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Miro sale to Bending Spoons
Deal valuation and what it means
Sep 10
August 2026
Headspace sale: deal terms and rationale
Subscription app in health & fitness category sold for $300M
Aug 30
February 2026
Best Speech-To-Text Open Source Models for Startups
Whisper vs. Voxtral overview
Feb 5
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January 2026
Marc Andreessen’s 2026 Outlook Summary
A16Z Partner Marc Andreessen recent predictions for 2026
Jan 7
2
How Claude Code is being built
Claude Code product lead interview
Jan 4
4
December 2025
Consumer AI: Data from a16z
MAU, DAU/MAU (Stickiness), Retention, Subscribers and Revenue data for ChatGPT, Gemini, Cluade, Perplexity and other big AI companies
Dec 27, 2025
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Lovable growth strategy
Lovable’s head of growth Elena Verna recently shared on Lenny’s podcast how they approach growth strategy in one of the fastest growing products ever.
Dec 21, 2025
November 2025
Bending Spoons' acquisition multiples
At what valuation does Bending Spoons acquire companies?
Nov 29, 2025
How Bending Spoons grew to $11B valuation through acquisitions
There is a relatively little-known company in Italy that’s buying subscription apps and legacy mobile-first businesses called Bending Spoons.
Nov 1, 2025
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October 2025
How Simple app raised $35M series B
Subscription apps capital raise
Oct 4, 2025
September 2025
Why AI evaluations (evals) are essential for product managers
With new models being rolled out constantly and more features powered by AI it became a real question how to evaluate new models performance for the…
Sep 7, 2025
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August 2025
Life360 Valuation: Subscribers, Growth, and Revenue Per User
A Subscription App Success
Aug 2, 2025
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