Marina Temkin
@MTemkin
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Financial analyst turned journalist. Covering VC/startups at @TechCrunch. Previously @PitchBook, @VCjournal. email for Signal: [email protected].
San Francisco, CA
Joined September 2013
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Source: Windsurf's gross margins are "very negative"; many believe the same margin pressure is impacting Cursor, Lovable, Replit, and other vibe coding tools (@mtemkin / TechCrunch) https://t.co/QpXpkKsCKt
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Marina Temkin / TechCrunch: Source: Windsurf's gross margins are “very negative”; many believe the same margin pressure is impacting Cursor, Lovable, Replit, and other vibe coding tools
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Scoop: LangChain is raising fresh capital at about $1B valuation from IVP. A rich price for a startup whose revenues are ARR is $12M - $16M, according to sources.
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AI infrastructure startup LangChain is raising a new round at about $1 billion valuation led by IVP.
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Over then next 10 years you can count on the Forbes Midas List becoming full of YC alums. Count on it. https://t.co/7zCgxnnfOa
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Kulveer Taggar, a two-time YC alum and founder of Zeus Living, founded Phosphor Capital last year
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Two weeks ago, @Zeff and I scooped that Cursor maker @anysphere reached $300 million in ARR. Our reporting has since been confirmed by Anysphere's CEO Michael Truell.
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OpenAI initially approached Anysphere, maker of the AI coding editor, Cursor, about an acquisition, but is now in talks to buy Windsurf.
Here's our full conversation https://t.co/srxOJSEwGU
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By now many of you have seen the latest from me and my team. Great reporting by @MTemkin and @DominicMadori !
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Last year, AI-powered sales automation startup 11x appeared to be on an explosive growth trajectory. However, nearly two dozen sources — including
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My last month's deal scoop about Thrive leading Cursor's $100M Series B round confirmed.
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Anysphere, the developer of AI-powered coding assistant Cursor, raised $100 million Series B at a post-money valuation of $2.6 billion, according to
Thrilled to announce that @a16z is co-leading the Series B of @cursor_ai. We couldn't be more excited to continuing working with the Cursor team as they take the world of coding by storm.
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Scoop about the Kalshi - Polymarket cut-throat competition. "The podcast segment discussing Kalshi’s response to the raid and the rivalry with Polymarket was deleted shortly after it initially aired. TechCrunch, however, has obtained and listened to the deleted portion."
Kalshi’s CEO, Tarek Mansour, confirmed on a podcast interview that his employees did ask social media influencers to promote memes about the FBI’s raid on the home of his arch rival, the CEO of Polymarket
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Sources: MatX, which designs chips to train LLMs, raised a ~$80M Series A led by Spark Capital, at a ~$300M valuation, after raising a $25M seed in March (@mtemkin / TechCrunch) https://t.co/R0adRM2zJL 📫 Subscribe: https://t.co/OyWeKSRpIM
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Marina Temkin / TechCrunch: Sources: MatX, which designs chips to train LLMs, raised a ~$80M Series A led by Spark Capital, at a ~$300M valuation, after raising a $25M seed in March
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Today’s the day. Introducing my new company, @Agency — backed by @Sequoia and Hubspot Ventures; with my friend and mentor @BHalligan on the Board. Enjoyed getting to talk with @MTemkin @TechCrunch about what we’re building. https://t.co/OXKpM5XNY9
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my friend @eliast is in his 40's, looks like he's in his 20's, and has the energy of a teenager... and we @sequoia are delighted to be in business with him for the third time! @MTemkin does a nice job of capturing what he's up to here: https://t.co/vLlMAWHqhr
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Elias Torres has achieved a lot for somebody who immigrated to the U.S. from Nicaragua at 17 without knowing any English. He served as a VP of engineering
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I did not know Steve O'Hear, but I am so gratified to be working at a place that, upon hearing of a former colleague's passing, would spontaneously band together to write a memoriam like this. The team at @TechCrunch is truly special like nowhere else.
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Steve O’Hear, who wrote for TechCrunch for more than a decade out of his hometown of London, has passed away after a short illness.
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No M&As or IPOs? Not a problem. A scoop from me about @generalcatalyst massive continuation fund.
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General Catalyst, one of Silicon Valley's largest capital firms, is gearing up to launch what’s known as a “continuation fund” worth between $800 million
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Sources: ElevenLabs is raising a new round that could value it at up to $3B; source: its ARR has grown from $25M at the end of 2023 to ~$80M in recent months (@mtemkin / TechCrunch) https://t.co/bZa5bWDYqL 📫 Subscribe: https://t.co/OyWeKSRpIM
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Marina Temkin / TechCrunch: Sources: ElevenLabs is raising a new round that could value it at up to $3B; source: its ARR has grown from $25M at the end of 2023 to ~$80M in recent months
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Sources: Anysphere, a GitHub Copilot rival, has raised a $60M Series A co-led by a16z and Thrive at a $400M post-money valuation (@mtemkin / TechCrunch) https://t.co/dCBF6RpN7R 📫 Subscribe: https://t.co/OyWeKSRpIM
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Marina Temkin / TechCrunch: Sources: Anysphere, a GitHub Copilot rival, has raised a $60M Series A co-led by a16z and Thrive at a $400M post-money valuation
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Read @MTemkin's follow-up scoop to my own HeadSpin scoop from last week https://t.co/xvIRDFhmvs
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EXCLUSIVE: PE firm PartnerOne paid $28M for HeadSpin, a fraction of its $1.1B valuation set by ICONIQ and Dell Technologies Capital
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Scoop: Hebbia, AI-powered large document search engine, raised $100M Series B at $700M valuation from Andreessen Horowitz.
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Hebbia, a startup using generative AI to search large documents and return answers, has raised a nearly $100 million Series B led by Andreessen Horowitz,
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Boulder, Colorado-based Enveda, which combines AI with ancient remedies for drug discovery, raised a $55M Series B extension from investors including Microsoft (@mtemkin / TechCrunch) https://t.co/76iQ7R3a4V 📫 Subscribe: https://t.co/OyWeKSRpIM
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Marina Temkin / TechCrunch: Boulder, Colorado-based Enveda, which combines AI with ancient remedies for drug discovery, raised a $55M Series B extension from investors including Microsoft
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