Top research talent can command $10 million-plus yearly salaries to switch teams like it's the NBA. Upstarts obtained OpenAI's salary bands as part of a startup's cheat sheet to the roster moves.| Upstarts Media
The reinforcement learning startup, founded by Rhythm Garg, Linden Li and Yash Patil, is valued at $100 million pre-launch -- and has already received investment interest at 5x that price.| www.upstartsmedia.com
Startup news starts here. The Upstarts newsletter provides in-depth reporting and analysis on the startup ecosystem, from inception through IPO. Founded by veteran tech reporter Alex Konrad. Click to read Upstarts Media, by Alex Konrad, a Substack publication.| www.upstartsmedia.com
Jason Warner and Eiso Kant think they can still win the AI model race at poolside. They tell Upstarts how -- and why VCs are giving AI founders some bad advice. Plus code editors, Meta and more.| www.upstartsmedia.com
Modern Technical Fund founder Amanda Robson embodies a startup zeitgeist that favors technical founders and an always-on, fly-anywhere approach. Now, she's raised a $22 million fund to back them, too.| www.upstartsmedia.com
AI startup CEO Grant Lee has turned obsessive A/B testing – and a healthy distrust of venture capital – into 50 million in ARR and profits to go with 50 million users. Plus: Upstarts is on the road.| www.upstartsmedia.com