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By Sarah Perez
December 4, 2023
Online collaboration has become routine thanks to productivity apps like Google Docs and team design platform Figma, among others, but there are still hosts of internet-connected applications where users cannot interact with colleagues, add notes or otherwise collaborate with one another. That’s something a new startup called Velt wants to fix with the launch of […]
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Ex Google Maps team members get Sequoia backing to build an AI-powered collaboration board
When you talk to a chatbot like ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini, your responses are largely linear. You often have to ask follow-up questions to get more information. For instance, when you are planning a trip, you might first ask the chatbot about the place and follow it up with questions on meal planning, activities, tips for the trip, and a packing list. A team of former Google Maps engineers is building an infinite board interface called Cove. This design should help you generate several respons
Oct 8, 2024
Replika founder raises $20M pre-seed for Wabi, the ‘YouTube of apps’
Wabi, a startup from the founder of Replika, has just raised a $20 million pre-seed round. Wabi is like "YouTube for apps" -- a social platform where anyone can use prompts to instantly create mini apps and share them with friends.
Nov 5, 2025
AllSpice’s platform is the GitHub for electrical engineering teams
AllSpice's platform sits between existing workflow software. It allows hardware teams to collaborate on the types of documents they traditionally work in — documents that don't easily translate over Slack and email — like PCB files and electronic CAD files, both of which are used to design circuit boards. AllSpice's platform has landed customers such as Blue Origin and Bose and just raised a $15 million Series A round.
Jun 23, 2025
Zed raises $10M for a code editor built for collaboration
Code editors are complex and demanding pieces of software, but from a business standpoint, they’re notoriously difficult to monetize. At the same time, they haven’t kept pace with recent trends like work-from-home collaboration. At least, that’s how Nathan Sobo sees it. “Coding is inherently social, yet the tools available for talking about code limit the […]
Mar 15, 2023