Early-stage emerging technology venture capital. Actively engaging in angel and start-up investing, Real-Estate investments and development projects.

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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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$132K – $149K, here’s what seed-stage founders pay early employees, based on data

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The race is on to make AI agents do your online shopping for you

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6 Ways To Scale A HaaS Business Like A Pro

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AI is now designing chips for AI

Google AI Code

More than a quarter of new code at Google is generated by AI

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Apple researchers suggest artificial intelligence is still mostly an illusion

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A new Harvard AI tool helps identify existing drugs that could treat rare diseases

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Even the ‘godmother of AI’ has no idea what AGI is

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 Startups Venture Apple Security AI Apps Events Startup Battlefield More Featured Article  Even after $1.6B in VC money, the lab-grown meat industry is facing ‘massive’ issues

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DSA vs. DMA: How Europe’s twin digital regulations are hitting Big Tech

Startup Salary

What Salaries Startup CEOs Earn in 2024?

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ACA Releases Model Convertible Promissory Note

Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs to Launch Three Tokenization Projects by Year-End

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Valuations of startups have quietly rebounded to all-time highs. Some investors say the slump is over. 

Seed VCs are turning to new ‘pro rata’ funds that help them compete with the big firms

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Why Have Early Stage Valuations Remained Surprisingly High?

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Beyond AI, venture market remains stodgy midway through 2024

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Death, Taxes, and AI: How Generative AI Will Change Accounting

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What will it take for smart glasses to replace smartphones?

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AI copilots set to engage the future of air combat

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AI helps detect Parkinson’s with 100% accuracy 7 years before symptoms

Air Taxi

Electric Flying Taxis Are Quietly Sneaking Up on Us

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Robots could clear snow, assist at crosswalks, monitor sidewalks for traffic

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AI can Outperform Humans in Writing Medical Summaries

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The AI revolution is coming to robots: how will it change them?

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A venture capital firm looks back on changing norms, from board seats to backing rival startups

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Peter Thiel-founded Valar Ventures raised a $300 million fund, half the size of its last one

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Meet the humanoids: 8 robots ready to revolutionize work

AI Agents

Are AI agents the next big thing in the generative race?

Stanford AI report

What to know about this year’s massive Stanford AI report

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Why this JV is taking a ‘real-estate-first approach’ to establishing EV charging hubs

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Humane’s Ai Pin considers life beyond the smartphone

Meta AI Chip

Meta unveils its newest custom AI chip as it races to catch up

Apple AI

Apple’s AI Transformation

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Deepfakes are spreading, putting creator and brand safety at risk

Nvidia

Everything That Moves Will Become Robotic

USC collaborates with startup supporter Techstars to encourage intellectual property development

Techstars

Techstars Seattle is shutting down as accelerator shifts focus to cities with more VC activity

Klarna

Why Sequoia’s Klarna board drama made the VC world wince

Voice AI

With rapidly improving AI, voice cloning has only gotten more convincing. That’s a problem

Dual Theory

 Startups need dual theories on distribution and product/market fit. One is not enough

Gates Robotics

The start-ups making robots a reality

 USC is spending big on research. Will it translate to more LA startups?

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Palantir CEO Alex Karp: U.S. eating everyone's lunch on AI

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Investors raise billions to buy discounted stakes in start-ups

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M & A Outlook 2024: Why Deals Could Surge

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Big VC Funds Are Underperforming Smaller Ones and Their Future Is Dim

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Seed-stage investors react to higher hurdles for Series A funding

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Venture capital firms lose billions in start-up winter

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THE BIRTH OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

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3,200 VC-Backed Companies Go Under in ‘Difficult Year’ for Startups

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Deep tech exits: Not just science fiction anymore

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IBM releases first-ever 1,000-qubit quantum chip

13 Biggest AI Stories of 2023

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VC VALUATIONS.  4 charts: Stagnant VC valuations fail to spur discount investment spree

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AI is about to completely change how you use computers

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Billionaire Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett’s right-hand man, says a lot of venture capitalists screw their investors

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Scoop: Andreessen Horowitz prepares its next mega-funds

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France wants to boost angel investment by copying UK’s investment schemes

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Timing Is The Single Biggest Reason Why Startups Succeed!

Air Taxi Anyone?

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Creators raising venture capital: Unsettling or genius?

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Google’s AI-powered search experience can now generate images

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From FTX to Coinbase ventures, plenty of VCs have made big crypto bets that could actually pan out

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California passes law mandating VC firms to release investments’ diversity information

Y Combinator beefs up with a string of new lieutenants

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Venture capital spring is here

Unicorns

Where Do Unicorns Come From?

Smell

AI rivals the human nose when it comes to naming smells

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A closer look at seed investors’ biases and incentives

Harvard

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

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

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Startup extinction season is going to kick into high gear 

Nvidia earnings show AI hype isn’t slowing down

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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

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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

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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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