
What Investors Now Look For in an AI Startup
A thin wrapper around a model API no longer raises a round. Founders and investors explain the new bar: proprietary data, workflow depth and real margins.
Startups Reporter
Sofia reports on AI startups, founders and the business strategies behind the industry's fastest-growing companies.

A thin wrapper around a model API no longer raises a round. Founders and investors explain the new bar: proprietary data, workflow depth and real margins.

Solo founders are using AI agents for support, marketing and code to run businesses that once needed a team of ten. What works — and what burns out.

Most companies have run AI pilots. Far fewer have shipped them. Leaders who crossed the gap share what made the difference.

After an anxious start, many educators are finding a balance: AI as a tutor and a teaching aid, with assessments redesigned for a new era.

A new job title has spread rapidly across tech: engineers who ship products on top of foundation models. What they do and how to hire one.