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Y Combinator grad and AI insurance brokerage Harper raises $47M|EXCLUSIVE:

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Dakotah Rice is stepping back into the founder’s seat. On Wednesday, he announced that his new company, the AI-native insurance brokerage Harper, has raised $46.8M million in a combined Series A and seed round. Previously, he founded the investment company Poolit, which closed in 2023. He spoke openly to TechCrunch about the collapse of that company, … Read more

A Stanford grad student created an algorithm to help his classmates find love; now, Date Drop is the basis of his new startup|BREAKING:

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As Valentine’s Day approaches at Stanford, some students may be gearing up for first dates — not with people they met on Tinder or Hinge, but with matches from a service called Date Drop, designed by Stanford graduate student Henry Weng. Date Drop pairs students with potential dates once per week based on their responses … Read more