VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

So much has happened in the generative AI space globally, and in Israel since we published the previous version of the Israeli generative AI landscape, back almost exactly five months ago. So far in 2023, generative AI startups raised $16 billion, according to Dealroom. billion, a 2.5x

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The fields that generative AI addresses—knowledge work and creative work—comprise billions of workers. Generative AI can make these workers at least 10% more efficient and/or creative: they become not only faster and more efficient, but more capable than before. Sequoia, Generative AI: A Creative New World.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 3, 2023

While Israeli startups successes are well known in the B2B space (cybersecurity, enterprise tech, devops…), B2C startups are unsung heroes… The landscape of B2C tech in Israel is blossoming, despite several challenges. Meanwhile in the US, B2C startups raised $100 billion in 2022, 40% of the total funding.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 16, 2023

GenAI startups secured $14.1B Many investors complain that the technology is over hyped -and now it’s official – generative AI is at the peak of Gartner ‘s hype cycle for emerging technologies in 2023. After all, the adoption of generative AI has been faster than many other technologies, including smartphones.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 11, 2023

Despite the ‘crypto winter’, Web3 startups raised $7.1B Currently, the streaming space is dominated by Twitch, Youtube and FB Gaming and I would expect to see this trend continue and new tech (perhaps leveraging generative AI) for better viewer engagement. billion in 2019 to $3.2 billion in 2024.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 24, 2024

The rumours on the death of consumer startups have been greatly exaggerated, it seems. Less than half of the amount invested in consumer in 2019 (14.3%). Ycombinator, which is in many ways a barometer for ‘what’s hot’ in the startup market, already observed the emergence of consumer startups in December of last year.

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VC Cafe

MAY 1, 2023

I wrote about the streaming wars on VC Cafe back in December 2019 , and it’s interesting to see how many of my predictions came true: sports, gaming and live content to name a few. We are seeing some of this play out in the generative AI space, where the cloud providers are active investors to attract future revenue.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 6, 2024

The first time I wrote about startup benchmarks was in 2019 and it became one of the most popular posts on VC Cafe. Key Metrics for B2B SaaS Startups: Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) Definition: ARR is the yearly value of a company’s recurring revenue from subscription-based services.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Generative AI now has the potential to exponentially grow the quantity of content created. Articles, ads, images, videos, voice, graphs, 3D objects, music, scientific papers… all can be created today with AI. Base10 includes 300 startups in their generative AI landscape (source).

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

I'm graduated in 2019. So I started building, you know, like simple websites, like personal websites and lots of other things possibly I've built like 10, 15 different micro startups as I like to call them or the last five, six years. So I'm sort of like a software engineer by background.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 24, 2023

.” Thomas Friedman Bill Gates, Thomas Friedman and Sam Altman, recently published thought pieces/interviews on why the rapid development of AI technologies means we’re entering a new era for humanity. This has been demonstrated in AI-generated text that displays gender, racial, or cultural stereotypes.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 6, 2023

It’s just been the first anniversary since ChatGPT burst into the world and launched the term ‘generative AI’ into the mainstream. It’s been a big year for AI. billion invested in generative AI startups globally in the first half of 2023 according to Pitchbook.

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