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FEBRUARY 27, 2024

especially if the startup already has a product and revenue? Everyone moved to earlier stage – part of the decline in late stage investing is the ‘baggage’ of companies that previously raised money at inflated valuations that they would struggle to justify in today’s market.

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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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OCTOBER 16, 2024

Sierra AI , founded by Bret Taylor (former co-CEO of Salesforce, CTO of Facebook and current chairman of OpenAI) is currently raising hundreds of millions of dollars at $4 billion valuation, just a year or so from launch after unlocking AI voice agents for companies.

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JANUARY 10, 2024

In November 2022 I published a post titled “ generative AI will go mainstream when it goes from playful to useful “, and I think you will agree that this transition is in full swing. 2023 was the year generative AI went mainstream The pace of advancement in generative AI has been astounding.

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DECEMBER 27, 2022

Israeli gaming startups generated $8.6 billion in revenue in 2021, an 8x increase over a five year period, representing 5% of the global gaming revenue. For example, Genshin Impact by miHoYo , the studios’a first title, has generated $3.7 Global gaming revenues. The full report is embedded below.

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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 billion in revenue this year). 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!

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JUNE 20, 2023

12:22] Would you look at the value derived by digital technologies differently than by producing customer value or revenue? [14:23] And the model we had in mind, there's a book called Valuation, which our, our firm has had an updated every year for the past 20 years or more. So I will, I'll use generative AI as an example again, right?

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