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Many of today's most interesting AI companies are working in the toughest possible conditions, with complex data, systems built decades ago, and almost no margin for error. @useagave is one of them. Tom Reno, John Zucchi, and Pooria Azimi are building for a construction industry that is still running on incumbent software, where every job is its own business and few processes have caught up with the modern world. After leading Agave’s seed round, we're deepening the partnership by leading their Series A. Read more from Accel's @Vas Natarajan ⬇️ t.co/vl9Usv5PJu

We sat down with @MollySOShea to talk about what actually drives our late-stage team. It's the same discipline we've leaned on for years, and still trying to earn it every time. @Mkclements @ammathew @Mweigand13 x.com/MollySOShea/st…

We sat down with @MollySOShea to talk about what actually drives our late-stage team. It's the same discipline we've leaned on for years, and still trying to earn it every time. @Mkclements @ammathew #mattweigand x.com/MollySOShea/st…

Our 2026 Founders Factory report is now live! Europe and Israel's startup ecosystem has entered a new phase. Employees from 322 VC-backed unicorns have gone on to found more than 2,300 startups across the region, raising over $42B and creating a self-sustaining ecosystem where talent, experience and capital compound with each generation of founders. At the same time, AI is accelerating this momentum, creating a new generation of companies that are scaling from zero to unicorn status in record time. In this year's report, produced in partnership with @dealroomco and @RevelioLabs, we explore: ➡️ How more than 2,300 startups have emerged from Europe and Israel's unicorn founder factories ➡️ How AI is creating Europe’s fastest-ever unicorns, with 1 in 5 new unicorns since 2023 reaching a $1B valuation in under 2 years ➡️ Which European startup ecosystems are creating the most founder factories, with London producing more than any other city while Sweden’s founder factories generate nearly 3 times more startups per unicorn than the European average ➡️ How the archetype of Europe’s newest unicorn founders is changing, with today’s founders more likely to come from Big Tech and academia Read the full report here ⬇️ t.co/sqAjYX47CD

The most important professional conversations and the best ideas rarely happen in front of a screen. They happen in the moments between meetings,  over the phone and across tables. Yet many of the tools we rely on to capture them were built for a desk-bound world that doesn't reflect how most people actually work. As a result, follow-ups are forgotten, information stays siloed, and great ideas can slip away. @Heypocket solves this. Built by co-founders @AkshayNarisetti and @gabrieldymowski, Pocket is a dedicated AI device that helps people stay present. Elegant enough that you don’t have to remember to bring it with you and capable enough that it captures everything you need it to. Joining the Pocket journey as we participate in the Seed round, we’re looking forward to supporting the team as they reimagine the way people reflect, recall and work. Welcome to the Accel family, Pocket! Read more from Cecilia Wang and Matt Robinson ⬇️ t.co/SwJqxGBIPn

Context changes everything in speech recognition. Big congrats to the AssemblyAI team on this one. x.com/AssemblyAI/sta…

Space security has needed this kind of operational proof point. Glad to be backing the team delivering it. Congratulations to the @The_TrueAnomaly team on VICTUS HAZE! x.com/The_TrueAnomal…

Today’s security tools were built for a world where developers wrote the code. As agents author and ship more software, vulnerabilities are becoming harder to trace, understand, and fix. @TolmoHQ is changing this. x.com/pbetouin/statu…

Today, we announced we’re leading Twenty’s Series B. When the stakes have never been higher and speed is critical, Twenty is bringing to life AI-native cybersecurity that is highly scalable while keeping humans in control of every consequential decision. Co-founders Joe Lin, Leo Olson, Pete Sorrentino, and Skyler Onken bring deep experience in national security, cyber intelligence, and military cyber operations to their leadership at Twenty. We couldn’t think of a better team to tackle this mission-critical challenge. Read more about the round from Accel’s @jturnersf and Pierce Daly: t.co/DmzMICCm92

We're still in the very early innings of the AI infrastructure buildout. The companies that define this era are the ones building the foundation what what comes next. @kiwicopple & @AntWilson have seen this opportunity from day one, and we're proud to be building with them. x.com/kiwicopple/sta…

Today’s news is a testament to @EvanYou’s vision for making JavaScript developers more productive and building tools they actually want to use. Thank you to Evan and the entire @voidzerodev team for letting us be part of this story. We can’t wait to see what comes next. Accel’s x.com/caseyaylward/s…

Good people, sharp competition, and even better conversation. Great co-hosting with you, @DecagonAI. x.com/DecagonAI/stat…

Every layer of the stack is being reimagined and rebuilt. Congratulations to @AnthropicAI, @cyera_io, @CogniteData, @SocureID, @perplexity_ai, @WeAreLegora, @cursor_ai , @DecagonAI, and @Lovable for being named to the @CNBC Disruptor 50.

Congratulations to @DecagonAI for being named to the 2026 @CNBC Disruptor 50 list - this recognition reflects what we've watched up close: 10x YoY growth and fast enterprise adoption across sectors. The list is an amazing milestone. The traction is the story. x.com/DecagonAI/stat…

One-quarter of the global economy is industrial and more than half of production costs still come from labor. That's because traditional robots can only handle what they've been explicitly programmed to do. @RJScaringe is building one of the world's leading industrial robotics x.com/WSJ/status/205…

ICYMI, our bonus episode of Accel’s Spotlight On features Arkady Volozh of @nebiusai. Watch Arkady’s full conversation with Matt Weigand as they talk through what the agentic era means for AI infrastructure. youtu.be/w2BvO1Ul3ug?si…

Billions of dollars are spent each year developing life-saving medicines, but they don’t always reach the patients who need them. @forushq, founded by @sahirjaggi, is solving this with AI that reduces the administrative burden that drives physicians to burnout and delays patient

The average drug takes 10–15 years and $2.6B to reach patients — and even then, many who need it never receive it. A patient can have the right doctor, the right diagnosis, and the right medicine, and still not get treated. @forushq is fixing that with an AI-powered network x.com/forushq/status…

Most enterprise AI is built for the Fortune 500. That leaves much of the “real economy”—home services companies, industrial services firms, healthcare operators, and construction companies—still waiting for tools that work in their environments. @TheCiridae, founded by