Tag: Tech
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“Can you tell me your current revenue and burn?” “We’re at $4,000 MRR and we’re profitable.” “Uhh, excuse me?” The founder probably saw my jaw drop on Zoom. I’d never seen such an early stage company make a profit. A Clever Move How did they do it? By building their…
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Elon Musk’s new Optimus robot can fold t-shirts. How long until it’s making them? Musk released a video of Tesla’s new Optimus robot folding a t-shirt yesterday on X: The short video shows the robot slowly but surely turning a t-shirt into a neat little package. Robots usually struggle with…
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What if you could make yourself look any way you want, all with a couple of clicks? A new AI tool called uPix is making it happen. UPix lets you upload a picture of yourself and create a new version of your image. You can become a cyberpunk, Iron Man,…
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The fries are golden brown. The wagyu blend burgers are juicy. Welcome to the world’s first robot restaurant. From a report out this morning from NPR: “What is believed to be the world’s first automated restaurant is opening in Pasadena, California. Customers at the CaliExpress will order food from self-service…
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+ AI, Artificial Intelligence, Automation, California, Food, Government, Inequality, Politics, Robot, Robotics, Robots, Startups, Tech, Venture Capital+
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A Stanford team has developed a robot that can perform almost any manual task, from cooking to straightening up the house. All it needs is a human to show it how. The Greatest Demo I’ve Ever Seen The demo, released yesterday on Twitter, is one of the most incredible things…
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+ AI, Artificial Intelligence, Finance, Investing, Robotics, Robots, Stanford, Startups, Tech, Venture Capital+
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Are LinkedIn InMail messages driving you nuts? Turns out there’s a way to stop them — forever. These random messages were driving me to the brink of insanity. So I complained on Twitter. What happened next shocked me. The kind folks at LinkedIn stepped in to help! Here’s how to…
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Scott Shleifer, Tiger Global Management’s head of private investments, is out. Founder Chase Coleman will now oversee the struggling unit, according to Bloomberg: Months before Scott Shleifer stepped down as head of Tiger Global Management’s private investments, Chase Coleman had already begun to reclaim control of the firm’s $34 billion…
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Many average people lost their life savings in bad crypto investments. But the real victims of the crypto craze lost much more. Journalist Zeke Faux travelled 9,000 miles to meet some of them. He tells their stories in his excellent new book Number Go Up. A Mysterious Text Message The…
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+ Bitcoin, Blockchain, Cambodia, Crypto, Cryptocurrency, Finance, Human Rights, Human Trafficking, Investing, Money, Tech, Tether+
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“I have never cheated any honest men, only rascals. They wanted something for nothing. I gave them nothing for something.” Joseph “The Kid” Weil, early 20th century con artist The lure of easy riches is hard to resist. In 2021, I had the opportunity to invest in countless crypto projects.…
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+ Bitcoin, Blockchain, BT, Crypto, Cryptocurrency, Finance, Investing, Money, Startups, Tech, Tether, Venture Capital+
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“It’s like the narrative would be way sexier if it was like, ‘Holy s—, this is the world’s biggest Ponzi scheme.’” Sam Bankman-Fried As markets ripped in late 2021, the total value of all cryptocurrency approached $3 trillion. Just 12 years prior, crypto didn’t exist. The boom created a wave…
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+ Bitcoin, Blockchain, Crypto, Cryptocurrency, Finance, FTX, Investing, Money, SBF, Startups, Tech, Venture Capital+
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