Julia Hornstein

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Julia Hornstein is a venture capital reporter at The Information. She previously covered Silicon Valley, with a focus on defense tech companies, at Business Insider. In 2025, she received a Front Page Award for best new journalist. Julia graduated from Yale, where she studied history, and is originally from New York City. She's now based in San Francisco. Reach her at [email protected] or juliah.22 on Signal.

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Alphabet Fund In Talks to Lead OpenRouter Investment at $1.3 Billion Valuation

A startup that lets AI app developers choose from hundreds of models on its application programming interface is in talks to raise $120 million in new funding.

Startup That Helps Developers Pick AI Models Nears $1.3 Billion Valuation

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Stephanie Palazzolo

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Exclusive: Coder Raises $90 Million Led by KKR

A startup making software for developers to build and run code from local devices to the cloud raised $90 million in a Series C funding round led by private equity firm KKR.

Space Data Center Startup Starcloud Raises $170 Million

A startup developing solar-powered data centers in space said Monday it has raised a round co-led by Benchmark and EQT Ventures that valued the company at $1.1 billion.

Physical Intelligence Said to Discuss $11 Billion Valuation

Robotics startup Physical Intelligence is in talks to raise roughly $1 billion in a round that would value it at over $11 billion including the investment.