VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Vertical AI agents – automate workflows in specific industries (say health or industrial). Many companies in the Agentic AI space choose to remain in stealth, but just know that it’s never too early to speak with us. Can be niche markets where the large companies or foundational LLMs are not likely to compete with.

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 11, 2009

At some point in the past year I watched a video of an Eric Sink presentation and he asked the following question (he said it was asked of him by a college student): Why would someone buy your product when it has an open source competitor? Build features for people who are likely to buy your product. Market Hard.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Perplexity ‘s launched a free ‘Deep Research’ version to compete with OpenAI’s product available for Pro users (for $200 a month). Way to go Ronit Belson and team Sawmills on coming out of stealth with a $10M seed round to transform telemetry data management with AI! The valuation of Safe Superintelligence Inc.

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View from Seed

MARCH 29, 2018

We wanted to learn more about the nuanced industry market forces before applying the same hands-on investing model we do with tech startups in other verticals. Many of these companies, however, exhibit similar characteristics to the things we invest in outside of the health vertical. 2) Direct-to-Consumer Health Products.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 17, 2023

trillion coming from increased productivity and $9.1 Will Fortune 500 companies pay for multiple Generative AI tools to increase productivity? Companies that were doing AI image creation to replace stock photography may have woken up one day to find out that their product was completely commoditised with free products/ APIs.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

Here is where the money is flowing for AI Agent startups: AI-First Applications/ Vertical AI: Instead of bolting AI onto existing software, startups are building intelligence-first solutions. At Remagine Ventures we’re active deploying in this space. We’re excited to share more about these companies soon.

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Steve Blank

JULY 23, 2009

scaled up the production of U-235 and plutonium from micrograms to tens of kilograms by 1945. to build sensors, stealth and smart weapons previously thought impossible or impractical, would give us a major military advantage. National Efforts In World War II the U.S. From a standing start in 1942 the U.S.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

One of 50 finalists for SXSW Pitch 2020 , PurePlus helps farmers by upcycling perfectly good fruits and vegetables, the most wasted food products, that get rejected simply because they aren’t pretty enough. PurePlus is disrupting candy with stealth nutrition. In a new category called Earth Functional Food?—?food

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news.ycombinator.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Hacker News new | comments | ask | jobs | submit login Startups in stealth mode need one piece of advice. I work for a stealth startup. The idea is just a very small part of the reason why we are in stealth. If we are not in stealth mode, it will just draw unwanted attention. niyazpk 215 days ago | link.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 4, 2018

Co-located in Shanghai and San Francisco, the AirPop product brand is a line of sensing, high-efficiency air pollution accessories for 4 billion+ people breathing pervasive ambient air pollution. the creation of new products. AirPop’s co-founder Chris Hosmer (pictured above) answered our questions for this interview.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 29, 2019

Some of the parts of the city that qualify as such are downtown and most arterial roads that were rezoned as “vertical mixed-use” (VMU) over a decade ago, including South Lamar, East Riverside and Burnet Rd. Up to 25 percent of the units in such buildings can be used as fully licensed STRs?

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

JANUARY 6, 2011

Improve the product. Many of the companies had resolutions focused on their product management and development. Ed Baker of Friend.ly , a fun way to meet new people, is focused on driving innovation: Encourage more product suggestions from our engineering team. Internalize culture and values.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 3, 2009

Stanford’s research on the earth’s ionosphere would lead to meteor-burst communication systems and Over the Horizon Radar used by the NSA and CIA to detect Soviet and Chinese missile tests and ultimately to the research that made Stealth technologies possible. Where were their production facilities?

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VC Cafe

MARCH 6, 2025

Every challenge can be an opportunity The commoditisation of LLMs could mean opportunity for startups: going forward, the bar for building AI-native products is much lower, enabling smaller companies to integrate AI and fostering innovation. Below are three examples of potential winners.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Within AI, Im particularly excited about the potential of AI Agents and vertical AI applications tailored for specific industries. I believe well continue to see Israeli startups excel in cybersecurity , addressing new threat verticals like deepfakes, as well as innovations in defense tech. It depends.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Here’s to wishing for more miracles and a calmer, happier and more productive 2025. QUOTE OF THE WEEK The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails. MEDIA OF THE WEEK Israel’s top 2024 venture capital rounds (by yours truly) (as published by Calcalist ??????? )

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