I’m as techno-optimistic as they come, and have deeply internalized the Silicon Valley self mythology. But we have to admit that at some point over the past 15-20 years the whole tech startup ecosystem has turned into another version of medieval feudal patronage system.
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Thiel’s Insight: Why Known Talent Can’t Build Startups
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An interesting Theil-ism I hadn’t heard until the @rabois podcast with @adlabossiere is “you can’t build a startup with known talent”. This reminds me of cast dynamics in cinema: once you’re Angelina Jolie or Brad Pitt you’ve got certain expectations and you’re generally doing a
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Stability AI Launches Commercial Membership for Core AI Models
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Today we are pleased to officially introduce the Stability AI Membership, standardizing commercial usage of our core AI models and further committing to open and accessible AI technologies for everyone, powered by Stability AI.
— Stability AI (@StabilityAI) 14 décembre 2023
Learn more here: https://t.co/bGb89PfVP5 pic.twitter.com/ESyr8oJAnGToday we are pleased to officially introduce the Stability AI Membership, standardizing commercial usage of our core AI models and further committing to open and accessible AI technologies for everyone, powered by Stability AI. Learn more here: https://
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OpenAI Startups Wanted: Push the Edge of Possibility
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If you are a startup pushing on the edge of what is possible with OpenAI models, please get in touch with me! It’s time to build!
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OpenAI Converge Accelerator: $1M Funding for AI Startups
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The @OpenAI fund is running Converge (our AI startup accelerator) again, applications are open right now! Get access to $1M in funding and support from the OpenAI team, led by the brilliant @ianhathaway_
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OpenAI Startup Fund Launches Converge 2 Program for AI Founders
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The @OpenAI Startup Fund just announced Converge 2, our program for exceptional founders building AI products. The first cohort was super impressive, and we can’t wait to hear from you. Apply now!
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AI Naming Trends: How Chatbots and LLMs Shape Vernacular
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Chatbots, LLMs, AI startups & AI products have introduced a wave of AI names to the world's vernacular. To talk about AI name trends, I spoke with David Placek, whose agency has come up with iconic names like Blackberry, Azure, Sonos, Pentium & Powerbook.
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Danish Fintech Pleo Hires CFO Ahead of Potential IPO
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Scoop: Pleo, the Danish fintech, has hired a new CFO to beef up its finance team. The move is symbolic of a mature-stage startup thinking about IPO plans. To that end, Pleo CEO @jepperindom tells me Lonning's appointment will give the firm the "optionality" for IPO should it
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Track Innovative AI Tech Companies: Public Curated List
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Want to keep tabs on the most interesting and innovative AI tech companies? I keep a public list on X that you can subscribe to that is regularly updated as new players emerge. There are some obvious brands (
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New LLM Startup Founders Raise $56.5 Million
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A new LLM startup founded by former Google Brain members Ashish Vaswani and Niki Parmer, co-authors of “Attention Is All You Need” (Transformer) paper. From their press release, it seems they already raised $56.5 million from their Series A funding round.https://t.co/SnuXYpBfm6 https://t.co/OaM9dWR80c
— hardmaru (@hardmaru) 13 décembre 2023A new LLM startup founded by former Google Brain members Ashish Vaswani and Niki Parmer, co-authors of the "Attention Is All You Need" (Transformer) paper. According to their press release, they have already raised $56.5 million from their Series A funding round. https://businesswire.com/news/home/20231211867788/en/
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