VC Cafe

JULY 11, 2024

Michael Mignano, a partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, highlights the transformative potential of AI in this space: “New creator platforms have the added advantage of being able to leverage AI to make what they do bigger and better.” That has slightly improved with time and as technology progresses.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 15, 2024

Initially, many publishers were slow to recognize the internet’s impact on their business model as distribution and the classifieds and ad worlds split – or what Ben Thompson calls the “ Great Unbundling ”. How can media companies transform generative AI from threat to opportunity ?

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Non-consensus investments , on the other hand, are those that defy popular opinion or seem risky due to unconventional business models, unproven markets, or early market entry. That led us to start investing in generative AI in 2019 (consider that ChatGPT only came out in November 2022, that’s pretty early).

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Generative AI is well on the way to becoming not just faster and cheaper, but better in some cases than what humans create by hand. Creative AI or Creative automation is increasing at a rapid pace. The generative AI application layer (Source: Sequoia ). AI hype cycle. How far can this tech go?

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VC Cafe

JUNE 6, 2024

Benchmark: Serena Capital advises B2B SaaS startups to target a gross margin of 80% or higher to demonstrate the scalability and profitability of their business model. Burn Rate Definition: Burn rate is the rate at which a startup is spending its capital to finance operations before generating positive cash flow.

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Reid Hoffman

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

In the latest episode of Greymatter’s Iconversations series, Hoffman talks with Abrams about how science fiction and real-world technology take inspiration from one another, how to recognize a good idea when you see one, and the gravity of being behind any innovation that affects society on a large scale. RH: As I told you [all], because J.J.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Companies need to have a clear understanding of their business model and how they will achieve profitability in order to attract investors. In general, raising seed capital in a down market requires creative thinking and perseverance. The big technology trends are unfolding – What they are and why they matter for your business.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

The next 18-24 months will be critical as early adopters prove out use cases and business models. The companies that win won’t just have the best technology – they’ll be the ones that address ethical concerns head-on and build trust with both users and regulators.

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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). Such a milestone!

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Start Up Blog

AUGUST 10, 2023

The entire mating process and the business models which have underpinned it have changed more radically in the past 20 years than they did in the previous 2000 years. The AI Girl on Call The business model is just as you’d expect it to be: a classic freemium model. Things are now much more real than that.

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Start Up Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Business disruption is not caused by technology alone. 1) A new technology + (2) A new business model If we only have one, the incumbents can usually adapt. They can plug the new tech into the existing business model. Or, they can revert the old technology into a new business model.

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VC Cafe

MAY 21, 2024

Although GenAI is a revolutionary technology, incumbents in the infrastructure domain are aggressively investing. Many startups have created so-called “wrappers” around platforms like ChatGPT and other Gen AI technologies. The greater opportunity lies within the application layer.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 7, 2025

Looking Back: A Year Defined by Generative AI 2024 will go down in history as the year generative AI truly went mainstream. It wasnt just startups leveraging generative AIcorporates like Adobe, Salesforce, and Google integrated AI-powered features into their core products, making it ubiquitous.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 8, 2025

Government software AI software to automate government administrative tasks Target large-scale operations like form processing, application reviews Build solutions for citizen-facing services (DMV, permits, licenses) 2. Here are some key areas and related startup opportunities: AI for the Physical World ? One million jobs 2.0

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