This is yet another great post by Benedict Evans of a16z. “What do we do now that there’s more in the newsfeed than we can possibly read? Can the algorithmic sample ever actually work, or do we swing back to […]
“In January 2018, Swarm [Technologies] launched the first satellites into space unauthorized by any government. People familiar with the business of launching satellites into space consider the situation odd, troubling and even dangerous: Access to space is supposed to be […]
Steve Blank summarizes and discusses the findings of a new research paper titled “Asymmetric Information and Entrepreneurship, that explains a new theory of why some people choose to be entrepreneurs. The authors’ conclusion — Entrepreneurs think they are better than […]
Cloudflare launched 1.1.1.1, a new privacy-first DNS resolver. This is the service that you never think about that translates domain names (like hipavel.com) into IP addresses (like 104.24.96.129). “Your ISP, and anyone else listening in on the Internet, can see […]
CB Insights managed to get their hands on a bunch of neat early pitch decks from companies like Airbnb, Dropbox, LinkedIn and WeWork. | learn more
“USV backs trusted brands that broaden access to knowledge, capital, and well-being by leveraging networks, platforms, and protocols.” Their blog post has an interesting background on how this developed, and way more detail. |learn more
“But adversarial examples keep cropping up: seemingly trivial changes to objects (even a single pixel) can stump an AI or send a self-driving car barelling [sic] through a stop sign.” | learn more
Alex Roy of TheDrive does a head-to-head comparison of the two semi-autonomous technologies. Though I’m a huge Tesla fan, I must admit the SuperCruise outshines Autopilot in some comparisons. | learn more
Kansas City VC Taylor Clauson shares helpful tips for talking to investors – specifically those in the Midwest. | learn more
“Enter the Alexa Fund. Born with a $100 million investment from Amazon in 2015, the year after the debut of the Echo, the fund is part of the company’s effort to identify more Alexa-showcasing companies and products around the world.” |learn […]