🔥 Hot Takes Tuesday for 2025-04-01
This edition tackles hot funding debates around coding skills and the evolving job market due to robots.
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Two hot takes on funding on Tuesday.
🤖 + 💰 Learn to code they said… well. Yes, still learn.
Techmeme: Sources: AI coding startup Replit is in talks with investors to raise about $200M at a $3B valuation, almost triple its last valuation (Bloomberg)
From Bloomberg. View the full context on Techmeme.
🤖 + 💰 Robots won’t take jobs… oh wait. Scratch that.
Techmeme: Source: Agility Robotics, a maker of humanoid robots led by Peggy Johnson, is raising $400M at a $1.75B pre-money valuation; ~100 of its robots are in the field (Rocket Drew/The Information)
By Rocket Drew / The Information. View the full context on Techmeme.
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