Founders are writing company.md files for VCs' AI screening agents, while Tyler Shultz warns that quick, meeting-based diligence repeats mistakes made with Theranos.
November 12, 2026 edition: Founders sector, 2 storiesFounders: latest VC & Startups analysis
Founders on AT Pulse covers operators, strategy & lessons. The desk has published 5 stories tagged Founders across 1 daily edition, on November 12, 2026, citing 43 linked references. The most frequent original sources are Crunchbase News, Sourcery, and Tech.eu. Stories here most often overlap with Funding, Valuations, and Ecosystems.
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Dragonfly's Haseeb Qureshi says founders now send VCs a company.md file for AI screening agents
Some founders now send VCs a company.md, a markdown summary meant for AI screening agents, alongside the pitch deck, Dragonfly's Haseeb Qureshi wrote.
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Mercor raises $750M Series D at a $20B valuation and pitches evals to enterprises
Mercor's $750M Series D, which includes an employee tender, values the AI training-data company at $20B. That is double the price it set in October 2025.
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Theranos whistleblower Tyler Shultz warns that AI investors are repeating Theranos-era diligence failures
Tyler Shultz helped expose Theranos.
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Anorak, founded by former Hutch executives, raises $5M pre-seed from Play Ventures, Backed VC, Supercell and MTG for interactive generative video games
London–Chengdu startup Anorak, started by former executives of racing-game studio Hutch, raised a $5M pre-seed round to build interactive generative video: AI-generated video that responds to players in real time, aimed at games for niche hobby communities.
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Colombian Rent-Payments Startup Palomma Raises $10M Series A Led by Cometa, Bringing Total Funding to $14M
Palomma is a Medellín startup led by a former Nubank Colombia executive. It has raised a $10M Series A led by Mexico's Cometa, bringing total funding to $14M.
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