Venture
North American Startup Investment Perked Up A Bit In Q1
It’s exciting that venture funding has shown a little life in the first quarter. But it’s disturbing that seed funding, that early pipeline of future success is down 23%. You have to plant a lot of seeds to get successful exits.
Creepy and Terrifying
Synthesia takes next leap in AI video with ‘expressive avatars’
I like the idea that I could make movies with digital avatars. I dislike the idea that you (or anyone else) can.
Leadership
To Succeed with AI, Adopt a Beginner’s Mindset
When I'm asked how one can better understand AI, my recommendation is to get a subscription to ChatGPT, Gemini, and Midcurrent. When you deeply immerse yourself in these technologies, you will better understand the questions to ask. Those better questions will lead to the discovery of real opportunities for value creation and risk mitigation. Become a beginner.
Cool Stuff
The Cloud Under the Sea
The speed of light plus flexible glass makes all of this possible. What we forget is all that glass cable has to be connected around the world. This is their story.
Shameless Plug
B2B Wins #31: GenAI is not a product
In a relatively short period of time, we will be talking about AI as much as we talk about Python Libraries. That is, not at all. AI is plumbing. AI is not product.