The shift from science to art implies something else; In the 2010s startups needed to solve a well-defined problem, to find the “truth” about a customer or a market. This is all very science-y. If the new metaphor for startups is art…then startups should pursue beauty, not
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Unitree G1 H1 humanoids agility accessibility market entry
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G1 & H1 ( Unitree Robotics) : agilité et accessibilité G1 : un humanoïde léger, agile et ultra-flexible, équipé de 43 moteurs articulaires. Il s’accroupit, interagit avec précision, et pourrait entrer rapidement sur le marché pro et domestique. H1 : premier robot
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Scale AI Wins Major DoD Contract for Military AI Agents
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Scale AI bagged a multimillion-dollar deal from the U.S. Department of Defense Scale and its tech partners will lead Thunderforge, DoD's program to deploy AI agents for military planning and ops This will support decision-making for military leaders
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Perplexity Could Bid $100M Acquisition: Market Analysis
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$100M? I could see Perplexity making a bid (based on their recent track record of publicity stunts)
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WPP Partners with Stability AI for Generative AI Integration
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News: @WPP has a new strategic partnership with @StabilityAI
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SambaNova Community Contest: Build AI Apps with Credits
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Congrats to the winners of last month's Dev Community Contest! Let's keep things going in March! Engage in the SambaNova Community to secure credits to help build even more amazing #AI apps Details here https://
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How AI Startups Can Compete Against Billion-Dollar Incumbents
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How can small AI startups beat incumbents that have billions of dollars?
— Dan Shipper 📧 (@danshipper) 5 mars 2025
Mike Maples (@m2jr)—legendary @floodgatefund seed investor who wrote early checks for Twitter, Twitch, Okta, and Lyft—has an answer. It's not building the smartest model or raising the most money:
Startups… pic.twitter.com/ywOkzugAM3How can small AI startups beat incumbents that have billions of dollars? Mike Maples (
@m2jr
)—legendary @floodgatefund seed investor who wrote early checks for Twitter, Twitch, Okta, and Lyft—has an answer. It's not building the smartest model or raising the most money: Startups -
WPP invests in Stability AI for multimodal generative content
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We are excited to announce a strategic partnership and investment by @WPP in Stability AI. Through this partnership, WPP will leverage Stability AI’s best-in-class open visual media models across image, video, 3D, and audio to craft compelling brand narratives. In turn, WPP’s
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20VC Podcast: Mike Krieger on Anthropic’s processes and challenges
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The 20VC Podcast with @HarryStebbings should be in your regular rotation if you’re into tech, investing and / or AI. I learn a ton from every episode. This one with @mikeyk was exceptional. He was very open about processes, decisions, challenges at Anthropic.
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Digg Relaunches with AI-Powered Community Platform
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Big news for @digg
, which is readying for a relaunch thanks to being bought back Digg founder @kevinrose and @alexisohanian
. I spoke with Rose & new CEO @JustinMezzell about the plans for a new AI-powered community-first platform. (Link to my @Digiday story in the thread.)