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Democratizing Design

Andreessen Horowitz

Dylan Field, founder and CEO of Figma, looks at the relationship between designers, developers, and AI, in conversation with a16z’s David George. [00:36] 4:03] Jambot demo [7:02] Human vs. AI creativity [13:37] Applying AI to design [14:31] Startups vs. incumbents Will AI replace designers? David: To start, fiery question.

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AI chip startup Sima.ai bags another $30M ahead of growth

TechCrunch

As the demand for AI-powered apps grows, startups developing dedicated chips to accelerate AI workloads on-premises are reaping the benefits. Another company competing in the increasingly saturated segment is Sima.ai , which is developing a system-on-chip platform for AI applications — particularly computer vision applications.

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YC W22 batch nets 24 African startups, including 18 from Nigeria

TechCrunch

As interest in webhooks continues to soar due to their importance in helping web applications communicate with each other in real-time, Convoy’s play, which allows developers globally simply plug its webhooks infrastructure and focus on building their APIs and products, is meritorious. . Website : [link]. Founded in : 2019.

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History of The MP3

Unvalidated Learnings

But following the rapid development of its ecosystem (desktop and then mobile MP3 players, Torrent and then download and streaming services), MP3s rapidly became a better option than CDs for the majority of the population, rendering the previous paradigm obsolete. most of the value created would accrue to new entrants.

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Announcing the agenda for TechCrunch Disrupt 2022

TechCrunch

We’ll have the new Discovery Stage featuring in-depth demos and speaker Q&As, roundtables, networking, breakout sessions and more. Launched in 2020, Solana gained worldwide renown for being one of the fastest blockchains with a rapidly growing developer ecosystem. Building the Visual Economy Through Developer-Led Innovation.

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Your MVP is neither minimal, viable nor a product

TechCrunch

In other words: Don’t spend half your development budget on making something easier to use, if you can’t find a business case for it. Especially if it turns out that you inadvertently end up developing the wrong featureset in the process. Will an incumbent copy us and destroy us?

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These Y Combinator-backed startups are trying to build ‘ChatGPT for X’

TechCrunch

“I released Yuma as a prototype for fun in mid-December 2022, and was overwhelmed with demo requests,” Luccisano said. But Ochoa argues that Lasso solves many of the setup problems associated with incumbent RPA solutions while remaining license-free. ” How well Lasso works in practice remains to be seen.

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