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The future of search is being reinvented with generative AI

VC Cafe

Global search engine market share in May 2023 (source) However, since the introduction of ChatGPT in November 2022, user habits (and perhaps expectations) began to change. If all that wasn’t enough, you have the problem of model hallucinations, where the conversational UI offers an answer that is well articulated, but completely wrong.

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Launching a Portfolio Acceleration Platform at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Fund

David Teten

This typically includes: Relationships with relevant service providers in your vertical, often with pre-negotiated discounts: coaches, lawyers, accountants, common software vendors, consultants. A well-organized library of best practices for founders in your vertical, which you can share as appropriate. AskAnything.VC

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2023 Predictions

Eric Friedman

We are still in the middle of the streaming wars, but its clear that casting to screens is becoming normal in our house 5/ the US power grid becomes a focus point for conversation from a major disruption due to an attack. I still want this to happen, but as I love to tell founders Hope isn’t a strategy. 1: Failed it.

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2023 Predictions

Eric Friedman

We are still in the middle of the streaming wars, but its clear that casting to screens is becoming normal in our house 5/ the US power grid becomes a focus point for conversation from a major disruption due to an attack. I still want this to happen, but as I love to tell founders Hope isn’t a strategy. 1: Failed it.

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The Entrepreneur’s Essentials #2: What’s in a name?

Austin Startup

grow into international markets, other industry verticals, and other product lines). My co-founders and I wanted a name that would reflect the incredible ambition of our mission: “to build the most meaningful, collaborative, and abundant data resource in the world”. As CEO, I stuck to my guns and, as co-founder, Brant did too.

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Syndio

Austin Startup

This SaaS company, one of 50 finalists for SXSW Pitch 2020 , enables global organizations to analyze and resolve pay gaps due to gender or race and stay in compliance over time. Prior to joining Syndio, Colacurcio co-founded Smartsheet.com , a work collaboration tool for companies of all sizes. million employees on the platform.

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Take Five: The Metaverse

VC Cafe

The latest appearance, a 3 hour conversation with Joe Rogan, comes in a troubling time for Meta/Facebook as I covered in my latest post on VC Cafe. Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s founder and CEO. Joe Rogan hosted Mark Zuckerberg on a 3-hour conversation on the metaverse and Facebook’s woes. million and Tiffany & Co.

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