Tag: Silicon Valley
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Rippling has accused Deel of putting a spy inside their business. With moles infiltrating companies, should startups be worried? The truth is, if you have an early stage startup, it’s almost impossible to get anyone to care about it. Spies? You should be so lucky! At least that would mean…
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The robots moved smoothly through the factory. I watched a new age being born. Jensen Huang unveiled NVIDIA’s new robotics model at a conference keynote yesterday. Called NVIDIA GR00T N1, this new model gives robots a general toolkit for interacting with the world. Incredible Capabilities The robots, made by Norwegian…
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Make a simple product that users love and you have a great start. But how do you grow that into a major, money making business? Let’s use the example of an interesting startup called Trellis. Trellis is an app that combines workout coaching with your favorite music. The founder recently…
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Lots of founders mess up calculating their Total Addressable Market (TAM). Here’s how to do it correctly… Calculating TAM Correctly You need to do what’s called a bottoms-up TAM. Take the number of potential customers and multiply that by what you charge for your product. The figure you get is…
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Founders are using AI to build incredible products. And now, I’m using it to evaluate their businesses. Here’s how… When I was researching a startup in the past, I had to Google a hundred things and hope I’d find the right info. Team, possible competitors, market size, you name it.…
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Everyone’s talking about ChatGPT, Claude and Grok. But there’s another competitor creeping up the charts: Qwen from Alibaba. Most people haven’t tried it. So today, I decided to see if this model can compete with the best from America. I used the new 32B model and fed it the same…
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I play with different products every day — some for investment research, some just for fun. Here are my current favorites: Meetings: Google Meet. So much better than Zoom! No software needed and instant boot-up means I’m never late for a call. I also love that it has the time…
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“For two decades, no Secretary of Defense even bothered to set foot in Silicon Valley…” In 2015, Ash Carter finally changed that. This was the beginning of a wave that launched a thousand defense startups. In 2016, Raj Shah and Christopher Kirchoff took control of Defense Innovation Unit X (DIUx).…
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I was talking with an awesome YC founder yesterday. Right before our call, another investor asked him, “What if ChatGPT does it?” This is the new “What if Google does it?” For most companies, that question is irrelevant. Here’s an example… ChatGPT Stinks at Teaching Portuguese I’m trying to learn…
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Anthropic just dropped its most powerful model yet, Claude 3.7 Sonnet. This morning, I asked it 3 questions I actually needed the answer to. Let’s see how it does… Teach Me About Biology Lately, I’ve been fascinated by new developments in biotech. So I had Claude give me a primer…
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Tremendous 