General Catalyst

Today, we’re doubling down on Pylon – they are modernizing B2B customer support with a purpose-built platform that helps enterprises like our portfolio company, Applied Intuition, scale support across channels. When we first met Marty, Advith, and Robert, their passion for this problem space was immediately apparent. Before Pylon, many customer support platforms were finetuned for B2C. Pylon prioritizes B2B-specific needs and meets companies where they are—in chat software like Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Discord—to resolve issues promptly, increasing win rates and strengthening customer relationships. We’re proud to deepen our partnership with Marty, Advith, Robert, and the entire team by investing in Pylon’s $17M Series A. Why we invested by Niko, Andrea, & Tamanna & a TechCrunch exclusive in the comments ↓

GC Venture Fellows build the world they want to see. They’re hard-working, energetic, curious, humble, and bold. Sound like you? If you’re a current college student who is passionate about venture capital, startups, tech, or entrepreneurship, GC Venture Fellows wants to hear from you. Applications are open now until September 12th. Apply via link in comments ↓

In most industries, fragile supply chains cause delays. In healthcare, they can cause deaths. That’s why Steve and the Clarium team, the newest member of the GC family, aim to build a more resilient healthcare supply chain. "We've seen firsthand the need for tools to help healthcare executives create resilient supply chains. Clarium's Astra OS is aiming to fill a market gap with its end-to-end enterprise platform for supply chain operations. Through deep integrations and the application of generative AI, we believe Clarium will drive a paradigm shift in supply chain efficiency. We're excited to partner with Steve and the rest of the Clarium team on this next phase of growth as they scale across the country." -GC’s Reva Nohria We’re proud to lead their $10.5M strategic funding round and welcome Steve and the entire team to the GC family. Why we invested by Chris & Reva & a Modern Healthcare exclusive in comments ↓

General Catalyst has a new Chief Marketing and Communications Officer! Arielle Gross Samuels joins us from Blackstone where she served as the Global Head of Marketing. Previously she spent over 9 years at Meta leading teams in business marketing, ESG, and product operations. Importantly, she’s an engineer at her core. Arielle's rich experience across both technology and finance brings to the forefront the impact these sectors have on our world, and we're looking forward to her leading this story as General Catalyst evolves and expands. I’d also like to thank Jennifer Zimmerman who served as our CMO for the past 5 years, launching various dimensions of our platform and building out our core values. She will continue her involvement with General Catalyst as a Catalyst Advisor, helping our portfolio companies shape their narratives, and has already made a significant impact in this capacity.

Amplifying audacity of ambition. That’s what we do. We’re proud to see Codeium, Equip, and Metronome highlighted in Forbes Next Billion-Dollar Startups, a feature in partnership with TrueBridge Capital Partners that unveils the 25 U.S. venture-backed companies most likely to reach a $1B valuation. Full profiles in comments ↓

American industrial resilience is more than an economic opportunity—it’s a strategic imperative. And Re:Build Manufacturing is bringing that to life. The Re:Build story started decades ago when the developing degradation of the U.S. industrial base inspired Jeff Wilke and Miles Arnone to enroll in MIT’s “Leaders for Manufacturing” graduate program. Their paths diverged when Jeff built the consumer business at Amazon, effectively reinventing direct-to-consumer distribution. Meanwhile, Miles became the president of many emerging U.S.-based machine tool companies and managed manufacturing-focused private equity firms. In 2020, their paths converged once again, and Re:Build was founded to bring back high-quality, cost-competitive manufacturing to U.S. soil. Re:Build offers a renewed vision of American industry in the image of a Japanese keiretsu — an alliance of generationally-run advanced engineering businesses that collaborate to provide customers with the capabilities to design, manufacture and produce their products in the U.S. Re:Build works locally with aerospace & defense, automotive, healthcare and cleantech customers, deploying their wide-range of capabilities and engineering acumen. Today, Re:Build comprises 13 businesses across multiple engineering disciplines. We’re proud to invest $120M in Re:Build and welcome Jeff, Miles, and the entire team to the GC family. GC’s Teresa Carlson will serve as a Catalyst Advisor. Why we invested by Hemant, Teresa, Paul, Alexa, and the Global Resilience team & The Wall Street Journal exclusive in the comments ↓

We’re proud to partner with these companies honored on Forbes’ Cloud 100 2024 — a compilation of the world’s top private cloud computing companies based on market leadership, estimated valuation, operating metrics, and people and culture. Full profiles in the comments ↓

Berlin, Munich, Zurich... PARIS! 🇫🇷 Together with Mistral AI, we are hosting our first-ever AI Tinkerers event in the City of Lights at STATION F. Join us at one of the most exciting applied AI/LLM event formats, where tinkerers showcase code, prototypes, side projects, or fully-fledged AI features. Connect with fellow AI builders, demo your LLM projects, and share your works in progress. We once again invite all hands-on AI builders who want to connect with others working on exciting projects. Whether you're working on natural language processing, computer vision, open source models, LLM-based startups, or other areas of AI, if you're actively building, this is the group for you. 👇 Register via the link in the comments; limited spaces available! CC: AI Tinkerers, Mistral AI, Constantin Dißelkamp, Dominik Scherm, General Catalyst, Sophia Yang, Ph.D., Joe Heitzeberg, Alex Graveley

“Reigniting the belief in the American Dream.” That’s the promise of Bandana. Since the beginning of 2024, Bandana’s people-first online job platform has helped more than 150,000 New Yorkers search for better jobs — and they’re just getting started rebuilding the ladder of opportunity. “At Bandana, we believe that the promise of the American Dream — that hard work can lead to success — should be achievable for all. Our mission is to empower both hourly and entry level workers through transparency and trust by building tools that improve their livelihoods.” -Timothy Makalinao, Bandana’s Co-Founder & CEO  We’re proud to double down on our partnership with Timothy, Caleb, Larry, and the entire team by leading their $8.5M funding round. More from TechCrunch and the team in the comments ↓