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Todays show:
Alex Wilhelm joins Jason to discuss news that a16z has built out a GPU cluster that it rents to its portfolio companies (4:22), Q2 venture trends (31:02), robotics startups (57:39), new TWIST500 companies (1:11:51), and more!
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Timestamps:
(0:00) Jason and Alex kick off the show
(4:22) Venture capital firms building AI GPU clusters and a16z's “oxygen”
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(11:13) Where this leads the industry
(20:21) Michael Ovitz's influence and venture capitalists' work ethic
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(31:02) Q2 venture capital funding trends and strategies for struggling companies
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(38:23) Global AI funding trends and current state of venture capital
(57:39) Teleoperation robots, remote work arbitrage, and ethical considerations
(1:11:51) Robotics companies' funding, the future of AI and robotics, and the TWIST500
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Mentioned on the show:
https://infogram.com/global-quarterly-ai-funding-through-q2-2024-1h0n25okznz5l4p
https://infogram.com/global-venture-dollar-volume-q2-2024-1hnp27eewj9on4g
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/14/business/robots-japan-supermarkets-spc-intl/index.html
https://www.reddit.com/r/overemployed
https://www.athena.com/#Elite-Assistants
https://nypost.com/2024/04/09/us-news/nyc-restaurants-use-zoom-cashiers-from-philippines
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