Sun.May 07, 2023

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NFX’s James Currier: Where unicorn ideas come from and why founders ‘have to keep pivoting’

TechCrunch

Are you a seed-stage founder who’s building a unicorn? NFX Founding Partner James Currier would like to save you some time: Startups that grow into billion-dollar companies have three basic forms of defensibility. Network effects: Your product becomes more valuable as more people use it. Embedding: Integrate your services so deeply, customers “cannot rip them out.

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KDDI Technology Challenge seeks AI-enhanced devices and services

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register KDDI Technology , a subsidiary of Japanese telecom operator KDDI Group , has launched a new challenge aimed at AI-embedded devices and services for consumers and businesses. With the rapid evolution of AI and devices, KDDI Technology seeks to continue providing value to customers by developing and providing innovative technologies such as IoT, AI, and XR.

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Tinkering with LLMs

Tomasz Tunguz

I’ve been tinkering with LLMs. First, I created a chatbot using all my blog posts. Then I created a model to produce blog entries based on my writing. As I went through this process, I asked myself some questions along the way : Does the ML model ingest my posts & keep them? What if I’d like to remove them from the logs or training set or output for others?

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Indonesia’s UENA secures additional funding for expansion

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Indonesia-based hyperlocal online F&B startup, UENA , has secured new funding from existing investor East Ventures and new investor Trihill Capital in a round that closed in Q1 2023. The amount raised was not disclosed. The fresh funding will be used to expand UENA’s locations and services to reach more users and customers.

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Navigating the Future: Generative AI, Application Analytics, and Data

Generative AI is upending the way product developers & end-users alike are interacting with data. Despite the potential of AI, many are left with questions about the future of product development: How will AI impact my business and contribute to its success? What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI?

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Persona and Index Ventures talk identity, and identifying a good deal

TechCrunch

Identity management used to mean making sure you had your driver’s license when you left the house, but these days it’s not so easy: Identity fundamentally underpins how we engage with the digital world, and identity services can take on many forms (and, unfortunately, abuses). I’m excited to host a TechCrunch Live event with Persona co-founder and CEO Rick Song, one of the early movers in the space, about how his company identified ID management as an opportunity.