Drones are a double-edged sword. They have enabled everything from emergency medical deliveries to drone race in abandoned malls. Their dark side can enable terrorist groups like ISIS to attack without exposing their fighters. Startup SkySafe is working on tech […]
Amidst all of the excitement around how things will change because of technology (and they will!), don’t forget that it takes a while. Bill Gates had a famous quote: “We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next […]
Fred Wilson is one of the all-time greats of venture investing. His firm Union Square Ventures has been on-time for a lot of major trends by pioneering “thesis” investing. Lately, they have been deep into blockchain and this article outlines […]
Jason Calacanis has earned his spurs as an angel investor. He’s had a lot of success picking winners including Uber and Thumbtack. He outlines his strategy for intro meetings, including the questions he thinks are most important. | learn more
One of my favorite ways to describe the potential benefit of this technology is to point out that in order for transactions to happen in our economy, the parties need to trust each other (rare) or have a trusted intermediary. […]
Venture capital investments in insurance startups doubled in 2016 to $830mm, and are at $740mm year to date – on pace to almost double again. Interestingly, much of the capital is coming from investment arms of traditional insurers. | learn more
Forbes offers highlights from McKinsey’s latest report on the sector. One factoid that caught my attention was about Amazon’s acquisition of robotics firm Kiva Systems. “‘Click to ship’ cycle time, which ranged from 60 to 75 minutes with humans, fell […]
“A digital fiat currency—one backed by the central bank and with the same legal status as a banknote—would lower the cost of financial transactions, thereby helping to make financial services more widely available. This could be especially significant in China, […]
In Brooklyn, startup LO3 Energy is rolling out an interesting model that connects neighbors in a microgrid that’s segregated from (but connected to) the main power grid, where multiple members can buy/sell renewable energy, all supported by blockchain technlogy for capturing the […]
As part of its digital industrial strategy, GE is training hundreds of its scientists in machine learning and artificial intelligence. One interesting thing they’re doing: creating digital twins of machines they have in the field. | learn more