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Beyond Market Intelligence keeps partner in one place: 5 stories so far. The section currently leads with “Apple and LG team up to bring smart locks, thermostats, and doorbells”, “Expand Your Team: Save 50% on a Second Disrupt Pass”, and “Adit Singh brings deep semiconductor expertise to Mayfield's investment team”. Apple and LG are teaming up to bring smart locks, thermostats, and doorbells to market, signaling a serious push from Apple into the home. Team expansion just got more affordable. Acme AI is the next-generation, AI-powered spreadsheet platform built to replace Excel and redefine how analysts, data scientists, and enterprise teams work… The list below is every partner story on Beyond Market Intelligence, newest first.
Apple and LG team up to bring smart locks, thermostats, and doorbells
Apple and LG are teaming up to bring smart locks, thermostats, and doorbells to market, signaling a serious push from Apple into the home. This partnership feels like a deliberate step toward a more integrated, user-friendly smart home experience. For readers tracking how technology reshapes everyday life, it pairs naturally with our coverage of Mirror Particle's world model designed to predict human behavior. Both stories explore how intelligent systems are moving beyond screens and into our physical spaces.
Expand Your Team: Save 50% on a Second Disrupt Pass
Team expansion just got more affordable. Register for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 before October 13 at 8 a.m. PT, and you'll save 50% on a second pass of the same ticket type. It's a straightforward way to double your team's access to the conversations shaping the future of tech. And if you're tracking how AI is redefining infrastructure, don't miss our piece on Anthropic's recent cloud investment. Bring a colleague, split the cost, and make the most of what Disrupt has to offer.
Adit Singh brings deep semiconductor expertise to Mayfield's investment team
Adit Singh, an early Cerebras investor, is joining Mayfield as an infrastructure partner, where he'll zero in on semiconductors, cybersecurity, and physical AI. That's a smart bet. Singh's track record suggests he knows how to spot deep-tech momentum before it peaks. We're watching this space closely, especially as AI reshapes hardware foundations. For a broader take on where this tech leads, our piece "Talking to My AI Clone Taught Me to Question the Tech" offers a useful counterpoint. Expect Singh's focus to sharpen Mayfield's edge.
Founders Fund adds a partner known for sharp analysis, not hype.
Founders Fund just added Ryan Beiermeister as a partner, and her appeal has nothing to do with being part of any so-called "Mafia." Her sharp, composed analysis on the firm's own YouTube series, "Mafia," showed a mind built for spotting what matters in complex systems. That kind of clarity is exactly what smart investing demands. It is a deliberate hire, one that signals a focus on substance over spectacle.
Greylock's new fund prioritizes founder focus over fund size
Greylock capped its new fund at $1.5 billion, even as it admits more capital was on the table. That restraint is the point. By holding the number of investments to roughly 25 per fund, the firm is choosing depth over breadth, aiming to be what it calls "the most important partner" to its founders. It's a deliberate bet on focus, and one that feels increasingly rare. For context on how AI-native infrastructure is drawing similar conviction elsewhere, Nscale's $3.36B raise shows the appetite for scale.