Hunter Walker

JANUARY 3, 2024

Here are some things to read: There’s No Money in Free Software [ Ben Werdmuller ] – The provocative titles refers to Ben’s experience trying to build a startup around an open source product. If you want to release your software as open source, release the bit (or a bit) that doesn’t have intrinsic business value.

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SVPG

APRIL 14, 2015

In other words, let’s say your company provides a vertical marketplace with drivers on one side, and riders on the other. The main place this open source model isn’t so helpful is when the code is very specialized. Decide what areas of the code base are available for the open source model and which are not.

Software Review 60

Software Review Open Source Technical Review Vertical 60

VC Cafe

JULY 5, 2023

I expect to see many more existing companies incorporating generative AI features in their existing products and services (see Dropbox , eBay , Canva , Adobe , Salesforce etc) as well as new startups working on vertical AI solutions, industry-specific automations and tooling for deploying generative AI safely in the organisation.

Generative AI 107

Generative AI Artificial Inteligence ChatGPT United Kingdom 107

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 5, 2012

Prior to that, Yongfook founded and sold off his own recipe social network Open Source Food. “I think there’s still many opportunities in this vertical in South East Asia and it’s one that takes on multiple forms – local shopping, local eating, local jobs,” muses Yongfook.

Singapore 181

Singapore Aggregator Technical Review Database 181

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Consider what followed since November: New foundational models, more efficient ways of training models etc An explosion of open source models, the rise of HuggingFace Breakthrough research across voice, video, text, multi modality, etc Billions of dollars invested in thousands of startups at the application layer of generative AI.

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VC Cafe

MAY 23, 2023

More and more, established companies are leaning into generative AI by either adding generative AI features to their existing suite of tools or partnering with AI companies (mostly OpenAI or the open source HuggingFace) to launch entirely new products.

Generative AI 165

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 16, 2017

Despite the amazing productivity gains from open source, AWS, microservices and other new technologies, we have seen the time to launch extending and the cost of getting a minimally viable product (MVP) out the door increasing. pick a vertical, say old archaic tech and SaaS-ify it?—?my Go niche?—?pick

Technical Review 60

Technical Review Software Review Vertical Open Source 60

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

New media platforms are enabling a new creator type: Digitally Native Vertical Creators , Eric Feng. New media platforms are enabling a new creator type: Digitally Native Vertical Creator s, Eric Feng. They might flock to new, open source solution, to reduce platform fees and increase their share. ” Eric Feng.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

While there’s no need to reinvent the wheel, there is certainly room for improvement and intra-vertical competition as companies master not only supply chain logistics and shipping and handling, but also SEO, social media, and equally as important, staying creative.

eCommerce 94

eCommerce Open Source SEM Technical Review 94

VC Cafe

DECEMBER 7, 2022

In the last few months we’ve seen a number of advancements in text to image generators, enabling users to create art from text prompts: Open AI’s Dall-e 2 , Midjourney and Stability , an open source solution. They won’t replace humans, at least not right away.

Generative AI 90

Generative AI Artificial Inteligence ChatGPT API 90

Version One Ventures

MAY 7, 2020

The huge ICO run-up in 2017 brought a lot of attention to the vertical. The most exciting part about DeFi is its open source nature and built-in composability: the ability to remix and recombine “money legos” unlocks a tremendous amount of creativity and innovation. . Maker ), lending (e.g. Compound ), derivatives (e.g.

Argentina 95

Argentina Vertical Open Source Finance 95

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

You now run Pilosa, what you describe as “an open source, distributed index designed to help analyze huge datasets at UI latency.” Because of significant performance benefits , we are initially supporting Oracle’s Cloud OCI, launching Molecula on March 26 at Oracle’s Open World Singapore. How will it work with Molecula?

Open Source 48

Open Source Startup Caching Database 48

tomazkovacic.com

MARCH 24, 2011

Boilerpipe library: Boilerplate Removal and Fulltext Extraction from HTML pages Boilerpipe is probably one of the best open source packages when it comes to full article text extraction that leverages on machine learning. They mostly leverage on machine learning, statistics and a wide rage of heuristics. Bookmark the permalink.

HTML 56

HTML Semantic Algorithm Software Review 56

Austin Startup

APRIL 25, 2017

The smartphone is for everyone, we don’t have to think the iPhone is about a certain demographic, or country or vertical market: it’s for everyone. As Amazon built its logistical and server infrastructure, it systematically moved into one new vertical at a time: shoes, kitchen appliances, etc. I think AR is that big, it’s huge.

Valuation 48

Valuation Technical Review Forecast Social Network 48

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 27, 2020 Winding Tree has created the world’s first open marketplace for travel. This track brings together founders and funders and showcases exciting new companies, products, services, and business models across different verticals and industries.

United Arab Emirates 63

United Arab Emirates Switzerland Cofounder France 63

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 12, 2018

Learn how this revolutionary technology will transform industry verticals. A combination of tactical training sessions, workshops and presentations will examine how developer, design and open source technologies are fundamental to the success of IoT/AI/UX/AR and CX. ” TechXLR8 Tracks. Blockchain 360. Developer Summit.

Artificial Inteligence 81

Artificial Inteligence Europe Startup Cloud 81

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 6, 2010

million in Series A funding to develop management solutions that help secure open source software such as Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP/Perl (LAMP), and accelerate enterprise adoption of public, private and hybrid cloud environments. Gazzang, Inc., the cloud infrastructure software company, today announced it has secured $3.5

SQL 59

SQL PHP Database Open Source 59

Hippoland

OCTOBER 16, 2016

Open source libraries (such as TensorFlow) make technology more accessible for less skilled or self-taught developers such as myself to use. Obviously within this category there are a LOT of verticals that are looked at very different — everything from e-commerce to B2B SaaS to marketplaces.

Startup 48

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 13, 2023

Open source tech. The Israeli open source startup landscape (credit: Greenfield Partners). Most operate in the application layer, and use APIs to power new automations and consumer experiences across various verticals and functions in the company: coding, copywriting, advertising and marketing, design, etc.

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Generative AI Open Source Startup 212

mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Here, developers and dev shops are organized by vertical so you can find a shop that has expertise in the kind of app you want to build. Fees for these devs and shops run from under $5,000 to more than $20,000. Another good resource is Appolicious’ directory.

Small Business 104

Small Business Technical Review Social Media Software Review 104

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Generative AI will really become magic when it moves from 'playful' to 'useful' – we will use multiple generative AI tools at work in the future, like we use grammarly and canned responses today… AI will become more vertical, and specific per role — Eze Vidra (@ediggs) November 5, 2022.

Generative AI 195

Generative AI Artificial Inteligence API Vertical 195

David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

They have open-sourced their investment structure , now on version 3.0, According to a recent interview with Founding Partner Andrew Oved, Reformation invests in SaaS (vertical and application software) and consumer product businesses that have achieved $1M-$5M in annualized revenue, while operating capital efficiently.

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Equity Revenue Cofounder Colorado 78

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

For those of you who have been following the discussion, a Lean Startup is Eric Ries ’s description of the intersection of Customer Development , Agile Development and if available, open platforms and open source. It is about when in the life of your company you do the spending.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 29, 2024

The rise of generative AI is expected to affect every vertical: health, education, fintech, gaming – creating opportunities for startups. The 2023 open source generative AI survey by the Linux Foundation found that 41% of organisations expressed a clear preference for open-source generative AI technologies over proprietary solutions.

Generative AI 171

Generative AI Global Venture Capital Valuation 171

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

We’ve seen new foundational models, open source LLMs and all sorts of new companies building the co-pilots for every category. For example, Munch , providing automated vertical video clips from long form content or KwaKwa , the latest product by Piggy, powering communities.

Generative AI 88

Generative AI Artificial Inteligence Vertical 88

VC Cafe

JULY 7, 2023

AI Vertical SaaS – As mentioned by Index Ventures in a recent post , there’s a rise in AI native SaaS companies, building automations for specific industries. I can imagine there are opportunities here across industries/verticals. Will startups reap the fruits of this new trend, or is it the battle of giants?

Generative AI 88

Generative AI ChatGPT Startup 88

ConversionXL

JUNE 9, 2019

In 2010, Dr. Anne Aula, a Senior User Experience Researcher at Google, presented some disappointing findings about mouse tracking: Only 6% of people showed some vertical correlation between mouse movement and eye tracking. Clickheat is an open-source alternative that allows you to create a heat map from mouse clicks on your site.

Algorithm 111

Algorithm Analytics Conversion Stock 111

blog.teamtreehouse.com

DECEMBER 5, 2012

Lacking vertical alignment, all of the frameworks were technically half grids. Fundamentally, frameworks resemble table-based layout of yore: Horizontal rows divided into vertical blocks. In a separate stylesheet, though, it includes styles to manage a site’s baseline, or vertical grid. Old school. Toast is simple.

Framework 54

Framework HTML Software Review Widget 54

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Atlassian open-sourced their M&A term sheet , a very aggressive move which helps smooth the M&A process, by reducing the number of degrees of freedom in a negotiation. Stanford List of Venture Capital and Private Equity Sources. Harvard Business School Current Research Sources for Private Equity.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Since AI and ML startups cut across verticals (analytics, fintech, health, adtech, security, etc), it’s easier to group them under the “machine intelligence” umbrella, coined by Shivon Zillis , a partner at Bloomberg Beta. Many large companies will be built (Michael Wolfe, Point Nine Capital).

Artificial Inteligence 122

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Startup 122

ConversionXL

AUGUST 5, 2014

If you’re using a popular open source engine known as SOLR, this page on spatial search should hopefully help get you started. Even though the later examples in this article focus on booking sites, there’s plenty to be learned that can apply to other verticals. What do you think?

Search 107

Search Design eCommerce Technical Review 107

news.ycombinator.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

We already have some competitors in the vertical and while there is no point in trying to hide the actual idea, there are differences in the way we implement stuff that can get us an advantage over the competition. >> For three years I worked at Bug Labs (open source hardware company). Nobody ever stole our ideas.

Stealth 41

Stealth Technical Review Startup Software Review 41

VC Cafe

JANUARY 10, 2024

Not so long ago, we were all posting AI profile pictures on social media, but very quickly we’re now seeing an emergence of generative AI tools and LLM applications to assist almost every role in the organisation, across industries and verticals. The downside of OpenAI is the cost, platform dependency and limitations of its API.

Generative AI 109

Generative AI Artificial Inteligence Open Source 109

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 4, 2009

For example, Friendster was famously vertically partitioned at one time in its growth curve. I normally recommend you just store this directory on your master database, but you could use a standalone vertical shard (or even a key-based partition!) This type of vertical partitioning sharding scheme wont work in most cases.

San Francisco 151

San Francisco Architecture Startup Database 151

VC Cafe

AUGUST 15, 2011

Donanza – the freelancer jobs marketplace, operates like a “Kayak&# finding freelancers the best gigs across sources. GreenSQL – open source database firewall software. Do@ – vertical search inside applications, on your tablet. Comes very handy from what I hear.

Open Source 79

Open Source Database Vertical 79

mashable.com

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Then research which journalists at that publication cover the vertical in which your startup or its news would fall. Open Source Lists. Determine which demographic — and therefore, which publication — would be interested in your startup. Identity Lists. iPhone Resource Lists. Jobs Lists. Maps Lists. Mobile Lists.

PR 103

PR Startup Social Media Technical Review 103

Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2009

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