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SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Meta is on track to become the most used open source AI by the end of the year. Well done Ari Recht and team Odigos on your $13M seed extension to automate distributed data tracing in order to make it easier to detect performance issues in complex data systems using open source technologies! via Trung T. Keep on creating!

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MAY 17, 2024

It’s also not an accident that, upon stepping back from being Textio’s CEO, I’ve built a sizable exec coaching practice working largely with early stage founders. Textio relied on both of these strategies for a few years before launching our first truly generative AI capabilities back in 2019.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

which has become the most used open source LLM, Meta AI available across all their apps for free, a new affordable version of their Meta Quest VR headset, but perhaps most excitingly, Meta Orion, smart AR glasses with holographic display (still not officially launched). Well done Marina S.

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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 application landscape, while still in the early stages, seems to be rapidly growing. AI hype cycle.

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JANUARY 29, 2024

Spoiler alert: I believe that 2024-2025 will be an amazing time to invest in early stage startups. And not a particular sector, but AI startups, in particular generative AI attracted close to $50 billion in funding last year, globally. Generative AI is game changer. billion invested in 2022.

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JULY 7, 2023

Most of the companies that raised these mega rounds are relatively early stage in terms of product and monetisation (if at all) and about half of the companies that raised large sums, are developing LLMs, which generally requires deep pockets to cover 1) cloud costs, 2) expensive deep learning engineers 3) get the data to train the models.

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MAY 24, 2023

The best thing students can do to adjust to an AI powered workforce is to ‘lean in’ on the technology. On regulation, Sam believes there should be an international body that regulates AI. He’s not sure how much or how would it work but he sees it as a question of 1) law and 2) morals. Thanks for reading.

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JUNE 6, 2024

Benchmark: Serena Capital suggests that B2B SaaS startups should aim for a 10% month-over-month MRR growth rate in the early stages. ARR growth rates decreased significantly in 2023 and growth stage companies were most impacted. Metric Unremarkable Good Excellent Outlier ARR <$500k $500k-$1.5m $1.5m-$2.5m >$2.5m

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DECEMBER 1, 2022

Like any new and emerging technology, the Metaverse has faced its share of challenges and criticisms. Layoffs, technology difficulties and expensive hardware didn’t massively help build a positive story. Like any new and emerging technology, the Metaverse has faced its share of challenges and criticisms.

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JULY 29, 2024

To add more heat, Microsoft launched generative AI search results for Bing. Mistral AI released two new open-source LLM models (Nemo in partnership with NVIDIA ) and Large 2. AI at Meta launched LLaMa 3.1, The CrowdStrike global outage is estimated to have cost Fortune 500 companies $5.4bn.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The majority of the decline comes from much lower investment volumes in the growth stage, but also fewer companies getting funded in the early stages. If you’re a gaming founder, at the earliest stages, looking to raise money, below are a few tips to maximise your chances of success. games, every single day.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2024

It’s so much easier to create content these days with generative AI. Make it easy to use and understand: The easier it is for people to get value from your product, the more likely they are to stick around and tell others Too many startups, especially in AI, focus on the technology vs. on the benefits for the users.

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JUNE 24, 2024

However, entrepreneurs have never really stopped building new consumer experiences and technology (in particular Generative AI) is unlocking a new wave of innovation in consumer startups. Categories like AI companions, productivity enhancers, and new creative platforms, are being launched with significant user engagement.

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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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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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VC Cafe

MARCH 6, 2025

Until now, the majority of the value in generative AI has been captured by the infrastructure layer: foundational models (LLMs), the cloud providers and the hardware infrastructure/ data centres. However now, the AI landscape is undergoing a significant shift, prompting a crucial question: Where will the future value of AI accrue?

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