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YC S24 - AI Agents for the Enterprise

243 new startups pitched their companies to an invitation-only group of venture capitalists last week at the 39th Y Combinator Demo Day. Core themes for YC S24 included AI agents, voice AI agents, AI copoilots, and AI devtools.

Rajeev Chand
September 30, 2024
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Partnering with Billables to automate operations for professional services

We’re excited to partner with Billables as they help professional services firms automate their mundane administrative tasks so that they can focus on their core work.

Tanay Jaipuria
October 2, 2024
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Noteable Named to the 2021 Forbes Cloud 100 Rising Stars

Noteable Named to the 2021 Forbes Cloud 100 Rising Stars

Noteable named to the 2021 Forbes Cloud 100 Rising Stars. Do your best work with the latest news and content at Wing.

Aug 11, 2021
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Gong Named to the 2021 Forbes Cloud 100

Gong Named to the 2021 Forbes Cloud 100

Gong named to Forbes 2021 Cloud 100 list. Do your best work with the latest news and content at Wing.

Aug 11, 2021
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Human Interest Raises $200M On Its Path To IPO

Human Interest Raises $200M On Its Path To IPO

Human Interest raises $200M on its way to IPO. Do your best work with the latest news and content at Wing.

Aug 4, 2021
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Deepgram Launches $10M Speech Recognition Startup Program

Deepgram Launches $10M Speech Recognition Startup Program

Deepgram launches $10M speech recognition startup program. Do your best work with the latest news and content at Wing.

Aug 3, 2021
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Advice for Founders from the CEOs of Three Iconic Companies

Advice for Founders from the CEOs of Three Iconic Companies

Last week we hosted the Wing Summit on Building Iconic Companies with the legendary Eric Yuan (Zoom), Melanie Perkins (Canva) and Stewart Butterfield (Slack). We had over 1,000 attendees, largely filled with CEOs and founders. The full summit can be viewed here.

Zach DeWitt
Jul 27, 2021
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Netlify Partners with StepZen to Build Dynamic Functionality on Jamstack Sites

Netlify Partners with StepZen to Build Dynamic Functionality on Jamstack Sites

Netlify partners with StepZen to build dynamic functionality on Jamstack sites. Do your best work with the latest news and content at Wing.

Jul 20, 2021
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CertiK Completes Series B Funding

CertiK Completes Series B Funding

Read about CertiK securing Series B funding. Do your best work with the latest news and content at Wing.

Jul 14, 2021
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AI-Powered Sales Enablement Platform Gong Raises $250M

AI-Powered Sales Enablement Platform Gong Raises $250M

Read about how Gong raised $250M. Do your best work with the latest news and content at Wing.

Jun 3, 2021
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TruEra Launches TruEra Monitoring

TruEra Launches TruEra Monitoring

TruEra launches TruEra Monitoring. Do your best work with the latest news and content at Wing.

Jun 2, 2021
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Flush With Cash, Startups Move to Hire CFOs Earlier

Flush With Cash, Startups Move to Hire CFOs Earlier

Startups move to hire CFOs earlier in their lifecycles. Do your best work with the latest news and content at Wing.

May 31, 2021
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Clear Labs Raises $60M Series C

Clear Labs Raises $60M Series C

Clear Labs raises $60M in Series C. Do your best work with the latest news and content at Wing.

May 26, 2021
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SiMa.ai Raises $80M in Series B Financing

SiMa.ai Raises $80M in Series B Financing

SiMa.ai raises $80M in Series B financing. Do your best work with the latest news and content at Wing.

May 11, 2021
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Jellyfish Recognized By Gartner As Cool Vendor For Software Engineering Technologies

Jellyfish Recognized By Gartner As Cool Vendor For Software Engineering Technologies

Jellyfish recognized by Gartner as a “Cool Vendor” for software engineering. Do your best work with the latest news and content at Wing.

May 11, 2021
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Valtix Named a Gartner 2021 Cool Vendor in Cloud Networking

Valtix Named a Gartner 2021 Cool Vendor in Cloud Networking

Valtix named a Gartner 2021 Cool Vendor in Cloud Networking. Do your best work with the latest news and content at Wing.

May 3, 2021
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Deepgram and Gong Named to Forbes 2021 AI 50 List

Deepgram and Gong Named to Forbes 2021 AI 50 List

Deepgram and Gong named to 2021 Forbes AI 50 list. Do your best work with the latest news and content at Wing.

May 3, 2021
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Cohesity Recognized as a Customers’ Choice in 2021 Gartner Peer Insights ‘Voice of the Customer’ Report

Cohesity Recognized as a Customers’ Choice in 2021 Gartner Peer Insights ‘Voice of the Customer’ Report

Cohesity recognized in 2021 Gartner Peer Insights report. Do your best work with the latest news and content at Wing.

Apr 22, 2021
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Truera named "Startup to Watch" in 2021 by DBTA Magazine

Truera named "Startup to Watch" in 2021 by DBTA Magazine

Truera named "Startup to Watch" in 2021 by DBTA Magazine. Do your best work with the latest news and content at Wing.

Apr 22, 2021
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Upsolver Enables No-Code Data Analytics in the Cloud with $25M Funding

Upsolver Enables No-Code Data Analytics in the Cloud with $25M Funding

Upsolver enables no-code data analytics in the cloud with $25M funding. Do your best work with the latest news and content at Wing.

Apr 6, 2021
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Cohesity Announces a $3.7B Valuation — $1.2B More Than Its Valuation Less Than 12 Months Ago

Cohesity Announces a $3.7B Valuation — $1.2B More Than Its Valuation Less Than 12 Months Ago

Cohesity announced $3.7B valuation. Do your best work with the latest news and content at Wing.

Mar 30, 2021
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Drip Capital Closes $40M Committed Warehouse Credit Facility from East West Bancorp to Facilitate Trade Finance to Small Businesses

Drip Capital Closes $40M Committed Warehouse Credit Facility from East West Bancorp to Facilitate Trade Finance to Small Businesses

Drip Capital closes $40M in its commitment to facilitate trade finance to small businesses. Do your best work with the latest news and content at Wing.

Mar 25, 2021
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Starkware Raises $75M in Series B Funding Round

Starkware Raises $75M in Series B Funding Round

Starkware raises $75M in Series B funding. Do your best work with the latest news and content at Wing.

Mar 25, 2021
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Truera Named to Fast Company’s Annual List of the World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2021

Truera Named to Fast Company’s Annual List of the World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2021

Truera named to Fast Company’s Annual List of the World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2021. Do your best work with the latest news and content at Wing.

Mar 10, 2021
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Collaboration Startup Around Raises $10 Million To Fight Zoom Fatigue In The ‘Hybrid’ Office Future

Collaboration Startup Around Raises $10 Million To Fight Zoom Fatigue In The ‘Hybrid’ Office Future

Around raised $10M to fight Zoom fatigue. Do your best work with the latest news and content at Wing.

Mar 2, 2021
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Hydrolix Snares $10M Seed to Lower the Cost of Processing Log Data at Scale

Hydrolix Snares $10M Seed to Lower the Cost of Processing Log Data at Scale

Hydrolix snares $10M in seed funding. Do your best work with the latest news and content at Wing.

Feb 26, 2021
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Torii Announces $10M Series A to Automate SaaS Management

Torii Announces $10M Series A to Automate SaaS Management

Torii announces $10M Series A to automate SaaS management. Do your best work with the latest news and content at Wing.

Feb 18, 2021
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401(k) Provider Human Interest Doubles Valuation with $55M Fundraise

401(k) Provider Human Interest Doubles Valuation with $55M Fundraise

Find out how a 401K provider Human Interest doubled their valuation with a $55M Fundraise. Do your best work with the latest news and content at Wing.

Feb 11, 2021
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Deepgram Raises $25M to Build Custom Enterprise Speech Recognition Models

Deepgram Raises $25M to Build Custom Enterprise Speech Recognition Models

Deepgram raised $25M to build custom speech recognition models. Do your best work with the latest news and content at Wing.

Feb 3, 2021
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Classiq Raises $10.5M Series A Round for its Quantum Software Development Platform Frederic Lardinois

Classiq Raises $10.5M Series A Round for its Quantum Software Development Platform Frederic Lardinois

Classiq raised $10.5M Series A for its quantum software platform. Do your best work with the latest news and content at Wing.

Jan 27, 2021
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Pinecone Lands $10M Seed for Purpose-Built Machine Learning Database

Pinecone Lands $10M Seed for Purpose-Built Machine Learning Database

Pinecone lands $10M seed for purpose-built machine learning database. Do your best work with the latest news and content at Wing.

Jan 27, 2021
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Powering Production ML: Why Wing Invested in Pinecone

Powering Production ML: Why Wing Invested in Pinecone

We look forward to working closely with Edo and the entire Pinecone team to enable the next wave of ML applications as AI takes center stage in the Modern Enterprise.

Peter Wagner
Jan 27, 2021
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Jellyfish Secures $31.5M Series B to Grow Platform, Sales

Jellyfish Secures $31.5M Series B to Grow Platform, Sales

Jellyfish secures $31.5M in Series B funding. Do your best work with the latest news and content at Wing.

Jan 12, 2021
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Enterprise Tech 2021 Predictions—A Curated Sample

Enterprise Tech 2021 Predictions—A Curated Sample

Over the past 1-2 weeks our research team has scanned many, if not all, of the enterprise technology predictions and trends for 2021, across cloud, data, analytics, machine learning, networking, ops, semiconductor, security, privacy, and other domains. Below is a curation of quotes with the source authors and publications. Our primary takeaway: it is an incredible time to be in enterprise technology.

Rajeev Chand
Jan 5, 2021
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StepZen Raises $8M Seed to Build Data Integration API

StepZen Raises $8M Seed to Build Data Integration API

StepZen raises $8M seed to build data integration API. Do your best work with the latest news and content at Wing.

Dec 22, 2020
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Wing Founder Survey: Cloud Data

Wing Founder Survey: Cloud Data

Wing conducted a survey of 153 startup CEOs and founders from December 7 to December 10 to understand their views on cloud data.

Jake Flomenberg
Dec 16, 2020
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Truera Raises $12M in Series A Funding to Accelerate Go-to-Market of First AI Model Intelligence Platform

Truera Raises $12M in Series A Funding to Accelerate Go-to-Market of First AI Model Intelligence Platform

Truera raises $12M in Series A Funding to accelerate GTM of first AI model intelligence platform. Do your best work with the latest news and content at Wing.

Dec 14, 2020
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Peter Wagner Joins CNBC "Squawk Box" to Discuss Wing's Early Investment in Snowflake

Peter Wagner Joins CNBC "Squawk Box" to Discuss Wing's Early Investment in Snowflake

Peter Wagner joins CNBC Squawk Box to chat about Wing's Early Investment in Snowflake. Do your best work with the latest news and content at Wing.

Dec 9, 2020
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SiMa.ai Included on CRN's 10 Coolest AI Chip Startups of 2020

SiMa.ai Included on CRN's 10 Coolest AI Chip Startups of 2020

SiMa.ai listed on CRN's 10 Coolest AI Chip Startups of 2020. Do your best work with the latest news and content at Wing.

Nov 30, 2020
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Moogsoft Named a Finalist in CRN's 2020 Tech Innovator Awards

Moogsoft Named a Finalist in CRN's 2020 Tech Innovator Awards

Moogsoft named as a finalist in CRN's 2020 Tech Innovator Awards. Do your best work with the latest news and content at Wing.

Nov 19, 2020
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Espressive Named a Leader in The Forrester New Wave™: Chatbots For IT Operations, Q4 2020

Espressive Named a Leader in The Forrester New Wave™: Chatbots For IT Operations, Q4 2020

Espressive named a Forrester New Wave leader for Q4 2020. Do your best work with the latest news and content at Wing.

Nov 14, 2020
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Findem Launches from Stealth with People Intelligence Platform, Raises $7.3M Series A

Findem Launches from Stealth with People Intelligence Platform, Raises $7.3M Series A

Findem launches People Intelligence Platform, raising $7.3M in Series A funding. Do your best work with the latest news and content at Wing.

Oct 14, 2020
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Wing Founder Survey: Remote, What's Next

Wing Founder Survey: Remote, What's Next

Wing conducted a survey of 303 startups to understand the next-level issues in remote and hybrid company-building. Do your best work with the latest news and content at Wing.

Rajeev Chand
Oct 13, 2020
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Cogniac Raises $10M for AI that Spots Visual Changes for Industrial and Government Uses

Cogniac Raises $10M for AI that Spots Visual Changes for Industrial and Government Uses

Cogniac raised $10M for industrial and governmental AI. Do your best work with the latest news and content at Wing.

Sep 30, 2020
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Spectrum Labs Raises $10M for its AI-based Platform to Combat Online Toxicity

Spectrum Labs Raises $10M for its AI-based Platform to Combat Online Toxicity

Spectrum Labs raises $10M for its AI-based platform to combat online toxicity. Do your best work with the latest news and content at Wing.

Sep 24, 2020
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Trust, Safety and Data: Wing Invests in Spectrum Labs’ $10 Million Series A

Trust, Safety and Data: Wing Invests in Spectrum Labs’ $10 Million Series A

The Spectrum Labs team has deep experience building data-driven enterprise technology businesses. Founders Justin Davis and Josh Newman were key leaders at Krux Digital, a pioneer of marketing data technology that was acquired by Salesforce.

Peter Wagner
Sep 24, 2020
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Peter Wagner Joins CNBC "Squawk Box" to Discuss Snowflake's IPO

Peter Wagner Joins CNBC "Squawk Box" to Discuss Snowflake's IPO

Peter Wagner joins CNBC Squawk Box to discuss Snowflake's IPO. Do your best work with the latest news and content at Wing.

Sep 17, 2020
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Snowflake More than Doubles in Market Debut, Largest Ever Software IPO

Snowflake More than Doubles in Market Debut, Largest Ever Software IPO

Snowflake more than doubles in market debut, largest ever software IPO. Do your best work with the latest news and content at Wing.

Sep 17, 2020
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Snowflake, before it was obvious

Snowflake, before it was obvious

Snowflake is now a public company -- an overnight success, eight years in the making! I first met founders Benoit Dageville and Thierry Cruanes in January 2013 (Marcin Zukowski was still in Europe) and led Wing’s investment in the Snowflake seed financing soon after. We have invested in every Snowflake financing since, right up to today’s historic IPO. But when we made our initial decision, things weren’t quite so obvious.

Peter Wagner
Sep 16, 2020
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The Wing Remote Stack Summit

The Wing Remote Stack Summit

We are pleased to announce the Wing Remote Stack Summit, an exclusive, invitation-only meeting for tech founders and corporate executives to examine the new era of remote work.

Rajeev Chand
Sep 15, 2020
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Ordr Named a SINET16 2020 Award Winner

Ordr Named a SINET16 2020 Award Winner

Ordr named a SINET16 2020 Award Winner. Do your best work with the latest news and content at Wing.

Sep 10, 2020
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Moogsoft Named a Leader in EMA’s Radar Report on AIOps and Wins DevOps Innovation Award

Moogsoft Named a Leader in EMA’s Radar Report on AIOps and Wins DevOps Innovation Award

Moogsoft is named as a leader in EMA’s Radar Report on AIOps and wins DevOps Innovation Award. Do your best work with the latest news and content at Wing.

Sep 10, 2020
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CrowdStrike Adds Obsidian to the CrowdStrike Store

CrowdStrike Adds Obsidian to the CrowdStrike Store

CrowdStrike adds Obsidian to its store. Do your best work with the latest news and content at Wing.

Sep 3, 2020
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In The Hot Seat With Forbes Advisor India: Pushkar Mukewar

In The Hot Seat With Forbes Advisor India: Pushkar Mukewar

In the hot seat with Forbes Advisor India: Pushkar Mukewar. Do your best work with the latest news and content at Wing.

Sep 3, 2020
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October 3, 2024

AI growing faster than SaaS

Stripe's data shows AI startups reaching $1M revenue 4 months faster than SaaS, and scaling to $30M five times faster. Yet AI faces higher compute costs out of the gate. Does AI still have the advantage?

October 9, 2024

The plummeting cost of intelligence

The perception that AI is expensive is rapidly becoming outdated. Through a combination of technological breakthroughs and market forces, we're entering an era where intelligence could become nearly free to use.

October 9, 2024

Five key learnings from Google’s antitrust ruling

The recent antitrust trial against Google pulled back the curtain on some of the company’s business practices, revealing how they created an insurmountable advantage over Google’s competitors.

September 16, 2024

Open-source versus proprietary AI models: The new frontiers of AI competition

The AI industry is at a pivotal moment as open-source models narrow the performance gap with proprietary giants. This shift could reshape how AI is developed, deployed and monetized.

October 9, 2024

Partnering with Billables to automate operations for professional services

We’re excited to partner with Billables as they help professional services firms automate their mundane administrative tasks so that they can focus on their core work.

October 9, 2024

The evolution of SaaS pricing in the AI era

AI is shifting the long-standing seat-based pricing model in SaaS. Discover how forward-thinking companies are innovating their pricing strategies to reflect the true value of AI-enhanced solutions.

October 3, 2024

The secret to finding PMF is focus

Going broad isn't always the path to success. Find out how a focused approach can lead to stronger growth and better product-market fit.

September 21, 2023

YC S24 - AI Agents for the Enterprise

243 new startups pitched their companies to an invitation-only group of venture capitalists last week at the 39th Y Combinator Demo Day. Core themes for YC S24 included AI agents, voice AI agents, AI copoilots, and AI devtools.

October 3, 2024

The AI growth flywheel: How 11x is scaling fast with their own automated sales rep

AI is disrupting and transforming traditional business processes. This startup built an AI-powered sales rep — and turned it into a powerful growth accelerator for their own business.

November 1, 2024

The hidden traits of great startup hires, and how to uncover them

Krishna Rangasayee, founder of SiMa.ai, shares his hard-won insights on building a stellar startup team. Learn how to avoid common pitfalls and hire candidates that will drive your company's success.

October 3, 2024

The new tech diet: Why companies are shedding excess weight

From startups to tech giants, a new mantra is emerging: Do more with less. Dive into the forces driving this trend and learn why operational fitness might be the key to keeping your competitive edge.

October 9, 2024

Unpacking Apple Intelligence: Apple’s vision for personalized AI

Apple's has announced a welcome new entrant to the AI space. With technological innovation and a continued focus on user privacy, Apple Intelligence is a leap forward for personal AI agents.

June 11, 2024

PMF, the “Sine Qua Non” of startup success (and failure): Lessons from Varun Mehta

In Varun Mehta’s Founder Docs, he shares his insights on the importance of getting product-market fit right as early as possible in the startup journey, and what to do when you’re struggling to find it.

October 9, 2024

The entrepreneur's guide to lean financial operations

Lean startup financial management can be challenging. Vinay Jain, founder of MadMen AI, offers practical tips on expense reviews and strategic hiring that can help you run a lean company right from day one.

August 23, 2024

Automating work with Orby AI

Orby observes, learns, and automates - no need to craft the perfect question, rather, the system will intelligently suggest automations for your workflows across apps.

June 11, 2024

2023: The Year of Market Divergence

Today, we are in a time of “market divergence”, in which companies in the fast-moving water of AI have seemingly insatiable investor demand, while those perceived to be in the back-eddies of prior technology cycles can find themselves to be almost unfinanceable.

June 11, 2024

Meet the Angels' Share 100

We are excited to unveil today the Angels’ Share 100. The Angels’ Share 100 is an exclusive list of the most active angel investors in the most promising startups in enterprise tech. The mission is to serve as an information and relationship platform for the founder and angel community.

June 11, 2024

Opportunities (and traps) for the scientist founder: Lessons from Pinecone’s Edo Liberty

Edo Liberty, the mind behind Pinecone, reveals how his background as a scientist has uniquely positioned him for startup success and shares the benefits of applying a research-driven approach to entrepreneurship.

October 9, 2024

Startups and timing: On the “why now” for new businesses

There’s a lot more to the "why now" question for any new business than meets the eye. But when startups get it right, they set themselves up for massive success.

September 16, 2024

Embedding AI and data into enterprise applications with Inventive

Today marks an exciting milestone as we proudly share our investment in Inventive and its groundbreaking platform aimed at revolutionizing the integration of AI into SaaS products.

September 16, 2024

How Synopsys and Cadence are fueling the semiconductor industry's growth engine

As the semiconductor industry continues to innovate and evolve, two companies — Synopsys and Cadence — have emerged as the critical foundation of chip design. Read on for a deep dive into the world of EDA software.

October 3, 2024

Startups, define culture first

What if I told you that one of the biggest keys to startup success lies in something most founders overlook? It's not about having the best product or the most funding — it’s about deliberately defining your culture before you start hiring.

October 9, 2024

Observations from the 2024 Enterprise Tech 30

What do the most promising enterprise tech startups have in common? From Generative AI to product-led growth, discover the biggest trends from the 2024 ET30 list and what they mean for the future of the industry.

September 16, 2024

The major computing cycles: From IBM to NVIDIA, CUDA and the generative AI age

In this exploration of computing's evolutionary timeline, you’ll learn the key milestones that have shaped the AI revolution. From personal computers to GPUs and the rise of generative AI, find out how these developments are paving the way for a trillion-dollar opportunity.

September 21, 2023

YC W24 Demo Day - The implications for enterprise tech

Over the past two days, Y Combinator held its 38th Demo Day, which continues to be one of the most exciting sets of days in tech. We had the privilege to participate, and we congratulate each of the YC W24 batch founders on their companies’ launches!

October 9, 2024

Reddit S-1 breakdown: On community, profitability, AI, and meme stocks

Reddit, the front page of the internet, is going public. Dive into the company's journey, challenges and opportunities as it navigates the path to becoming a publicly traded entity.

October 3, 2024

Common mistakes founders make

Want to build a thriving startup? Discover the top missteps founders make and how to avoid them.

September 21, 2023

Peter Wagner on 20VC: 27 years of investing lessons

Wing's Peter Wagner appeared on the 20VC podcast with Harry Stebbings; listen in and check out the recording!

October 9, 2024

Observations on the Adobe-Figma acquisition termination

The unraveling of Adobe's $20 billion bid for Figma offers key insights into the regulatory roadblocks facing Big Tech mergers. Read on to get an analysis of what happened, and what might come next for M&A.

September 21, 2023

Wing congratulates Cohesity and Veritas

Wing is incredibly excited to congratulate the Cohesity and Veritas teams as they announce today a combined company that will undoubtedly and rapidly become the market leader in data security and management.

September 21, 2023

Pinecone's Edo Liberty and Notion's Akshay Kothari on user safety, building a business, and the future of AI

Wing recently hosted another installment of our Wing AI series, featuring Pinecone's Edo Liberty and Notion's Akshay Kothari in a conversation led by Wing founding partner Peter Wagner.

October 9, 2024

Big Tech’s playbook for AI investment

Tech giants like Amazon and Google are consistently making strategic investments in AI startups. Read on to find out more about Big Tech’s motivations and the broader implications for the technology sector.

August 23, 2024

Dr. Ansuman Satpathy joins Wing team

We're pleased to share that Dr. Ansuman Satpathy has joined the Wing team as venture partner, helping us and founders shape the future of health and medicine.

October 3, 2024

Great companies are built in the first year

Speed thrills — but it's often the steady and meticulous approach that seals the win. Discover how to build startups with a careful blend of patience and urgency.

October 9, 2024

The architect of innovation: Lessons from Arm's recent IPO

Dig deeper into the story of Arm, a pivotal but understated force in the semiconductor industry, as we unravel the strategy and serendipity behind its successful IPO.

October 3, 2024

A closer look at MotherDuck's unique monetization of DuckDB

MotherDuck has recently made waves in the technology world with its innovative serverless data analytics platform. Built on the open-source DuckDB, it offers a new approach to handling modern data challenges.

September 16, 2024

Insights from Retool’s State of AI report: How businesses are really using artificial intelligence today

Retool's latest State of AI Report reveals surprising truths about artificial intelligence in the workplace. Read on to find out how AI is truly being used in businesses today.

September 16, 2024

A deep dive into the AI workload super cycle

The AI workload super cycle represents a profound transformation in the technology landscape, underpinned by cutting-edge GPU hardware innovation and a surging demand for AI-driven tasks.

September 21, 2023

A deep dive into Wing's B2B tech investment strategy with founding partner Peter Wagner

Wing founder partner Peter Wagner sat down with Nick Moran for an interview on The Full Ratchet, a podcast about demystifying venture capital. Though the episode revolved around Peter’s lessons from seed investing in Snowflake and Gong, the conversation ended up a masterclass in investment philosophy.

October 9, 2024

Instacart IPO breakdown: On the grocery market, ads, memberships, profitability and valuation

From its inception to its impressive IPO, Instacart has been a game changer in the grocery industry. Read on to get the details on the company’s metrics, stakeholders and future outlook in the fast-evolving retail delivery landscape.

September 16, 2024

Productionizing LLMs with Gradient.ai

We're excited to welcome Gradient.ai into the Wing family, as they announce their $10 million seed raise. Our collaboration with Gradient started over a year ago, spurred by their adeptness in crafting custom ML models honed at reputable institutions like Netflix, Pinterest, Google, Splunk, and Meta.

October 3, 2024

Wing AI—Getting to 10 million users

Catch the recording of Wing AI: Getting to 10 million users, held October 2 at Notion's headquarters on Harrison Street in San Francisco, featuring insights from Keith Peiris of Tome and Paul Yacoubian of Copy.ai, led by Wing's Zach DeWitt.

November 1, 2024

Building and performing at the embedded edge with SiMa.ai

Today, we’re thrilled to see SiMa's vision take a massive step forward, and to congratulate the SiMa.ai team as they mark two major milestones in their journey to revolutionize machine learning at the edge.

October 3, 2024

A breakdown of OpenView's 2023 Product Benchmarks Report

Change is afoot in the SaaS world. Take a look at OpenView's 2023 product benchmarks report to find out what today's top-performing PLG companies are doing to grow and scale.

October 9, 2024

A few product lessons from Threads: On cold starts, distribution, timing and leveraging your new entrant status

Meta's Threads took the online realm by storm, but what product lessons lie behind its meteoric (if brief) rise? Find out what startups can learn from Zuck's innovative launch.

October 3, 2024

Mastering startup leadership: Insights from tech titan Frank Slootman of Snowflake

Being a CEO can feel like you’re navigating uncharted territory with no guidebook or rules. Leadership is complex, and often the most transformative work happens backstage, away from the public gaze. It’s a lot like building a product.

September 21, 2023

Wing and ET30 honorees ring the Nasdaq opening bell

On Monday, July 17, Wing founding partner Peter Wagner joined with a group of honorees from the Enterprise Tech 30 list to ring the Nasdaq opening bell at the Nasdaq MarketSite Studio in Times Square. Catch the live recording of the event, as well as Peter's remarks.

September 21, 2023

Wing Announces Wing Four: A $600 Million Fund Fueling the AI-First Transformation of Business

The new fund will be exclusively dedicated to early-stage investing and long-term company building in B2B technology with a focus on companies central to the construction of the AI-first technology stack.

June 11, 2024

Ten Years Good: Announcing Wing Four

Wing Four will be perhaps the most significant pool of early-stage capital and company-building resources dedicated to enabling the AI-first transformation of business.

October 9, 2024

Stepping into the Outverse

We at Wing are thrilled to announce that we are leading Outverse’s $6 million seed round. Outverse is a state-of-the-art community platform for forward-thinking companies that reimagines how product teams connect with their customers and users.

October 3, 2024

Partnering with Slang.ai to answer every customer call with AI

We're excited to announce our partnership with Slang.ai as they work to help SMBs leverage the power of AI to better serve their customers.

October 3, 2024

More than meets the eye: How I read between the lines when evaluating investments

Ever wondered about the hidden considerations seasoned investors are thinking about when they’re evaluating startups? Read on to uncover the hidden aspects that make all the difference when identifying great investment opportunities.

October 9, 2024

Leveraging Large Language Models to build a defensible startup

Learn how your startup can leverage the power of large language models (LLMs) to build defensible moats, establish market dominance and create a sustainable path to success.

October 3, 2024

Why all startups should embrace (and seek out) critics

Critics can help your startup uncover hidden issues and improve your customer experience. Find out how to use constructive criticism to create better products and services.

June 11, 2024

V21 Annual Study: The Year of Living Cautiously

The mission of the V21 study is to examine early-stage financing dynamics amongst the industry’s highest quality startups. We analyze and report on the trends and characteristics of companies invested in by at least one of the 21 elite venture capital firms, the “V21."

June 11, 2024

The Vectorious Revolution: Pinecone, developer empowerment, and our AI-first future

The vector representation of data, and the types of processing it requires, is the lingua franca of AI and truly horizontal in its impact.

October 9, 2024

The state of generative AI

While there are still technical challenges to overcome, the future of generative AI looks promising, and it will unquestionably play an increasingly important role in our lives.

September 21, 2023

Voices of the Market: RSA Conference 2023

It is apparent, in our view, that the security ecosystem is more advanced, more prepared, and more engaged than ever before. It is not clear, however, that our collective work is sufficient to change the current trajectory of cyber attacks, which seems to be only “up and to the right”. Fundamentally new approaches may indeed be called for.

September 21, 2023

Enterprise trends from YC W23 Demo Day

Last week, the YC Winter 2023 batch presented their new businesses to an invitation-only group of investors, press, and others in the startup community. The two days included 265 startups, who were selected by YC from a pool of 20,000 applicants.

October 3, 2024

Partnering with AirOps to bring AI to work

AirOps is launching a series of AI apps that are task specific, easy to install and configure, and are scalable and available everywhere. We are proud to announce our partnership with the AirOps team and lead their $7 million seed round.

October 3, 2024

The top 4 ways to hire A-players for your initial startup team

Find out why hiring top performers is crucial to the growth and success of your startup — and get some tips on how to identify and attract A-players for your team.

October 3, 2024

How Userflow bootstrapped to millions of ARR with three people and PLG

Learn from Userflow’s co-founder how the user onboarding app startup beat the odds with bootstrapping and PLG — while enabling PLG for other companies.

October 9, 2024

Big tech and generative AI: What the incumbents are up to

The world’s biggest tech companies revealed their plans for incorporating generative AI into their products and services at recent earnings calls. Read this round-up to find out what’s on the horizon for GenAI.

June 11, 2024

Aircraft Carriers, Death Stars and Why “Seed is the New A”

The early-stage financing world is changing rapidly. But what won’t change is what it takes to build a great company, and the absolute priority and intense difficulty of laying the foundation right the first time.

June 11, 2024

No Sign of a Venture Slowdown (Yet) Amongst Leading Firms

The V21 tracks the investment activity of a select group of the industry’s top venture firms. It is no secret that most startups fail, and that returns for the median venture firm often lag the S&P 500. The V21 data set represents more of the quality and less of the clutter.

June 11, 2024

Wing Congratulates Gong on its $65 Million Series C: “The Virtuous Data Cycle” in Action

We wish to congratulate the entire team at Gong on their tremendous progress. Gong was founded by Amit Bendov and Eilon Reshef, and it has been our honor to partner with them in their journey.

June 11, 2024

Crash Analytics: What the Last Two Downturns Tell Us About the Future of Early Stage Financing

What the last two downturns tell us about the future of early stage financing. Do your best work with the latest news and content at Wing.

June 11, 2024

Trust, Safety and Data: Wing Invests in Spectrum Labs’ $10 Million Series A

The Spectrum Labs team has deep experience building data-driven enterprise technology businesses. Founders Justin Davis and Josh Newman were key leaders at Krux Digital, a pioneer of marketing data technology that was acquired by Salesforce.

June 11, 2024

Seed is the New A – But What’s Next?

The 2021 V21 analysis will reveal a sharp reversal of some of the trends we’ve been documenting to date. Most notably, deal sizes and valuations will undoubtedly decline, as will the number of deals closed.

June 11, 2024

Why Data-First Applications Will Come To Rule Enterprise Software

Next-generation systems of record will be built around data at their core. The smarter incumbents are already trying to respond, but this could be an even more difficult transition for them than the leap to the cloud. Most won’t make it.

June 11, 2024

The Wing Manifesto, Part II: The DMC Shift

Data, Mobile and Cloud are driving a wave of change at a scale that we see only once in a generation. It is bigger than anything we’ve seen before and creates massive potential for innovators with great ideas. We look forward to working with founders and their early teams to lead this change and build companies that matter.

June 11, 2024

Powering Production ML: Why Wing Invested in Pinecone

We look forward to working closely with Edo and the entire Pinecone team to enable the next wave of ML applications as AI takes center stage in the Modern Enterprise.

Buzzy Storytelling Startup Tome Raises $43 Million From A Who’s Who In AI

Buzzy storytelling startup Tome raises $43M from a who’s who in AI. Do your best work with the latest news and content at Wing.

June 11, 2024

Snowflake, before it was obvious

Snowflake is now a public company -- an overnight success, eight years in the making! I first met founders Benoit Dageville and Thierry Cruanes in January 2013 (Marcin Zukowski was still in Europe) and led Wing’s investment in the Snowflake seed financing soon after. We have invested in every Snowflake financing since, right up to today’s historic IPO. But when we made our initial decision, things weren’t quite so obvious.

June 11, 2024

The Modern Enterprise

The Modern Enterprise is an agile workplace built on data and powered by AI. As these technologies touch more people and processes, their impact grows exponentially and transcends traditional organizational boundaries.

October 3, 2024

Copy.ai: Automated Creativity Tools Generate Business Content in Seconds

Writing business content is hard and time consuming—however, the need for great business writing only continues to grow. The acceleration of fully-digital products and experiences now means almost everyone at a business is a copywriter—whether you are the CEO, working in product, or writing ads for marketing campaigns.

Atlassian, Slack And The Promise Of ChatOps

Enterprise messaging services are starting to turn themselves into broader-based platforms. This is creating a new set of opportunities for startups that develop applications which can be embedded in the new communication tools.

Creating A Local Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

Gaurav was recently invited to give the keynote speech at a startup conference run by Washington University in St Louis. During the event, he was interviewed by the local PBS television station and the conversation focused on what it takes to build a successful local entrepreneurial ecosystem. You can hear his thoughts in the video below:

Inc. Magazine on the Rise of Jasper and the Special Relationship between the Company's CEO and One of Wing's Co-Founders, Gaurav Garg

Inc. Magazine on the rise of Jasper with Gaurav Garg. Do your best work with the latest news and content at Wing.

The 25 Hottest Startups that Launched in 2015

Read more about the Hottest 25 startups of 2015. Do your best work with the latest news and content at Wing.

For Cybersecurity, Machine Learning Offers Hope Beyond The Hype

Bold claims have been made about the potential of machine learning to improve the state of cyber security. At least some of them will turn out to be accurate.

How To Build A Vibrant Local Innovation Ecosystem

Gaurav Garg, one of Wing's co-founders, gives his thoughts on the importance of creating local innovation ecosystems that are self-reinforcing.

June 11, 2024

Ten Business Tech Trends For 2016

As the New Year approaches, the team here at Wing has highlighted some of the most important trends we think will shape the enterprise tech landscape in 2016.

Instart Logic Raises $45M Series D Round for its Application Delivery Platform

Instart Logic raises $45M in Series D funding. Do your best work with the latest news and content at Wing.

September 21, 2023

Jasper: An Incredible Journey

Cisco's proposed acquisition of Jasper is a significant milestone in the development of the Internet of Things. In this post, I look back on my 11 years working with an incredible company and an exceptional entrepreneur--and explain why Jasper is a great example of Wing's approach to working with startups.

Cisco To Buy Jasper Technologies For $1.4 Billion

Cisco announced their intention to buy Jasper for $1.4B. Do your best work with the latest news and content at Wing.

Cisco To Pay $1.4 Billion For Internet Of Things Firm Jasper

Cisco to pay $1.4B for Internet of Things firm Jasper. Do your best work with the latest news and content at Wing.

Speaking In Code: Microservices Are A Platform For The Next Wave Of Mass Communications

Next-generation ambient IT infrastructure—and the ability to use it without the cognitive burden of having to understand how it works—will bring a whole new dynamic range to the creation and dissemination of ideas.

Cisco to Buy Jasper In $1.4B ‘Things’ Push

Cisco to buy Jasper in their $1.4B push to break into the Internet of Things. Do your best work with the latest news and content at Wing.

September 21, 2023

The Ruckus Wireless Story

The proposed acquisition of Ruckus Wireless by Brocade is a personal milestone for me. After Redback Networks, it's the second occasion that I have been a co-founder of a built-from-scratch, venture-funded public company. Here are some of the lessons from Ruckus's journey.

Startup YesPath Launches AI-Driven Platform That Automatically Targets Marketing Content

Startup YesPath launches AI-driven platform that automatically targets marketing content. Do your best work with the latest news and content at Wing.

September 21, 2023

The Ruckus Wireless Story

Enjoy the Ruckus Wireless story. Do your best work with the latest news and content at Wing.

Oracle Acquires Opower in $532M Deal

Oracle acquires Opower in surprising $532M deal. Do your best work with the latest news and content at Wing.

Moogsoft Raises $30M in Series C Funding to Fuel Global Market Expansion

Moogsoft raises $30M in Series C Funding to fuel its global market expansion. Do your best work with the latest news and content at Wing.

Tigera Raises $13M In Series A Funding From NEA And Wing Venture Capital

Tigera raises $13M in Series A funding from NEA and Wing VC. Do your best work with the latest news and content at Wing.

Ashfaq Munshi, a Former CTO of Yahoo, Joins Pepperdata as CEO

Read about Ashfaq Munshi joining Pepperdata as their new CEO. Do your best work with the latest news and content at Wing.

A Q&A With Mohit Aron, CEO Of Cohesity

Wing is an investor in Cohesity, whose CEO, Mohit Aron, is a pioneer of hyper-convergence. As Cohesity approaches its first anniversary, it seemed a very good time to catch up with Mohit, and to talk about the company's progress.

June 11, 2024

Juvo: An Authentically Mobile, Data-First Application For Finance

Juvo, a Wing portfolio company that announced its global launch today, provides a financial identity and mobile financial services to prepaid phone users.

Dtex Systems Appoints New Executive Leadership

Dtex Systems appoints new executive leadership. Do your best work with the latest news and content at Wing.

Juvo Launches with a Reach of 100M Users, Pursues Mission to Provide Financial Identity to Prepaid Mobile Users Worldwide

Juvo launches with a 100M users in its mission to provide Financial Identity to users worldwide. Do your best work with the latest news and content at Wing.

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