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APRIL 4, 2024

The breakneck speed of AI advancement is one of those areas where the stream of information is so constant and so dense, that it’s very hard to process it all, let alone STAND OUT in the crowd. This creates a challenge, but also an opportunity for startups in the generative AI space. apply here: [link] ).

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NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Generative AI will really become magic when it moves from 'playful' to 'useful' – we will use multiple generative AI tools at work in the future, like we use grammarly and canned responses today… AI will become more vertical, and specific per role — Eze Vidra (@ediggs) November 5, 2022.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

They wear multiple hats: investor, marketer, recruiter, and more. For example, our focus at Remagine Ventures on gaming, generative AI, and entertainment tech enabled us to create a relevant, focused network of founders, operators, co-investors and strategics who are active in our verticals.

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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. With attractive valuations and immense growth potential, the Israeli tech ecosystem remains resilient—no matter the circumstances. Interesting overview of vertical AI companies by IVP ( source ) Revenue per employee. via Trung T. Keep on creating!

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NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Way to go Itamar Golan and team Prompt Security on your $18M series A to help companies secure their generative AI tools! series A to help authors self-publish their books with the help of AI! Great milestone Dvir Hoffman and team CommBox on your $15M series B to build the future of customer experience powered by AI!

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JUNE 20, 2023

Rewiring Organizations For A Successful Digital Transformation written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Rodney Zemmel In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Rodney Zemmel. 01:03): Hello and welcome to another episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast.

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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. When too many investors pile into ‘obvious’ opportunities, valuations inflate and returns compress.

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JANUARY 29, 2024

That’s the case for most companies that are already in the market, especially if they raised funding at imaginary valuations before. Valuations are down massively from 2021 peak, especially at the growth stage. Seed valuations are down “only” 57% compared to Q4 2021. In many ways, Edward is right.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

David and Craft are considered top SaaS investors and David said that basically, the industry has been waiting for a catalyst, something that will accelerate digital transformation and help SaaS companies grow faster, and Generative AI seems to be it. Interestingly Craft Ventures divides AI opportunities into three main buckets: ??

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MARCH 14, 2025

trillion was erased from the public market this week in what seems to be a ‘correction’ that is at risk of putting the US in a recession. That can certainly trickle down to the private markets and might keep the IPO window closed, for now. billion and Sony is experimenting with AI-powered characters on Playstation.

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DECEMBER 27, 2022

The company later went public in Feb of 2022 at an $11 billion valuation and has since been looking for a buyer and is currently valued at $2.98 billion market cap. The contraction in the public markets (see Playtika case above) as well as the VC pullback, will create downward pressure on pricing. billion in 2016 ( source ).

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NOVEMBER 1, 2024

This underscores the Israeli ecosystem’s ability to attract investor confidence, even amidst market instability and conflict. Israeli startups deliver #NOMATTERWHAT In the wider tech and AI ecosystem it’s been another momentous week. .” billion—up 39% from Q1-Q3 2023. Are there huge challenges? absolutely. I have no doubt.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

OpenAI in on course to raise $7 billion at $150 billion valuation (and on course to do $3.4 Microsoft and BlackRock are teaming up for a new $100 billion AI infrastructure fund. Kudos Adi Perry and team with on securing a $10M seed round to turn cities into communities with generative AI! billion in revenue this year).

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FEBRUARY 28, 2025

In the wider tech world, Anthropic has released the markets first hybrid reasoning model Claude 3.7 billion round at a $61 billion valuation. DeepSeek AI sparked a nationwide push in China to deploy its LLMs everywhere from hospitals to local governments. Mira Murati s Thinking Machine Labs said to raise $1B at $9B valuation.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Bitcoin topped a record of all time at $87,000, Chinese gaming giant Tencent reported 47% surge in profits from gaming and AI, and Perplexity is nearing $500M funding round at $9 billion valuation as it started introducing ads. Ben Lang did a great job summarising it in one sheet.

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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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MARCH 6, 2025

Fast forward six months, and OpenAI is in talks of raising $40 billion, at a valuation of $340 billion. Ilya Sutskever’s SSI is currently raising money at $20 billion valuation (pre-launch) and the list goes on. This week, Anthropic announced a $3.5 billion round, valuing the company at $61.5

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JANUARY 31, 2025

The Deepseek news saw $1 trillion erased from the US stock market ( NVIDIA alone shed $600 billion of market cap, the largest ever drop in a single day in US history). Max, performing advanced reasoning and code generation tasks while reducing infrastructure costs by up to 60%. We call them revolutions.

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DECEMBER 20, 2024

Flash , and announced it will launch an ‘ AI search mode ‘ to compete with new rival chatbots. Databricks secured a new $10B funding round at a $62B valuation and Perplexity raised $500M at $9 billion valuation. Google launched a new ‘reasoning’ model, Gemini 2.0 There have been some BIG rounds.

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