The AI revolution has more in common with shipping containerization than the boom unleashed by the microprocessor: diffuse global benefits but few new fortunes
The disruption is real. It's also predictable. — ISSUE 04 — Fortunes are made by entrepreneurs and investors … X: @actaccordingly , @shearic , @joincolossus , @sameer_singh17 , @patrick_oshag , @j...
A profile of Christian Garrett, co-founder of the Hill and Valley Forum and partner at 137 Ventures, who has become Silicon Valley's diplomat to Washington, DC
Margaux MacColl / The San Francisco Standard : X: @wolfejosh , @cgarrett_15 , @cgarrett_15 , @hkanji , and @seanhenryatl X: Josh Wolfe / @wolfejosh : He @CGarrett_15 is the man. A smart savvy class a...
Several media and tech executives say UK VC Matt Clifford, who has advised successive Tory and Labour governments, has an outsized influence over AI policy
British venture capitalist has advised successive Tory and Labour governments — Last year, as thousands of customers withdrew … X: @nickswan73 , @hkanji , @james_coe1 , and @krishnanrohit . LinkedIn...
Some former CrowdStrike employees say they raised concerns about executives rushing deadlines and quality checks, more than a year before the July 2024 outage
THE SCOOP — Software engineers at the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike complained about rushed deadlines, excessive workloads … X: @rachyljones , @hkanji , and @nullvoxpopuli . LinkedIn: James Bach . ...
Since the OpenAI board dispute, Microsoft diversified AI investments and partnerships, built its own models, and hired aggressively for its consumer AI efforts
Financial Times : X: @bgurley , @hetanshah , @hkanji , and @rwang07 X: Bill Gurley / @bgurley : This is a very long and interesting article. Must read I would say. It says Microsoft invested $13B in ...
A look at Operation Intering, an FBI-led sabotage campaign in the 1980s to secretly ship millions worth of faulty chips to the Soviet Bloc
Zach Dorfman / Politico : X: @vtchakarova , @zachsdorfman , @zachsdorfman , @zachsdorfman , @bharatkumarindi , @hkanji , @amyshirateitel , and @patcaldwell . Forums: Hacker News X: Velina Tchakarova ...
An in-depth look at the 2017 “Attention Is All You Need” paper, a big breakthrough in AI, and profiles of the eight Google researchers who co-authored the paper
They met by chance, got hooked on an idea, and wrote the “Transformers” paper—the most consequential tech breakthrough in recent history. X: @jsmarr , @webbarr , @sandraupson , @hkanji , and @stevenle...
A look at Nvidia's AI startup investments through Nventures and its corporate development team, deals that come with intangibles, like access to research teams
The trillion-dollar chipmaker has done over two dozen deals, through its Nventures investing arm and corporate development team. X: @alexvoica , @alexrkonrad , @hkanji , and @richardjnieva X: Alexandr...
How sound boxes, or tiny, cheap speakers that read out payment confirmations, have become a lucrative revenue stream for Paytm and other fintechs in India
Adnan Bhat / Rest of World : LinkedIn: Shaji Sethu . Tweets: @adnanmbhat , @jasuja , @sammcallister , @anupkaphle , @hkanji , and @moo9000 LinkedIn: Shaji Sethu : How tiny, cheap smart speakers unloc...
Ryan Breslow sues Mark Phillips, a convicted fraudster he hired to build his social impact DAO, for allegedly stealing ~$10.5M of the project's seed funding
Forbes : Tweets: @jelenaaa____ , @moo9000 , @sub8u , @carnage4life , @evacide , @yoda , @hkanji , and @sarahnemerson Tweets: Jelena / @jelenaaa____ : Brutal, but in many ways not surprising that this...