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Salesforce Ventures ups AI fund to $1B and Flink raises $150M at $1B valuation 🤝

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September 18, 2024

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EXCLUSIVE: Quick-commerce startup Flink raises another $150M at a valuation of nearly $1B

Flink, a quick-commerce startup out of Berlin that was an acquisition target of Gorillas, Getir, Amazon, and Gopuff, is spelling out how it plans to go

techcrunch.com/2024/09/16/flink-the-quick-commerce-startup-raises-another-150m-at-a-valuation-of-just-under-1b

Bluesky now has more than 10M users | TechCrunch

Social network Bluesky said Monday that it now has more than 10 million users. This is largely thanks to the rapid growth of the network in the past few

techcrunch.com/2024/09/16/bluesky-now-has-10-million-users

Slack is turning into an AI agent hub. Should it? | TechCrunch

The head of Slack, Denise Dresser, tells TechCrunch she is shifting the business chat platform into a "work operating system," specifically by making

techcrunch.com/2024/09/16/slack-is-turning-into-an-ai-agent-hub-should-it

Salesforce Ventures ups its AI fund to $1B, doubling it again | TechCrunch

Salesforce Ventures just doubled its AI fund with another $500 million, and is helping San Francisco grow its attraction as the city for AI startups.

techcrunch.com/2024/09/16/salesforce-ventures-ups-its-ai-fund-to-1-billion-doubling-it-again

Insight Partners is closing in on a whopping $10B+ new fund | TechCrunch

Insight Partners is reportedly on the cusp of closing on more than $10 billion in capital commitments for its 13th fund, per the FT.  The FT report notes

techcrunch.com/2024/09/15/insight-partners-is-closing-in-on-a-whopping-10b-new-fund