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Anthropic AI

Anthropic AI

Ghost - Digital Platforms for Writers, Bloggers

Ghost- Digital Platforms for Writers, Bloggers

Twitter X - competition

Twitter X - competition

TikTok - educational content

TikTok - educational content

Citibank - Banking, Financial Markets and Regulations

Citibank - Banking, Financial Markets and Regulations

Amazon logistics and delivery - business model and strategy

Amazon logistics and delivery - business model and strategy

Obsidian - software for note taking

Obsidian - software for note taking

Mem.ai - software for note-taking, research, and second brain personal assistant

Mem.ai - software for note-taking, research, and second brain personal assistant

Stability AI, Stable Diffusion and more

Stability AI, Stable Diffusion and more

Netflix - writers, and content creation model

Netflix - writers, and content creation model

Kajabi - create and sell online courses - edtech tools, resources

Kajabi - create and sell online courses - edtech tools, resources

Podcast hosting - tools for creating podcasts

Podcast hosting - tools for creating podcasts

Competing with OpenAI - Anthropic, Stability AI, AI21 Labs, and more...

Competing with OpenAI - Anthropic, Stability AI, AI21 Labs, and more...

Khan Academy - AI and chatGPT integration

Khan Academy - AI and chatGPT integration

Legal Case: DOJ’s adtech suit against Google

Legal Case: DOJ’s adtech suit against Google

Whisper from OpenAI - speech recognition, voice to text

Whisper from OpenAI - speech recognition, voice to text

Microsoft and OpenAI - company, GPT and projects

Microsoft and OpenAI - company, GPT and projects

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Article

‘Wild Wild Space’ doc captures the risks and rivalries of the new space race | TechCrunch

Astra CEO Chris Kemp is already pulling out of a parking spot when he warns the person in the passenger seat that he doesn’t have a valid driver’s (2024)


Article

ActivityPub is the next big thing in social networks - The Verge

Can ActivityPub save the internet? The tech industry is abuzz about a new standard for social networking that is more open, more user-centric, and... (2024)


Article

Substack rival Ghost confirms it will join the fediverse in 2024 | TechCrunch

Ghost, an open source rival to Substack's newsletter platform, has confirmed it will this year officially join the fediverse -- or the open social ... (2024)


Article

AirChat, the buzzy new social app, could be great -- or, it could succumb as Clubhouse | TechCrunch

Over the weekend, another social media platform exploded into the fray: AirChat. The app is like a combination of Twitter and Clubhouse. Instead of... (2024)


Article

Have McKinsey and its consulting rivals got too big?

The golden age for CEO whisperers may be coming to an end | Business (2024)


Article

Substack now allows podcasters to sync and distribute their episodes to Spotify | TechCrunch

Substack announced on Thursday that it's launching a few new features for podcasters on its platform. (2024)


Article

Lyrak to take on X by combining the best of Twitter with fediverse integration | TechCrunch

Lyrak is a new X rival that aims to differentiate itself by focusing on real-time news and monetization options for creators. (2024)


Article

The Reddits - Paul Graham essay

“Slowly but inexorably Reddit's traffic grew. At first the numbers were so small they were hard to distinguish from background noise. But within a ... (2024)


Article

Pivotal kicks off U.S. sales of its lightweight electric personal Helix aircraft | TechCrunch

Pivotal, the Palo Alto, California-based company backed by Larry Page, kicked off online sales Monday night at CES 2024 for Helix, a lightweight el... (2024)


Article

Mistral AI, a Paris-based OpenAI rival, closed its $415 million funding round | TechCrunch

Mistral AI has officially closed its much anticipated Series A funding round. The French company has raised €385 million ($415 million). (2023)


Article

Augment provides an MBA-like program, but exclusively online | TechCrunch

Augment thinks its main online program could potentially become an alternative to traditional Masters of Business Administration (MBA). (2023)


Article

OpenAI’s Misalignment and Microsoft’s Gain – Stratechery by Ben Thompson

The end of a dramatic weekend in tech is that OpenAI has split and Microsoft is partnered with one and has hired the other; this is the ultimate fa... (2023)


Article

How Does the World’s Largest Hedge Fund Really Make Its Money? - The New York Times

Ray Dalio’s investing tactics have always been a closely kept secret, even inside Bridgewater Associates. Several years ago, some of Wall Street’s ... (2023)


Article

Amazon has Hollywood’s worst shows but its best business model

Amazon v Hollywood. The shopping channel. Amazon has televisions worst shows, but it’s best business model. It aims to make video pay by applyin... (2023)


Article

How Snipd is using AI to ‘unlock knowledge’ in podcasts

Snipd built a podcast app that uses AI to transcribe content and synchronize with note-taking apps, generate book-style "chapters" and deliver podc... (2022)


Article

Visa acquires Brazilian fintech startup Pismo in $1B blockbuster deal | TechCrunch

Credit card giant Visa is acquiring Brazilian payments infrastructure provider Pismo for $1 billion in cash. (2023)


Article

How Reddit set itself up for a fall - The Verge

Reddit’s site continues to protest the API changes that will shut down popular third-party apps. It’s an outcome Reddit should have seen coming aft... (2023)


Article

The App Tracking Transparency recession | Mobile Dev Memo by Eric Seufert

The App Tracking Transparency recession. Mobile marketing and advertising, freemium monetization strategy, and marketing science. Mobile Dev Memo. (2023)


Article

Digital Advertising in 2022 – Stratechery by Ben Thompson

The advertising has shifted from a Google-Facebook duopoly to one where Amazon and potentially Apple are major forces. (2022)


Article

The Four Horsemen of the Tech Recession – Stratechery by Ben Thompson

Tech is increasingly divorced from the real economy thanks to the COVID hangover and Apple’s App Tracking Transparency (2023)


Article

Microsoft Launches New Bing Likely Powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4 A.I - The New York Times

Amid the tech industry’s worst slump in decades, industry leaders are predicting an era built on new chatbots and other types of artificial intelli... (2023)


Article

Starlink’s performance in Ukraine has ignited a new space race | The Economist

Never mind the moon; look to low-Earth orbit | Leaders (2023)


Article

Uber's New Viator Partnership Highlights Increased Fragmentation in Online Travel

If consolidation characterized the online travel universe several years ago, new players are spearheading a de-consolidation movement. (2022)


Article

Europe Prepares to Rewrite the Rules of the Internet | WIRED

The Digital Markets Act will force Big Tech platforms to break open their walled gardens in 2023, says the EU’s new ambassador to Silicon Valley. (2022)


Article

Lego’s Parent Company Acquires Edtech Firm BrainPOP | EdSurge News

The company that owns Lego is diving headlong into K-12 education’s switch to digital.Kirkbi A/S, the private investment and holding company that o... (2022)


Article

Visa will not acquire Plaid after running into regulatory wall • TechCrunch

Visa and Plaid called off their agreement this afternoon, ending the consumer credit giant’s takeover of the data-focused fintech API startup. The ... (2021)


Article

Investing in MVMNT - operating system for midmarket and small freight brokers and shippers - Andreessen Horowitz

We’re thrilled to announce our investment in MVMNT, the operating system for midmarket and small freight brokers and shippers. (2022)


Article

Israeli tech shines bright in Miami, the new hub for three hospitality startups - Refresh Miami

Refresh Miami is a community of hackers, early adopters, entrepreneurs and change artists. We’re a hub of inspiration and resources for people who ... (2022)


Article

Nvidia In the Valley – Stratechery by Ben Thompson

Nvidia is in the valley in terms of gaming, the data center, and the omniverse; if it makes it to future heights its margins will be well-earned. (2022)


Article

Adobe snaps up Figma for $20B, taking out one of its biggest rivals in digital design • TechCrunch

Adobe today announced that it would acquire Figma for $20 billion, taking out one of its biggest rivals in the realm of digital design. (2022)


Video

Why Citibank Branches Are Closing Around The World

After the company’s collapse during the 2008 recession, Citi’s stock has continuously struggled. Shares of the company saw more than a 30% drop ove... (2023)


Video

Is WhatsApp, Facebook’s Biggest Acquisition, Paying Off A Decade Later?

Facebook, now called Meta, acquired WhatsApp for a historic $19 billion in 2014. Today, over half of the world’s internet users also use WhatsApp, ... (2023)


Video

Citigroup and the 'financial supermarket' experiment | FT Film

The 1998 mega-merger between banking giant Citicorp and insurer Travelers Group created the world's biggest financial services company. But Citi's ... (2023)


Video

How Formula 1 Teams Make Money

CNBC’s Sara Eisen goes inside Formula 1, finding out how the racing league’s most prominent team principals manage their billion-dollar businesses,... (2023)


Video

I Challenged Boston Dynamics' Famous Atlas Robot

What can this human-like robot really do?Get an exclusive Surfshark Black Friday deal! Enter promo code CLEO to get up to 6 additional months for f... (2023)


Video

OpenAI DevDay, Opening Keynote 2023

Join us for the opening keynote from OpenAI DevDay — OpenAI’s first developer conference.We’re gathering developers from around the world for an in... (2023)


Video

McKinsey: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

John Oliver discusses the oldest and largest management consulting firm: McKinsey & Company.Connect with Last Week Tonight online... Subscribe to t... (2023)


Video

Obsidian tutorial: You're not stupid: How to learn difficult things with Obsidian

Obsidian tutorial: You're not stupid: How to learn difficult things with Obsidian (2023)


Video

Can AI Truly Unlock Your Second Brain? A conversation with Mem.ai founders

With consumer AI now capable of processing simple language prompts and interfacing with unstructured data, is the landscape of information manageme... (2023)


Video

Amazing Invention - This Drone Will Change Everything - Zipline Drones

These folks engineering a much better way to deliver your basically anything. If you want to engineer your own creations with me every month, just ... (2023)


Video

How Nvidia Grew From Gaming To A.I. Giant, Now Powering ChatGPT

Thirty years ago, Taiwan immigrant Jensen Huang founded Nvidia with the dream of revolutionizing PCs and gaming with 3D graphics. In 1999, after la... (2023)


Video

Figma's $20B, 10 Year Overnight Success -Garry Tan

Figma just sold to Adobe for $20 BILLION. Figma replaced Photoshop as the dominant design tool, and that’s what made this company so important Adob... (2022)


Video

Why Rocket Lab Will Be The Next SpaceX!

Why Rocket Lab Will Be The Next SpaceX! Today we're covering Rocket Lab, a company that is doing really cool inovated space design. Today, we're c... (2022)


Video

Introducing Class

Michael Chasen, Co-Founder & CEO of Class—and father of three—explains how Class brings the physical classroom experience online and ultimately why... (2022)


Video

Tickets - Ticketmaster, LiveNation, StubHub: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

John Oliver explains why concert tickets are so expensive, who’s making money off of them, and which One Direction is his favorite.Connect with Las... (2022)


Video

Metaverse competition - Facebook vs. Microsoft

Metaverse competition - Facebook vs. Microsoft (2022)


Video

How Robinhood Makes Money (Jan 2019)

Robinhood, an investing app valued at over $5 billion, says it's trying to "democratize America's financial system" by making investing accessible ... (2020)


Video

How Robinhood Really Makes Money (Dec 2018)

Want to join our free STOCKHUB discord chat? Here is the link https://discord.gg/MkquuN7 After yesterdays video on the Robinhood app 3% savings acc... (2020)


Video

Notion + Roam: How August Uses Them Together

Blending Notion and Roam use is something August Bradley has been able to use in tandem to take notes, manage work, and balance his life. This is h... (2020)


Video

How to use Loom and record your lesson for Remote and Online learning

Flipped Classroom Tutorials 111K subscribers As more and more teachers are looking into remote learning and teaching. Here's a tutorial on usi... (2020)


Video

TechCrunch Live: Roblox, SuperAwesome, and Fingerprint executives discuss the state of kids media

With large majorities of all children (70% in the U.S. and U.K.) staying home from school during the COVID-19 crisis, use of digital media properti... (2020)


Video

How SpaceX, Blue Origin, And Virgin Galactic Plan On Taking You To Space

Tech Insider 2.81M subscribers Billionaires Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Richard Branson all want to send private citizens to space. Their respect... (2019)


Video

Microsoft Build 2019 Keynote in under 14 minutes - Engadget

Engadget Published on May 6, 2019 (2019)


Podcast

Why does MasterClass work? with David Rogier from MasterClass - Found | Podcast on Spotify

Listen to this episode from Found on Spotify. Today on Found, we’re talking to David Rogier, the CEO and founder of Masterclass, a streaming platfo... (2023)


Podcast

#253 — Corporate Courage - Making Sense with Sam Harris | Podcast on Spotify

Listen to this episode from Making Sense with Sam Harris on Spotify. In this episode of the podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Jason Fried about the r... (2021)


Podcast

Max Roser on building the world's best source of COVID-19 data at Our World in Data - 80,000 Hours podcast

Max runs Our World in Data, a small education nonprofit which began the pandemic with just six staff. But since last February his team has supplied... (2021)


Podcast

Small Actions Lead to Compound Gains with Nathan Barry of ConvertKit - Indie Hackers

Listen to this episode from Indie Hackers on Spotify. Nathan Barry (@nathanbarry) has grown ConvertKit from $7M to $27M since I last spoke with him... (2021)


Podcast

#197 – Inside Zapier's First Acquisition with Ben Tossell of Makerpad - Indie Hackers

Listen to this episode from Indie Hackers on Spotify. In just two years, Ben Tossell (@bentossell) grew Makerpad to over 10,000 users, $400,000 ARR... (2021)


Podcast

#196 – Turning a Weak Skill into Your Best Asset with David Perell of Write of Passage - Indie Hackers

Listen to this episode from Indie Hackers on Spotify. David Perell (@david_perell) is someone whose own friends told him he wasn’t a good writer. B... (2021)


Podcast

#195 – Bootstrapping to $3.3M/Year in a Competitive Space with Sabba Keynejad of VEED - Indie Hackers

Listen to this episode from Indie Hackers on Spotify. Sabba Keynejad (@sab8a) is the founder of one of the fastest growing companies that I've ever... (2021)


Podcast

China Steams Ahead in Gaming; MetaHuman Creator and the Uncanny Valley - 16 Minutes News by a16z

Listen to this episode from 16 Minutes News by a16z on Spotify. We have two brief segments — taking up less than 16 Minutes! — in this week’s episo... (2021)


Podcast

Googliath - Today, Explained | Podcast on Spotify

Listen to this episode from Today, Explained on Spotify. Australia just reined in Google. Dozens of other countries want in on the action. The late... (2021)


Podcast

Amazon Narratives: Memos, Working Backwards from Release, More - a16z Podcast

Listen to this episode from a16z Podcast on Spotify. When you hear stories about Amazon's "invention machine" -- which led to a company with not ju... (2021)


Podcast

Indiehackers – From $0 to $5M Without Writing Any Code with Tara Reed of Apps Without Code

Listen to this episode from Indie Hackers on Spotify. At some point, Tara Reed (@TaraReed_) decided that she didn't want to build a funded, sca... (2020)


Podcast

Babbage: Apple's Epic battle - The Economist | Podcast

Babbage from Economist Radio on Spotify. This week a judge heard the first arguments in an antitrust case that could reshape the software ecosy... (2020)


Podcast

TikTok & Beyond: The Algorithm Question, The Future of Product - Andreessen Horowitz

a16z Podcast on Spotify With the U.S. tech partnership for TikTok being finalized, what happens if source code is excluded (and more specificall... (2020)


Podcast

Boom/Bust: The Rise and Fall of HQ Trivia - The Ringer

Boom/Bust: The Rise and Fall of HQ Trivia on The Ringer The live trivia app was once the obsession of the internet, but then it all went wrong ... (2020)


Podcast

Competing with Spotify and Regulating Acquisitions | Exponent - Episode 181

Ben and James discuss Ben’s new Daily Update Podcast, and why Exponent is not on Spotify. Then, should regulators roll back acquisitions or priorit... (2020)


Podcast

16 Minutes on the News #7: Apple Card, BEC Scams Federal Indictment – Andreessen Horowitz

This is episode #7 of our news show, 16 Minutes, where we quickly cover recent headlines of the week, the a16z way -- why they're in the news; why ... (2019)


Podcast

Warby Parker: Dave Gilboa & Neil Blumenthal, an episode from NPR on Spotify

In 2008, it was nearly impossible to buy a fashionable, affordable pair of glasses online. That simple frustration inspired the idea behind Warby P... (2019)


Podcast

a16z Podcast: 10+1 Lessons from Serial Entrepreneur Justin Kan, an episode from a16z on Spotify

Want actionable advice from a founder who has built multiple tech companies and has invested the time to be open, introspective, and transparent ab... (2019)


Podcast

Episode 170 — A Perfect Meal | Exponent

Ben and James discuss the Zoom and Slack IPOs in the context of Microsoft’s current success and long-term challenges. (2019)


Book

Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon by Colin Bryar

Working Backwards book. Read 2 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Working Backwards is an insider's breakdown of Amazon's appr... (2021)


Website

Streak - CRM for Gmail

Simple Collaboration. Collaborate with a single click. Share contacts, email, files, and anything else needed to get the job done. Multipurpose. Ma... (2023)


Website

Oxford Analytica - Geopolitical Analysis and Advisory Firm

An independent geopolitical analysis and advisory firm drawing on a worldwide network of experts to advise on clients on strategies, operations, po... (2023)


Website

Ramp - Corporate Cards for Startups & New Businesses

Ramp's finance automation platform is a game-changer for startups with a corporate card solution. We provide more than your average business credit... (2023)


Website

AI21 Labs

AI21 Labs is an AI lab & product company whose mission is to reimagine the way we read and write by making the machine a thought partner to humans. (2023)


Website

Surfshark: secure online VPN service & more

Surfshark VPN – protect your data online ● Unlimited devices ● 24/7 support ● 3200+ servers in 100 countries ● No-logs policy ● RAM-only servers, a... (2023)


Website

Pilot.co - Hire Anywhere | Global payroll, benefits & compliance - pay contractors and employees worldwide

Easily onboard and pay contractors and employees worldwide, in one platform. Pilot is your all-in-one payroll and HR solution for your global team.... (2023)


Website

Speak - The speaking app that actually talks

Speak is the first & only app that lets you get real conversational practice without needing a live tutor on the other end. And we build some serio... (2023)


Website

SQL query builder - SQL query builder AI bot

AI-powered SQL query builder enables you to quickly build SQL queries without any knowledge of SQL for beginners. (2023)


Website

Durable: AI Website Builder and service business software

Durable is the easiest way to start and grow a business online. AI website builder, marketing tools, invoicing. Run your business with one simple app. (2023)


Website

Followerwonk: Tools for Twitter Analytics, Bio Search and More

It should take about 20 minutes to generate your export file. You can download your data in either CSV or Excel (XLS) format: (2023)


Website

Wyzant: Find Private Tutors at Affordable Prices, In-Person & Online

Find affordable, top-rated private tutors in 250+ subjects and test prep on Wyzant.com. Quick online scheduling for in-person and online tutoring h... (2022)


Website

Supercast - podcast subscription service

Supercast is a podcast subscription platform powering millions in revenue for serious podcasters and content networks. Listeners: Subscribe to your... (2022)


Website

ToursByLocals - Private Tours By Local Guides

ToursByLocals connects travelers with local tour guides, worldwide. We're a marketplace for customizable private tours and shore excursions! (2022)


Website

Class: The Virtual Classroom Built On Zoom. 50+ Online Teaching Tools for Remote Learning on Zoom

Help your teachers thrive online by making your virtual classroom feel like a real one. Class lets you do anything you do in a real classroom: one-... (2022)


Website

Fiveable - Group Study Rooms with Timer

Study with friends using the #1 virtual studying platform for students. Create a study room, invite your buddies, & keep each other accountable. (2022)


Website

Yuga Labs - Home of BAYC, MAYC, Otherside, Cryptopunks, and Meebits

Powered by ApeCoin and shaping web3 through storytelling, experiences, and community. From the creators of Bored Ape Yacht Club. (2022)


Website

Rakuten Advertising - Affiliate Marketing Services

Discover Rakuten Advertising's affiliate marketing services today! We help you build strategies to connect with your audience using our global netw... (2022)


Website

CJ - affiliate marketing (previously known as “commission junction”)

Thrive with CJ—the world's largest and most established affiliate marketing network designed to help you achieve intelligent, scalable, and sustain... (2022)


Website

Outseta | All-in-one membership software

Outseta gives the internet's most prolific creators the tools to monetize their membership sites, SaaS products, or online communities with members... (2021)


Website

Ledgy - cap table management

Ledgy makes your equity plans scalable, compliant in all countries, integrates with your existing systems and comes with enterprise-ready security ... (2021)


Website

Contra - a professional network for independent workers

Contra is a new professional community for your independent journey. Everything you need to find remote, freelance and flexible work from your own ... (2021)


Website

360Learning - collaborative learning LMS

The LMS that turnsyour people into your competitive advantage with Collaborative Learning We make it easier than ever for teams to create, ship ... (2021)


Website

Pinboard—Social bookmarking for introverts!

Pinboard lets you bookmark from any browser, connect up Twitter accounts (and favorites), and sync with popular services like Instapaper or Pocket.... (2021)


Website

Meta Meme - Video and Image Meme Maker

Meta Meme lets you make impressive videos, pics and memes that are sure to go viral.  Your Instagram page will gain tons of followers. You will be ... (2021)


Website

Cameo - Personalized videos featuring your favorite stars

Cameo Calls allows you to meet stars 1-on-1 in a live video chat you'll remember forever (PS: you also get a pic of the two of you)! Go big for gra... (2021)


Website

ConvertKit - Email Marketing for Online Creators

Get the email marketing tools and automation you need to grow your blog and business. Join more than 100,000 creators and try ConvertKit today. (2021)


Website

Dapper Labs - creators of NBA Top Shot, CryptoKitties

Dapper Labs uses the power of play to deliver blockchain-based experiences that are made for you and ready for the real world. (2021)


Website

Moxie | The most convenient way to work out

Train live from anywhere with inspiring coaches for every body, style, and fitness goal. (2021)


Website

Typefully - Make Twitter Threads

Make great Twitter threads. (2021)


Website

Rocket.Chat - The Ultimate Communication Platform

Lead with open source and keep your workflow going with the right team collaboration platform (2021)


SlideShare

Mixpanel - Our pitch deck that we used to raise $65M

To learn more: https://mixpanel.com/blog/2014/12/18/open-sourcing-our-pitch-deck-that-helped-us-get-our-865m-valuation (2019)


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