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The debate happening inside of every VC firm

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The venture capitalist was at an AI confab last month, but he has not yet made a new AI investment during the current hype cycle. Precursor’s Charles Hudson wants to be cautious but not too cautious.

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The seas are getting even rougher for Chinese startups

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After a period when the sale of the nation’s equities onshore was at least somewhat meddled with , the value of major and minor Chinese tech companies fell today in the wake of the Chinese Communist Party’s every-five-year confab. The context is clear: The Xi method of managing China remains ascendant.

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Our favorite startups from YC’s Winter 2022 Demo Day, Part 1

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Day one of Y Combinator’s Demo Day confab for the Winter 2022 batch is over. We shook up our coverage this year, divvying things up by sector and geography. Our goal was to avoid a huge list, the sort that we compiled in years past.

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[OurCrowd in No Camels] OurCrowd Hosts 1st Pandemic Innovation Conference Focused On Investing In ‘New Normal’

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The confab brought together thousands of top investors, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, corporate executives, and government officials from 90 countries around the world. On Monday, OurCrowd hosted its first virtual Pandemic Innovation Conference dedicated to investing during the pandemic. Read more here.

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The oh-so-biased branding risk in venture capital

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VC confab brings surprises and AI All your favorite venture journalists were busy this week at Upfront Summit 2023, a two-day, invite-only event that brings together industry insiders — and celebrities — to talk about the future of capital. As always, you can follow me on Twitter or Instagram to continue the conversation.

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Daily Crunch: State-sponsored hackers target private email addresses of Ukrainian military

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MWC, or Mobile World Congress, is a yearly tech confab that has become, Heater notes, “the smartphone show.” Today, we have a story about hacking efforts that are impacting the Ukrainian defense and a piece discussing internet restrictions in Russia as they relate to U.S. social networking services. “

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A pivot, in this market?

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The venture capitalist was one of many at an AI confab last month, but he — and many others — has not yet made a new AI investment during the current hype cycle. The AI debate On TC+, I wrote a story about the debate happening inside every venture firm right now : What’s the best way to capture the artificial intelligence zeitgeist?

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