VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

In smaller funds, ticket sizes tend to be lower, so pre-seed is the only stage where micro funds are able to secure their minimum equity targets. This list by Shai Goldman is a good sample , and I’m proud that Remagine Ventures is included in this group.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

So what are the big ways that AI is really impacting the approach to personalization? And it's not just generative ai, it's a whole range (03:50): Of capabilities that are coming together. Let me give you an example and just show how AI plays a role in all of this. David Edelman (03:46): Yeah, sure.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Innovations such as edge computing, decentralized cloud storage, and privacy-enhancing tools will be in high demand due to the growing demand for efficient, secure, and scalable data storage solutions. A secure and efficient transaction mechanism will be needed as users and businesses interact in the metaverse.

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View from Seed

MAY 2, 2024

I decided to use these steps to more effectively segment the surveyed individuals, and speculated that generative AI tools would be most useful during ideation and MVP development, particularly benefiting non-technical founders by facilitating code generation. Sources “86% of CIOS Have Implemented Formal AI Policies.”

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Board Effect

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

As generative AI becomes more widely accepted, many leaders in the nonprofit and charity sector are no longer asking whether they should use it, but rather where else they can use it. A solid governance framework built around three pillars — data, IT and privacy and security — proves paramount with the use of AI in education.

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Board Effect

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Generative AI has the potential to be a powerful tool for nonprofit organizations, but it also requires board members to understand the challenges and ethical concerns it presents, along with its benefits. Insider Intelligence predicts that generative AI adoption will climb to 77.8 million users by 2024.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Agentic Automation for Enterprise Functions: Generative AI agents are being deployed to automate complex business processes across various functions. Data Privacy and Security: Voice data is highly sensitive and subject to regulations like GDPR.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Meta is on track to become the most used open source AI by the end of the year. . – Startup Nation Central: One Year of Israeli Innovation in War NEW FUNDING ROUNDS Big congrats Oded Melamed and team Quantum Source on securing a $50 million series A to advance photonic quantum computers! via Trung T. Keep on creating!

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VC Cafe

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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VC Cafe

MAY 14, 2024

The generative AI market is exploding globally, with venture capitalists pouring $12.8 Israel is positioning itself as one of the potential leading hubs for generative AI globally. Israel is positioning itself as one of the potential leading hubs for generative AI globally. million), consumer ($422.5

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Management Layer : Critical functions include managing AI agents, securing permissions, and enabling payments. Data Layer : AI agents will rely on both exclusive private data and public datasets. When it comes to Generative AI, the incumbents are not resting on their laurels. Google is also leaning in on AI Agents.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man” George Bernard Shaw NEW FUNDING ROUNDS Congratulations Yotam Segev and team Cyera on your impressive $300M series D, doubling the company’s value to $3 billion to be the Crowstrike of data security! series A to help authors self-publish their books with the help of AI!

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VC Cafe

JULY 11, 2024

creator startups secured an impressive $692.7 It’s also worth mentioning that for many creators, generative AI can also be perceived as a threat – not only it enables more creators to compete on user attention, but also risks their own content or style being stoles or commoditised. million in funding.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 25, 2024

.” Bill Gates NEW VENTURE ROUNDS Congratulations Tomer Shussman and team OneStep on raising a $36M series B to advance your AI-driven care platform , powered by smartphone motion intelligence! Kudos Or Shoshani and team Stream.Security on securing a $30M series B for your cloud detection and response platform !

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VC Cafe

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). Way to go Ori Tamuz and team DoorLoop on your $51.6M Well done Marina S.

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Start Up Blog

JUNE 15, 2023

Yet, these are the risks we are being asked to take with our live Generative AI experiment, at least according to some AI experts. P(Doom) is the term AI researchers are using to describe the probability that Artificial Super Intelligence will emerge and become an existential risk for humanity. Would you do it?

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

on securing a $70M series C bringing the total funding to $200M in one year, and the new unicorn status (at a $1.4 Great stuff Dean Leitersdorf and team Decart on your $25M series A (weeks after a $21M seed) at a $500M valuation , to pioneer scalable, cost efficient generative AI training!

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 13, 2023

Since the first version was published in Jan 2022 , there were a bunch of new companies created in web3 gaming, security and consumer experiences, and notably Celcius, the crypto lender and former unicorn, went bust. The Israeli Generative AI landscape. The Israeli startups building the Metaverse (credit: Remagine Ventures).

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Board Effect

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

AI can also save boards time by summarizing meeting notes, analyzing complex data or research reports and sending meeting reminders. Because nonprofits usually have tight budgets and small staffs, generative AI in the form of ChatGPT and other natural language processing tools offer much needed support.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 19, 2024

It’s hard to believe that ChatGPT is only 2 years old, considering the amount of capital that has been invested in generative AI startups since. Task completion: monitor the prices for the best holiday packages, products and deals Startup Opportunity: Platforms enabling secure AI-to-AI transactions.

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Board Effect

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Process Automation and Efficiency AI can automate repetitive tasks, such as data entry and generating reports, to free up staff and volunteers for activities that require a human touch. AI can also reduce errors and eliminate redundancies. Microsoft AI for Humanitarian Action – Microsoft offers AI for Humanitarian Action grants.

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VC Cafe

JULY 7, 2023

That’s not to say that application layer startups didn’t raise large funding rounds: Jasper ($125M), RunwayML ( $141M ) Tome ( $43M ), ElevenLabs, But Israeli startups, to a large extent, have been excluded from this trend, only securing smaller round. Are they too late?

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 29, 2022

I have been thinking lately about the impact of generative AI on the future of the internet. One aspect I am particularly intrigued about is how our world of media and entertainment will look like with AI. The content explosion fueled by generative AI is just beginning.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 16, 2023

GenAI startups secured $14.1B Many investors complain that the technology is over hyped -and now it’s official – generative AI is at the peak of Gartner ‘s hype cycle for emerging technologies in 2023. After all, the adoption of generative AI has been faster than many other technologies, including smartphones.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 14, 2025

Cohere debuted Command-A , a generative AI model aimed at complex enterprise tasks that can run on minimal compute. billion and Sony is experimenting with AI-powered characters on Playstation. Clarke NEW FUNDING ROUNDS Congratulations Arik Shtilman and team Rapyd on securing $500M series F at $4.5M on your $7.5M

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 25, 2023

Well, obviously generative AI in particular with ChatGPT is on everybody's mind these days. But we should observe that AI is, it's been around for a while. But it's not just generative ai. So, so what are some of the, let's go on both sides of that. Mike Lenox (05:59): Yeah, absolutely.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 23, 2023

But then when I was eight or nine years old, the Gulf Warhead, I was born in Kuwait and security had lapsed, came together to rescue the country. And he said, he would always say the only way to create abundance in life is to help others without expecting anything in return. Today, of course, these kids are in the slum, they're all well off.

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VC Cafe

MAY 1, 2023

A strong focus on online services, exclusive games, and innovation secured Microsoft’s position at the top. App Store Wars: Apple dominated the app store wars, building a walled garden around its App Store and generating significant revenue from app sales and in-app purchases. I wrote about this in a recent post on VC Cafe.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Fantastic news Ben Kliger and team Zenity on securing a $38M series B to secure enterprise copilots! Way to go Dean Leitersdorf and team Decart on coming out of stealth with a $21M seed round for a new inference model that enables companies to dramatically reduce the cost of generative AI – wow ? Mazel tov Isaac B.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

” — Anonymous NEW FUNDING ROUNDS Congratulations Daniel Barel and REE Automotive on securing a strategic investment of $45M to scale new electric delivery vehicle platform! Way to go Itai Tevet and team Intezer on raising $33M series C for your Autonomous SOC Platform to tackle cybersecurity threats with AI!

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 5, 2023

What triggered me to write about this is a post by afriend, who’s an experienced CTO and expert in AI. He commented on the way founders are pitching generative AI startups: I had the chance to meet several generative AI startups in the last few weeks. The post Are you telling a story or pitching features?

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VC Cafe

JUNE 2, 2024

Take for example some of Google’s recent AI results spewing ridiculous answers. Questions remain about training data/copyright, privacy, security and costs. Funding for AI startups has cooled in recent months. The case for continued AI momentum: ? Meta is working on its open source LLaMa.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 6, 2024

It takes longer to secure rounds, and the size (and number) of rounds has decreased compared to 2021. Metric Unremarkable Good Excellent Outlier ARR <$500k $500k-$1.5m $1.5m-$2.5m >$2.5m ARR growth rates decreased significantly in 2023 and growth stage companies were most impacted. Companies faced higher customer churn and downgrades.

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VC Cafe

MAY 30, 2024

In conclusion When it comes to startups, to survive in the generative AI market, founders need to find opportunities that aren’t core to the magnificent seven, unless they’re able to secure enough funding to compete.

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VC Cafe

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, Great news Merav Bahat and team Dazz on your $50M series B to accelerate AI-powered cloud security remediation!

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 30, 2024

Kudos Yoav Oz and team Rep AI on your $8.2M series A for your AI concierge to rescue lost revenue! for raising a $6M seed extension for your AI devops workflow automation platform! Well done Amit Eyal Govrin and team Kubiya.ai EXITS Congratulations Neal Eigler M.D. and team V-Wave on the $1.7

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VC Cafe

JUNE 28, 2024

Way to go Inna Tokarev Sela and team illumex on your $13M series A for your AI data readiness platform!! Kudos Keren Leshem and team OCON Therapeutics on securing a $10M seed round for your revolutionary drug delivery technology for women! EXITS Huge congrats Alon Lev and team Qwak on the $230 Million acquisition by JFrog !

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