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Jorge Calderon
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Jorge Calderon is managing director at San Francisco–based Inicio Ventures, an initiative of Hispanics in Philanthropy.
Over the last 25 years, I’ve been...
This Week in AI: Do shoppers actually want Amazon’s GenAI?
Keeping up with an industry as fast-moving as AI is a tall order. So until an AI can do it for you, here’s a handy...
It’s time for VCs to break up with fast fashion
Fast fashion is an industry ensnared in labor issues and copyright problems, and it has an immense environmental impact due to its wastewater...
Mamoon Hamid and Ilya Fushman of Kleiner Perkins: “More than 80%” of pitches now...
Last week, at a StrictlyVC event in San Francisco, we sat down with Mamoon Hamid and Ilya Fushman, two longtime VCs whose paths...
The SEC wants $45 million from bankrupt Lordstown Motors
Bankrupt EV startup Lordstown Motors could be on the hook for $45 million for violating federal securities laws.
The Securities and Exchange Commission filed...
Meistrari didn’t see a good solution for prompt engineering, so it’s building one
Artificial intelligence continues to dominate the world of technology, and over in Brazil, the Meistrari team wants to help developers conquer it.
Meistrari offers...
Seedstars Africa Ventures gets $30M backing from EIB Global to invest in early-stage startups
Seedstars Africa Ventures has received a $30 million capital commitment from EIB Global, an arm of the European Investment Bank, which becomes the...
Quora raised $75M from a16z to grow Poe, its AI chat bot platform
Quora is back at it, raising funding for the first time in nearly seven years. The questions and answers website nabbed $75 million...
Alphabet quantum spin-out Sandbox AQ acquires Good Chemistry
Sandbox AQ, the AI and quantum firm spun out of Google parent company Alphabet in 2022, has acquired Good Chemistry, a Vancouver-based quantum...
Kodiak Robotics reveals its best shot at making self-driving trucks a business
Autonomous trucking startup Kodiak Robotics revealed Tuesday at CES 2024 a semi-truck that founder Don Burnette says is the linchpin in its plans...
