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“Is Meta the big wheel on financial markets?” Meta is a heavyweight in global stock markets and is always in the spotlight. Jacques-Aurélien Marcireau, CFA, co-Head of Equities, reviews Meta's business performance over the past 2 years. A fascinating analysis that opens up perspectives on the company's growth and governance. #BigData #AI #Metaverse https://lnkd.in/eH6CU5kD

This story of underdogs reaching for the stars is still in its early chapters (I hope we’ve passed introduction 😁). Looking back, what matters the most is the people. People build product. People build culture. And most importantly, the right group of people set standards that change the world. I started Twelve Labs with 4 of my co-founders, Aiden, Soyoung, Sung Jun (SJ), and Dave. We knew from the start that building Twelve Labs would take a miracle. And I don’t know why but we were never down but incredibly proud of our audacity to tackle maybe one of the most challenging problems in AI and win. No one knew we existed, but we were fighting, dreaming, convincing, and progressing everyday. Great people tend to gravitate towards others that are solving extremely hard problems. And these people lift each other up. I’m wired to go forward 99% of the time. But yesterday was that 1% where I looked around and saw amazing group of people next to me dreaming the same dream, making the impossible possible. Then I knew these are the people that I live and win for. Twelve Labs is a group of great people. I remember the first time meeting Rob Toews (Radical Ventures), John S. Kim (Sendbird), and Erin Price-Wright(Index Ventures) and their excitement for the incredibly difficult problem we are solving and the progress we had made. Great investors and mentors are the ones that can discern where fundamentals apply and don’t apply for your business. And they are masters of helping founders jam to an optimal rhythm and tempo at which you run your company. I am forever grateful. Fast forward to today, we introduce smart and kind big dogs to our story. Thank you for your support, NVentures(NVIDIA), Intel Capital, and Samsung Next(Samsung Electronics). We look forward to building the best video understanding infrastructure the world has ever seen with you. Lastly, our team had worked incredibly hard for Pegasus-1. Please check out the demo and the technical report that we put together down in the comment section. Cheers!

🎉 It’s martee ai’s first birthday today🎉 What a journey it’s been! Here’s a snapshot of the past year: 🚀 We’ve successfully launched Martee’s within Founders Factory and Nesta Mission Studio’s, working with some amazing people. 💡We created and scaled a dynamic source of proprietary data – our ‘living lab’ network of 10 unattended micro-stores, pulling in over £10k in cash monthly. 📈 Our AI forecasting product has proven its worth, slashing waste by a whopping 81% while driving top-line growth (making our living lab now operationally profitable). 🔬 We’ve validated the big problem we’re tackling, with support from over 70 food businesses. 🔧 We are currently heads down, building an MVP SaaS platform set to go live with eager customers soon. 💰 Finally, we are proud to announce that Haatch ventures is leading our Pre-Seed round, which is nearly wrapped up. 🌟 Excited for the next phase of Martee’s journey, where we’ll be building our dream tech team, taking our product to new heights, and launching with an exciting pipeline of customers 🚀🚀🚀

April is an inflexion point for founders; hope rises as the clocks bring forward the light. There are still three quarters to go before another year speeds by. “It’s going to be a big revenue quarter,” was said internally. Funding has warmed up this year on the frozen lake of last: Beyond the endless hype of AI, the market is once again looking at the personal, the distinctive and the creative. It’s time to take measured risks instead of hunkering down. Founders and investors can’t just stand on surfboards waiting for waves. Get out into the sea and make something happen. I recently heard some words whose origins are trippy. Ask me if you want to know more. “Everything you need to know is this: Whatever options are available to you at any given moment, choose the one that contains more excitement—even if it’s just a little bit more. Act on it to the best of your ability until you can take it no further. Do this with integrity. Never insist on the outcome, how it should look, or how you should get there. If you do three things — act on your highest excitement, to the best of your ability, with no insistence on the outcome — you’ll activate the toolkit of excitement and the driving engine that moves you through life.” I wish the founders and brand people lots of excitement in Q2.  Stay gold. 🙏

🚀 A Remarkable Opportunity Unfolds! As the #AISummit draws near, we're thrilled to unveil yet another dynamic panel that's set to captivate your curiosity. 🌟 📣 Join us for a thought-provoking discussion on "Building in AI and VC Outlook," where our panelists will delve deep into the intricate dance of innovation and investment in the AI realm. Our esteemed speakers include: 🔹 Heather Gorham, VC Investor at Flying Fish Partners 🔹 Kevin Leneway, Principal Software Engineer at Pioneer Square Labs (PSL) 🔹 Larry Colagiovanni, Partner at Madrona Venture Labs 🗓️ Date: Wednesday, August 16 🕐 Time: 4:15 PM - 4:45 PM 📍 Location: TF Labs | Niftmint | Web3 & NFT Commerce offices From ideation to execution, from early-stage development to venture capital support, this panel promises to provide unparalleled insights into the AI landscape's fascinating evolution. But here's the exciting part: If you missed out on securing tickets to this SOLD OUT event, fear not! You're invited to join us virtually by tuning in to the live stream. 📹 🔗 Keep an eye out for live stream details and ensure you don't miss out on the expert insights, actionable strategies, and visionary outlooks that are shaping the AI ecosystem. In the dynamic world of AI and venture capital, innovation is our currency, and knowledge is our compass. Let's embark on this journey together, forging connections and discoveries that will propel us forward. 🚀🔥 #AISummit #AIInnovation #VentureCapital #AIInvestment #LiveStream

In 2024, the venture capital industry is expected to experience several key trends. The funding landscape remains challenging, with down-rounds and recapitalizations continuing to be common. Many companies are sitting on a stockpile of cash and may choose to pivot their business plans. Artificial intelligence (AI) startups are experiencing significant growth, attracting substantial investments. Governance […] - https://lnkd.in/dfwa5Whu

I found this on #ReadON #REVOX @ReadOnMe3:["Intella X Strategic Investmentu200a — u200aCARV 🎮 We are thrilled to announce that Intella X has made a strategic investment into @carv_official's Verifier Nodes! 🤝CARV, backed by top-tier VCs and Web3 ecosystems such as Temasek’s Vertex Ventures, ConsenSys, Animoca Brands, Tribe Capital, HashKey Capital and OKX Ventures, is building the largest modular data layer for gaming, AI, and ∞, revolutionizing how data is used and shared! Through this investment, we expect to enrich the Web3 gaming landscape and provide a deeply immersive gaming experience while giving our users a true ownership of their personal data. 🕹️", "[3/4] Intella X & Onboarded titles to be integrated to CARV Infinite Play! 🪂Additionally Intella X and onboarded titles will soon be integrated into CARV’s Infinite Play feature, enabling users to earn CARV’s Staked token, which can later be converted to $CARV (Upcoming TGE) by completing various in-game missions."] https://lnkd.in/eFZMN8MP

I'm super excited to share that I joined Creator.bid as Head of Product in January 2024 to help build the Creator Economy 3.0! This new era is at the intersection of AI and web3, unlocking amazing opportunities for creators 🕵️♂️ After a few years in web3 and as a former creator myself, I was super excited to join Creator.Bid's mission - To shape the new Creator Economy, empowering creators to create, market and scale their content and brands via AI Agents. AI Creator Agents are software agents powered by artificial intelligence that can autonomously create, optimize, and distribute content on your behalf. They allow you to: 🔸 Efficiently manage niche growth and create personalized content across platforms. 🔸 Agentic AI workflows, leveraging multi-agent systems, optimize the scalability of generative AI models, enhancing their performance capabilities. 🔸 Access real-time verifiable data through API integration for trend-relevant content creation. 🔸 Utilize creator's knowledge base for brand-aligned and context-aware content generation. 🔸 Enable collective ownership of creator personas through membership. and much more! Thank you to all our VC, Fund and Angel partners who are helping us build the Creator Economy 3.0!

This next project - the one I've been teasing - is epic, ambitious, game changing and will open at 100mph! There's nothing like it. I've done it once already on a smaller scale. More boutique...this isn't that. This is the next level. The team assembled is next level. The location is next level. The science is next level. Everything about it is another league entirely. #dominate #nextlevel #longevity #thelongevityceo #youwillsee

𝐍𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐎𝐧𝐞-𝐙𝐞𝐫𝐨 Last week I had the pleasure of speaking at One-Zero’s Dublin event (there’s another in Indiana in August – so look out for that). The speaking panels were outstanding and provocative; here are nine things speakers shared that that struck me as especially interesting and which you too may enjoy. 1.      In 2023, more golf was played off the course than on it 2.     The number of athlete investors is growing fast and they get excited by sports tech 3.     ‘Older athletes tend to want equity over financial ‘skin in the game’ while those under 35 are inclined to see this as a flawed model.’ 4.     Conversely, companies which offer equity, not financial commitment, to athletes are now perceived to be unlikely to perform so well 5.     When looking at startups, diversity of the board is a major consideration – no one wants to see all coders, all sales people, all one gender etc 6.     Investors look for companies who have spotted ‘beachheads’ that could be growth platforms (‘...remember, Amazon started by selling books’) 7.     ‘Investors love founders who are ‘obsessed with problem solving’’ 8.     Thrive, a documentary about head trauma, is in production. Co-produced by 3-times SuperBowl winner, Lonie Paxton and featuring AFL star, Koby Stevens, surfer, Owen Wright and snowboarder, Kevin Pearce, it looks moving and inspiring 9.     Finally, for those of you so inclined, look out for the Enhanced Games. Yes, someone has decided it’s a good idea to let sportspeople have at it with the medicine cabinet then go out and perform ... or as they put it ‘when 44% of athletes already use performance enhancements, it is time to safely celebrate science.’ I think we might have found the subject of our next debate… It was great to catch up with friends and make some new connections. Good to see you Andrew Hippert Andrew Macaulay Christopher Carroll Dan Zelezinski Dana Dar Daniel W. David Lyons Fredrik Tuxen Jeffrey Hintz Jeron Peoples Jordan F. Kate Hamer Koen Bosma Lorin Hamlin Louis Saha Mark Epps Martin O'Reilly Michael Cole Pet Berisha Pete Townsend Rob Hartnett Stuart Ramsey Tony Ryan Traci DeForge Trev Keane https://one-zero.com/