Category Archives: Extra Crunch

Health APIs usher in the patient revolution we have been waiting for

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Rish Joshi Contributor Rish is an entrepreneur and investor. Previously, he was a VC at Gradient Ventures (Google’s AI fund), co-founded a fintech startup building an analytics platform for SEC filings and worked on deep-learning research as a graduate student in computer science at MIT. More posts by this contributor The future of deep-reinforcement learning, […] Continue reading Health APIs usher in the patient revolution we have been waiting for→

VC’s largest funds make big bets on vertical B2B marketplaces

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During the waning days of the first dot-com boom, some of the biggest names in venture capital invested in marketplaces and directories whose sole function was to consolidate information and foster transparency in industries that had remained opaque for decades. The thesis was that thousands of small businesses were making specialized products consumed by larger […] Continue reading VC’s largest funds make big bets on vertical B2B marketplaces→

As private investment cools, enterprise startups may try tapping corporate dollars

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Founders hunting down capital in the middle of this pandemic may feel like they’re on a fool’s errand, but some investors are still offering financing, even if the terms might not be as good as they once were. One avenue that appears to remain open: corporate venture capital. The corporate route offers its own set […] Continue reading As private investment cools, enterprise startups may try tapping corporate dollars→

Enterprise companies find MLOps critical for reliability and performance

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Machine learning ops focuses on the ML model and datasets, as opposed to code. Data engineers run MLOps, but it’s likely that the specialized role of MLOps engineer will come about soon. Continue reading Enterprise companies find MLOps critical for reliability and performance→

All product creators can learn something from Jackbox Games’ user experiences

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While Jackbox clearly owes a great deal of its current popularity to the shelter-in-place policies, they/ve also been honing their craft for years. It’s worth looking at what makes them work. Continue reading All product creators can learn something from Jackbox Games’ user experiences→

Decrypted: Chegg’s third time unlucky, Okta’s new CSO Rapid7 beefs up cloud security

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Ransomware is getting sneakier and smarter. The latest example comes from ExecuPharm, a little-known but major outsourced pharmaceutical company that confirmed it was hit by a new type of ransomware last month. The incursion not only encrypted the company’s network and files, hackers also exfiltrated vast amounts of data from the network. The company was […] Continue reading Decrypted: Chegg’s third time unlucky, Okta’s new CSO Rapid7 beefs up cloud security→

Seed investors take long view on promising enterprise startups

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If a seed-stage investor believes in the founders and their vision, and the company can ride out today’s economic upset, there’s still money in the till — at least for now. Continue reading Seed investors take long view on promising enterprise startups→

Seed investors take long view on promising enterprise startups

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If a seed-stage investor believes in the founders and their vision, and the company can ride out today’s economic upset, there’s still money in the till — at least for now. Continue reading Seed investors take long view on promising enterprise startups→

Will China’s coronavirus-related trends shape the future for American VCs?

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There may be dark horses waiting to break out when this pandemic is over. Paraphrasing “A Tale of Two Cities,” this is the worst time, but also maybe the best time. Continue reading Will China’s coronavirus-related trends shape the future for American VCs?→

Verizon’s BlueJeans acquisition is about more than the work-from-home trend

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It would be easy to assume that Verizon’s purchase last week of video-conferencing tool BlueJeans was an opportunistic move to capitalize on the sudden shift to remote work, but the ball began rolling last June and has implications far beyond current work-from-home requirements. The video-chat darling of the moment is Zoom, but BlueJeans is considered […] Continue reading Verizon’s BlueJeans acquisition is about more than the work-from-home trend→