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Entrepreneur Steve Blank says we’re collectively underestimating the potential of generative AI.

Steve Blank: AI will revolutionize the ‘lean startup’

Here are ways your generative AI organization can build as an open book while building trust with potential customers.

4 ways to show customers they can trust your generative AI enterprise tool

From pricing new add-ons outright and raising prices for bundled offerings to simply getting an edge in negotiations, AI opens up a host of pricing strategies.

How and when to charge for adding AI to your enterprise software

We all learned the importance of ‘showing our work’ in elementary school, and we can certainly demand that same rigor from AI.

Making AI trustworthy: Can we overcome black-box hallucinations?

The launch of ChatGPT in November of 2022 propelled our world into the Age of AI, and the tech industry will never be the same.

How this VC evaluates generative AI startups

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One company’s quest to eliminate battery fires

For automakers and their suppliers, the advantages would be significant.

11:00 pm PDT • August 21, 2023
One company’s quest to eliminate battery fires

After going on about tech IPOs and the ongoing drought for so long, I would like a change in theme, one driven by SEC filings and data.

Everyone’s talking about tech IPOs again

There’s already a handful of great examples of SaaS companies leveraging usage-based pricing to monetize AI.

How any SaaS company can monetize generative AI

There could be good news just around the corner, provided services with generative AI become as powerful as expected, and are as in demand as hoped.

As net retention plummets, AI could be the savior software companies need

Given that DeckMatch is a tool that evaluates pitch decks, we decided to tear down the deck it used to raise a $1 million seed round.

Pitch Deck Teardown: DeckMatch’s $1M seed deck

AI has been has hot as it comes since the start of the year, but the question remains whether it’s a product category or a platform piece.

Sure AI is hot, but is it an actual market or a platform piece?

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Imagine for a moment that you’re an AI

In a scenario where we have an AI that is self-aware, faced with the prospect of being switched off, or dying, would you empathize with it?

8:00 am PDT • August 10, 2023
Imagine for a moment that you’re an AI

Microsoft announced that it is partnering with layer-1 blockchain Aptos to expand AI and web3 capabilities and trust.

Microsoft partners with Aptos blockchain to marry AI and web3

Thomson Reuters has been around since the 19th century, but it’s not stuck there, embracing AI as a way to help customers and employees.

How Thomson Reuters is leveraging AI to enhance productivity, rather than replace jobs

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4 ways generative AI makes founders more interesting to journalists

Startups that want to be seen amid the flurry as AI enters the media will need to remember that what most people really want is a human story.

2:30 pm PDT • August 5, 2023
4 ways generative AI makes founders more interesting to journalists

If ChatGPT brought text-based AI to anyone with a computer, what does the future for video-based AI look like?

The future of AI is video, and it’s coming at us fast

As we meet with many AI-native founders, here are the top five pieces of company-building advice we’re sharing with them.

5 questions investors should be asking inception-stage generative AI founders

As many entrepreneurs jump on the AI bandwagon, investors are being choosey about which kinds of companies they back.

Not all early-stage AI startups are created equal

It’s encouraging to think that multiple startups will find ways to leverage AI and other fields to accelerate drug discovery and improve patient outcome.

In AI-enabled drug discovery, there might be more than one winner

Alphabet and Microsoft’s results clearly indicate that the costs are high if you want to stay on the leaderboard in the modern AI arena.

Microsoft’s and Alphabet’s results indicate the AI game is more of a long-term strategy

With Alphabet and Microsoft reporting their quarterly results today, there’s going to be a lot of scrutiny on the ability of their investments in new AI tech to drive growth.

Growth driven by AI will be the metric to watch this earnings cycle

Futureverse is making tools that brands can use to build content for the metaverse, but not the one that Meta is envisioning.

Deal Dive: Futureverse is a metaverse company that might actually get it

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AI didn’t invent creative remixing

Adobe Chief Strategy Officer Scott Belsky says that AI is not replacing creatives, so much as giving them more time to create.

8:00 am PDT • July 16, 2023
AI didn’t invent creative remixing

According to a survey we conducted, 39% said it will be difficult to get everyone in their organization on board with AI.

Create context and provide examples to lower AI adoption barriers

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This VC firm uses personality tests and AI to find its next investments

Investors are throwing money at AI startups, so it’s no wonder we’re starting to see them leaning on the tech to save their most precious resource: Time.

8:00 am PDT • July 11, 2023
This VC firm uses personality tests and AI to find its next investments

This article is for any founder who feels like they’re late for the train — or who’s all aboard, but not going fast enough.

Feels like you missed the generative AI train? 5 steps for speeding ahead in 90 days
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Vertical AI and who might build it

10:00 am PDT • July 8, 2023

Some thoughts on the future of vertical SaaS, what the second half of 2023 might hold for Israeli startups, and founder well-being.

Vertical AI and who might build it

Here’s what these 15 investors would have done differently in 2023 if they had a crystal ball to divine the future.

15 investors lift the lid on the biggest surprises of H1 2023

AI has a role in improving productivity, but let’s examine the facts to understand how — and then make informed decisions.

AI is not a panacea for software development

While Apple’s ascent to this milestone is notable, there’s been a greater reshuffling in the ranks of the biggest tech stocks.

As Apple reaches $3T, it’s time to shake up the Big Tech club