Alex Konrad
- TYPE
- Person
- SIGNALS
- 4
- FIRST SEEN
- Aug 31, 2026
- LAST SEEN
- Oct 19, 2026
Recent signals
- Tolan, an AI assistant focused on users that are not tech-savvy, raised $30M from USV, Khosla Ventures, and Homebrew, and says 70% of its users are women (Alex Konrad/Upstarts Media) Oct 19, 2026
- Stripe Link data shows agentic transactions increased by 38x and volume of payments by 20x in September, with retail leading in both, and a ~$100 average spend (Alex Konrad/Upstarts Media) Oct 19, 2026
- Sources: Index Ventures dropped plans to invest in AI assistant Town after Instinct, which Index is backing, complained about a potential conflict of interest (Alex Konrad/Upstarts Media) Sep 3, 2026
- AI startup Mirage streamed a 24-hour "live" AI news show on X on August 11, which cost ~$50K in tokens, featuring realistic avatars that struggled to converse (Alex Konrad/Upstarts Media) Aug 31, 2026