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Requests for Startups in 2024

VC Cafe

Commercial open source companies – being open source is a powerful way to gain developer adoption and sell to enterprises a lot sooner. AI to build enterprise software – In the future, every enterprise could have their own custom ERP, CRM or HRIS that is continually updating itself as the company itself is changing.

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The Real Promise of Gen AI: It’s in the Apps, Not the Pipes

VC Cafe

Big tech firms are integrating GenAI into many existing tools, B2B and consumer facing, so this is something founders should watch out for Who owns the Gen AI platform? (by Faster Go-to-Market : Using existing GenAi tools and infrastructure should allow startups to cut development time and test and iterate much faster.

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Are you telling a story or pitching features?

VC Cafe

This means that founders should prioritize understanding their customers’ needs and pain points, and then developing products that directly address those issues. What triggered me to write about this is a post by afriend, who’s an experienced CTO and expert in AI. What problem does it solve for them?

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Why Pricing and Packaging Matters More When You’re Launching Your Second Product

Ben's Blog

A strong multiproduct strategy is a cornerstone of a credible growth story for any scaling B2B company. Atlassian’s flagship product, JIRA software, was intended for developers to create, track, and resolve bugs while providing visibility to the entire team. Let’s make this more concrete.

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How to Balance AI Magic with Human Expertise

Duct Tape Marketing

Prior to starting MarketMuse in 2015, Jeff was a marketing consultant in Atlanta and led the Traffic, Search and Engagement team for seven years at TechTarget, a leader in B2B technology publishing and lead generation. Those still are whether they were using generative AI or not.

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The State of Consumer Tech in Israel in 2023

VC Cafe

While Israeli startups successes are well known in the B2B space (cybersecurity, enterprise tech, devops…), B2C startups are unsung heroes… The landscape of B2C tech in Israel is blossoming, despite several challenges. founded in 2018, raised $22M to date) HourOne – generative AI tex-to-video based on human presenters.

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Say Hello to My New AI Marketer: How Gen AI-Based Software Is Advancing Marketing and Sales

Ben's Blog

Marketing is particularly well suited for adopting generative AI because it is an iterative, creative, and dynamic practice that relies on the types of media — texts, images, video — that have driven LLM development. This is one of the reasons why many of the first B2B GenAI use cases were for marketing!)