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Menlo Ventures closed a $3 billion fund—its largest ever—on the strength of a $14 billion Anthropic stake it built through creative SPV financing when no one else was writing big checks. Here's what they actually got right, and what comes next.
Superhuman has acquired GPTZero, the AI detection startup that grew to 19 million users and $30M ARR on just $13.5M raised — creating an awkward but strategically interesting union between a company that helps you write with AI and one built to detect it.
MoEngage has acquired AI startup Aampe in an all-cash deal worth tens of millions, bringing per-user AI agents into its marketing platform as it targets enterprises fleeing Salesforce and Adobe.
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