Silicon Valley
Skyroot’s frugal rocket formula and why it won’t follow SpaceX
India’s first spacetech unicorn made history with a successful orbital rocket launch. Facing bigger tests, its CEO looks back and ahead.
Samreen Ahmad · · 9 min read
Inside the buzzy world of forward-deployed engineers
An OpenAI forward-deployed engineer explains what the buzzy role really involves, from client workshops to what makes an engagement succeed or fail.
Peter Cowan · · 6 min read
Silicon Valley VC J-Ventures closes $36m 3rd fund
J-Ventures caps individual commitments at US$500,000, turning away over US$15 million in excess.
Grace Priscilla Teo · · 1 min read
Menlo Ventures raises record $3b fund
Menlo Ventures now manages over US$8.5 billion, up from US$1.35 billion in 2023.
Naomi Li Gan · · 1 min readThe chips SEA wants but can’t have
We explore why Southeast Asia can’t have Cerebras chips, what Anthropic’s access ban means for the region, and whether Patsnap’s LLM bet has paid off.
Peter Cowan · · 6 min readMicrosoft-backed D-Matrix starts shipping AI chip
Corsair features 2GB of on-chip SRAM and targets memory-bandwidth-sensitive AI inference tasks.
Naomi Li Gan · · 1 min readHow ‘hard mode’ became Southeast Asia’s AI advantage
For years, the region’s service-heavy culture looked like a weakness. But founders who survived this may now have the ultimate AI moat.
Sheji Ho · · 6 min readNvidia rival Cerebras hits $95b market cap in Nasdaq debut
Cerebras reported a net income of US$88 million in 2025, reversing a loss from the previous year.
Diya Lal · · 2 min readVC founder outlines why he’s doubling down on Indian deeptech
AUM Ventures founding partner Chetan Mehta on India’s deeptech rise, where to build, and the challenges of raising capital.
Samreen Ahmad · · 8 min read3 Silicon Valley engineers charged in Google trade secrets theft
The defendants, all Iranian nationals living in San Jose, include two women and one man with backgrounds at Google and mobile processor companies.
Diya Lal · · 2 min read