LinkedIn announces new OpenAI-powered tools, Greylock announces new $1B early-stage fund

LinkedIn announced new features powered by OpenAI, including Recruiter 2024, an AI-powered recruiting platform, AI marketing and Inside Sales tools, and a LinkedIn Learning coach chatbot - Link

Greylock announced its 17th fund, a $1B vehicle focused on Pre-Seed, Seed, and Series A startups, along with Greylock Edge, a company-building program with flexible financing options - Link

Unitary, a London-based startup building an AI-powered content moderation platform, raised a $15M Series A led by Stockholm-based Creandum - Link

Forbes sources: Chainalysis has cut 150 employees (15%+ of total), as the company pivots from commercial revenue to focus on closing government contracts - Link

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Sunny joins Jason for more demos! Microsoft’s Windows 11 Copilot (2:42), ChatGPT’s multimodal features (28:37), and Meta’s new AI chatbots (1:04:34) are all covered! - Link

IronNet, a Virginia-based cybersecurity company that had raised $400M+ since its inception in 2014, has shut down and terminated its remaining staff - Link

Stitch, a Cape Town-based B2B startup building APIs to help companies build and scale financial products, raised a $25M Series A extension led by Ribbit Capital - Link

Frec, a startup using AI to help retail investors simplify complex investment strategies, has emerged from stealth by announcing $26.4M in Seed and Series A funding led by Greylock - Link

WSJ sources: Netflix plans on raising prices of its ad-free streaming tier shortly after the SAG strike ends, starting with the US and Canada - Link

This Week in Startups

E1821: Microsoft’s Windows Copilot, ChatGPT multimodal, Meta’s AI chatbots

E1820: OpenAI taps Jony Ive for “iPhone for AI," FTC/Amazon + Roam Around CEO Shie Gabbai

E1819: Startup pitch competition: Jason invests $25K

E1818: The future of fintech with Plaid CEO Zach Perret

E1817: Grammarly CEO Rahul Roy-Chowdhury on the future of user-centric language tools

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