tech, startups, internet
Your guide to AI in Q4 2017.
This is the most recent issue of the most in-depth newsletter about AI that I’ve ever seen. The author Nathan Benaich deserves a standing ovation. | learn more
tech, startups, internet
The autonomy economy.
Last year, a16z partner Benedict Evans published Cars and second order consequences, which digs into the idea of what happens after all cars are autonomous and electric. This series of videos by fellow a16z partner Frank Chen digs into each theme in turn: […]
tech, startups, internet
Think3 is giving SaaS founders a reset button.
Their new $1B fund will buy SaaS startups that haven’t reached unicorn status so that the founders can move on to found new startups. | learn more
tech, startups, internet
Gesture-based smart home tech looks neat!
Telling Alexa to turn on the light is cool, but pointing to the light to turn it on is even cooler. | learn more
oh, chicago
How many potholes does Chicago fill each year?
Two answers: 1) So far this year they’ve filled 108,000. 2) Not nearly enough! | learn more
fun facts
Robbers steal $5 million in cash from Lufthansa plane in six minutes.
“Five crooks held up security guards at a Brazilian airport and drove off with a large stash of cash from a German cargo plane. Brazilian media say the criminals only took six minutes to pull off the heist.” | learn more
fun facts
The chickens of Silicon Valley.
“Their pampered birds wear diapers and have personal chefs — but lay the finest eggs tech money can buy.” |learn more
better doing
Culture and revolution.
Do you know how many successful slave revolts there have been in history? ONE. It was led by Toussaint L’Ouverture in 1791. Something reminded me of this fact, and I went digging for the source where I learned it. It was this presentation […]
on the blockchain
In defense of use-cases.
Rockstar attorney and blockchain enthusiast Christian Auty lays out his top four use-cases for everyone’s favorite highly-hyped technology. His writing always gets bonus points for style. |learn more
on the blockchain
A token valuation theory that addresses with velocity.
Alex Evans from Lowe’s Ventures proposes a new approach that builds on the existing state-of-the-art token valuation methods by arriving at Velocity independent of the other variables (P, Q, M). This is technical, and great. |learn more