Co-Founder at Sybill | Recall.ai | Tegus

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Former Enterprise Account Executive at Amplitude | Amplitude Inc. | Tegus

app.tegus.co/app/company/8392/amplitude-inc/document/interview/109529?prev=INTERVIEWS&queue=COMPANY_FOCUS

TechStockFundamentals on X: "$SNOW Competitor DataBricks – VP Strategy Scale -Interview on 9/2023 -There’s not an enterprise customer in the world that doesn’t use multiple clouds or multiple vendors for data capture / ETL / analytics -SNOW -Structured data is still very important and always will be…" / X

twitter.com/TechFundies/status/1760089865361018993

TechStockFundamentals on X: "$SNOW Customer – Large Media Company -Interview on 11/2022 -Former principal architect -Cloud -Majority is on AWS, then GCP and then some Azure -Hulu has 1m concurrent users at any given point in time, every user hitting pause or play and all that data is captured (100 TB / day)…" / X

twitter.com/TechFundies/status/1760089867302871042

TechStockFundamentals on X: "$SNOW Customer (more MDB) – Very Large Fin Media Company -Interview on 8/2023 -Head of Compute and Cloud Infrastructure -Run 20 or so different database flavors – relational, non-relational, document, etc. -Don’t use a lot of MDB – maybe 5% for unique business cases that need a…" / X

twitter.com/TechFundies/status/1760089874856878487

TechStockFundamentals on X: "Industry - Large AI Tech Company -Interview on 5/2023 -AI -Don’t think SNOW, MDB or ESTC central / relevant to machine learning -These companies can be data sources but not running any compute used for training -SNOW -Snowpark is just a python library that lets you run some…" / X

twitter.com/TechFundies/status/1760089872940105976

TechStockFundamentals on X: "Check w/ former $AMZN AWS evangelist (whatever that means) who advocated for their solution in EMEA. Some tidbits: Highlights -Open source models caught up w/ OpenAI in 4Q23 -$AMD is going to be star of 2024 bc they are price competitive w/ performance edge in MI300; everyone…" / X

twitter.com/TechFundies/status/1762505389168578824

TechStockFundamentals on X: "Contact was chief architect at $MSFT. Positive on $MSFT (Azure, security adoption, https://t.co/or524VCY0i partnership ahead of $AMZN / $GOOGL, co-pilot adoption). Lukewarm on $SNOW and positive to $Databricks. Highlights -AI forced CIO’s to prioritize ERP / cloud upgrades so…" / X

twitter.com/TechFundies/status/1762522418424488233

Databricks CEO Predicts Major Drop in AI Chip Prices

www.theinformation.com/articles/databricks-ceo-predicts-major-drop-in-ai-chip-prices?utm_source=bensbites&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=daily-digest-i-know-you&rc=6w92eb

How Sora Works (and What It Means)

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The Shift from Models to Compound AI Systems

bair.berkeley.edu/blog/2024/02/18/compound-ai-systems/?utm_source=bensbites&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=daily-digest-insider-ai-network

Aashay Sanghvi on X: "3. A large, industry-specific unstructured dataset underpins a new vertical software co - Text can be crawled, parsed, and indexed at scale - Have to create workflows on top to lock in customers - Ex: Supplier / product catalogs, court transcripts, government filings" / X

twitter.com/aashaysanghvi_/status/1717000890174103828

After ‘Panic,’ Nvidia’s AI Chips Are Becoming Easier to Find

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The 9-Month-Old AI Startup Challenging Silicon Valley’s Giants

www.wsj.com/tech/ai/the-9-month-old-ai-startup-challenging-silicon-valleys-giants-ee2e4c48?mod=djemwhatsnews

(4) Gabor Cselle on X: "I've been working with @Galileo_AI since last week. It was pretty clear that prompt-to-UI design will eventually happen. 2023 saw a bunch of the smaller pieces being solved: Text-to-image generators could sketch out a UI as a flat PNG file. Diagram generated vector icons from… https://t.co/Use4qJUrti" / X

twitter.com/gabor/status/1757113153970917450?utm_source=cerebralvalley.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=galileo-ai-s-groundbreaking-prompt-to-ui-tool

Startup bringing AI training to 'the edge' valued at $100 million in new funding round

fortune.com/2024/02/15/flower-labs-federated-learning-pioneer-valued-at-100-million-in-venture-capital-funding-round/

ZoomInfo Whispered The Magic Words (NASDAQ:ZI)

seekingalpha.com/article/4671405-zoominfo-whispered-the-magic-words?mailingid=34414267&messageid=must_reads&serial=34414267.105435&utm_campaign=email_mr%3Ano_ad_unit_feb2024%2B2024-02-20&utm_content=seeking_alpha&utm_medium=email&utm_source=seeking_alpha&utm_term=must_reads_No_Ads_Feb2024

A Primer on Data Centers

blog.publiccomps.com/a-primer-on-data-centers/

AI Investing Basics

www.generativevalue.com/p/ai-investing-basics

Vectors as AI Data Primitives | Pinecone

www.pinecone.io/blog/vectors-as-ai-data-primitives/?utm_source=bensbites&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=daily-digest-ai-got-cheaper-again

How enterprises are using open source LLMs: 16 examples

venturebeat.com/ai/how-enterprises-are-using-open-source-llms-16-examples/?utm_source=bensbites&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=daily-digest-crypto-journalism-and-ai

Data Infrastructure Opportunities in 2024 - Software Stack Investing

softwarestackinvesting.com/data-infrastructure-opportunities-in-2024/

Reid Hoffman & Vinod Khosla Chart the Future of AI on Stage at the 2nd Cerebral Valley AI Summit

www.newcomer.co/p/cerebral-valley-ai-summit-2-reid?utm_source=bensbites&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=daily-digest-meta-vs-midjourney

How SaaS Startups Can Compete in a Bundled World

www.theinformation.com/articles/how-saas-startups-can-compete-in-a-bundled-world?offer=rtsu-engagement-sept-23&utm_campaign=RTSU+-+OP-ED+SaaS+St&utm_content=2152&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cio&utm_term=1572&rc=6w92eb

Building Enduring Enterprise AI Products: What Will it Take for the Current Wave of AI Innovation to Stick?‍ | General Catalyst

www.generalcatalyst.com/perspectives/building-enduring-enterprise-ai-products

NVIDIA Introduces Generative AI Foundry Service on Microsoft Azure for Enterprises and Startups Worldwide

nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-introduces-generative-ai-foundry-service-on-microsoft-azure-for-enterprises-and-startups-worldwide?utm_source=bensbites&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=daily-digest-microsoft-made-google-sing

Stuff we figured out about AI in 2023

simonwillison.net/2023/Dec/31/ai-in-2023/?utm_source=bensbites&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=daily-digest-more-ai-in-2024

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VCs say 2024 AI trends to watch include a harder look at business models, a rise in generated content, and a need for investor technical fluency

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How Artificial Intelligence Will Change in 2024

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The Information’s 2023 Exit Survey of Tech Leaders

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Getting Here By Air - Chateau Lacanaud

chateau-lacanaud.com/useful-stuff/getting-here/

Why Nvidia’s AI Supremacy is Only Temporary

petewarden.com/2023/09/10/why-nvidias-ai-supremacy-is-only-temporary/?utm_source=bensbites&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=google-drops-for-ai-think-tanks

The AI Spectrum for Founders

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Google's Gemini isn't the generative AI model we expected | TechCrunch

techcrunch.com/2023/12/06/googles-gemini-isnt-the-generative-ai-model-we-expected/

Why Most Agent AIs Don't Work (Yet)

agent.ai/p/why-most-agent-ais-dont-work-yet?utm_source=bensbites&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=daily-digest-build-together-win-together

Kognitos raises $20M to help businesses automate back-office processes | TechCrunch

techcrunch.com/2023/11/30/kognitos-raises-35m-to-help-businesses-automate-back-office-processes/

3D Printing Companies Are Dying…

medium.com/@alexhuckstepp/3d-printing-companies-are-dying-e604cf7a92c7

LLMs and Sneaky Big Markets - Scale Venture Partners

www.scalevp.com/insights/llms-and-sneaky-big-markets/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

The Best Venture Firm You’ve Never Heard Of

thegeneralist.substack.com/p/hummingbird?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

The challenges of legal vertical SaaS

medium.com/omers-ventures/the-challenges-of-legal-vertical-saas-56ec53ebe2b9

Liquid AI, a new MIT spinoff, wants to build an entirely new type of AI | TechCrunch

techcrunch.com/2023/12/06/liquid-ai-a-new-mit-spinoff-wants-to-build-an-entirely-new-type-of-ai/

Benchmark, the storied venture firm, sees the AI race as still wide open | TechCrunch

techcrunch.com/2023/12/01/benchmark-the-storied-venture-firm-sees-traps-in-todays-ai-funding-frenzy-dont-be-microsoft/

OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap talks about ChatGPT launch, DevDay and how Sam Altman thinks

www.cnbc.com/2023/12/04/openai-coo-brad-lightcap-interview-with-cnbc.html

Inside OpenAI: How does ChatGPT Ship So Quickly?

newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/inside-openai-how-does-chatgpt-ship?utm_source=bensbites&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=daily-digest-the-wrong-path-ahead

How To Build a Defensible A.I. Startup

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Meta’s Free AI Isn’t Cheap to Use, Companies Say

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OpenAI’s Corporate Sales Come Under Pressure as AI Customers Eye Cheaper Options

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Billy Oppenheimer on X

twitter.com/bpoppenheimer/status/1715421398225612948?s=42&t=Ysvy2D4VRIAyZReNVDOjGQ

OpenAI Dropped Work on New ‘Arrakis’ AI Model in Rare Setback

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The 4 Billion Pieces of Paper Keeping Global Trade Afloat

www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-10-03/-25-trillion-global-cargo-trade-relies-on-4-billion-paper-bills?cmpid=BBD100423_BIZ&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_term=231004&utm_campaign=bloombergdaily

Andrey Volodin on X

twitter.com/s1ddok/status/1709498866964263282

AI Startups Are Facing a Reckoning

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r/stocks - What is the best EV charging stock has the brightest future other than Tesla?

www.reddit.com/r/stocks/comments/14fcoxz/what_is_the_best_ev_charging_stock_has_the/

AI Use Cases in Hollywood

dougshapiro.medium.com/ai-use-cases-in-hollywood-362707e899f1

Generative AI’s Act Two

www.sequoiacap.com/article/generative-ai-act-two/?utm_source=bensbites&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=sequoia-act-two-of-generative-ai

Sequoia: Act two of Generative AI

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DeepMind’s cofounder: Generative AI is just a phase. What’s next is interactive AI.

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Le mie prenotazioni | Treatwell

www.treatwell.it/account/bookings

The New New Moats | Greylock

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The New Language Model Stack

www.sequoiacap.com/article/llm-stack-perspective/

A VC Shares His Secrets for Picking Investments

every.to/p/business-physics-mental-frameworks-for-evaluating-technology-companies

Full-Stack Deep Tech Startups & AI Value Capture

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Circle wanted to create a financial revolution. Instead, it’s losing the stablecoin wars to Tether

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California Emissions-Disclosure Mandate Awaits Final Passage, Among Other Bills

www.wsj.com/us-news/climate-environment/california-emissions-disclosure-mandate-awaits-final-passage-among-other-bills-58009827?mod=djemwhatsnews

Kevin Fischer on X

twitter.com/KevinAFischer/status/1692760035397353532

The Relationship Between Bitcoin and Interest Rates Is Breaking Down: Arthur Hayes

www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/09/05/the-relationship-between-bitcoin-and-interest-rates-is-breaking-down-arthur-hayes/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Why Meta’s Yann LeCun isn’t buying the AI doomer narrative

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Google Meet’s new AI will be able to go to meetings for you

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‘He Doesn’t Need VC in His Life’: How Midjourney’s Founder Built an AI Winner While Rejecting Venture Capital

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America Is Using Up Its Groundwater Like There’s No Tomorrow

www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/08/28/climate/groundwater-drying-climate-change.html

OpenAI Passes $1 Billion Revenue Pace as Big Companies Boost AI Spending

www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-passes-1-billion-revenue-pace-as-big-companies-boost-ai-spending?rc=6w92eb

The Contrarian Strategy of OpenAI

matt-rickard.com/the-contrarian-strategy-of-openai

Scientists found more than 1,000 AI spam bots trying to scam people and steal their social media profiles — and regulators can't keep up

www.businessinsider.com/social-media-flooded-spammy-ai-content-2023-8

A disturbing AI phenomenon could completely upend the internet as we know it

www.businessinsider.com/ai-model-collapse-threatens-to-break-internet-2023-8

The many faces of Scooter Braun

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Pepsi, Norway and a Lockup Quirk: Our Takeaways From Instacart’s IPO Filing

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Autonomous AI agents could change the world, but what do they actually do well?

www.unusual.vc/post/autonomous-agents

AI Non-Player Characters

www.konvoy.vc/newsletter/ai-non-player-characters

Zach Tratar on X

twitter.com/zachtratar/status/1694024246484500591

Zach Tratar on X

twitter.com/zachtratar/status/1694024247671505348

Zach Tratar on X

twitter.com/zachtratar/status/1694024243141599567

Agent Protocol

www.agentprotocol.ai/?utm_source=bensbites&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=open-ai-is-acquihiring-now

The Current State of Generative 3D (Aug 2023)

blog.mirageml.com/the-current-state-of-generative-3d-aug-2023-b389bd7a65c6

SIGGRAPH Special Address: NVIDIA CEO Brings Generative AI to LA Show | NVIDIA Blog

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The Future of Technology Looks a Lot Like...Pixar?

digitalnative.substack.com/p/the-future-of-technology-looks-a?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

The Generative AI Revolution will Enable Anyone to Create Games

a16z.com/2023/03/17/the-generative-ai-revolution/

The NeverEnding Game: How AI Will Create a New Category of Games | Andreessen Horowitz

a16z.com/2023/07/19/the-neverending-game-how-ai-will-create-a-new-category-of-games/

Where Will AI Have the Biggest Impact? Healthcare. | Andreessen Horowitz

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The Economic Case for Generative AI and Foundation Models | Andreessen Horowitz

a16z.com/2023/08/03/the-economic-case-for-generative-ai-and-foundation-models/

Hollywood’s Fight: How Much AI Is Too Much?

www.wsj.com/articles/at-the-core-of-hollywoods-ai-fight-how-far-is-too-far-f57630df?mod=djemwhatsnews

Premium: Digesting the Data Duel

hhhypergrowth.com/premium-recap-of-the-data-duel/

Insights from a Pair of Data Summits - Software Stack Investing

softwarestackinvesting.com/insights-from-a-pair-of-data-summits/

John Collison’s Land Grab: A Stripe Co-Founder Grows in Power

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AI Is Rewriting the Rules of $200 Billion Games Industry

www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-25/ai-is-rewriting-the-rules-of-200-billion-games-industry?cmpid=BBD072523_TECH&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_term=230725&utm_campaign=tech

‘Sometimes, It Feels Real’: Character.AI Gives Humans the Chatbots They Desire

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