๐คฉ Thanks to @Capgemini for honoring @cdnshannaincali and @NEA with the 2026 Amplify Connector Award for connecting startups, capital, academia, and enterprise.
And thank you, Shanna, for being such a valuable bridge in this ecosystem!
Congratulations! ๐๐ฝ๐๐ฝ๐๐ฝ
๐ข More momentum from @merge_api!
Introducing Agent Handler for Employees.
Co-founders @shensi and @GilFeig share more details about the safe way for employees to connect AI to all the software they use ๐๐ฝ
AI agents turn every employee into a security risk.
Introducing Agent Handler for Employees: secure AI access for every employee.
Weโll give you $10K if you get sensitive info from @JeanelleAgent.
๐ฎ Wow! Exciting news from @IAmAliAlbazaz & @Inkitt:
Introducing Inkitt Ironblood, the world's first AI-native streaming platform built exclusively for Action, Superhero, and Sci-Fi. This is not an experiment, this is the next chapter. ๐ฟ
๐ Learn more & check out the first trailer below:
The entertainment industry just got its iPhone moment.
Today, we're introducing Inkitt Ironblood, the world's first AI-native streaming platform built exclusively for Action, Superhero, and Sci-Fi. This is not an experiment, this is the next chapter.
Watch the video below and then let me tell you what you just saw.
Every frame of this is AI-generated video. No sets. No studios. No $200M production budget. And the stories were sourced from our writers on Inkitt.
Watch all of the trailers now at https://t.co/1cEu82same
๐กSoftware engineering is shifting โ away from basic tools to fully autonomous agents that handle projects from beginning to end.
In our latest NEA AI Stack Series installment, tech leaders from @Shopify, @FactoryAI, and formerly @GoogleDeepMind / @Meta explore this and other shifts that are redefining engineering teams. The bottom line: Engineers are becoming the architects; AI handles the implementation.
๐ Read the full breakdown here to learn what @MParakhin, @EnoReyes, and @matvelloso have to say: https://t.co/KwSWz1MaTm
Featuring contributions from @NEA's @theashleyjepson, @aaronej, @maddiehfaulkner โ๐ฝ
๐คฉ We had a great time teaming up with @databricks recently to host a startup dinner in NYC. Thanks to all of the awesome AI Founders who joined us--we had a blast spending time with you and can't wait to see what you do next!
Looking forward to more collaboration with Databricks & DBV this week in London and later this month in SF.
๐ก "The best vertical AI products understand how financial information should be interpreted in context, not just how to access niche data. With financial services, you need precision and auditability" - @lucktm
NEA's Tiffany Luck and other investors weigh in with @ryanlawler / @axios on why fintech investors are raising the bar on AI startups
๐ฐ https://t.co/PDq36s6sOe
๐ข The 2026 @CNBC Disruptor 50 list is out, honoring the most promising venture-backed companies innovating across industries, experimenting with AI and, increasingly, making it work at scale.
Congratulations to NEA portfolio companies: @databricks (#3) & @perplexity_ai (#31). ๐๐ฝ๐๐ฝ๐๐ฝ
๐ Full list here: https://t.co/4WBUfiGCIn
๐คฉ We're thrilled to see NEA's @ScottDSandell honored on the @Forbes Midas All-Stars list of investors who have appeared on the annual list of the world's top startup investors 15 times or more in the list's 25-year history.
Congratulations, Scott! ๐๐ฝ๐๐ฝ๐๐ฝ
#7 Scott Sandell
Firm: New Enterprise Associates
Total appearances: 18
Average rank: 33.5
Best rank: No. 5 (2011)
First year on the list: 2006
Last year on the list: 2025
Biggest deals: Cloudflare, Coursera, Robinhood, Patreon, Workday
๐ Details and full list here: https://t.co/DNIq2CF7De
I am thrilled to share that @lilatretikov has joined the Board of Directors at Factory.
Lila was previously CEO of Wikipedia, deputy CTO of Microsoft, currently sits on the boards of UBS, Capgemini, and Volvo, and is Head of AI at NEA.
๐จ Plot twist!
Exciting team announcement from @matanSF & @FactoryAI that emphasizes our conviction and deepens our partnership with the company.
๐ @maddiehfaulkner, @lilatretikov
Details below ๐๐ฝ
Today, Clio surpassed US$500 million in ARR.
We didn't get here alone. Legal professionals in 130+ countries chose Clio, challenged us to meet the highest standards in verifiable AI, and trusted us with the work that matters most to them.
Now we build what comes next.
๐ก The next era of space is about infrastructure, not just exploration. Cowboy is building vertically integrated systems โ launch vehicles, power generation, and orbital compute โ as a single architecture designed for AI at scale.
We're thrilled to continue backing @BaijuBhatt and the @CowboySpaceCorp team as they pivot from reshaping finance to building rockets and industrializing space infrastructure for the AI era. ๐๐๐
Today marks the beginning of a new era.
Introducing: Cowboy Space Corporation.
We are building orbital infrastructure for the AI era: a fully integrated system of rockets and satellites designed to deliver high-performance compute and optical data transmission directly from Low Earth Orbit.
๐ฎ We originally partnered with @HilmarVeigar and the CCP Games team in 2015. We are thrilled to once again work with Hilmar to support the companyโs rebrand to independent studio @FenrisCreations. Congratulations!
Flagship game, EVE, now incorporates a blockchain-based economy on $EVE token and UGC ecosystem designed to leverage generative AI advances.
Weโre also excited to welcome @GoogleDeepMind as a research partner and look forward to seeing the future AI-powered player experiences in immersive online worlds.
More from NEAโs @AndrewSchoen and @jamesekaplan : https://t.co/jJHp0keqJ0
Thanks to everyone who joined @NEA and our awesome co-hosts, @foresight_data, @kleinerperkins, & @CooleyLLP in NY this week for โVC Data: Shaken & Stirred.โ
We had a blast talking data with you! ๐ค
"People don't actually know what they need to automate. You need to watch customers use the product and see what they're doing. I think the best founders are going in and observing before knowing where to take action. Compounding observation."
@NEA's @lucktm recently took the stage at HumanX to discuss 'Where Early Stage AI Money Is Going Now.'
๐ Check out the replay here: https://t.co/8kpZpOIxop
๐จ ICYMI: NEA's @maddiehfaulkner was featured on the @crunchbase Predicts webinar series to discuss: Agentic AI โWhat VCs Are Betting On In 2026.
At a glance:
๐ก Where agentic AI is already creating real value, and which sectors are moving fastest
๐ก How VCs are evaluating the AI stack: infrastructure, models, tooling, and applications
๐ก What the next 12โ18 months could look like for new company formation and capital allocation
๐บFull replay here: https://t.co/zos4fBzejt
๐๐ฝ We initially partnered with @VAST_Data at the Series E around a shared belief that data infrastructure would need to evolve for the AI era. Fast-forward and AI is clearly driving a fundamental shift in how infrastructure is designed and operated.
VAST Data is at the center of that transition, building a unified platform for modern AI systems. ๐จ
Congratulations to Renen Hallak & the team on their Series F. ๐๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๐๐ฝ๐๐ฝ
๐ Details here: https://t.co/R4KAUL1okT
๐ข On the heels of spektr's recent $20M Series A announcement, NEA's @luke_pappas@PhilipChopin@alexa_grabelle & Hunter Worland detail our excitement around partnering with @werwerfqw, Ciprian Florescu, Jan-Erik Aabo Wagner, Jeremy Joly and the spektr team to build the compliance infrastructure layer for the AI era!
๐จ Compliance is still manual. Despite decades of tooling, analysts still juggle fragmented systems โ costing banks billions in penalties and overhead.
๐ค spektr automates compliance with AI agents. It sits on top of existing stacks, orchestrating workflows that previously took months to build.
๐ We believe that whoever becomes the compliance system of record wins a massive, underserved market.
More here: https://t.co/J3AE3WMSyw