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We believe that the next generation of transformative cloud companies will emerge even faster as a result of the new normal created by COVID-19. Continue reading Why we’re doubling down on cloud investments right now
The global trade crisis is a setback, but also an opportunity for logistics startups to show the value of digital platforms in an analog industry. Continue reading Startups are transforming global trade in the COVID-19 era
“I just think change unfairly favors the startup, the nimble small company,” says Roelof Botha. The Sequoia partner, whose portfolio includes Unity, 23andMe, Instagram, Instacart, Xoom and YouTube, says he’s hopeful about the opportunities this pandemic has created for companies across a variety of sectors, including healthcare, cloud computing, social and others. We spoke for […] Continue reading Sequoia’s Roelof Botha is more optimistic about startups today than he was a year ago
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
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
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
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
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
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
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?