
Erica Sunkin McLaughlin
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Communications & Marketing @NEA | Formerly @EdelSmithfield @EdelmanPR (all tweets, retweets and opinions are my own and not of my organization)
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π Congratulations, Synthesia π₯ --$180M Series D to advance AI video for enterprise communications! ππ½ We're thrilled to partner with Victor Riparbelli, Steffen Tjerrild, & the Synthesia team alongside co-investors WiL (World Innovation Lab), Atlassian Ventures, InvestPSP, GV, MMC, &




ππ½ Philip Chopin and Luke Pappas discuss NEA's strategy and excitement around the π₯ hot startup scene and phenomenal AI talent in Europe along with our growing UK portfolio including: Synthesia π₯, ElevenLabs, Sana, DJUST, FIRE1, Orbis Medicines & more... π° Read

π£οΈ ElevenLabs co-founder & CEO Mati Staniszewski was featured on Bloomberg TV this week to discuss the company's recent Series C fund raise and plans to bring voice to every AI agent - from customer support and healthcare to new immersive experiences. πΊ Check it out below ππ½



π Congratulations, ceramic--$12M raised to help enterprises build AI models faster and more efficiently.We're thrilled to partner with Anna Patterson & the Ceramic team! π° NEA's Lila Tretikov, Madison Faulkner, and James Kaplan detail why we believe Ceramic is poised to


π‘ Victor Riparbelli, Co-Founder & CEO of Synthesia π₯, recently shared his vision for how video will replace text as the primary form of communication, with the help of AI, at TEDAI Vienna. π Check it out below:

What a great lead up to #internationalwomensdayβthis week we welcomed leaders from Midjourney Gone Wild , Character.AI & the Sapienne AI community to our SF office for an energizing evening uniting women building in AI! πͺπ½π€πΊ


π’ The Forbes Annual AI 50 list is out! π€© Weβre proud to have 8 NEA portfolio companies recognized as some of the most promising privately-held AI companies in the world. Congratulations, Databricks, ElevenLabs, Perplexity, Sakana AI, Synthesia, Together AI,




π’ This morning at the Databricks #DataAISummit: NEA's Aaron Jacobson is featured on the Startup Forum VC panel alongside founders & early-customers to discuss what they are seeing in the market and how they are scaling their early stage companies on Databricks.


π’ Scott Sandell, Chairman & CIO, NEA recently sat down with Michael Harris, Vice Chair, NYSE to discuss what it takes for startups to go public in 2025, and when they're better off staying private.

Full story below, with views from Jenny Fielding, Aaron Jacobson, Krishna K. Gupta, Eric Bahn π and Roy E. Bahat π Thanks to our sponsor Notion for helping this piece reach the wider Upstarts audience fully free! upstartsmedia.com/p/ai-companiesβ¦

π Congratulations to past & present NEA portfolio companies: Plaid, Cloudflare, Coursera, Duolingo, Scopely, & CRISPR Therapeutics-- honored on TIME's list of the 100 Most Influential Companies of 2025 for their impact, innovation ambition, & success. π° Details & full list here:

π’ Calling engineers and cracked technical builders: Are you interested in working as a forward deployed engineer at ElevenLabs, Factory, Aurelian (Max Keenan), or Forge (Markie Wagner)? Join us in SF on Thursday, July 24th from 6:00β8:30 PM to hear from and connect
