Startup Jazz #23: From $5K Side Hustle to $3M — Plus Europe's Largest Seed Round Ever

Episode 23 of Startup Jazz. This week, George and Michelle dive into funding rounds, AI innovation, valuations, covering 10 compelling stories from the startup ecosystem. Stories featured in this episode: 1. His $5,000-a-Day Side Hustle Started With Just 10 Hours of Work Per Week And an AI Tool Anyone Can Use. Now It’s on Track for $3 Million This Year. (Entreprenuer) 2. While OpenAI Shattered Records, Robotics and Semiconductor Startups Quietly Added The Most New Unicorns In February (Crunchbase News) 3. 5 Interesting Startup Deals You May Have Missed: Blood-Drawing Robots, Inboxes For AI Agents, Franchised Defense Manufacturing, And More (Crunchbase News) 4. Khosla’s Ethan Choi On AI, Founder-First Investing And The Fate Of Entry-Level Jobs (Crunchbase News) 5. The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: AI, Robotics And E-Commerce Top The Ranks (Crunchbase News) 6. Exclusive: Rebar Lands $14M To Help HVAC Suppliers Generate Quotes Faster With AI (Crunchbase News) 7. The Series B Pipeline Looks Refreshingly Diversified (Crunchbase News) 8. Turing Winner LeCun’s New ‘World Model’ AI Lab Raises $1B In Europe’s Largest Seed Round Ever (Crunchbase News) 9. From Hype To Outcomes: How VCs Recalibrate Around Agentic AI (Crunchbase News) 10. Swedish Legal Tech Startup Legora Triples Valuation To $5.55B With $550M Series D Led By Accel (Crunchbase News) Bringing you the latest in startup funding with a smooth jazz vibe.