RT @jasonlk: Love who you work with .Love what you are building.Love who you come home to. Find all 3 and you cannot be stopped. I guarante….

For those interested in Israeli generative AI startups, today we (Remagine Ventures) published the latest landscape .* 342 startups that raised at least $1M.* Collectively raised over $20 billion to date .* 31 genAI exits over the past year (17 disclosed terms) of over $6.1

State of AI report by ⁦@vercel⁩ “The AI market has found its sweet spot between hype and real impact”

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It's hashtag#FIRGUN time. The latest edition is now live. "The way to win an atomic war is to make certain it never starts". - General Omar Bradley. It's been an active week for Israeli startups, with multiple funding announcements, exits, several new funds and high profile

For the interns in the house: how to land and excel in your VC Summer internship:

AI agents are entering high-trust, high-friction spaces: 🛍️ Shopping .✈️ Travel .🧠 Learning .🧒 Parenting .🏡 Housing .❤️ Relationships .💸 Finance . In my latest post, I unpack where the white space is and what it takes to build a winning product in the Consumer x AI space.

Two months ago ChatGPT became the 5th most popular destination site, passing Wikipedia. Check almost every B2B GenAI landing page and you'll find pricing for individuals. Before GenAI will transform the enterprise, adoption is starting with consumers first.

Good reminder that even when 'it's a bet on the team' there's no guarantees -

Today's edition is dedicated to the 4th of July, as our American friends and allies celebrate independence day. The preliminary reports on Israel's H1 2025 in tech are nothing short of remarkable, the entrepreneurial spirit doesn't stop, rockets or no rockets. Tune in to this.

It's #FIRGUN time!. "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal." — United States Declaration of Independence

Microsoft is letting go of 15,000 since MAY. Amazon will be having more robots than people operating its warehouses. Salesforce says that AI now does more than 50% of the work. See a pattern here?.

I've added the new Israeli Proptech startup landscape by TLV Partners to my 2025 collection on VC Cafe. There are over 200+ Israeli startups operating in the proptech sector (including a number of unicorns). The new crop of AI-first startups are penetrating every layer of the.

996 (9am to 9pm 6 days a week)?.

Congrats @nikitabier on your new role as the head of product for @X! . Love this never give up tweet, should serve as an inspiration for new grads ;-)

But it's not just the talent: there's also an elephant when it comes to Energy/Electricity, Compute and Data. In my latest post I open up some of the questions that make me uncomfortable when investing in AI startups.

We need to talk about the AI elephant in the room. 💰 $2B seed round for a 6-month-old AI startup with no product. 💸 $32B for a stealth venture with no known revenue. 🧠 Meta offering $100M+ to poach top AI talent. And AI now accounts for 53% of all VC investment in 2025. .

Full breakdown in my in-depth VC Cafe piece - . DTC in 2025: Not Dead, Just Evolving

A few years since the first DTC boom that brought us Glossier, Inc., Warby Parker and Allbirds, I can confirm that DTC isn’t dead. It’s just evolving. In 2025, winning brands aren’t just digital — they’re omnichannel, much more focused on profitability, and AI gives them.

Unilever paid $1.5 billion to acquire direct to consumer soap company Dr. Squatch last week. One of its products was soap with Sydney Sweeney's actual bath water. But they didn't buy them for the quality of their soap. While it's probably great, what they acquired is Dr.