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How Did a Brand
Hit $100K+ in
Under 2
Months?
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Brands like Magic Spoon
and Unilever
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than 2
months.
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75% of Shoppers
Won’t Look Past
Amazon’s First
Page—Are You There
Yet?
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Top 10
Pre-seed to
Series A
Funding
Rounds
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Top 10 Pre-seed
to Series A
Funding Rounds
of the Week
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This week, AI
startups dominated
the funding scene,
with 6 out of the
top 10 deals going
to AI-first
companies. The
biggest raise came
from Arintra ($21M
Series A), while SaaS,
Edtech, Foodtech,
and Fintech also
made their
mark.
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Here’s the
snapshot
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Refold
(Cobalt)
– AI,
Pre-seed +
Seed, $6.5M,
Jugal
Anchalia
& Kumar
Abhishek.
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Continua
AI
– AI, Seed,
$8M, David
Petrou.
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Dealops
– AI, Seed,
$7M, Spyri
Karasavva.
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Cuttable
– AI, Seed,
$2.9M, Sam
Kroonenburg
&
team.
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Arintra
– AI, Series
A, $21M,
Preeti
Bhargava
& Nitesh
Shroff.
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Infinity
Loop
– AI, Seed,
$5M, Nithin
Mummaneni
& Kevin
Liang.
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Edumentors
– Edtech,
Seed, $2M,
Tornike
Asatiani.
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Prefer
– Foodtech,
Seed, $4.2M,
Jake Berber
& Ding
Jie
Tan.
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Certivity
– SaaS,
Series A,
$15.5M, Nico
Wägerle
&
team.
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Liquid
– Fintech,
Seed, $2.1M,
Thiago
(Yaak) &
team.
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Key
Takeaway:
AI is leading the
charge, but
innovation is
thriving across
multiple
industries.
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⚡ And if you’re
a founder looking
to raise your next
round, here’s
something for
you:
A massive
list of
angel
investors
who are
actively
looking to
fund
early-stage
startups.
Whether you're
launching your
first business or
scaling up, these
investors could be
your next big
backer!
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50+ AI Sales
Agents
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The Sales
Agents You
Haven’t Met
Yet
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AI sales agents
aren’t just
another buzzword,
they’re quickly
becoming every
sales leader’s
secret weapon.
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Imagine having a
24/7 team member
who never forgets
a lead, instantly
personalizes
outreach, and
books meetings
while your reps
focus on closing
deals.
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From automating
prospecting to
handling real-time
conversations,
these agents are
rewriting the
playbook of modern
sales.
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The question
isn’t if you
should know about
them—it’s how fast
you can start
using them before
your competitors do.
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SuperAGI
– Autonomous AI
agents for
scalable business
tasks
Clay
– Data enrichment
& lead
sourcing, powered
by AI
SalesCloser.ai
– AI-driven sales
call
automation
Relevance
AI
– Build AI-powered
workflows for
sales &
customer
success
Sierra
AI
– Next-gen AI
sales reps by
ex-Slack
founder
Lyzr
– Custom AI agents
for sales &
ops
Persana
AI
– Intelligent
prospecting &
outreach
personalization
Outreach
– AI-augmented
sales engagement
platform
Regie.ai
– AI content &
sequence
generation for
sales teams
Amplemarket
– Sales automation
with AI
insights
Apollo.io
– Data-first sales
intelligence
platform
Seamless.AI
– AI-driven
prospecting &
lead gen
Lavender
– AI writing
assistant for
sales emails
Browse
AI
– No-code AI web
scraping for lead
generation
CrewAI
– AI teammates
that handle
repetitive sales
workflows
Tavus
– Personalized AI
video messaging
for outreach
D-ID
– AI avatars for
interactive sales
experiences
ChatBot
– Conversational
AI for lead
engagement
Landbot
– No-code chatbot
platform for lead
capture
Fireflies.ai
– AI meeting
assistant for
sales calls
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Takeaway:
Sales is being
redefined by AI —
from lead
generation and
prospecting to
demos and closing
calls. The future
sales rep may not
be human.
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⚡ Want to
explore more?
Discover 50+ AI
Sales Agents
&
Platforms
here.
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Top AI
Chatbots
Ranked by Web
Traffic
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Top AI Chatbots
Ranked by Web
Traffic
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A new study
reveals how AI
chatbots are
reshaping online
behavior,
attracting
billions of visits
and driving
unprecedented
growth. Key
findings
include:
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ChatGPT
rules the
market
with nearly
half of all
AI tool
traffic.
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Grok
surges
with
record-breaking
growth of
over
1M%.
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Gemini,
Perplexity,
and
Claude
emerge as
strong
challengers.
-
⏱️ Claude
leads in
engagement, with the
longest
average
session
time.
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Curious to see
how these
platforms are
reshaping the
future of AI
conversations?
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Elon
Musk
@elonmusk
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To
figure
out
who
will
win
any
given
technology
race,
just
look
at
the
rate
of
acceleration
of
innovation
&
growth
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Aug
19,
2025
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Dive deeper into
the data, trends,
and infographics
in the full
“AI ‘Big Bang’
Study
2025.”
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Startups
Buzz
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10 Mistakes
Killing Your
Fundraising
Chances
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Most founders
don’t fail at
fundraising
because of their
idea—it’s because
of avoidable
mistakes. From
pitching too early
to chasing the
wrong investors,
these slip-ups can
quietly kill your
chances.
Curious which
mistakes might be
costing you
investor interest? Read
more
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️♂️ The Secret
Scorecard VCs
Use to Judge
Startups
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VCs often skip
financial
projections and
lean on the Scorecard
Valuation
Method. It benchmarks
you against peers
and adjusts for
team, product, and
market
potential—giving
you a defensible
valuation.
Want to know how
your startup would
score? Find out
here
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Founder Hack:
Quirky Growth
Tactics That
Worked
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From Morning
Brew’s referral
loops to
Duolingo’s
gamified
onboarding, some
startups unlocked
growth with smart,
low-cost hacks.
These creative
playbooks show
that traction
often comes from
scrappy, clever
moves.
Which growth hack
could be your
shortcut to
breakout success? See
examples
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Surprise $100M+
AI Raises
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TechCrunch
tracked 49 US AI
startups
that raised
$100M+—some in
shockingly early
stages. From
generative AI
platforms to
robotics,
investors are
still betting big
despite market
cooling.
Which stealth AI
players just
grabbed
mega-funding? Check the
list
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Which
Accelerators
Truly Drive
Success?
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A Winsavvy study
ranks accelerator
programs by post-funding
success rates—revealing which
names give
startups the best
shot at traction
and which ones lag
behind. Not all
programs are
equal.
Want to know which
accelerator really
boosts growth? See the
rankings
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YC’s 2025
Generative AI
Gems
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Y Combinator’s
2025 cohort
features
generative AI
startups tackling
everything from
enterprise LLM
evaluation
(Humanloop) to
AI-powered
bookkeeping
(Truewind) and
engineering triage
(Remy).
Which YC-backed AI
startup could be
the next breakout? Explore them
here
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