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In This Edition:
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9 Startup Accelerators You
Can Still Apply To Right
Now
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⚡ a16z’s Speedrun: The
Hidden Path to the Next
Unicorn?
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Top B2B AI Sales
Enablement Tools
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Melania Trump Leads K-12
AI Education
Revolution!
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9 Startup
Accelerators
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⚡ From a16z to
Techstars: Who’s
Funding Founders
Next?
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Nine top
accelerators are actively
taking
applications right
now—and each comes
with its own mix
of cash, credits,
and equity
trade-offs:
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Each program has
its own edge—some
heavy on capital,
others on network,
some flexible,
some
structured.
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The real question: Which
accelerator
would you stake
your next
chapter on?
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But here’s the
overlooked truth:
VCs aren’t the
only ones writing
checks. Thousands
of angel investors
are actively
scouting for the next breakout
founder.
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Unlock
access to
1000+ angel
investors
who are
funding
early-stage
startups
right
now.
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Figma,
DoorDash,
Twilio—Your
Future
Mentors?
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⚡ a16z’s Speedrun
Could Launch the
Next Unicorn
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A16z’s Speedrun
(SR006) has just
opened
applications—one
of the most
coveted programs
for early-stage
founders.
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Here’s what makes
it stand
out:
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Up to $1M
investment
+ $5M+
credits
(AWS,
OpenAI,
NVIDIA, GCP,
Stripe)
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12 weeks
in-person
at a16z HQ,
San
Francisco
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1:1
support
across GTM,
hiring,
legal,
recruiting,
and
capital
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Mentorship
from
unicorn
founders
of Figma,
DoorDash,
Twilio,
Airtable,
and
Behance
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️ Private
dinners
with Marc
Andreessen
& Ben
Horowitz
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600+
founder
community
for customer
intros and
product
feedback
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With $100M being
deployed into
Speedrun
startups this
September
alone, the stakes
couldn’t be
higher.
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Program: Jan 26 –
Apr 12, 2026
⏳ Deadline: Sept
28, 2025
Apply
here.
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The question
is simple:
which founder
will grab this
launchpad and
turn it into
the next
unicorn?
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Startups
Buzz
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How 3-Person
Teams Are
Scaling to $10M
ARR
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Tiny AI startups
are proving that
lean teams + smart
tools can hit $10M
ARR faster than
ever imagined. The
secret isn’t
headcount—it’s
leverage.
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Read how
founders are
scaling small
but winning
big
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What Airbnb’s
Brian Chesky
Learned From
Burnout
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Airbnb’s
co-founder hit
burnout during
hypergrowth—and
came back stronger
by reshaping how
he worked. His
lessons can help
founders avoid
costly burnout
while
scaling.
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See the 7
lessons every
founder should
know
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The Hidden Role
of AI in Closing
Sales Faster
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AI is quietly
transforming how
deals are
closed—picking the
right leads,
shortening sales
cycles, and giving
reps more
conversations that
count.
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Explore the
AI strategies
accelerating
sales
success
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Would You Take
VC Money From a
DAO?
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Decentralized
autonomous
organizations
(DAOs) are now
backing startups,
raising a bold
question: should
founders accept
capital from
communities
instead of
traditional
VCs?
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Dive into the
DAO-funding
wave
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The Silent
Startup Boom
Happening in
Tier-2 Cities
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India’s tier-2
and tier-3 cities
are emerging as
fertile grounds
for innovation,
with local
founders building
scalable ventures
beyond
metros.
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See why the
next unicorn
might not be
from a
metro
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Why the Best
Startup Skill
Might Be Saying
No
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Saying yes to
everything drains
focus. The
founders who win
big are the ones
who say
no—relentlessly—to
protect their time
and energy.
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Learn why
‘No’ is the
ultimate
growth
skill
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WEB PICKS
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OpenAI
Takes on
LinkedIn
with AI Jobs
Platform!
An AI-powered
career network
is coming in
2026, promising
smarter matches
based on skills,
experience, and
even online
presence.
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Atlassian
Snaps Up The
Browser
Company for
$610M!
Their bet? Dia
— the AI browser
built to
transform how
teams work
online.
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️ Trump Hosts
Tech Titans:
$1 Trillion
Pledge for
U.S.
Tech!
Apple, OpenAI,
Oracle,
SoftBank, and
NVIDIA commit
massive
investments at a
White House
dinner.
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Melania
Trump Leads
K-12 AI
Education
Revolution!
A new executive
order launches
nationwide AI
learning, with
135+
organizations
backing the
“AI-ready
workforce”
push.
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⚖️ Warner Bros
Sues
Midjourney:
$150K Per
Image!
The studio is
fighting back
against
AI-generated
Batman,
Superman, and DC
character
art.
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U.S. Army
Invests $99M
in AI That
Spots
Threats in
20
Seconds!
TurbineOne’s
offline software
aims to
neutralize
drones and other
dangers faster
than ever.
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Stripe
&
Paradigm
Launch AI
Blockchain
for
Payments!
With OpenAI and
Anthropic on
board, Tempo is
built for AI
agents to handle
money on their
own.
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DuckDuckGo
Drops $9.99
AI
Subscription
With GPT-5
Inside!
They’re
bundling premium
models at half
the price
competitors
charge.
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DeepSeek
Prepares to
Drop a
Cheaper
OpenAI
Rival!
By late 2025,
its new AI agent
could slash
token costs by
4–8x while
staying open
source.
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