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What is an accelerator really worth?
Founders give up equity before seeing enough evidence
TL;DR Today, we’re investigating whether startup accelerators are worth the equity founders give up.
Can $400M fix creator businesses?
Maybe, but it could create ownership and control problems
TL;DR Steven Bartlett has partnered with Authentic Brands Group to launch OBSN, a venture that plans to invest up to $400 million in selected creators and help turn them into larger...
Use AI without losing your brain
Spellbook CEO Scott Stevenson
Today, we’re learning how to use AI without letting it do the thinking for us.
AI can make a mediocre idea look surprisingly intelligent.
This week, Scott Stevenson, the cofounder and CEO of legal AI startup...
Are you LARPing a little too hard?
Startup people have found a new insult: LARPing.
LARP originally stands for “live action role-playing,” where people dress up and pretend to be fictional characters.
Lately, however, people in tech have been using the term to describe fo...
Astra 6 is crazy, are we at AGI?
How far did AI just move?
I spent way too much time looking at Astra 6 this week.
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