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The Rising AI Stars from China

VC Cafe

It remains to be seen how the US/China trade war and curbs on AI chip exports will impact the future of this competition, but there have already been significant strides made in the past few weeks. This review of the Chinese AI ecosystem by Spacecadet Ventures, goes deeper into each one. Let’s dig in to the main players.

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Why The Government is Isn’t a Bigger Version of a Startup

Steve Blank

Indeed, Silicon Valley was born as a center for weapon systems development and its software and silicon helped end the Cold War. And from then on, innovation in semiconductors, supercomputers, and software would be driven by startups, not the government. The Government Can’t Act Like a Startup.

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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – Class 4- Semiconductors

Steve Blank

This “whole of government approach” is known by the acronym DIME -FIL. is now engaged in great power competition with both China and Russia. In class 2 the class focused on China, the U.S.’s Please watch the video, review the slides and blog posts]. China spends more on semiconductor imports than it does on oil.

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China’s Torch Program – the glow that can light the world (Part 2 of 5)

Steve Blank

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. In these series of 5 posts, I thought I’d share what I learned in China. The previous post described how China built its science and technology infrastructure. It has become China’s Silicon Valley.

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Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning– Explained

Steve Blank

You succeed in convincing one company and a government to adopt computers and learn to code much faster than their competitors /adversaries. These technologies will transform businesses and government agencies. These rules are explicitly coded into a program using a software language (Python, JavaScript, C#, Rust, …).

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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition  – 2022 Wrap Up

Steve Blank

The readings, lectures, and guest speakers explored how emerging commercial technologies pose challenges and create opportunities for the United States in strategic competition with great power rivals with an emphasis on the People’s Republic of China. We focused on the challenges created when U.S. should respond. Guest Speakers.

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Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

Both Sides of the Table

There were two main reasons that I could distill from their kind words of solace: 1) the existing NorCal investor didn’t know me well enough & 2) the new NorCal investor had a good knowledge of and presence in China, which they believed would be critical. I also spent two weeks in China and vowed to make it back frequently.

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