How operators start, run and hand over technology companies. Founders coverage from Fathom Tech.
As artificial intelligence becomes standard across nearly all software products, venture investors are shifting focus away from AI capabilities themselves toward the structural business advantages that can withstand well-funded competition.
Iman Abuzeid abandoned her medical career to tackle a larger problem: the healthcare industry's broken hiring process. Her startup, Incredible Health, has raised $97.5 million by flipping the script—making employers compete for workers instead.
The three 28-year-old co-founders of Furo, a software company focused on industrial battery storage, rejected the old VC playbook by relocating to their native Germany instead of staying in the U.S.—and their strategy has attracted major funding and enterprise clients.
a16z speedrun GM Josh Lu argues that early-stage startups should actively seek out emerging distribution channels rather than defaulting to algorithmic content strategies, drawing parallels to Facebook's early days and the emerging agent-driven landscape.