Tony Fadell on mission-driven a**holes, Silicon Valley entitlement and why LLMs are ‘know-it-alls’
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Tony Fadell on mission-driven a**holes, Silicon Valley entitlement and why LLMs are ‘know-it-alls’

Tony Fadell, the father of the iPod and founder of Nest, took the stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 on Tuesday to talk about how building the next generation of deep tech startups requires mission-driven a**holes. The entrepreneur and investor did not hold back on stage as he called out Silicon Valley for its entitlement and […]

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Tony Fadell, the father of the iPod and founder of Nest, took the stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 on Tuesday to talk about how building the next generation of deep tech startups requires mission-driven a**holes. The entrepreneur and investor did not hold back on stage as he called out Silicon Valley for its entitlement and
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VCs offer live feedback on audience members’ startup pitch decks
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VCs offer live feedback on audience members’ startup pitch decks

An articulate, alluring pitch presentation is a big part of successfully fundraising, and yet it’s relatively uncommon for founders to get candid feedback on how they communicated the problem, their solution, and their path to success.During the Pitch Deck Teardown, Index Ventures Partner Sofia Dolfe, Lux Capital General Partner Deena Shakir, and Greycroft Partner Marcie […]

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An articulate, alluring pitch presentation is a big part of successfully fundraising, and yet it’s relatively uncommon for founders to get candid feedback on how they communicated the problem, their solution, and their path to success.During the Pitch Deck Teardown, Index Ventures Partner Sofia Dolfe, Lux Capital General Partner Deena Shakir, and Greycroft Partner Marcie
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Haptic’s touch-based navigation helps blind and sighted alike get around without looking
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Haptic’s touch-based navigation helps blind and sighted alike get around without looking

Smartphones and navigation apps have become second nature these days. But for those with blindness and low vision, it’s not quite so convenient. Haptic has been building a non-visual, non-verbal way of telling people where to go, and they’ve decided it’s time to scale up and take it global. Haptic presented onstage today as part […]

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Smartphones and navigation apps have become second nature these days. But for those with blindness and low vision, it’s not quite so convenient. Haptic has been building a non-visual, non-verbal way of telling people where to go, and they’ve decided it’s time to scale up and take it global. Haptic presented onstage today as part
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Ashton Kutcher explains why he’s betting on AI, but not trying to pick a ‘winner’
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Ashton Kutcher explains why he’s betting on AI, but not trying to pick a ‘winner’

Ashton Kutcher, co-founder of Sound Ventures, believes that every company is going to become an AI company, but that there might not be a winner in the space. The actor and investor spoke at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 on Tuesday alongside Sound co-founder Guy Oseary and partner Effie Epstein to detail what the firm is looking […]

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Ashton Kutcher, co-founder of Sound Ventures, believes that every company is going to become an AI company, but that there might not be a winner in the space. The actor and investor spoke at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 on Tuesday alongside Sound co-founder Guy Oseary and partner Effie Epstein to detail what the firm is looking
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Gecko Materials wants to sell you the next Velcro
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Gecko Materials wants to sell you the next Velcro

It looks fake, or at least like a good illusion: There’s Gecko Materials founder Capella Kerst dangling a full wine bottle from her pinky finger, the only thing keeping it from smashing to pieces being the super-strong dry-adhesive her startup has brought to market. But it’s no trick. It’s the result of years of academic […]

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It looks fake, or at least like a good illusion: There’s Gecko Materials founder Capella Kerst dangling a full wine bottle from her pinky finger, the only thing keeping it from smashing to pieces being the super-strong dry-adhesive her startup has brought to market. But it’s no trick. It’s the result of years of academic
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ElevenLabs has hired the team behind Omnivore, a reader app
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ElevenLabs has hired the team behind Omnivore, a reader app

Generative AI company ElevenLabs has hired the team behind Omnivore, an open source read-it-later app. In a blog post, Omnivore co-founders Jackson Harper and Hongbu Wu said that joining ElevenLabs would give them “an even larger platform to create accessible and engaging experiences for serious readers.” “ElevenLabs is committed to the developer community and the […]

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Generative AI company ElevenLabs has hired the team behind Omnivore, an open source read-it-later app. In a blog post, Omnivore co-founders Jackson Harper and Hongbu Wu said that joining ElevenLabs would give them “an even larger platform to create accessible and engaging experiences for serious readers.” “ElevenLabs is committed to the developer community and the
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New algorithms increase the privacy of sensitive dataon October 29, 2024 at 2:29 pm
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When you visit a doctor, information such as medication prescriptions, X-rays, and genetic tests is recorded to assist the physician. In these cases, a technology called federated learning, or collaborative learning, is used to reduce the risk of exposing sensitive data. This technology allows multiple devices to work together without sharing actual data with each other.When you visit a doctor, information such as medication prescriptions, X-rays, and genetic tests is recorded to assist the physician. In these cases, a technology called federated learning, or collaborative learning, is used to reduce the risk of exposing sensitive data. This technology allows multiple devices to work together without sharing actual data with each other.[#item_full_content]

Salva Health wants to lower breast cancer mortality with its affordable screening device
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Salva Health wants to lower breast cancer mortality with its affordable screening device

Six years ago, while researching for a college entrepreneurship competition, Valentina Agudelo identified a troubling gap in breast cancer survival rates between Latin America and the developed world, with women in her native Colombia and the rest of the continent dying at higher rates due to late detection. She realized that breast cancer is highly […]

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Six years ago, while researching for a college entrepreneurship competition, Valentina Agudelo identified a troubling gap in breast cancer survival rates between Latin America and the developed world, with women in her native Colombia and the rest of the continent dying at higher rates due to late detection. She realized that breast cancer is highly
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Narada AI’s enterprise agent will use workplace tools for you
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Narada AI’s enterprise agent will use workplace tools for you

There’s no shortage of startups trying to create enterprise AI assistants. What’s less common is an AI assistant that can actually execute tasks across several of your work apps at once. That’s the promise of Narada AI, a startup building an AI assistant based on new research out of UC Berkeley. Narada has been operating […]

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There’s no shortage of startups trying to create enterprise AI assistants. What’s less common is an AI assistant that can actually execute tasks across several of your work apps at once. That’s the promise of Narada AI, a startup building an AI assistant based on new research out of UC Berkeley. Narada has been operating
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Luna wants to help young girls navigate their health and well-being  
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Luna wants to help young girls navigate their health and well-being  

Meet Luna, a health and well-being app for teen girls that is designed to help them navigate teenhood. The app lets teens ask questions about their health and wellness and get responses from experts. It also lets them track their periods, moods, and skin. The London-based startup presented today at on the Startup Battlefield stage […]

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Meet Luna, a health and well-being app for teen girls that is designed to help them navigate teenhood. The app lets teens ask questions about their health and wellness and get responses from experts. It also lets them track their periods, moods, and skin. The London-based startup presented today at on the Startup Battlefield stage
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