I have a feeling we’ll see a hot summer of AI M&A…the crop of companies for which generative AI is a game changer is now much more than big cloud that purchased lots in 2016. Now it’s: – large enterprise SaaS cos
– other cloud providers not GCP/AWS/Azure
– consumer internet
@nathanbenaich
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Generative AI M&A Wave: Enterprise SaaS and Consumer Internet
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AI-First SaaS Best Practices with Intercom ML Leader
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Diving into AI-first SaaS best practices @fergal_reid who leads machine learning for @intercom https://
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Machine Translation and Large Language Models with Angela Fan
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Now we’re onto machine translation and large language models with Angela Fan at @MetaAI
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Graph Neural Networks for Antibiotic Discovery RAAIS Research
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Pretty fun to see one @raais speaker cite the work of another 🙂 Here @mmbronstein (#RAAIS2023) drawing attention to @ItsJonStokes
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Geometric Deep Learning with Michael Bronstein at Oxford
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Next @raais we’re into geometric deep learning with none other than @mmbronstein from @UniofOxford https://
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Northvolt Batteries Discussion with Sid K
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Next we’re into batteries with @sidk_ from @northvolt https://
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Top AI Career Opportunity: Join This Elite Team
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This is the team to join! (unless you want to get into startups) 🙂
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Nordic Professor’s Privilege Model Outperforms UK University Equity Approach
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And the evidence makes it clear that the way it works in the UK isn’t the way it has to be. The Netherlands and Germany are getting their act together, and the Nordics are far ahead of us: in 93% of Nordic deals, universities took 0% equity thanks to Professor’s Privilege.
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Founder Donations Correlate with School Permissiveness and Equity Retention
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And here we see interesting correlations: a) Founders who donate come from schools that were more permissive and faster. b) Founders who don't donate parted ways with more equity and had a slower time spinning out. I've repeatedly made this point so hopefully this data helps.
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Unhappy Alumni: 65% of Founders Won’t Donate
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We also find that 65% of founders don't plan to become donors back to their alma matter. Unhappy alumni = no donors.