Tag: Startups
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Startupland is a mess. Valuations are depressed. Companies are going bust. So today, I went back to basics: Warren Buffett. No one in history has matched his investment prowess. Buffett’s net worth stands at $112 billion, making him the eighth richest person alive. Since taking control of Berkshire Hathaway in…
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With valuations down, this year’s investments should be some of the best ever. But many VC’s are riding AI startups right off a cliff. Total venture capital investment is down almost 90% from the peak, according to Carta. Late stage funding has practically ceased to exist. Even seed is down…
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“You’re going to see a lot of emerging managers shut down in the next few years,” said a VC I met with this morning. She couldn’t stay long — she was heading to California to fundraise. The down market is hitting emerging managers hard. These VC’s are on their first…
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Every now and then, I meet a hardworking founder with some great tech. But I know I’ll never invest in their business. Despite founders’ best intentions, some companies develop serious problems. Those problems can make a startup untouchable for investors. We put those companies in the “too hard bucket.”* And…
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The year is 2166. I am 180 years old and my body is beginning to fail. Time to upload my memories. Advancements in biology could soon have us living much longer than ever before. But even if our bodies can’t reach immortality, perhaps our minds can. Imagine a future in…
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+ AI, Artificial Intelligence, Being, Computer Science, Consciousness, Futurism, GPT-4, Longevity, Philosophy, Startups, Tech+
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Last week, Google debuted its latest challenge to OpenAI: the new Bard. The waitlist is gone and Bard has some great new features. But can it beat GPT-4? Today, I put both bots to the test. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! Bard now integrates with search and maps and…
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+ AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Finance, GOOG, Google, Microsoft, MSFT, Startups, Stock Market, Stocks, Tech, Venture Capital+
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ChatGPT is incredible. But this might be even better. Reid Hoffman’s new startup Inflection AI released an incredible tool last week. It’s great at answering your questions. But uniquely, it also asks you questions! After I heard about Inflection on a recent episode of This Week in Startups, I had…
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Last year, someone called my grandma pretending to be me. I was in trouble and needed money. It was a scam. What happens when that scam uses AI? Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! “AI is so intelligent it’s open to the bad players, the ones that want to trick…
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Last night, I got a call from my old friend Matt. Matt had a problem. He had saved some money, but was terrified to invest it. “What if I lose it?” he asked? So I explained to him the core concept behind all of my investments. Get the blog before…
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Venture capital investment in AI is exploding. But are we setting ourselves up for disaster? Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! From a report out this morning in The Wall Street Journal: Analysts at research firm PitchBook predict that venture investment in generative AI companies will easily be several times…
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Tremendous 