Cruise, the startup acquired by GM for over $1B to develop autonomous vehicles, recently acquired a company called Strobe, makers of advanced LIDAR technology. This post by Cruise’s CEO Kyle Vogt discusses the acquisition and their plans for success. | learn more
The Altantic offers an enlightening journey into Waymo’s (subsidiary of Google’s parent Alphabet) infrastructure for developing self-driving car technology. This includes a physical road network and simulation systems. | learn more
PitchBook has an interesting infographic highlighting all sorts of stats about real estate tech. | learn more
For all the talk I’ve heard about the value of a bitcoin or other crypto token, little of it has been rooted in economics. Enter Chris Burniske of Placeholder VC who provides a rational theory of economic value for cryptoassets. […]
Investors in VC funds (and other private equity funds) have to lock up their cash for a long time, trading liquidity for potentially higher returns than public markets. Spice VC is purported to be the first to address this by […]
Abigail Johnson, CEO of the gigantic investment firm, spoke at length about the firms work in blockchain at a conference in New York. They’re making venture investments, partnering with Coinbase, and even have a bitcoin and ether mining operation that […]
“In its first year, the Post has produced around 850 articles using Heliograf [it’s homegrown AI technology]. That included 500 articles around the election that generated more than 500,000 clicks…” | learn more
Ben Thompson updates his views on Aggregators and Super-Aggregators in his latest Stratechery post. This is a very unique and interesting view of business models, and a must-read for anyone trying to make sense of the future of tech companies. | learn […]
Famed investor Om Malik shares his view, borrowed from Alex Wilhelm of TechCrunch. | learn more
There’s an idea called liquid democracy where votes can either be used or delegated to someone of your choice. It’s a cool theory (described in more detail in link), but has its flaws. A startup called Sovereign believes that they can solve […]