Evolution of venture round cash
(depicting median amount raised per round) Depicted as percentage difference to baseline 2019. Dotted colors are bridge rounds and match the solid color primary rounds. Used ChatGPT to convert QT'd image to csv, then my new AI code executor which
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Venture Capital Funding Trends Analysis 2019-2026
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Wall Street’s Best Ideas: Rivian and Enovix breakthroughs
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Wall Street’s Best Ideas: Rivian’s lifeline, Enovix’s endorsement Rivian got a stamp of approval from Volkswagen for its electrical “architecture,” and a billion-dollar lifeline, and Enovix soars on news a big tech name is going to use its batteries in headsets.
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AI Music Licensing Deals: Record Labels Content Integration
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An @annaknicolaou special on YouTube, who is in talks with major record labels to license content from artists for new AI-related products.
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KPMG targets $650M in generative AI business opportunities
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'KPMG International, which has a global advisory division, went from making no money a year ago from generative-A.I.-related work to targeting more than $650 million in business opportunities tied to the technology over the past six months.' https://
nytimes.com/2024/06/26/tec
hnology/the-ai-boom-has-an-unlikely-early-winner-wonky-consultants.html
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US-China AI Competition: National Security and Democratic Impact
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The topic of US v China on AI, and its impact on national security and the future of democracy, is deeply important to me In the past 2 years, China has meaningfully caught up & they have a strong position w/data & power See my chat w/
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Data Wall Threatens AI Progress: Innovation in Data Abundance Needed
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This is spot on from @dwarkesh_sp.
— Alexandr Wang (@alexandr_wang) 25 juin 2024
The data wall is a looming threat to continued AI progress.
Breaking through will require innovation on data abundance.
What’s become clear over the past few years is these AI models are a compression of their data, and that the only way to… https://t.co/836PSMUNo0This is spot on from @dwarkesh_sp
. The data wall is a looming threat to continued AI progress. Breaking through will require innovation on data abundance. What’s become clear over the past few years is these AI models are a compression of their data, and that the only way to -
AI Spending Represents 0.2% of IT Budget 2024
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'The average projected size of the IT budget for all the respondents was $780 million for 2024, such that average AI spend of $1.57m in 2024 represents 0.2% of the IT budget (but obviously a larger portion of software spend).'
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OpenAI leads AI models; Microsoft expands cloud GPU infrastructure dominance
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'OpenAI’s models continue to lead the pack [for AI models], with open source models running second. Among the cloud infrastructure providers, Microsoft has maintained and actually even materially expanded its lead for hosting AI workloads/GPUs.' -UBS, citing IT executive survey
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AI Music Battle, Avatar Tech, and New Tools Today
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Top stories in AI today: -Suno and Udio sued by major record labels
-Synthesia’s major AI avatar upgrades
-Build a Siri-like voice assistant
-OpenAI acquires screen-sharing startup
-5 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs Read more: http://
therundown.ai/p/ai-musics-bi
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UK Government Misunderstanding of AI Safety Investment and Regulatory Funding
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Yes, likely both. In the UK case it seems the government (or their advisors) just didn't/don't understand. With 10x more for AISI than the 10 million for the 19 regulators. But it seems odd that same is true throughout Europe … effective lobbying?