Tag: Startups
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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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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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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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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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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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Foreign founders raising money in America make the same mistakes over and over. Here are 5 things you need to get right to raise in the US… Humility Doesn’t Play in America “We’ll see how it goes.” I was at a demo day in NYC a while back, listening to…
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I tried to sell software to an AI simulator. I wound up crushing my quota and getting promoted! My biggest lesson: you can’t sell to every buyer the same way. Every day, I’m evaluating founders’ sales skills. The founder is the first salesman for the startup. If they’re good at…
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I tested the top models from Grok, Gemini, and ChatGPT head to head this morning. Gemini won, showing incredible power at research and sourcing. The last month has seen some amazing releases from the top AI labs. xAI released Grok 4.1 Thinking, Google released Gemini 3.0 Pro, and OpenAI dropped…
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I ran OpenAI’s new GPT 5.2 through a three round test. It still scores below Grok and Gemini. Some of GPT-5.2’s responses are excellent. But the quality of its answers are inconsistent. Let me show you where this model excels and where it falls short… Round #1: Learning About Needle…
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I just used an incredible new AI education app called Oboe. If you want to learn how to design great software, read on… Oboe just launched in September. The founder, Nir Zicherman, also founded the podcasting tool Anchor. Oboe can spin up a course on any subject you want, using…
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