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@rheejust @porterdotrun @FirstMarkCap @ycombinator @daltonc @ROWGHANI Congrats!

I’m excited to announce that @porterdotrun has raised a $20M Series A to provide effortless app infrastructure in any cloud provider. Our round was led by @FirstMarkCap with participation from @ycombinator and strategic angels including @daltonc and @ROWGHANI. When we started Porter, we had one simple goal: allow startups to stop thinking about cloud infrastructure. Today, the fastest-growing AI companies from the seed-stage to IPO use Porter to manage hyper-growth infrastructure across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. Our users scale individual clusters in each cloud provider to hundreds of machines and terabytes of RAM without DevOps overhead. We’ve more than doubled headcount over the past few months and are aggressively expanding the surface of what our platform can manage. We are on a mission to make using the public cloud utterly seamless. I’d like to thank our users, investors, and most importantly, the Porter team. As all of them know, we are only getting started. We’re actively hiring with offices in NY and SF, so if you’re interested in managing core infrastructure for the next generation of public companies or tackling the hardest devX problems, shoot me a DM.

Our claim construction tool allows patent litigators to generate and compare constructions, see supporting evidence from the intrinsic record, flag when your position lacks strong specification support, and export court-ready Markman charts.

How far can preferred, unclaimed embodiments broaden claim scope? Not very far, according to the Federal Circuit.

Source: Mike Vilensky, “NY federal judge questions if avoiding AI could be malpractice,” Bloomberg Law (New York Brief), Jan. 13, 2026.

A federal judge just posed a question every lawyer should be thinking about: could avoiding AI constitute malpractice?

&AI (@tryandai) is a collaborative workspace for patent invalidity and infringement work — litigation, portfolio monetization, business development, and more. Over the past year, they've been working closely with the best patent litigators and in-house teams in the world, supporting them from pitch to verdict in cases with billions in combined risk. Today, they've exited closed beta and become generally available. Congrats on the launch @caleb_and_ai @herbie_tur12506!

Newest member of the team per @WorkWeave

@lizwessel @firstround @assort_health 🚀

LOVE seeing two of our recent @FirstRound portfolio companies getting some well deserved recognition in the Forbes Cloud 100 Rising Stars list!!! @tryandai @assort_health 🙌

YC-Backed &AI Raises $6.5m, Launches AI Agent for Patent Work > AL has the story... HT @ycombinator #legaltech #lawtwitter artificiallawyer.com/2025/02/06/yc-…

Excited to announce @tryandai's $6.5M seed round led by @firstround and the launch of Andy, the first AI agent for patent attorneys. We're on a mission to transform how attorneys work with professional-grade AI.