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The Information's in-depth reporting about the venture capital industry includes coverage of the major firms in the space, such as Sequoia, Tiger Global Management, and Andreessen Horowitz. Our team breaks the news about major funding deals, firm strategies and more.
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Duane Kuang, founding managing partner of Qiming Venture Partners. Photo courtesy of Qiming.
Q&A

U.S. Investors Should Return to China, Says Top Chinese Venture Capitalist

By Jing Yang · Jan 30, 2026 6:02am PST · 1 comment
China’s AI startups need backing, and a slew of recent initial public offerings in the country should convince U.S. venture capitalists to return to its tech sector, says a top Chinese investor. “U.S. capital has the highest propensity to invest in breakthrough technology, and this pocket of capital has been hesitant about China,” said Duane... China’s AI startups need backing, and a slew of recent initial public offerings in the country...
Natasha Mascarenhas, Nina Achadjian and Leigh Marie Braswell at The Information's WTF Summit in October 2025. Photo by Erin Beach.
Dealmaker

Four Venture Capitalists on How AI Has Disrupted Dealmaking

By Natasha Mascarenhas · Nov 4, 2025 2:02pm PST
Before we get into today’s column, some breaking news: Roelof Botha, who has held the top role at Sequoia Capital for three years, announced he was handing the reins to two partners, Alfred Lin and Pat Grady. Botha, 52, took over Sequoia in 2022 just as tech stocks were plunging and VC firms including Sequoia were mopping up the excesses of... Before we get into today’s column, some breaking news: Roelof Botha, who has held the top role at...
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AI Summit

Business Adoption of AI Will Take Years, Say Venture Capitalists and Executives

By The Information Staff · Sep 30, 2025 3:50pm PDT · 6 comments
Artificial intelligence services will take years to penetrate the economy, because businesses need to figure out how to use new AI products and train workers to use them, according to speakers at The Information’s AI Agenda Live conference on Tuesday. Sarah Guo, founder and partner at venture capital firm Conviction, noted that cloud computing... Artificial intelligence services will take years to penetrate the economy, because businesses...
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Deep Research

Venture Capital Reshuffle Looms As IPO Drought Ends

By The Information Staff · May 21, 2026 12:44pm PDT
A potential cluster of mega-listings by SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic this year could cement the dominance of venture firms that managed to get into the most important private companies of the last decade. For years, venture investing has been defined by a lack of cash returns. Startups stayed private longer, initial public offerings slowed, and... A potential cluster of mega-listings by SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic this year could cement the...
Demonstrators hold protest signs in Atlanta in October, 2025. Photo by Julia Beverly/Getty Images (edited)
Dealmaker

Venture Capital’s Showing in the Epstein Files

By Laura Mandaro · Feb 3, 2026 6:16pm PST
On Monday, our reporter Jemima McEvoy broke the news that venture capitalist Masha Bucher had deep ties with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Their correspondence, released in a dump of more than 3 million pages from the Justice Department Friday, showed Bucher—née Drokova, the name she was using at the time—working as a publicist for... On Monday, our reporter Jemima McEvoy broke the news that venture capitalist Masha Bucher had...