<p>Khosla Ventures, a firm known for early investments in OpenAI, is raising $3.5 billion across three funds, The Wall Street Journal reported. That target is 17% larger than the firm’s previous 2023 fund haul of $3 billion.   About half of the new capital will be allocated to its ninth core venture fund. The remaining money will [&hellip;]</p>

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<p>CEO Tanay Kothari noted that the startup will soon achieve profitability at the current rate of growth. Initially, he didn&#8217;t want to raise money, but he worried that Big Tech players with a massive distribution advantage could be a risk to the company. He wanted to rapidly multiply the company&#8217;s revenue and reach and decided to take the investment.</p>

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<p>Andy Konwinski is pledging $100 million of his own money for a new kind of institute to fund researchers. It&#8217;s already backed Ion Stoica&#8217;s new lab.</p>

<p>The round, which comes just four months after $300 million Series D, was co-led by Kleiner Perkins and Coatue.</p>

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<p>In 2018, when Bitcoin was trading around $4,000 and most Americans, at least, thought cryptocurrency was a fad, Katie Haun found herself on a debate stage in Mexico City opposite Paul Krugman, the Nobel Prize-winning economist. As Krugman focused on Bitcoin&#8217;s wild price swings, Haun steered the conversation toward something else — stablecoins.</p>

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<p> After two decades in venture capital, Hudson has been watching the math of seed investing change, maybe permanently. LPs who&#8217;ve previously been patient with seven-to-eight-year hold periods are suddenly asking questions about interim liquidity.</p>

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