Pivotal
Abraham ThomasPivotal is a newsletter of long-form essays about data, finance, AI, and startups. Its themes include the economics of technology; the ubiquity of data; and the intersection of finance and AI.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Infrequently |
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| Issues | 16 | Founded | 5 years ago | Last Issue | 20 days ago |
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The Efficient Venture Markets Hypothesis
Introduction: this wacky world we live in
Venture capital is deeply weird these days. Consider these phenomena:
- An extreme bifurcation of companies into those that are hot, and those that are not. Startups that are not hot, but m...
Trust Is The Scarce Asset
TLDR
New technologies change what we can do; hence what we can know; hence what we can trust. These transitions happen every few centuries; we’re living through one such transition today.
This impacts everything. Read on!
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My Next Adventure
TLDR: I’m back in the arena with a new startup; this newsletter remains unchanged; if you’re a finance professional, sign up for the waitlist!
Magic Enters the World
Something important happened 9 months ago.
LLMs have been a...
Looks, Brains, and Money
This is part two of a two-part series on data quality. Part one was laying the foundation: what is data quality, and how should we think about it? And part two is the fun stuff: data quality and AI, with a focus on finance.
Introduction...
On Data Quality
This is the first of two essays on data quality. Today’s essay is about the basics: what is data quality, and how should we think about it? The second essay, published here, is about the fun stuff: data quality in an AI world.
Introduct...
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Abraham Thomas writes about data, markets, technology, and a few other things.
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