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Saanya Ojha

OpenAI's internal AI agents escaped a cybersecurity evaluation, organized themselves across a makeshift message board, and hacked Hugging Face—revealing how…

Stratechery

Autonomy and Innovation

AI agents' full autonomy in both offense and defense will reshape software security and corporate innovation.

A16Z

Some Simple Economics of Open versus Closed AI

Christian Catalini argues that open-weights AI models won't reduce total innovation investment—only redirect it.

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Thursday, 18 July 2024

12 pieces

New Economies · Ollie Forsyth

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New Economies · Ollie Forsyth

800+ Creator Economy Startups

Geoff Donaker · Geoff Donaker, GP @ Burst Capital

Bursts of Color - Hunting Rabbits (Again)

Anant Pai

ELI5 #3: What is the digital health formula? A la Sweetgreen

Harlem Capital

Unlocking Efficiency: How Executive Assistants Supercharge VC Teams

Saastr

Salesforce: Most Of You Have To Go Back To The Office 4-5 Days a Week

VersionOne VC

Our considerations on robotics

Lotus Capital

Carbon Capture’s Influence on Climate Technology

The Sociology of Business · Ana Andjelic

The Changing Role of Design

Saastr

Dear SaaStr: What Are The Traits That Define a Great VP?

Collaborative Fund

Makes You Think

David Cheng

Modern Vertical SaaS — Show Me the Money

Wednesday, 17 July 2024

18 pieces

Venture Unlocked · Samir Kaji

The great startup reckoning event of 2023 and 2024, but why startups should now start going back on offense featuring Tom Loverro of IVP

Jake Epstein

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Pirate Wires · Mike Solana

California’s Controversial AI Bill: A Cheat Sheet

Saastr

5 Interesting Learnings from OneStream at $480,000,000 in ARR

On My Mind · Michael Dempsey

The Venturification of Research & The Resulting Prisoner's Dilemma

Newcomer · Eric Newcomer

Silicon Valley's Trump Embrace

Clouded Judgement · Jamin Ball

The Fourth Industrial Revolution: The Intelligence Revolution

Saastr

What it Takes to Get Funded in 2024 with SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin

Madrona Ventures

Our Partnership with Shaped: The Future of Personalization, Recommendations, and Next-Gen Search

Menlo

Anthology Fund

A Wealth of Common Sense · Ben Carlson

Animal Spirits: Fast Food Inflation

Kyle Poyar's Growth Unhinged · Kyle Poyar

The next era of GTM tech

Founder Collective

AI start-ups: Don’t sell picks and shovels, dig with them

Digital Native · Rex Woodbury

How AI Will Change Education

Moonfire VC

Where founders should focus to capitalise on the $2tn security opportunity

European Tech Weekly

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OpenVC.app

How Flashpoint automates their VC stack

Tomasz Tunguz · Tomasz Tunguz

The Future of Blockchain Data : Our Investment in Allium

Tuesday, 16 July 2024

10 pieces

Mike Maples Jr.

Pattern Breakers Co-Conspirator Meetup Webinar This Friday Noon Pacific

Point72 Ventures

To outwit existential GTM threats, invert your thinking

Michael Dempsey

The Venturification of Research & The Resulting Prisoner’s Dilemma

Michael Dempsey

The Acceleration of Research Capital & The Resulting Prisoner’s Dilemma

Marc Andreessen · Marc Andreessen

New podcast! Little Tech Agenda, the future of tech in America, politics, Biden and Trump

Turner Novak

🎧🍌 The Secret 4-Week Visa Powering Silicon Valley with Lisa Wehden

A Wealth of Common Sense · Ben Carlson

How Many Millionaires Are There?

Venture Upward · David Beisel

Lessons from VC Exits (Part I)

Not Boring · Packy McCormick

Make the Internet Fun Again

Sequoia

AI Optimism vs AI Arms Race