Thrive’s Joshua Kushner chides Silicon Valley VCs over AI euphoria

Funded · Aug 15, 2026

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **Thrive’s Joshua Kushner chides Silicon Valley VCs over AI euphoria** (TechCrunch Venture) - [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/14/thrives-joshua-kushner-chides-silicon-valley-vcs-over-ai-euphoria/) - **The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Data, Neolab, AI Infrastructure, Defense And AI Coding Lead** (Crunchbase News) - [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/ai/biggest-funding-rounds-databricks-river-ai-data-energy/) --- *Sponsored by Ada, Ago Consulting, and Zen Semiconductor*