit within a single suitcase.

since speedrun, they've grown to 10 employees and just got the keys to their very first office space.

this is Jenny's (@jennysduan) story.

Applications to SR007 close tonight @ 11:59pm PST

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@v_shaal Good luck!