VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Paul Graham’s recent essay, Founder Mode , describes the mindset that founders need to adopt to navigate the early stages of building a startup, and how they’re different than ‘manager mode’ which is traditional management/corporate best practices. Riches in Niches.

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VC Cafe

MAY 23, 2023

There’s an interesting thing happening in the generative AI world. More and more, established companies are leaning into generative AI by either adding generative AI features to their existing suite of tools or partnering with AI companies (mostly OpenAI or the open source HuggingFace) to launch entirely new products.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 13, 2023

Readers of VC Cafe know how big of a fan I am of startup landscapes. The Israeli startups building the Metaverse (updated Jan 2023). I’m proud of the work done by my team at Remagine Ventures, to publish the updated map of the Israeli startups building the Metaverse. The Israeli Generative AI landscape.

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VC Cafe

MAY 14, 2024

The generative AI market is exploding globally, with venture capitalists pouring $12.8 billion into startups in just the first quarter of 2024, according to Pitchbook data. Israel is positioning itself as one of the potential leading hubs for generative AI globally. million, closely followed by security ($781.34

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

billion invested in coding agents and co-pilots alone, with Google, Salesforce, Meta, and other incumbents heavily investing in Agentic AI. 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.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 17, 2024

2023 was the year of generative AI, but more specifically, the year we witnessed the power and potential of LLMs, large language models. Both startups and large tech companies leaned in hard, incorporating automation tools and generative AI applications across verticals. But the next frontier is video.

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VC Cafe

JULY 5, 2023

Is generative AI headed in the same direction? Generative AI, on the other hand, seems to be going from strength to strength. Have we reached generative AI peak? Are we on the way up or down in generative AI use and adoption? The post Has Generative AI hype peaked?

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

So much has happened in the generative AI space globally, and in Israel since we published the previous version of the Israeli generative AI landscape, back almost exactly five months ago. So far in 2023, generative AI startups raised $16 billion, according to Dealroom. billion, a 2.5x

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 17, 2023

billion on 78 generative AI deals —almost as much as was invested in all of the previous 5 years combined, according to PitchBook data. According to a new industry report by Skyquest , AI will contribute $15.7 The global generative AI market was valued at USD 8.12 In 2022, VCs poured $1.37

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VC Cafe

JULY 7, 2023

I was interviewed by TheMarker (Hebrew only) on why Israeli startups haven’t been part of the mega funding rounds in AI. I thought it’s a good timing to elaborate on where I see opportunities for Israeli startups in this rapidly growing space. billion, a 73% YoY drop, according to a new report by Viola.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 6, 2024

Calling Israeli startup founders in Interactive Entertainment, AI & Gaming! With the rapid advancement of generative AI, we’re seeing content creation, distribution and monetisation being disrupted faster than ever before. You may have noticed that the fundraising market for startups has slowed down.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The fields that generative AI addresses—knowledge work and creative work—comprise billions of workers. Generative AI can make these workers at least 10% more efficient and/or creative: they become not only faster and more efficient, but more capable than before. Sequoia, Generative AI: A Creative New World.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 20, 2024

As competition heats up, plowing money into foundation model startups is fraught with risk. He talked about where we are in the timeline of generative AI and it made me realise that we’re making an interesting shift now. But the challenges in LLMs don’ t remotely mean that AI is dead.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 29, 2024

2023 was a rough year for Venture Capital and for startups, and it might get even worse. I believe there are a lot of problems need solving, my outlook is longer term and I invest in new companies (most of the startups that Remagine Ventures II will invest in don’t yet exist). In many ways, Edward is right.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

It’s a bit crazy to think that even a year ago, the term ‘generative AI’ was not exactly on everyone’s lips. To put things in context, let’s start with the basics: 2023 witnessed an impressive influx of $15 billion invested in generative AI startups, significantly surpassing last year’s $4 billion.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 25, 2023

11:29] What’s the strategy for a startup to take on a really big entrenched industry that doesn’t want to go away? [16:08] 16:08] There are some social implications and policies when talking about AI. Well, obviously generative AI in particular with ChatGPT is on everybody's mind these days.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Readers of VC Cafe will know that I’m a big fan of startup landscape s. A new report by F2 Venture Capital, Google Cloud and Deloitte Israel shines a spotlight onto the buzzing emerging AI landscape in Israel so I couldn’t resist covering it. Startups leveraging AI attracted over 60% of all capital raised in 2023.

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VC Cafe

MAY 30, 2024

An interesting new report by Dealroom and Flow Partners breaks down the massive investment that the “Magnificent Seven” (or M7 for short) are plowing into AI across verticals. It’s impossible to ignore the impact that Google/Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Nvidia, Meta, Apple and Tesla/xAI have on AI.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 2, 2024

Jefferies’ research shows that AI mentions in earning calls is declining As a result, Investors are becoming cautious, recognising current AI spending may not drive returns in the near-term. Funding for AI startups has cooled in recent months. The case for continued AI momentum: ?

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Ten principles for building strong vertical AI businesses , by Bessemer Venture Partners MEDIA OF THE WEEK Cybersecurity and vertical AI deemed highest potential areas of investment by 25 early stage Israeli VCs in latest report ( source ) One of the big problems of venture capital these days is the lack of liquidity.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 1, 2022

All the videos from the event , as well as our newly published landscape of the UK startups building the Metaverse can be found here. As the underlying technology for the Metaverse continues to evolve, we will see more and more use cases brought to life across verticals. remain to be solved.

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VC Cafe

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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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

In this post, I collated some of the latest research published on Agentic AI , with the aim to share knowledge, primarily with founders, about what can be built in this space. The pie for software businesses has just grown dramatically, and smart money is betting that agentic AI will create more unicorns than mobile or cloud computing did.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Israeli startups raised $7.8 While the figures are slightly down from 2023, they reflect the resilience and strength of the Israeli startup ecosystem, even at a time of war. More interesting figures in the Startup Nation Central report linked below. More interesting figures in the Startup Nation Central report linked below.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

We must #BRINGTHEMHOME It’s been a tough year for Israeli startups, but they fought hard to keep their companies alive, despite dealing with war, record low venture capital volumes, and the usual challenges of running a startup. Israeli startups deliver #NOMATTERWHAT. Salesforce spent $2.6 Well done Marina S.

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VC Cafe

MAY 21, 2024

Their scale and resources enable them to innovate rapidly, making it challenging for startups to compete directly in this space. If startups do decide to compete on this ground floor, then they need to raise billions of dollars, most of which seems more like a Capex expense. The greater opportunity lies within the application layer.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

It’s only been a bit over a month since the start of 2025 past year has witnessed seismic shifts in technology, from breakthroughs in generative AI to emerging solutions in climate tech and healthcare. This is an extension of the previous list with new sources and startup requests. You can find the 2024 RFS list here.

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Steve Blank

MAY 17, 2022

Today, 100s of billions of dollars in private capital have been invested in 1,000s of AI startups. Synthetic data generation-to feed false information. Data analysis – for AI-assisted classical attack generation. AI Attack Surfaces. That’s where we are today with Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.

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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. Or is the infrastructure finally good enough to build proper application layer startups at scale? Vertical-specific agents (e.g., AI-generated VFX and animation).

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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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VC Cafe

JANUARY 31, 2025

ElevenLabs , the voice cloning AI startup, tripled its value in one year to $3.3 Boom Supersonic , a startup that aims to build the successor to Concorde, broke the sound barrier in a historic test flight. A new report by Startup Nation Central shines a light on 104 Israeli startups operating in the space tech ecosystem.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 20, 2024

NVIDIA introduced the Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit, a $249 compact generative AI supercomputer that delivers significant performance gains at half the previous model’s price. Israel launches new programs to address AI talent shortage. theres reason to be optimistic that capital will flow more freely next year.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 8, 2025

” Des Traynor, co-founder of Intercom AI startups attracted a record 46.4% Requests for startups are a way for investors to communicate what might work and where they are actively looking for startup teams. The predictions offer significant opportunities for startups across different sectors.

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