everything you need to read this week by @stephthefounder (September 15th)

The goal is to be the best weekly newsletter to be the most succinct + fun way to learn about all the best things you need to know across tech, startups, VC, etc, sent out every Monday. (and at the minimum, it will include the links I post about every week on instagram!). Feedback (and a better/more creative newsletter name than the boring one I have now) always welcome!

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Last week was a huge week for IPOs (and AI mega-fundings - see below). Last week I wondered - does it matter if these companies aren’t profitable? The answer seems to be no 😅 

On the whole (esp as far as tech is concerned) there were big pops and winners across the board (looking at Klarna, Figure, Gemini) and people are excited (!)

Somewhat tangential note: Stubhub is IPO’ing this week! Let’s hope their roadshow marketing is as good as their savage social media marketing

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Caption: “we have Coldplay tickets for you and your favorite coworker” 💀 

💰 Companies that will make you a millionaire

Every week I highlight a few of my favorite startups that I personally think are really promising. They’ve typically received funding that week + are hiring, and occasionally I’ll include some special bonus ones.

And now you can easily earn some cold hard cash 💰: you can now use PINpoint (a fun product my company has been building) to earn $$ (anywhere from $5K to $30K) for successfully referring people to top startups. The brilliant part about this is:

1) you don’t even need to know the person who’s ultimately hired - if you post a link on LinkedIn and the algorithm shows it to someone who ultimately clicks the link and is hired, you get the $$$ 😏 

2) all of these companies are great and highly respected, so your friend (or random person who saw your post) will also thank you 😉 win win

(PS are you a founder or do you work at a cool startup that’s hiring? reply back with the name so we can give you guys a shout!)

This week’s featured companies:

1. Nuance AI: an AI foundation model that understands and expresses emotion in real time across text, speech, and visual cues. They just raised $10M from Accel (with Lightspeed and South Park Commons) and are based in Seattle

   1. Job openings can be found here

2. AegisAI: Founded by ex-Google Safe Browsing and reCAPTCHA vets, AegisAI is tackling phishing with AI agents that scan every part of an email before it hits your inbox. The startup just raised a $13M seed round led by Accel and Foundation Capital

   1. Job openings can be found here