Jacob Robbins

Technology Reporter

Reporter Jacob Robbins covers artificial intelligence and the venture capital ecosystem for PitchBook. Based in Seattle, Jacob is originally from Massachusetts and holds dual degrees in political science and cinema studies from the American University. His work has previously appeared in Air Mail and Business Insider.

Articles by Jacob Robbins

AI eats up 58% of global venture dollars as fear of missing out drives up dealmaking

In North America, AI & ML startups took in 70% of all VC investment in the region

April 16, 2025

Trump bumps TikTok sale deadline by 75 days

The social media platform was scheduled to go dark again on Friday night.

April 4, 2025

Klarna and Stubhub pause IPO plans as tariffs roil markets

Two of the biggest IPO prospects on the horizon are pausing plans to go public as markets continue to freefall after wide-ranging tariff plans were announced on Wednesday

April 4, 2025

Plaid valuation slashed 54% with $575M down round

The $6.1 billion valuation is a steep discount from the $13.1 billion one it reached in April 2021.

April 3, 2025

OpenAI shatters VC records with $40B funding round

The deal is nearly quadruple the previous record of $14 billion set by China’s Ant Group in June 2018.

March 31, 2025

AI excitement didn’t save CoreWeave IPO’s from a lukewarm reception

After cutting its intial offering 23.5%, the AI cloud computing company saw its IPO mostly stagnate on Friday, a disappointing showing for what was heralded as a test for AI’s starpower.

March 28, 2025

Q&A: Thomson Reuters Ventures’ Tamara Steffens wants startups to sell AI better

After securing $150 million for a second flagship fund, Tamara Steffens of Thomson Reuters Ventures sat down with PitchBook to talk about her firm’s strategy and how startups can sell AI better.

March 27, 2025

StubHub punches ticket for an IPO

The online ticketing platform witnessed a huge decline in profits in 2024, going from $405M in profits in 2023 to a reported $2.8 million net loss in 2024.

March 21, 2025