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  "title": "Whop, which helps people start, run, and scale businesses and uses AI to suggest business decisions, raised $205M led by Sequoia Capital at a $5.1B valuation (Natasha Mascarenhas/Bloomberg)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/whop-which-helps-people-start-run-and-scale-businesses-and-uses-ai-to",
  "topic": "ai",
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  "published": "2026-10-21T14:50:03.000Z",
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    "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-10-21/whop-s-sequoia-led-funding-pushes-its-value-to-5-1-billion"
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  "summary": "“Rule one of making money is go where they ain't.” That's how famed investor Doug Leone, who used to run venture firm Sequoia Capital …",
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        "title": "AI code-testing startup Blacksmith raised a $66M Series C led by Sequoia Capital at a $1B valuation, up from $550M after raising a $45M Series B in August (Beatrice Nolan/Fortune)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/ai-code-testing-startup-blacksmith-raised-a-66m-series-c-led-by",
        "published": "2026-10-21T11:30:01.000Z"
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        "title": "Stockholm-based legal AI startup Legora raised a $550M Series E at an $8.8B post-money valuation, up from $5.55B after raising a $550M Series D in March (Rosie Harris-Davison/City A.M.)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/stockholm-based-legal-ai-startup-legora-raised-a-550m-series-e-at-an",
        "published": "2026-10-21T13:45:01.000Z"
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