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Headwinds, Tailwinds, and Crosswinds Ahead for Rising Startup Ecosystems

Revolution

Ripple effects from the liquidity crunch: While we documented the founding of 1.4K+ new regional VC firms from 20112021, many of those firms (that are often the biggest backers of their local ecosystems) face a more daunting market for raising subsequent funds without materialized returns.

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The Breakout Tech Company Of 2018

Haystack

Look at Docusign, as one shining example — a company many folks thought would be a $1-2B outcome for a feature (e-signatures) transformed into a $10B+ document management platform. Here’s why: 1/ Pro-sumer Trend Has Legs In Enterprise: The freemium pricing model ushered in a new wave of business applications and services.

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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? 00:36] Will AI replace designers? [4:03]

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6 VCs explain why embedded insurance isn’t the only hot opportunity in insurtech

TechCrunch

. “There is a lot more to expect from these generative AI solutions not only to smoothen the engagement with customers, but also to get a sense of customers’ risks, collect documents in the claim process, or maybe deliver reporting to the regulator. We are clearly in the early days, whatever the industry!”

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NeuReality lands $35M to bring AI accelerator chips to market

TechCrunch

A number of vendors — both startups and well-established players — are actively developing and selling access to AI inferencing chips. And on the incumbent side, Google’s competing for dominance with its tensor processing units (TPUs) while Amazon’s betting on Inferentia.

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

Andreessen Horowitz

Before the 2010s, most studios developed their own internal engines to build their games. Now, almost all games are built using the third party engines shown below, excluding some of the largest AAA budget games that still develop on their own (e.g. EA’s Frostbite, Infinity Ward Engine, etc).

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Every time OpenAI cuts a check for training data, an unlaunched competitive startup dies. Without a ‘safe harbor,’ AI will be ruled by incumbents.

Hunter Walk

Start with something like, “For the next 12 months any developer of AI models would be protected from legal liability so long as they abide by certain evolving standards.” Responsibility : Documented Trust and Safety protocols to allow for escalation around violations of your Terms of Service.