VC Cafe

MARCH 1, 2024

Electric Vehicles – Lower battery costs powering adoption mean EV sales could reach 74 million in 2030. The All-Seeing Eye – Hardware and storage should be rethought from the ground up in the age of semantic video understanding, and powerful on-device models.

Artificial Inteligence 176

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Software Review Generative AI 176

Austin Startup

APRIL 17, 2017

Thrillbox Thrillbox is an immersive media analytics platform that provides distribution tools for content generators, advertising agencies, vendors, and networks. Visual Semantics JustLegal JustLegal is a SaaS enabled marketplace allowing people to connect with the right lawyer in their area and schedule a free initial consultation.

Semantic 48

Semantic Social Media Database Artificial Inteligence 48

Genuine VC

JANUARY 7, 2010

Back in 2003 Google acquired Applied Semantics for just over $100M. This startup had a little technology called AdSense which allowed for the presentation of contextually relevant ads on a set of distributed publisher sites. With it, Google monetized via advertising not only on their own search pages, but beyond.

Acquisition 115

Acquisition Semantic Distribution Advertising 115

Genuine VC

JANUARY 7, 2010

Back in 2003 Google acquired Applied Semantics for just over $100M. This startup had a little technology called AdSense which allowed for the presentation of contextually relevant ads on a set of distributed publisher sites. With it, Google monetized via advertising not only on their own search pages, but beyond.

Acquisition 100

Acquisition Semantic Distribution Advertising 100

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

We’re going to distribute that on a platform and we’re going to build an audience in some way and we’re going to sell our product or service, which by the way is fine. The difference in the two that you mentioned … I realize this is semantics at some level, but the two that you mentioned are channel based, right?

Cost 36

Cost Marketing Audience Media 36

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

The classic graph for the product lifecycle is a sales curve that progresses through stages: a sharp rise from the x-axis as a product transitions from Introduction to the Growth phase; a sustained, rounded peak in Maturity; and a gradual Decline that portends its withdrawal from the market. Create product awareness and trial. Marketing led.

Product 124

Product Marketing Differentiation Harvest 124

news.ycombinator.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

What would have happened if, before Netflix had become established, one of the major rental store chains or perhaps a coalition of big movie studios had realised the potential of those new distribution models and the danger to the existing happy cash generators, and consequently thrown $100,000,000 into getting their own service off the ground?

Stealth 41

Stealth Technical Review Startup Software Review 41