Why a B2B startup is placing a bet on a $7M Super Bowl ad
Some people watch the Super Bowl for the actual football game being played. Many watch the event for the halftime show or as an excuse to eat wings and other …
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Twitter alternative Bluesky shows off custom Super Bowl feeds (both with and without Taylor Swift)
Twitter/X alternative Bluesky is gearing up for one of the biggest weekends in social media with the launch of custom feeds prepped for Super Bowl fans. One feed focuses on …
The era of face-wearable computers
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Experts say at-home rape assessment kits aren’t best option. But this entrepreneur is selling them to sororities, military
Evan Robinson-Johnson | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (TNS) By the time she was 23, Madison Campbell had racked up more than a dozen cease-and-desist letters and was seated at a deposition table, …
Rally Cap VC, a fintech investor for emerging markets, spins out $5M climate fund
Last year, Amini, a Kenya-based climate tech startup using data from satellites to offer insights on crop health and track farming progress, announced pre-seed and seed rounds six months apart. …
B2B vs. B2C is not about who’s buying, but how you’re selling
I had a really interesting conversation with a founder this morning, who said that around 70% of their sales were to consumers, and that the remaining was to businesses. In …
To benefit all, diverse voices must take part in leading the growth and regulation of AI
Jorge Calderon Contributor Jorge Calderon is managing director at San Francisco–based Inicio Ventures, an initiative of Hispanics in Philanthropy. Over the last 25 years, I’ve been a tech investor, founder, …
Mamoon Hamid and Ilya Fushman of Kleiner Perkins: “More than 80%” of pitches now involve AI
Last week, at a StrictlyVC event in San Francisco, we sat down with Mamoon Hamid and Ilya Fushman, two longtime VCs whose paths first crossed as children in Frankfurt, Germany, …
Elon Musk’s deep dive into human experimentation
Elon Musk’s team has implanted a powerful computer chip inside a living person’s brain, a startling step toward a sci-fi future when we can steer computers with our thoughts. The …
Maybe count to 10 before you tweet
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