Enterprise Weekly #546: Fastest Growing Github Repo, The Importance of Community, and More
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Platform shifts in technology enables growth that has just one word to describe it: vertical.
This graph above shows the rise of OpenClaw (previously known as Clawd). It’s become the fastest-ever growing repository on Github, representative of what’s possible in today’s AI era. Peter Steinberger, the founder, made 6,600 code commits in the month of January alone. But what’s more fascinating is not just OpenClaw’s incredible growth, but how it was built to make this possible:
Peter always uses between 5-10 agents in parallel.
He doesn’t read all of the code he ships, reflective of his belief that a lot of code is plumbing.
He outsources the line-by-line code understanding to Codex and assumes the role of the architect of the code.
While time will tell which habits persist, one thing is for certain: the broader theme of “agent-nativity” is diffusing across the enterprise ecosystem, and adapting to it is a must for continued survival. It’s one thing we’re talking to our portfolio about and encourage everyone in the ecosystem to think about: as the capability frontier gets pushed out every 2 months, how are your organization’s habits evolving with it? How would you change your roadmap if the models were all of a sudden an order of magnitude better? While it’s impossible to predict the future of the labs, that ambitious thinking may not need to wait as long as you’d think.
Speaking of our portfolio, we had an incredible week of announcements:
Spring Health announced their acquisition of Alma, who has done remarkable work in building provider-centric infrastructure that enables clinicians to serve patients with less administrative friction. Spring’s vision since inception has been to democratize access to mental health, and joining forces with Alma is a huge step in that direction.
Chamelio also announced their $10M fundraise, including a $5.7M seed led by Work-Bench. Chamelio is building an AI context layer for in-house legal teams with a platform that transforms contracts, policies, and negotiation history into a living intelligence layer to power end-to-end legal workflows. Their market pull is some of the best we’ve seen in legal tech, and we’re incredibly excited for what’s ahead.
Lastly, on Wednesday we hosted ~40 of our founders for a dinner in NYC. It was a terrific way to kick off the year, and once again reminded us of the power of community. When you bring a number of like-minded people who are at different stages of a structurally similar journey and are able to connect over a shared feeling, magic happens.
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📚 Read more news:
TechCrunch: Microsoft won’t stop buying AI chips from Nvidia, AMD, even after launching its own, Nadella says
VentureBeat: AI agents can talk to each other — they just can’t think together yet
CNBC: Microsoft lost $357 billion in market cap as stock plunged most since 2020
Reuters: Is chip giant ASML about to hit a ceiling, or break through it?
🧵 Read more threads:
Jessica Lin: Speaking Up
Jon Lehr: Nerding Out on GTM with Founders
Ara Khazarian: Ramp Rate - Real-Time Adoption and Growth Metrics for 100+ Software Vendors
Peter Walker: State of Startups 2025
Company: Crustdata
Role: Founding Growth (Content, Social Media)
Technology: Real-Time B2B Data via Simple APIs
Funding: $6.5M from Y Combinator and General Catalyst
🌟 Company of the Week 🌟
Limy raises $10M led by Flybridge
Sales & Marketing - Seed - New York, NY
Founders: Aviv Shamny, Ori Riechman, Ido Zabarsky
Modelence raises $3M led by Y Combinator
Infrastructure / Dev Tools • Seed • San Francisco, CA
Billdr raises $3.2M led by White Star Capital
Future of Work • Seed • Montreal, Canada
Consio AI raises $3.3M led by RTP Global
Sales / Marketing • Seed • Toronto, Canada
Midship raises $4.2M led by Costanoa Ventures
Collaboration / Productivity • Seed • San Francisco, CA
Paraglide raises $5M led by Bessemer Venture Partners and DN Capital
Sales / Marketing • Seed • London, UK
Sentra raises $5M led by Andreessen Horowitz and Together Fund
Infrastructure / Dev Tools • Seed • San Francisco, CA
Brickanta raises $8M led by Northzone
Future of Work • Seed • Stockholm, Sweden
SpotDraft raises $8M led by Qualcomm Ventures
Future of Work • Series B • New York, NY
Chamelio raises $10M led by Work-Bench and Emerge
Future of Work • Seed • New York, NY
Pace raises $10M led by Sequoia Capital
Future of Work • Series A • New York, NY
Risotto raises $10M led by Bonfire Ventures
Collaboration / Productivity • Seed • San Francisco, CA
Symbiotic Security raises $10M led by Alven
Risk / Security • Seed • New York, NY
Mesh Security raises $12M led by Lobby Capital
Risk / Security • Series A • Palo Alto, CA
Tradespace raises $15M led by Atlantic Vantage Point
Future of Work • Series A • San Francisco, CA
Northslope raises $22M led by Friends & Family Capital and Goldcrest Capital
Infrastructure / Dev Tools • Series A • Denver, CO
Checkbox raises $23M led by Touring Capital
Future of Work • Series A • New York, NY
Fulcrum raises $25M led by CRV
Future of Work • Seed & Series A • San Francisco, CA
Adaptive6 raises $28M led by USVP
Infrastructure / Dev Tools • Series A • New York, NY
Fiddler AI raises $30M led by RPS Ventures
Risk / Security • Series C • Palo Alto, CA
Compa raises $35M led by Jump Capital
HR Tech • Series B • Newport Beach, CA
Memcyco raises $37M led by NAventures and E. León Jimenes
Risk / Security • Series A • Tel Aviv, Israel
Outtake raises $40M led by Iconiq
Risk / Security • Series B • New York, NY
Summize raises $50M led by Kennet Partners and Federated Hermes Private Equity
Future of Work • Seed • Manchester, UK
Factify raises $73M led by Valley Capital Partners
Future of Work • Seed • Tel Aviv, Israel
Rogo raises $75M led by Sequoia Capital
Future of Work • Series C • New York, NY
PaleBlueDot raises $150M led by B Capital
Infrastructure / Dev Tools • Series B • Palo Alto, CA
Flapping Airplanes raises $180M led by GV, Sequoia Capital, and Index Ventures
Data / AI / Machine Learning • Seed • San Francisco, CA
Decagon raises $250M led by Coatue Management and Index Ventures
Sales / Marketing • Series D • San Francisco, CA
Upwind Security raises $250M led by Bessemer Venture Partners
Risk / Security • Series B • San Francisco, CA
Ricursive Intelligence raises $300M led by Lightspeed
Data / AI / Machine Learning • Series A • Palo Alto, CA
Spring Health acquires Alma for an Undisclosed Amount
Future of Work • Acquisition • New York, NY
Handshake acquires Cleanlab for an Undisclosed Amount
Data / AI / Machine Learning • Acquisition • San Francisco, CA