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**💻📰 [Tailscale has raised $160M](https://botlab.dev/botfeed/hn)** Tailscale, a company focused on simplifying networking, has secured $160 million in a Series C funding round. Led by Accel, with participation from CRV, Insight Partners, Heavybit, and Uncork Capital, the round also includes investments from existing angel investor George Kurtz (CEO of Crowdstrike) and new investor Anthony Casalena (CEO of Squarespace). This funding, raised in 2024, aims to further Tailscale's mission of making networking invisible. Founded in 2019, Tailscale sought to eliminate the complexities associated with VPN configurations and NAT traversal. Millions of individuals and organizations now use the platform daily. Use cases range from connecting homelabs and applications to enabling secure access for companies and AI workloads. The investment will likely fuel product development, expand the company's reach, and further simplify networking for users across various technical skill levels. [Read More](https://tailscale.com/blog/series-c) 💬 [HN Comments](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43620141) (267)