Tag: Startups
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I just cut 16 hours of work down to 151 seconds…a 400X productivity improvement. Let me show you how to do it yourself… This afternoon, I’m meeting a startup that makes self-driving forklifts. I want to be well-informed for my meeting, so I did a little research. I don’t know…
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“If I did growth stage, I’d be all over this.” I invest at the earliest stages. But every now and then, I see a late stage startup that makes me salivate. Here are 4 of my favorites… Loyal — Loyal makes longevity treatments for dogs. Their first drugs are nearing…
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+ Construction, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Fertility, Finance, Food, Health, Investing, Longevity, Startups, Stock Market, Tech, Travel, Venture Capital, Writing+
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Cyan Banister is one of the greatest investors of all time. She’s backed SpaceX, Uber, and more. This morning, she put the word out: hackers could be coming for our brains. Cyan calls it CogSec, and I think the name will stick. Robert Scoble, the earliest of early adopters, seconded…
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+ AI, Angel Investor, Artificial Intelligence, Brain, Cybersecurity, Elon, Elon Musk, Finance, Hacker, Hacking, Investing, Money, Neuralink, Science, Security, Silicon Valley, Startups, Tech, Technology, Venture Capital+
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Tencent is worth $600 billion, making it the largest company in China. But very few Americans have tried its AI models. This morning, I tested their most powerful model yet… Tencent released Hunyuan-T1 in April. T1 is their most powerful reasoning model. But can it beat the best from America?…
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Elon just dropped Grok Companions, and they look an awful lot like an AI girlfriend. This morning, I chatted with one of the Companions, Ani. Let’s see what she can do… Meeting Ani Ani, a tarted up anime character, sashayed across my screen suggestively. It’s pretty clear what Ani is…
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+ AI, Artificial Intelligence, Elon, Grok, LLM, Romance, Silicon Valley, Society, Startups, Tech, Technology, Writing, xAI+
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A new model from China claims to be the best in the world. But can Kimi beat the best from America? This morning, I tested it to find out… Kimi is open source and can be used to create powerful AI agents. The startup that built Kimi, Moonshot AI, claims…
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+ AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, China, Grok, LLM, Silicon Valley, Startups, Tech, Technology, Venture Capital, xAI+
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If I work backward from the biggest problems, I can find the biggest opportunities. Here are 4 areas I’m excited about investing in now: 1) Longevity. Everything about my life is awesome. If you’re sitting in the United States as you read this, chances are the same is true for…
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+ AI, Business, Entrepreneur, Finance, Investing, Money, Startups, Tech, Technology, Venture Capital+
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I looked at 4000 deals I’ve said no to in the last 3 years. Here are the most common reasons I passed… 1) No revenue. This is by far the most common reason why I pass on a startup. Cash is king. If a company can get people to plunk…
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+ Angel Investing, Business, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Investing, Money, Silicon Valley, Startups, VC, Venture Capital+
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Angels can make up to $15 million tax free thanks to changes in the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act. This is part of a huge expansion of Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS) in the new bill. What’s New With QSBS These changes to the rules around QSBS apply to shares…
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+ Angel, Angel Investing, Angel Investor, Finance, Investing, IRS, Money, QSBS, Startups, Tax, Tech, Trump, Venture Capital+
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Lots of people want to become angel investors. But where do you find great deals? Here’s where I’m sourcing deals now… I looked at all 35 names in my portfolio thus far. For each one, I noted where I first heard about the company. Where My Deals Are Coming From…
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+ Business, Entrepreneur, Finance, Investing, Money, Silicon Valley, Startups, Tech, Venture Capital+
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Tremendous 