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April in Review: Global startup funding remains steady, while AI continues to draw headlines and industries like Telehealth drive growth

The Startup Magazine

This followed remarks from Sam Altman, who highlighted that saying please and thank you when interacting with AI collectively adds up to millions in costs. Still, a report released this month from the International Monetary Fund found that economic gains outweigh the costs of rising carbon emissions, boosting global output by around 0.5%

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For tech to develop in emerging economies, the first obstacle is trust

The Next Web

Fast forward a few months and I’ve returned to my adopted country of Ecuador with the objective of helping to develop a thriving tech scene. Ecuador’s socialist government has prioritized the tech sector, even going so far as to create an entirely new city focused on the development of knowledge industries.

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Why I Doubled Down on YouTube Investments with MiTú

Both Sides of the Table

So they began signing up Spanish-language content producers in Ecuador, Chile, Colombia, Argentina, Mexico and so forth. They have production facilities in Mexico where they have been creating lower-cost video for traditional TV for many years and they pivoted this facility to producing for YouTube.

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Epitaph for an Entrepreneur « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

When the kids got older our adventures took us to Mexico, Ecuador , India, Africa and Europe. –jason The costs of entrepreneurship | Entrepreneurship for Self Empowerment , on August 4, 2009 at 8:56 pm Said: [.] Since my wife and I liked to hike we’d explore national parks around the U.S. Never miss an event.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter June 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

Albaugh, which was founded in 1979, has six plants in the US, Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina, and a joint venture in China, and its South American sales in Brazil, Argentina, and Chile complement Makhteshim’s business in Brazil, Colombia and Ecuador. The eight Israeli companies are attracTV, BriefCam Ltd., MS Tech Ltd.,

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