{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Short description|American technology news and analysis website}} {{Italic title}} {{Infobox website | logo = VentureBeat logo.svg | screenshot = VentureBeat home page screenshot.png | url = {{Official URL}} | commercial = Yes | type = Technology news and analysis | language = English | author = Matt Marshall | editor = | launch_date = {{start date and age|2006|10}} | current_status = Active }}
'''''VentureBeat''''' is an American technology website headquartered in San Francisco, California. ''VentureBeat'' is a tech news source that publishes news, analysis, long-form features, interviews, and videos. The ''VentureBeat'' company was founded in 2006 by Matt Marshall, an ex-correspondent for ''The Mercury News''.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Statz |first=Pamela |date=31 August 2006 |title=VentureBeat Launches (Kinda) |url=https://www.wired.com/2006/08/venturebeat-launches-kinda/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230802132028/https://www.wired.com/2006/08/venturebeat-launches-kinda/ |archive-date=August 2, 2023 |magazine=Wired |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Company Overview of VentureBeat, Inc. |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=45090315&privcapId=42726499&previousCapId=42726499&previousTitle=VentureBeat,%20Inc. |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230813125903/https://www.bloomberg.com/markets/stocks?blocklist=17398311 |archive-date=August 13, 2023 |access-date=October 30, 2017 |website=Bloomberg L.P.}}</ref>
==History== In March 2009, ''VentureBeat'' signed a partnership agreement with IDG to produce DEMO Conference, a conference for startups to announce their launches and raise funding from venture capitalists and angel investors.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Schonfeld |first=Erick |date=February 18, 2009 |title=VDEMO Gets Desperate: Shipley Out, Marshall In |url=https://techcrunch.com/2009/02/18/demo-gets-desperate-shipley-out-marshall-in/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513055147/https://techcrunch.com/2009/02/18/demo-gets-desperate-shipley-out-marshall-in/ |archive-date=May 13, 2021 |access-date=August 2, 2010 |work=TechCrunch}}</ref> The partnership with IDG ended in 2012.<ref name="Farewell">{{Cite web |last=Marshall |first=Matt |date=September 19, 2012 |title=Farewell, DEMO. It's Been an Incredible Ride |url=https://venturebeat.com/2012/09/19/farewell-demo-its-been-an-incredible-ride/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210325091938/https://venturebeat.com/2012/09/19/farewell-demo-its-been-an-incredible-ride/ |archive-date=March 25, 2021 |access-date=July 16, 2013 |website=VentureBeat}}</ref>
In 2014 and 2015, the company raised outside investor funding from Silicon Valley venture capitalist firms including Crosslink Capital, Walden Venture Capital, Rally Ventures, Formation 8, and Lightbank.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 4, 2020 |title=Ethics Statement |url=https://venturebeat.com/ethics-statement/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210607032136/https://venturebeat.com/ethics-statement/ |archive-date=June 7, 2021 |access-date=May 17, 2013 |website=VentureBeat}}</ref>
''VentureBeat'' used Bing Chat to assist with article writing as of April 2023, when it urged its writers to incorporate "sentences and fragments" from AI chatbots that are separately verified. In an interview with ''Bloomberg News'', ''VentureBeat'' editorial director Michael Nuñez stated regarding the website's use of AI, "I don't think our readers care, to be totally honest."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Metz |first1=Rachel |title=How Important Is It to You That a Human Writes the News You Read? |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-04-28/ai-in-news-reporting-a-test-is-coming-for-journalism-ethics |website=Bloomberg News |access-date=April 11, 2026 |language=en |date=April 28, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Dupré |first1=Maggie Harrison |title=VentureBeat Using AI to Help Generate Articles |url=https://futurism.com/the-byte/venturebeat-ai-generate-articles |website=Futurism |access-date=April 11, 2026 |date=May 1, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Fingas |first1=Jon |title=VentureBeat is the latest publication to use AI in its articles |url=https://www.engadget.com/venturebeat-is-the-latest-publication-to-use-ai-in-its-articles-202514471.html |website=Engadget |access-date=April 11, 2026 |date=April 28, 2023}}</ref>
In 2025, GamesBeat, a video game publication launched by Dean Takahashi, spun out from ''VentureBeat'' into a separate entity''. VentureBeat'' said it would sharpen its focus on "the enterprise shift to AI, data infrastructure and intelligent security".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Eriksen |first=Kaare |date=2025-04-22 |title=Video Game Outlet GamesBeat Spins Out From VentureBeat, Forms Separate Independent Publication (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2025/gaming/news/gamesbeat-spins-off-from-venturebeat-gina-joseph-dean-takahashi-1236373682/ |access-date=2026-04-27 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{Official website|https://venturebeat.com/}}
Category:American technology news websites Category:Online mass media companies of the United States Category:Web-related conferences Category:Internet properties established in 2006