Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 20, 2024

The technology just wasn’t there. You can actually look at a lot of social networking technology as if it’s almost an alternative to AI. Everyone has their own special technology that they can add to the models. I remember trying to build some AI products in college, and it was just very difficult.

incumbents 143

incumbents networking technology creativity 143

TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2021

It’s a gap Marco Financial is looking to bridge through its tech-enabled risk assessment platform that can provide better insight on who should receive loans. Marco’s factoring product enables new companies to get started without having to put up the significant amount of collateral that banks are asking.

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support finance financing funders 100

TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2021

funds with an angle on technology. So, by stepping up, we enable ourselves to go into more generous funds as well as tech funds [that] have a minimum bar. However, whenever a government interferes in a market, it goes to the lowest denominator, and most people in the industry were using it to enable investors to gain tax credit.

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VC venture capital incumbents capital 102

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Its platform looks to scale enterprises’ XR deployments, enabling them to control remotely every aspect of their XR device fleet, including distributing apps and files, customizing the home screen user experience, tracking device health and usage, and more. . ” Image Credits: ManageXR dashboard / ManageXR.

incumbents 87

incumbents hospitality collaboration enablement 87

Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

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? ” If you look at every technological shift or platform shift so far, it’s resulted in more things to design. 00:36] Will AI replace designers? [4:03] David: To start, fiery question.

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incumbents creativity development technology 104

AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 19, 2023

It was also participated by AlphaTrio Sustainable Technology Fund, Skystar Capital, Sovereign’s Capital, Ozora, and Gobi Partners. Lieviant said he is very optimistic that the collaboration between fintech and incumbent banks, including rural banks, will create a very strong synergy.

peer-to-peer 75

peer-to-peer incumbents accelerator economic growth 75

TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2022

“Sima.ai’s software and hardware platform can be used to enable scaling machine learning to [a range of] embedded edge applications. As over-100-employee Sima.ai works to productize its first-generation chip, work is underway on the second-generation architecture, Rangasaye said.

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startup accelerator incumbents disruption 95

TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2022

In a nutshell, Geopagos feels it is in the ideal position of being able to serve as the software enabler that can retrofit incumbents like large banks and launch the enablers like fintechs. Indeed, customers include large financial institutions, fintechs, retailers and software companies, among others.

startup 84

startup incumbents finance financing 84

TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2022

The Israeli startup provides software-based internet routing solutions to service providers to run them as virtualized services over “ white box ” generic architecture, and today it is announcing $262 million in equity funding to continue expanding its technology, its geographical footprint, and its business development.

networking 77

networking peer-to-peer incumbents innovation 77

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 6, 2022

And on the incumbent side, Google’s competing for dominance with its tensor processing units (TPUs) while Amazon’s betting on Inferentia. Shmueli was formerly the VP of back-end infrastructure at Mellanox Technologies and the VP of engineering at Habana Labs.

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accelerator networking incumbents support 95

TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

On the developer side, customers can integrate Kontent with other apps and technologies through APIs and “flexible content models,” enabling control over the structure of content and how it’s delivered to websites and apps. The incumbent solutions were designed for on-premise, monolithic architecture.

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capital incumbents frameworks development 79

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

“With the capital, we will continue to focus on engagement and adoption, collaboration, governance, lineage, and on APIs and SDKs to enable us to be open and extensible,” Sangani said via email. ” According to IDC, the data integration and intelligence software market is valued at more than $7.9

incumbents 86

incumbents collaboration enablement ventures 86

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Today, Akeyless is thriving, Angel tells me — despite fierce competition from incumbents like Hashicorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager and Google Cloud’s Secret Manager. Akeyless has customers across the retail, fintech, insurance and gaming sectors, among others, including Wix and Outbrain. .

incumbents 86

incumbents development venture capital capital 86

TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2021

Digital transformation is the name of the game these days, and companies that are enabling businesses to take a leap into the future, by helping them tackle their most complex operations, are reaping the rewards. OneStream ’s platform delivers exceptional customer value,” said Andrew Wynne, a principal at D1 Capital Partners, in a statement.

finance 69

finance financing incumbents enablement 69

American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

“Investors are putting a premium on growth in the context of profitability, and we’re growing exceptionally fast because we’re able to profitably serve customers who aren’t being well served by incumbents,” said Sean Harper, CEO of Kin. Kin makes homeowners insurance more convenient and affordable by eliminating the need for external agents.

finance 52

finance financing incumbents entrepreneurship 52

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

By providing these products as a unified strategic solution, the goal is to enable hardware manufacturers the ability to get to production volume without investing in the specialized facilities or headcount historically needed to manage electronic components. “That was the insight that Cofactr was born out of.

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incumbents ventures opportunity enablement 77

American Entrepreneurship

MAY 18, 2023

Quilt’s design enables room-by-room control, creating precise climate zones throughout the home while eliminating the need for traditional furnaces and ductwork. However, most heat pump systems today are more difficult to use than their more mature fossil incumbents. Its mission is to move humanity off fossil fuel heating.

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capital ventures investment investing 52

TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2022

YC-backed Curacel unveils new API platform that enables tech-led businesses to offer insurance. ” Founders : Tobi Ololade, the CEO, was the chief technological officer of TradeBuza, a data and API infrastructure for agriculture finance. Website : [link]. Founded in : 2021. Team size : 22 . Location : Lagos, Nigeria.

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startup hospitality health finance 91

Unvalidated Learnings

JUNE 8, 2017

Not only did the incumbents fail to grasp the potential value, but it would have made no sense for them to go after such a small unprofitable niche, which would have been irrelevant to their top line, and eating away at their bottom line (CDs were 90%+ gross margin products back then). most of the value created would accrue to new entrants.

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incumbents disruption frameworks innovation 40

Andreessen Horowitz

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Unity, Unreal, Roblox and Godot – the predominant 3D engines – are all 15+ year old technologies architected for a different era of computing. Today, we’re entering an age where creative technology will allow anyone to create virtual worlds and bring their imaginations to life. What is a Next Generation 3D Creation Engine?

incumbents 145

incumbents creativity development enablement 145

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

It might be hard to remember in this age when companies like Facebook are subject to increasing government investigation, but for decades the technology industry generally existed and thrived outside the public eye. If there are no concerns about a technology, then there may also not be a significant opportunity for that technology.

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incumbents innovation technology capital 89

TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2021

It puts startups in a difficult spot: if 2020 was about enabling video-based teaching, what might emerge from 2021? We have seen 20 creator led learning platforms across “preK to Gray” learning in addition to incumbents like Teachable and very few have an ability to build a moat in my view. Integration between different edtech apps?

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education venture capital ventures opportunity 134

TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

SaaS models and cloud technologies have eliminated some of the barriers for Israeli companies and enable companies to quickly set up and set up a proof of concept. Riskified makes e-ommerce easier and safer and enables a thriving e-commerce environment. Leveraging technology to reach consumers in a more innovative way.

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startup SaaS mix-use advice 142

TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2022

If it were a human, it would be addicted to technology (which it is) and starting to get an attitude (again, yes). In this session we’ll give an accessible overview of quantum computing and outline three simple steps for anyone to take advantage of this transformational new technology — no PhD required! Sponsored by: Cloudinary.

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disruption pitching VC ventures 81

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

At the Urban Innovation Fund, we are spending a lot of time looking at software tools that enable larger hardware systems to work more efficiently. This trend will continue, and the larger incumbents will be working hard to get their act together for streamlining fulfillment rather than let the delivery fleets capture all of the upsides.

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transportation innovation accelerator construction 119

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2015

And let’s say this – they use zero technology today and I have yet to meet a single person who loves their self-storage provider. Most customers won’t drive more than a few miles to a self storage unit making the incumbents essentially local retail businesses. The value prop is pretty clear.

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real estate startup disruption incumbents 364

TechCrunch

JANUARY 22, 2021

As consumers grew more comfortable with the web, marketplaces like eBay, Etsy, Expedia and Wayfair* emerged, enabling historically offline transactions to occur online. The key purpose of being end-to-end is to deliver an even better value proposition to consumers relative to incumbent alternatives.

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real estate incumbents health disruption 144

TechCrunch

AUGUST 10, 2021

Similar to other insurance products, disability insurance was sold the same way for more than 20 years: using outdated technology, data science and underwriting that didn’t provide consumers an appropriate policy based on their occupation and health.

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incumbents health education ventures 99

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2021

After developing a network of telehealth, diagnostics and pharmacies for consumers, digital health company Truepill is targeting healthcare incumbents like health payers, providers and employer groups. We talk in technology that you are either arming the ‘rebels’ or the ‘empire,’ and in their case, they work with both.

incumbents 98

incumbents health enablement venture capital 98

AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 30, 2023

The company’s aim is to enable space access at greatly reduced risk, cost, and environmental impact compared to incumbent solutions. The rocket will provide low-cost space access for science experiments, technology demonstrators, and academic payloads. The first launches of the Dorado rocket are slated for mid-2024.

incumbents 98

incumbents VC sustainability technology 98

TechCrunch

JUNE 16, 2021

As the insurance industry adjusts to life in the 21st century (heh), an AI startup that has built computer vision tools to enable remote damage appraisals is announcing a significant round of growth funding. Insight Partners and Georgian Partners co-led the round and it brings the total raised by the company to $115 million.

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incumbents opportunity technology board 115

Y Combinator

DECEMBER 8, 2021

2 Incumbent banks miss the mark in two crucial areas: The banking experience has not evolved to match modern consumer. Outperforming incumbents with modern experience and digital infrastructure. Monzo has also been able to move faster than incumbents because of its forward-looking approach to building banking infrastructure.

peer-to-peer 102

peer-to-peer incumbents finance financing 102

TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

The video-game industry has always been on the bleeding edge, but blockchain gaming is still widely viewed as emerging technology. Incumbents tend to be more wary of adapting new business models and gaming is no different. In October 2021, Valve banned all blockchain-related games from its Steam platform.

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opportunity incumbents advice strategy 97

Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 16, 2023

With massive annual technology budgets and scaled distribution, the largest FIs are the ideal end-buyers. This is because FIs have long relied on painstaking manual operational processes to accomplish their goals, eschewing technology for human labor. Leverage your investors/advisors to help uncover that inside baseball for you.

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frameworks incumbents leadership advice 112

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Over the years, infrastructure has enabled fintech companies and non-financial services companies alike to seamlessly integrate financial products into their platforms. Infrastructure providers can help connect fintech companies with incumbent banks so that they can both reap the benefits of the interest rate environment.

incumbents 92

incumbents opportunity enablement innovation 92

Tomasz Tunguz

JUNE 21, 2022

Once familiar, they often brought the technology to work, expanding the account. UBP enabled the company to manage COGs and gross profit. Second, UBP reduced friction for individual developers to tinker with the APIs. Last, Twilio’s business requires greater COGS (cost-of-goods-sold) than most software businesses.

startup 80

startup incumbents accelerator sustainability 80

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

While incumbents have pioneered various enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems to digitize these processes, companies would still get four to five different software platforms to complete multiple tasks. So we connect organizations, people and technologies across the entire logistics value chain,” said CEO Mehdi Cherif Alami.

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incumbents transportation collaboration consulting 80