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Speak lands investment from OpenAI to expand its language learning platform

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Speak was founded in 2016 by Connor Zwick and Andrew Hsu, both of whom had an acute interest in AI from an early age. Hsu has a health background, having completed a neuroscience PhD at Stanford before joining Zwick to co-launch Speak. Note that Founders Fund, which Thiel co-founded, pledged cash toward Speak’s Series B.)

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Pursuit closes $10M fund to spin up a self-sustaining job training program

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Pursuit founder Jukay Hsu observed that there are job training programs out there, but not only do they often cost considerable money up front but their support ends when the classes do. “Getting the skills is a necessary but not sufficient condition for getting hired,” said Hsu. Walton noted.

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Valon closes on $50M a16z-led Series A to grow mobile-first mortgage servicing platform

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Andrew Wang, Eric Chiang and Jon Hsu founded Valon in June 2019 with the mission of breaking up what it sees as “a monopoly in the market,” with “the largest mortgage servicing software company” (software giant Black Knight) controlling more than half of all U.S. Valon previously raised $3.2 Soros, Kairos and Zigg Capital. .

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GBSA Hosts an Online Meeting Event with Global VC for Innovative Startups in Pangyo on September 8 : “Pangyo x Silicon Valley: Bridging Innovations”

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In addition, GBSA plans to help Korean startups enter the global market by collaborating with global VC firms.

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Dear Sophie: What should I know about prenups and getting a green card through marriage?

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My law partner, Anita Koumriqian , who is an expert in family immigration law, recently interviewed Lydia Hsu and Kara Foster , the co-founders of Foster Hsu, LLP , a California family law firm, on our podcast.

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Indonesia’s FinTech API provider Brick raises US$8.5 million in its Seed Funding Round

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Fintech angel investors Yan Wu, Sima Gandhi, Brian Ma, Amrish Rau, Ooi Hsu Ken, and Andrea Baronchelli also participated in the round. The funding round was also joined by Trihill Capital along with existing investors Rally Cap Ventures and Better Tomorrow Ventures.

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Brick closes $8.5M seed to enable open finance across Southeast Asia

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Founded in in 2020 by Tan and CTO Deepak Malhotra, Brick now has more than 50 paying clients and supports more than 13 million API calls and almost one million consumers a month.