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Alex Konrad

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Founder and editor of @upstartsmediaco, a new tech publication focused on the startup ecosystem. Previously @Forbes senior editor. Email: tips@upstartsmedia.com
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SCOOP: Conflict With Instinct Knocks Index Out Of Town’s Buzzy New Raise

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By Alex Konrad Verified
| Upstarts Media
A major plot twist in a new funding round for Town has revealed a new fault line in the fast-moving – and messy – Silicon Valley gold rush for promising AI assistant startups. Town is raising $90 million at a $1 billion valuation, three sources tell Upstarts Media, in a Series B funding round co-led by Kirsten Green at existing investor Forerunner Ventures, and Shawn Carolan at new backer Menlo Ventures. Previous investors a16z and First Round are also participating.
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What Fetches Top Dollar On The Dead Startup Data Marketplace?

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By Alex Konrad Verified
| Upstarts Media
The SimpleClosure team, with CEO Dori Yona at center, has helped list nearly 500 million lines of code across 3,000 repositories. Credit: SimpleClosure In the humming new market for dead company data, not all code is created equal. Like wines from rarer vintages, programming that’s less common – say, Ruby or C++ – can fetch top dollar from the AI labs and data labeling shops.
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I Went On An AI Show. It Made Me Feel Better About Human News.

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By Alex Konrad Verified
| Upstarts Media
Several weeks ago, just before 9am, I sat down with an online news channel, Mirage News Network, to talk about the state of startup news. As far as such interviews go, it wasn’t my best. When I quipped that Upstarts is like a Mazda competing with big newsroom supercars, the show’s host, a besuited anchor named Marcus Sterling, returned a blank stare. Both of us seemed curiously low energy, like our hearts weren’t in it. We each had a good excuse, though: they really weren’t there.
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