Tag: Venture Capital
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What if you could ask the best scientists on earth any question you want, any time? New chatbots are making that a reality. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! Consensus searches 200 million scholarly publications to answer questions on medicine, science, and even economics. Let’s give it a try! I…
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Many startups I invested in are coming back and asking for more. So how do I decide to double down — or cut my losses? Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! Here’s how I approach follow-on funding: Performance I want to see startups triple revenue year over year after I…
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“As a start-up CEO I slept like a baby. I woke up every 2 hours and cried.” Ben Horowitz Today, Ben Horowitz is the billionaire co-founder of a16z and one of the most important people in tech. But 20 years ago, he was the CEO of a penny stock startup…
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We investors have no function except to find and help the next Google. But, uh, where is it? Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! Finding the great companies of the future is a huge part of our job. I look at 150-250 companies every month. I choose one. Since I…
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I just passed on a company growing 80% month over month. Instead, I chose one growing more slowly. Have I lost my mind? Not yet. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! These two companies illustrate one of the most important principles in venture capital: market size matters. Without a large…
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In a brutal year for hedge funds, few have suffered more than Light Street Capital. The fund lost 54% in 2022, over $1 billion. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! From a report out last night in Bloomberg: Light Street Capital Management’s hedge fund tumbled 54% in 2022, according to…
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For all its powers, ChatGPT has a fatal flaw: its training data only goes through 2021. Ask about anything recent, and it’s stumped. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! But a new tool lets you use the power of AI to find up-to-the-minute information. It’s called Perplexity AI, and it…
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Another day, another Generative AI breakthrough! The latest: a search engine that queries thousands of books to answer any question. It’s called Allsearch.ai. And it just might change research forever. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! I tested it out this morning with three prompts. Let’s see how it does!…
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ChatGPT, the hot new tool from OpenAI, excels at writing. So is it time for me to pawn my laptop and ride off into the sunset? Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! Today, I decided to see who’s the better writer, me or ChatGPT. Let’s take a post I wrote…
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Tough times in startupland show no signs of ending. Venture funding fell 67% in December from a year earlier, according to a new report by S&P Global: Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! The number of completed rounds fell by 57%. These grim stats match what I’m seeing in the…
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Tremendous 