Category: Technology
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In homage to the All-In Podcast, here are my predictions for 2026… Biggest Political Winner — Socialism. Zohran Mamdani recently took control of New York City. This is only the beginning of big wins for socialism in the United States this year. The party in power usually loses seats in…
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An investor passes on your startup. You can change their mind, right? Wrong. Here’s why trying to change investors’ minds is a waste of time… Minds Don’t Change Investors are interested right away or not at all. When they pass, the chance of you ever getting a dime is minimal.…
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+ Angel Investing, Business, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Founders, Investing, Silicon Valley, Startups, Tech, VC, Venture Capital+
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I’m scouring the world for startups in 3 areas right now. If you’re building here, DM me… AI Data for Construction — I dream of a world where robots make our houses. Houses will be cheaper and better-built than ever. But to get there, we need data. Lots of data.…
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+ AI, Artificial Intelligence, Business, Entrepreneur, Finance, Founders, Investing, Robotics, Silicon Valley, Startups, Technology+
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Chinese AI startup MiniMax is going public this week at a $7 billion valuation. But its model flopped in my testing. I ran MiniMax through three tests with real world questions. These are harder to game than benchmarks. Let me show you where MiniMax does well and where it struggles……
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+ AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, China, Finance, Investing, Large Language Model, LLM, Startups, Stock Market, Tech, Technology, Venture Capital+
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China is about to launch its first AI model IPO, Zhipu AI. Investors may be excited, but Zhipu’s product is weak. China’s first IPO of an LLM startup, Zhipu AI, will start trading Thursday. The IPO is expected to value Zhipu at nearly USD $7 billion. This morning, I ran…
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+ AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, China, Finance, Investing, IPO, LLM, Tech, Technology, Venture Capital+
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“A whole new world is opening up to you.” That’s what my great grandma said when I learned how to read. I read 34 books in 2025, the most since college. Here are my favorites… Book of the Year: On Writing by Stephen King On Writing is King’s account of…
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+ Biotech, Biotechnology, book-review, book-reviews, Books, Buffett, FIction, Finance, Financial markets, Investing, Reading, Tech, Venture Capital+
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I was laying on the couch, eyemask on, earplugs in, trying to imagine the next great startup. “What about collecting data from factories to train robots?” Well, I found it… It’s called Cortex AI. Cortex AI: Training Industrial Robots Cortex AI gathers video from factories and workshops. It sells that…
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+ AI, Artificial Intelligence, Business, ChatGPT, Finance, Investing, Robotics, Robots, Silicon Valley, Startups, Technology, Venture Capital+
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Ever feel lost on how to improve your product? Here are three ways to get the customer feedback you need… Wrap-Up Sending gift cards and swag to a few dozen customers will probably only cost you a couple thousand dollars. The feedback they give you could be worth millions. Your…
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+ Business, digital-marketing, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Founders, Marketing, Product, Sales, Silicon Valley, Startups, VC+
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Here’s how a typical angel investor loses $250,000: This is what happens for most angels. They only invest in one company. The founders are not technical, and the product never launches. Their money goes up in smoke. Here’s how we can do better… Focus on Launched Products I never invest…
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+ Angel, Angel Investing, Angel Investor, Business, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Investing, Silicon Valley, Startups, VC, Venture Capital+
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The Allen Institute for AI recently released its most powerful model ever: Olmo 3. Olmo is cheap to train, making it perfect for anyone training their own model. Olmo 3 is 2.5 times more efficient to train than Llama 3.1 based on GPU-hours per token. Olmo is also much more…
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+ AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, LLM, Model Training, Open source, OSS, Tech, Technology, Venture Capital+
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