“…had the 50 companies been a VC portfolio, it would have been the second-best-performing fund of all time. Only one fund has ever chosen better, which did most of its investments in the late 1990s and rode the dotcom bubble […]
I remember originally hearing of Watson as a supercomputer. Since then, the company has done a good job rebranding it as an AI machine. But can it help IBM turn around its 21-quarter revenue decline? | learn more
Disney Research has created a bench that includes haptic (touch/feel) feedback and augmented reality via a mirror. This might be the solution to ditching annoying VR headgear. Words don’t do it justice – you should really click this link and […]
This interesting article dissects the drivers of Amazon’s success – past and future. One thought that I like is that by opening up their infrastructure to market competition, they avoid the trap of complacency in many vertically integrated companies. | learn more
This report by KPMG offers loads of aggregate and specific data. Pay special attention to the corporate investments going into this space! | learn more
The report by Bloomberg New Energy Finance is behind a submission form, but even if you don’t go that far you’ll see highlights and predictions. This raised my eyebrow: “We estimate that EVs will account for 54% of new car […]
Joel Monegro, the USV analyst who wrote the excellent Fat Protocols post last year is leaving to start his own fund focused solely on crypto assets: Placeholder Capital. This is a group to watch. | learn more
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 […]