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Putting Data in a Corner: LLMs and Financial Services Data

Andreessen Horowitz

For new entrants looking to take advantage of the advent of LLMs and disrupt the status quo by going upstream of these incumbents, we’ve done a deep dive into Bloomberg, Morningstar, and Verisk’s stories. In doing so, each built the beginnings of what are now category-defining businesses.

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Expeto, a startup selling tools to manage private cellular networks, raises $13M

TechCrunch

But that hasn’t stopped new ventures from cropping up to challenge the incumbents. The long-term play could be collaborating with cell providers to sell additional services; Expeto already works with Nokia and Ericsson for their radio access networks, the parts of mobile networks that connect devices like smartphones to the cloud.

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Prezent.ai secures $20M to gamify deck presentations

TechCrunch

When it comes to presentation creation, PowerPoint and Keynote remain the de facto tools by incumbent advantage. With Prezent.ai, users can share and collaborate over decks and storylines — the service’s format is compatible with PowerPoint and Google Slides. Unlike Prezentium, Prezent.ai The “AI” in Prezent.ai

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A court decision in favor of startup UpCodes may help shape open access to the law

TechCrunch

And in all those cases, big old incumbents like ICC will try to find ways to slow down their new competitors.” The brothers wanted to create a more efficient way to reference building codes, which are so complex that many architecture and building firms hire code consultants to help them navigate regulations. .”

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Why Pricing and Packaging Matters More When You’re Launching Your Second Product

Andreessen Horowitz

It was, at its heart, a collaboration tool that monetized per user. Agents” referred to members of IT, legal, or customer support teams who had permission to create, update, and close tickets. To more effectively monetize this new customer segment, Atlassian created a new pricing metric: per agent.

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Pitch Deck Teardown: Five Flute’s $1.2M pre-seed deck

TechCrunch

Collaboration in hardware product development is a nightmare — existing tools are siloed, discipline-specific and don’t play well together.” It’s complex stuff, often referred to as EVT/DVT/PVT , and each step often results in oodles of design and product iterations. ” — problem slide.

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Unbundling the Game Engine: The Rise of Next Generation 3D Creation Engines

Andreessen Horowitz

The name RenderMan was coined in reference to the Sony Walkman for a futuristic rendering software that was so tiny it could fit inside a pocket. No longer will content creation be the project bottleneck but team collaboration and review. Creator roles within a studio will move from extreme specialization (e.g.