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TechCrunch covers Thatch’s $108 million raise at a $1 billion valuation as employers look for relief from surging healthcare costs.

Scale Partner Alexander Niehenke tells Business Insider that padded ARR claims from AI startups reflect a top-of-the-bubble mentality, with founders holding all the leverage.

Scale portfolio company Rillet, the AI-native accounting platform, has hit a $1 billion valuation with a $100 million Series C that includes Scale.

Scale Partner Siddharth Ramakrishnan nominated portfolio company Generalist for Business Insider’s inaugural list of the 25 most promising robotics startups.

Bloomberg reports that CodeRabbit, the AI code review platform Scale led in its Series B, has been valued at $1.5 billion in a $143 million round.

Scale Partner Siddharth Ramakrishnan tells Forbes that the coming wave of AI IPOs will pour capital back into the Bay Area and fuel a new generation of founders chasing bold ideas.

Business Insider names Scale’s Max Abram to its 2026 Rising Stars of Venture Capital, a list of 37 up-and-coming investors.

Scale Partner Jeremy Kaufmann tells the Wall Street Journal that 2026 will weed out AI startups that can’t move past hype to deliver real business value.