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16 Minutes on the News #52: Dall-E AI for Images; Direct Listings, SEC Ruling for Issuing Shares

Ben's Blog

We called on Frank again to explain where Dall-E (and the broader topic of machine learning) sits on the path toward artificial general intelligence (AGI), how Dall-E’s transformer-type architecture is able to infer information, what its limitations might be, and what uses we might see as this technology develops.

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Gust Educational Resources for Founders and Startups

Gust

Throughout the years of developing Gust.com and Gust Launch, we recognized a common pain point in the startup journey. Which then leads to more specific startup questions: How do we issue shares? They ask those early questions: What should we be doing? How do we set it up? How do we set it up? How do we fundraise?

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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Convertible Note Seed Financings (But Were Afraid To Ask) – Part 1

Scott Edward Walker

Indeed, as a corporate lawyer for 18+ years, I have seen this development first-hand. Why Can’t a Startup Issue Shares of Common Stock to Investors? In fact, many incubators like Y Combinator and TechStars are issued shares of common stock for their initial investment (usually about $20,000).

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Lockdown Lost-Founder IP

The Startup Lawyer

Now if your startup received a $5MM Series A investment from a venture capital firm, how many developers (that you can recall) would come out of the shadows of the internet and claim to be your startup’s long lost founder? But if your startup becomes a wild success, the developer will. Lost Founders.

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Using warrants to pump up your VC valuation

www.mattbartus.com

Prior to the VC’s exercise of the warrants, the founders will actually own 67% of the issued shares because the warrant shares are not outstanding until the warrants are exercised. Developers, designers, support engineers & more! Warrants. -. 10,000,000. 13,333,333. 1,333,333 warrants x $0.50 Great honor t.

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