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Investing in early-stage startups creating or using emerging technologies to provide better solutions which were previously not possible.

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INVESTING IN TOMORROW’S TECHNOLOGY TODAY

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Smell

AI rivals the human nose when it comes to naming smells

Curtain

A closer look at seed investors’ biases and incentives

Harvard

Harvard Medical School Creating AI in Medicine Ph.D. Track

London

Future Fund was meant to save British startups. Now it risks bankrupting them

Blood bath

Startup extinction season is going to kick into high gear 

Nvidia

Nvidia earnings show AI hype isn’t slowing down

Angel

Angel and seed funding remain insulated from startup market volatility: Report

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Startup founders should care more about Serve Robotics’ listing

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Venture funding on Carta inched upward in Q2

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Q1 2023 Venture Financing Report

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Microsoft launches Pegasus program for startups, awarding up to $350,000 in credits

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The AI wars are heating up

Meta AI Releases the Segment Anything Model (SAM)

Bill Gates: The Age of AI has begun

BlackRock

World’s largest asset manager BlackRock is exploring ‘tokenization of stocks’

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VC funding dropped to $18 billion last month

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No Pilot, No Problem? Here’s How Soon Self-Flying Planes Will Take Off

Waymo

Waymo’s L.A. Robotaxi Fleet Is Going Fully Driverless

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 Israeli foodtech startups rank second in the world in terms of investments

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Designing Ethical Self-Driving Cars

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Sequoia Doubles Down On Seed Investing

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Predictions: Top global CTOs predict the key tech trends for 2023

Generative AI

Where is generative AI headed in 2023?

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Stanford 2023 AI Predictions

Fusion

Nuclear-fusion lab achieves ‘ignition’: what does it mean?

MIT researchers developed solar cells that are entirely printable.

Starbucks Odyssey

Starbucks opens up its web3 loyalty program and NFT community

The Most Successful Web3 Launch in 2022

Chains

B of A - Don't Tarnish Blockchain Technology with Speculative Crypto Trading

Alley WAtch Funding report

VC Funding down 66% YOY but early-stage activity remains robust

Big Tech Layoffs Expose Unsustainable Hiring Model

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Khosla isn't quitting yet

Next Stop for Waymo One: Los Angeles

Uber Motional

Uber will offer rides in autonomous Ioniq 5 taxis powered by Motional

Gatik

Gatik Goes Driverless In Canada For Grocery Giant Loblaws

Goldman Sachs The Quest for Eternal youth

Goldman Sachs: The Quest for Eternal Youth

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Burn baby burn. Real estate-focused fintech startups feel the heat

Older Entrepreneurs

Older Entrepreneurs Outperform Younger Founders—Shattering Ageism

Big Tech Cutting Back

Big Tech cutting back on hiring is an opportunity for startups