Corp. travel startup @travelperk announced new $100m round today Valuation = $1.4bn. Impressive in this market – though not dramatic given revenue surge of 70% in '23) Full story here, incl. convo with CEO @avimeir (he thinks lot of AI is for "show"…)
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Groq First Stop on IT Press Tour Showcases AI Demo
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#Groq was thrilled to be the first stop on the @ITPresstTour so we could speak about "the most consequential AI company you haven’t heard of” (per @chamath
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Sakan AI Secures 4.5 Billion Yen from Sony and NTT
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I'll be appearing on TV Tokyo's @WBS_TVTokyo starting at 22:00 tonight! https://
tv-tokyo.co.jp/wbs/ A Tokyo-based startup called "Sakan AI" is attracting attention from around the world. It has secured a whopping 4.5 billion yen in funding from companies like Sony and NTT. Why -
Peerlist 1.0 Launches, Indian Tech Product Exits Beta
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Peerlist 1.0 Launch @Peerlist is finally out of beta. I have seen the growth of the project from the very start. I am really proud of this "Make in India" product. Please support them on Product Hunt.
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Perplexity’s AI-First Browser Strategy Keeps Users Inside App
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One of the smartest things @perplexity_ai is doing is keeping browsing inside the app. You search something.
Get sources.
Click. It doesn’t open Safari, it’s in Perplexity. If you screenshot, it knows. If you click more sites, it knows. More like an AI-first browser, not -
ElevenLabs Achieves Unicorn Status with $80M Voice Cloning Funding
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Voice cloning startup ElevenLabs lands $80M, achieves unicorn status via
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Founder lessons: operating as if closing tomorrow
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Feels like one of the hard lessons of being a founder that I wish I'd learned earlier is always operate under the assumption I'm going out of business tomorrow. I have to defend and promote my work for my customers even if it goes against my instinct to let a lot of stuff slide.
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ChatGPT: Writing from Different Perspectives for Entrepreneurs
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1) Have ChatGPT write from different perspectives: Ask it to write from the perspective of a group of characters with different backgrounds or viewpoints. Explore new ideas and perspectives, and add depth to your writing. Example prompt: Topic: Productivity for entrepreneurs
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Building Influence on Daily Dev Instead of Paying Influencers
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I, once created a list of influential people on dailydotdev to pay them to promote my content. Then I said, F*** it, i will make myself influential there 🙂
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AI-Powered Hologram Technology by Holoconnects
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3. AI-powered Hologram by Holoconnects pic.twitter.com/GrrJitfcES
— The Rundown AI (@TheRundownAI) 21 janvier 20243. AI-powered Hologram by Holoconnects