The magic of startups at hyperscale is a great line that means almost nothing. The dynamics that make startups work are largely absent at OpenAI's scale and have been for a while.
STARTUPS
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Indian AI Startups: Proven Solutions for Regulatory Automation
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If you’re building AI solutions, this is where you prove it. We’re looking for Indian companies & DPIIT-recognised startups, teams with proven, proprietary AI solutions and builders with real-world deployment experience. Your solution could help in automating regulatory
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USVC Investment Guide: Key Questions Answered
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I’ve seen a lot of questions about USVC, AngelList’s newest product. First, don’t invest in venture capital if you can’t afford to lose your money. Put your savings somewhere safer. But if you’re considering USVC, here’s a thread that answers the most common questions and
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AI-Pilled Nation Seeks Anthropic Partnership and Investment
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come to the most ai pilled country per capita @anthropicai we want u
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Deepseek v4 moat: frontier intelligence at third cost
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Deepseek v4 real moat? Sota intelligence at ~1/3 of frontier labs prices
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Ten AI Startups Join India’s Global Acceleration Program
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Meet the 10 startups of Cohort II—taking Indian AI innovation to the world.
Cohort II of the IndiaAI Startups Global Acceleration Program brings together 10 high-potential startups driving real-world impact across sectors. Startup in Spotlight: Flaunt (AI / Marketing Tech) -
USVC Fees Analysis: Lower-Cost VC Investment Strategy
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I spent the morning digging into USVC fees. TLDR: In my opinion, there is no lower-cost way to invest in VC other than becoming one. I’m expecting to pay the same or less than it costs to invest in a good VC fund. And a lot less than investing in a fund-of-funds. All while
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AI Product Navigator Conference Hangzhou Indie Developer Scene
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Tomorrow and the day after, I'll be attending the AI Product Navigator Conference at Liangzhu in Hangzhou. Seeing so many industry big shots coming makes me really excited. This is also my first time coming to Liangzhu, and I want to check out the indie developer scene
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Sakana AI Fugu Launches Beta API with Recursive Test-Time Scaling
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One of my favorite things about Sakana Fugu is the recursive test-time scaling. When allowed to call itself recursively, it reads its own prior output and spins up corrective workflows on the fly. We are opening up the API for beta testers to try it out: https://
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Early-stage AI platform offers free tokens for experimentation
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Yeah still very early/buggy/limited (part of the reasons why we’re offering the initial tokens for free haha). Much more of a fun way to learn and experiment at this point especially for people who never really built AI before. But maybe we’ll manage to progressively improve and