Wed.Sep 06, 2023

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Meet the YC Summer 2023 Batch

Y Combinator

My first YC Demo Day was in Summer of 2008, where my startup and twenty-one others anxiously pitched a room full of investors on what we’d been working so hard to build. Fifteen years later, I’m here as YC’s president kicking off our 37th Demo Day — the one celebrating the Summer 2023 batch. I’ve seen a lot of batches in the last decade and a half, and I can say without a doubt: this is a good one.

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GBSA Hosts an Online Meeting Event with Global VC for Innovative Startups in Pangyo on September 8 : “Pangyo x Silicon Valley: Bridging Innovations”

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Gyeonggi-do Business and Science Accelerator (CEO Kang Sung-cheon) is holding an online event to match global venture capital firms with innovative startup companies in Pangyo. The event is called “Pangyo x Silicon Valley: Bridging Innovations” and will be held on Friday, September 8th at the Gyeonggi Creative Center for Economy and Innovation building.

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5 neat AI startups from Y Combinator’s Summer 2023 batch

TechCrunch

It’s that time of year again: the week when startups in Y Combinator’s latest batch present their products for media — and investor — scrutiny. Over the next two days, roughly 217 companies will present in total, a tad smaller than last winter’s 235-firm cohort as VC enthusiasm a slight slump.

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Lesson #354: Owned, Paid and Earned Media Channels

Red Rocket

Effective marketers know the "trinity" of a good media strategy is effectively communicating your story across the intersection of three distinct media channels: owned media, paid media and earned media. This post will demystify these channels for you, to ensure you are effectively marketing across all three. Owned Media Owned media is exactly what it sounds like, properties that you own and entirely control.

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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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Voiijer’s new app offers a social community for nature-lovers and explorers

TechCrunch

Social media often disconnects people from the real world, keeping people inside scrolling feeds on their phones. New social app Voiijer wants to do the opposite by connecting nature enthusiasts to the world’s wonders, where they can create community, share their adventures, document their discoveries and collaborate with others on expeditions.

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Chris Lehane of Haun Ventures to dive into firm’s investing strategy and the web3 VC landscape at TechCrunch Disrupt

TechCrunch

Chris Lehane, chief strategy officer at Haun Ventures, will bring his unique career experience and investing expertise to TechCrunch Disrupt 2023. Prior to joining the firm, Lehane was an executive at Airbnb. He also co-founded a strategic consultancy firm, Fabiani & Lehane, that advised political, corporate, technology, entertainment and professional sports clients.

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Being A Mentor For Entrepreneurs: A Practical Guide

The Seraf Compass

Angels talk a lot about mentoring, but how many know what it really means? If you can’t describe what a great mentor does, you’ve probably never been one. A great mentor relationship is actually a pretty rare and special thing.

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Top One-Person Business Owners Quit These Things (Using These Strategies)

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Failed one-person business owners are tight arses.

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[Quidnet Energy in Department of Energy] Biden-Harris Administration invests more than $13 million to enhance continued deployment of hydropower

OurCrowd

The post [Quidnet Energy in Department of Energy] Biden-Harris Administration invests more than $13 million to enhance continued deployment of hydropower appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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Your Fractional Finance and Accounting Team

Mighty Financial specializes in supporting the financial aspirations of small businesses and entrepreneurs. With our comprehensive bookkeeping and precise accounting expertise with decades of experience across diverse financial roles, our team offers tailor-made services ranging from essential bookkeeping to strategic fractional CFO support, catered specifically to the unique challenges of technology companies, startups, and SMEs.

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Clubhouse is trying to make a comeback

TechCrunch

Remember Clubhouse? At the peak of pandemic lockdowns, the invite-only social audio app soared with 10x month to month growth, then faded from public discourse almost as quickly as a16z investors opened their wallets. Now, Clubhouse is throwing a hail mary to try to become relevant again.

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[Flash Forest in The White Feather Foundation] The White Feather Foundation Joins Forces with Flash Forest

OurCrowd

Los Angeles, Calif. September 6, 2023—The White Feather Foundation, a 501(c) 3 nonprofit founded by singer/songwriter and humanitarian Julian Lennon, and Flash Forest, a Canadian tree-planting company, with a mission to plant a billion trees by 2028, aligned to help reforest the site of the devastating Bearhole Lake Fire.

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Anduril acquires Blue Force Technologies, the company behind the Fury unmanned fighter jet

TechCrunch

Venture-backed defense giant Anduril Industries is acquiring Blue Force Technologies, the advanced design and engineering firm behind the “Fury” unmanned fighter jet, as the company looks to build out its suite of autonomous systems for national security customers.

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[Airobotics in Accesswire] Ondas Holdings’ Airobotics Optimus 1-EX Drone receives historic U.S. FAA type certification, paving way for security and data capture innovation

OurCrowd

The post [Airobotics in Accesswire] Ondas Holdings’ Airobotics Optimus 1-EX Drone receives historic U.S. FAA type certification, paving way for security and data capture innovation appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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How Embedded Analytics Gets You to Market Faster with a SAAS Offering

Start-ups & SMBs launching products quickly must bundle dashboards, reports, & self-service analytics into apps. Customers expect rapid value from your product (time-to-value), data security, and access to advanced capabilities. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) tools can provide valuable data analysis capabilities, but they have a barrier to entry that can stop small and midsize businesses from capitalizing on them.

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The question of gig worker status in Massachusetts is back on

TechCrunch

A year ago, a Massachusetts court ruled to throw out a 2022 proposed ballot measure that sought to define gig workers as independent contractors rather than employees. Now it appears that proposal is getting a second wind.

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The Rise of Data Lakes in Software Architecture

Tomasz Tunguz

Historically, software-as-a-service (SaaS) has been built on databases with structured data, as you might find in an Excel spreadsheet. But the ability of large language models to extract insights from unstructured information changes this architecture : data repositories like data lakes are becoming essential parts of modern SaaS stacks. For example, next generation marketing software might ingest structured data from Google Analytics and lead capture software as before.

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Our favorite startups from YC’s Summer 2023 Demo Day, Day 1

TechCrunch

This collection of startups featured lots of AI-powered startups, some interesting fintech offerings and one company that aims to be the Chipotle of Africa.

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How This Creator Turned Personal Pain Into a Podcast and Community for People Facing Infertility Problems

Entrepreneur - Entrepreneurs Category

Alison Prato discusses the launch and growth of Infertile AF Group, a space devoted to open and honest discussions about the challenges of infertility.

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Digitalization: 5 Tech Updates That Will Help You Survive The Recession & Thrive

Lack of digitalization decreases business competitiveness. To thrive, embracing modern solutions becomes essential. The approach to digitalization often aligns with a company's business model. This shift not only boosts productivity but also automates processes and improves security. The tech market offers a wealth of technologies tailored for management, planning, and forecasting, replacing outdated pen-and-paper methods.

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OpenAI will host its first developer conference on November 6

TechCrunch

OpenAI will host a developer conference — its first ever — on November 6, the company announced today.

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How venture capital works

Mark MacLeod

Do you understand how VC funds work? If you want to raise VC, it’s important to know this. Here’s how they work: Let’s take a $100M fund, called Acme Ventures.

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YouTube confirms it’s testing a games offering called ‘Playables’

TechCrunch

YouTube is letting a select number of users play online games as part of a new experiment. The games will live in a new “Playables” section on YouTube’s home feed, and can be accessed on both desktop and mobile.

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[Classiq in News Direct] Quantum software leader Classiq expands to Boston, relocates key executive to build out North American presence

OurCrowd

The post [Classiq in News Direct] Quantum software leader Classiq expands to Boston, relocates key executive to build out North American presence appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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Embedding BI: Architectural Considerations and Technical Requirements

While data platforms, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and programming platforms have evolved to leverage big data and streaming data, the front-end user experience has not kept up. Holding onto old BI technology while everything else moves forward is holding back organizations. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) aren’t built for modern data platforms and don’t work on modern architectures.

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Ministerial statement on UK’s Online Safety Bill seen as steering out of encryption clash

TechCrunch

The U.K. government appears to have steered out of a direct collision with the tech industry over a controversial, encryption-risking provision in the Online Safety Bill.

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[Beyond Meat in VegWorld Magazine] Veggie Grill expands successful Beyond Meat® partnership with additional plant-based steak offerings

OurCrowd

The post [Beyond Meat in VegWorld Magazine] Veggie Grill expands successful Beyond Meat® partnership with additional plant-based steak offerings appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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Here’s why some investors are sitting out of YC Demo Day

TechCrunch

The majority of the investors sitting out of YCombinator Demo Day for the first time said it was partially due to the high valuations.

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[Xage Security in Industrial Cyber] Xage appoints Geoffrey Mattson as CEO, as demand for zero trust cybersecurity mesh in OT environments drives revenue

OurCrowd

The post [Xage Security in Industrial Cyber] Xage appoints Geoffrey Mattson as CEO, as demand for zero trust cybersecurity mesh in OT environments drives revenue appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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PE Mastery: CAPTARGET's Playbook for Quality Lead Flow

CAPTARGET presents a masterclass in M&A deal sourcing. Learn to cast a wide net, embracing seller self-identification. Consistency is the linchpin: keep the origination process steady for a reliable flow of opportunities. Diversify your tactics, employing various tools and vendors. Tech matters! Understand DNS settings, domain authority, and brand presence for optimal outreach.