Marina Temkin

@MTemkin

Financial analyst turned journalist. Covering VC/startups at @TechCrunch. Previously @PitchBook, @VCjournal. email for Signal: [email protected].

San Francisco, CA

Joined September 2013

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Marina Temkin
@MTemkin
Aug 31
Ryan Breslow's @bolt is raising a bridge pay-to-play round to "clear legacy obligations." But the controversial founder refuses to give up. He is putting $5M of his own capital into a once high-flying unicorn. techcrunch.com/2026/08/31/rya…
Jason Mikula
@mikulaja
Apr 20
Sources telling me @bolt employees have had their most recent paychecks clawed back from their bank accounts. Bolt is blaming 'tech glitch' at payroll processor, but speculation is Bolt can't even make payroll, per sources familiar w/situation.
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Marina Temkin
@MTemkin
Jun 16
Less than two years after I scooped Cursor's $60M Series A at a $400M valuation, the company gets sold for $60 billion to SpaceX. Congratulations to the team and investors.
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Marina Temkin
@MTemkin
May 26
It's common knowledge that some of the ARR numbers reported by startups are exaggerated. I dove deep into the topic and found that in many cases, investors are fully aware that the numbers aren't real. techcrunch.com/2026/05/22/how…
Scott Stevenson
@scottastevenson
May 24
Excellent reporting by @MTemkin at @TechCrunch on how AI companies are inflating revenue by reporting CARR as ARR. Please retweet so that we can get back to reality and permanently kill CARR as a valuation anchor. Delusion is not good for anyone. "One VC told TechCrunch that he
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Marina Temkin
@MTemkin
May 15
Scoop confirmed: exactly two weeks later, Anthropic's $900B looks done.
Techmeme
@Techmeme
May 15
Sources: Anthropic has agreed to the terms of a $30B fundraising at a $900B valuation, with Sequoia, Dragoneer, Greenoaks, and Altimeter co-leading the round (@GeorgeNHammond / Financial Times) (Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)
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Marina Temkin
@MTemkin
Apr 22
I seem to have a talent for scooping AI coding startup fundraises right before M&A. Last year, I broke @windsurf's last round, but the deal fell through, resulting in an eventual acqui-hire by Google. Last week, I scooped @cursor_ai round, which was just killed by SpaceX.
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