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Why Europe and Israel’s unicorns are producing the next generation of tech founders

Harry Nelis Contributor Share on Twitter Harry Nelis is a partner at Accel, a global venture firm that has partnered with companies from inception through all phases of private company growth for the last 40 years. More posts by this … Continue reading

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If the ‘Secret Invasion’ title credits aren’t an ethical use of AI art, what is?

This isn’t a facetious question; it’s an unanswered one. What, if anything, is an ethical way to use current generative AI in a major, public-facing work of art? This quandary emerges from the furore regarding Marvel Studios’ use of AI … Continue reading

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Fidelity, Schwab, Citadel backing new crypto exchange EDX signals TradFi’s deeper dive into digital assets

Follow me on Twitter @Jacqmelinek for breaking crypto news, memes and more. Welcome back to Chain Reaction. Earlier this week, EDX Markets launched its digital asset platform, the firm shared on Tuesday. But what has made this launch catch a … Continue reading

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Life after logistics

You’ll have to forgive me, as this is going to be one of those in-between Actuator weeks. I finally took a couple of days off last week after working through the last few weekends, and today I’ve been rewarded with … Continue reading

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Andreessen Horowitz creates ‘Perennial’ evergreen fund amid market slowdown

Andreessen Horowitz, the storied venture firm known for being an early investor in some of the biggest tech companies including Airbnb, Coinbase and GitHub, has created a new fund to continue growing its business despite the slowdown in traditional VC … Continue reading

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TikTok’s COO is leaving the company

TikTok’s longstanding COO V Pappas just announced plans to leave their executive role at the company. Pappas, who previously held positions as the global head of creative insights and audience development at YouTube, has been with TikTok for nearly five … Continue reading

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Fearless Fund raises multi-million-dollar follow-on round from Bank of America, Costco and Mastercard

Fearless Fund today said it has received a multi-million-dollar follow-on investment from Bank of America, Costco and MasterCard for its second fund, though it declined to share how much the new investment was. All of the limited partners in this … Continue reading

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AWS launches $100M program to fund generative AI initiatives

Amazon, keen to avoid being left behind in the hyper-competitive AI race, is launching a new program to invest in startups and organizations focused on generative AI. Called the AWS Generative AI Innovation Center, the program will put $100 million … Continue reading

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Kibsi raises $9.3M for its no-code computer vision platform

Kibsi is an Irvine, California-based startup that is building a no-code computer vision platform that allows businesses to build and deploy computer vision applications. Among the things that set Kibsi apart from many other players in this space is that … Continue reading

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Warming public markets are boosting the secondary market for startup shares

The late-stage startup market is sorting out how to value startups that had raised capital during the previous venture boom — Tiger Global Management recently resorted to selling individual stakes in its portfolio companies after failing to sell a basket … Continue reading

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