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AI, Blockchain, Web 2.0, and Self Driving Cars

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First, the ease at which developers can get started working with AI models is starting to lead to a Cambrian explosion of products and applications that leverage this technology. one could argue that the best companies built on mobile, social, and the cloud emerged when the concept of Web2.0 There are two reasons for this.

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Where We Are Investing in 2024

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Innovation Waves This is often said but worth repeating: innovation waves tend to move from a period of infrastructure building to the development of enabling platforms and ultimately to applications. Different innovation waves overlap and compound one another (cloud + mobile for example).

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Game On: Will gamers embrace the blockchain boom?

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Since then, consoles, computers and mobile devices have continued to redefine the gaming experience and power dynamic between creators and players. Developers hold the skeleton key, and they are the ones to profit. Developers are no longer Lord and Master; players have the power. It is a myth to think otherwise.

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Back to The Future: Power of SMS-Native

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Couple that noise with the flurry of AI/messaging startups from a few years back (set off by Facebook’s WhatsApp acquisition), in conjunction with app developers’ notification euphoria… all of which have resulted in a state on our mobile phones where “ our brains being overloaded with push notifications about nothing.”. They don’t.

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The 4 Types of Stories Founders Need to Tell When Fundraising

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All of these stories are useful for recruiting, internal alignment, and business development—they really serve as analogies for different types of startups. So this post is about storytelling, specifically about the four types of stories you’ll need to be able to tell well when fundraising for your company.

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An Alternative to Board Decks Some Seed VCs Actually Prefer

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A seed-stage mobile startup’s housekeeping section might look something like this: Section 3: Core Metrics. For ExampleCo, our fictional mobile startup, these core metrics might include app engagement, user growth, user retention, active users, and so forth. The seed stage is all about traction.

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20/20/20 – Harley Earl: Design Icon, Seer of Our Autonomous Vehicle Future

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Ive, Steve Jobs, and Apple didn’t invent the mobile phone, but the iPhone (and smartphones generally) have revolutionized our world, and will undoubtedly go down as one of the more consequential innovations of the 21st century. Now anytime a new car is developed, one of the key milestones is the public unveiling of a “concept” car.

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