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Generative AI will really take off when it moves from playful to useful

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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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Generative AI: Incumbents vs. Upstarts

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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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AI Agents: The Evolution of RPA

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billion invested in coding agents and co-pilots alone, with Google, Salesforce, Meta, and other incumbents heavily investing in Agentic AI. When it comes to Generative AI, the incumbents are not resting on their laurels. Google is also leaning in on AI Agents. Since then, we’ve seen approximately $1.5

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Investing in Generative AI tools

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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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Is the GenAI revolution hype waning?

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After NVIDIA’s stock reached an all time high last week and Elon Musk raised $6 billion for xAI in an oversubscribed round valuing the company at $24 billion, however, there are signs that the initial euphoria may be starting to subside as reality sets in. The Wall Street Journal is asking whether the AI hype is waning.

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Requests for startups in 2025

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They suggest focusing on specific verticals and leveraging customer signals to bootstrap an index. ? 10 VC investment themes in 2025 according to Stripe Stripe highlighted the biggest global trends impacting startups in 2025 , focusing on evolving customer needs and the power of AI.

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Weekly Firgun Newsletter – Jan 31 2025

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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%. Another Chinese company, Alibaba Group introduced, Qwen2.5-Max,

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