tech, startups, internet
Say goodbye to Atlas, hello to New Atlas.
The incredible hydraulic dancing robot, the one that we’ve grown to love and fear, is retired. It’s makers posted a goodbye bloopers reel. Boston Dynamics would like to introduce us to the new all-electric Atlas by way of an kinda […]
tech, startups, internet
Benedict Evans is still looking for AI use-cases.
He has a great example of a research and charting task that he wanted to assign to AI, but couldn’t for reasons he explains. It voiced a lot of my personal frustrations with LLMs at the moment. “We’ve had ChatGPT […]
tech, startups, internet
Foxtrot’s gone.
The Chicago-based, VC-backed local grocery market and cafe that I have been a big fan of for several years suddenly closed the doors on all their stores this week. I lived very near to one in Wicker Park, and when […]
retail therapy
What’s the better business model for brands — DTC or retail?
“I looked at publicly available finances of (4) types of consumer branded companies to get an idea their business models and who is actually making money: CPG houses — P&G, Unilever, Nestle, L’Oreal; Softgoods houses — Luxxotica, VF Corp, LVMH; […]
fun facts
A houseplant genetically modified to glow in the dark.
“Discover the allure of the Firefly Petunia. A beautiful plant by day, it unveils mesmerizing luminescence after dusk.” ~ learn more
fun facts
There’s no such thing as a tree (phylogenetically).
“So you’ve heard about how fish aren’t a monophyletic group? You’ve heard about carcinization, the process by which ocean arthropods convergently evolve into crabs? You say you get it now? Sit down. Sit down. Shut up. Listen. You don’t know […]
tech, startups, internet
AI-enabled services are opening a whole new market.
“Compared to software businesses, services performed by humans tend to be low margin, hard to scale exponentially, lumpy in revenue, etc. etc. There are many cautionary tales. But change is afoot… hastened by AI, cracking open new, huge opportunities for […]
under the microscope
Data is not available upon request.
Oh, my! “Among articles stating that data was available upon request, only 17% shared data upon request. The presence of Data Availability Statements was not associated with higher rates of data sharing(p= .55), indicating a lack of adherence to journals’ […]
to your health
How Veradigm (fka Allscripts) is making a huge bet on AI.
“Now interim CEO Yin Ho has an audacious plan to use the $140 million acquisition of AI startup ScienceIO to tap into its one major competitive advantage over giants like Epic: data.” ~ learn more