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These Yale Students Raised $3 Million in 14 Days to Build Their 'Anti-Facebook' Startup: 'I Can See My Childhood Self Looking Up to Me.'
Two 21-year-old Yale juniors are changing digital networking with Series, an AI-powered platform backed by $3 million in ...
Young, Gifted, And Black Yale Students Raise $3M For New App
Nathaneo Johnson and Sean Hargrow raised $3 million in 14 days in VC funding to develop the AI-powered social network, ...
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Two Yale juniors raise $3.1M to redefine social networking
Nathaneo Johnson ’26 and Sean Hargrow ’26 met podcasting in their dorm. Now, they are launching Series, an AI-powered ...
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Yale’s Nathaneo Johnson and Sean Hargrow Secure $3.1M To Rival LinkedIn, Reportedly The Most VC Raised For Current Ivy League Students
Yale University students Nathaneo Johnson And Sean Hargrow have launched what they call “the first AI social network.
How Two Yale Juniors Just Raised $3.1 Million For Their Social Network
Series is an AI-powered social network that aims to help members to make mutually valuable connections rather than to just ...
Yale founders raise $3.1M in 14 days to build Series, the anti-Facebook
Series, a Gen Z-focused platform, uses AI agents in iMessage to make meaningful introductions based on mutual value.Connecticut, April 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Social networking has become ...
A new AI startup founded by Yale students wants to compete with LinkedIn. Read the pitch deck it used to raise $3M.
Series is a new social network for finding professional connections. It uses AI to connect people directly in text messages.
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Yale students raise $3.1M in 14 days for AI-powered social platform
A startup founded by two juniors at Yale University has secured $3.1 million in pre-seed funding to help launch a new AI-powered social platform. Co-founders Nathaneo Johnson and Sean Hargrow are ...
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Yale founders raise $3.1M in 14 days to build Series, the anti-Facebook
The funding journey reads like a startup fairy tale: just two weeks ago, co-founder Nathaneo Johnson posted a trailer on LinkedIn about Series that went viral in the college entrepreneurial community.