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Pano has a burning desire to apply AI smarts to wildfire detection

September 19, 2022 Haje Jan Kamps 194 Viewsinitialized capital, Pano, Pano AI, Startups, wildfires 3 min read

As the weather gets hot and dry, things get a little bit tense these days. While it’s been possible for humans to be on the lookout for fires (there are even organizations that make it easy to volunteer to do so), one of the big challenge is that technology often comes up short; by the […]

Investment clubs are cool again, and maybe community is, too

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Investment clubs are cool again, and maybe community is, too

August 27, 2022 Anita Ramaswamy 213 Viewsben-huh, Columbus, community, EC Blockchain, Entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, etoro, fenwick & west, finance, Fintech, fintech startup, gatsby, group investing, initialized capital, investing, investment, meme stocks, Ohio, OrangeDAO, Private Equity, r/wallstreetbets, Reddit, retail investors, social media, social media platforms, stanford, Startups, steph mui, TikTok, Tribevest, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, venture capital, VSC Ventures, WallStreetBets, Y Combinator 0 min read

The rise of group investing is just as much about culture as it is about cash.

Why Twitter anons are sending crypto to celebrities

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Why Twitter anons are sending crypto to celebrities

August 14, 2022 Anita Ramaswamy 239 ViewsAlchemy, alex wilhelm, api, Apple, Bain Capital, Chain Reaction, Chain Reaction newsletter, Circle, Co-founder, coinbase, Coinbase Ventures, crypto, cryptocurrencies, cryptography, digital currencies, ethereum, finance, financial technology, india, Infura, initialized capital, Jimmy Fallon, Li Jin, newsletter, non-fungible token, OpenSea, Raj Gokal, shaq, Solana, Spotify, ukraine, United States, vitalik buterin 7 min read

Welcome back to Chain Reaction. Last week, we talked about a hack that gave new, ironic meaning to the word “trustless.” This week, we’ll get into one of the most polarizing aspects of crypto — privacy. If someone forwarded you this message, you can subscribe on TechCrunch’s newsletter page. all mixed up A weekly window […]

Arena raises money from Peter Thiel and David Petraeus for its decision-making AI

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Arena raises money from Peter Thiel and David Petraeus for its decision-making AI

August 2, 2022August 10, 2022 Kyle Wiggers 228 ViewsAI, analytics, Arena, artificial intelligence, autonomous, big data, big data analytics, data analytics, decision making, Enterprise, Flexport, Founders Fund, funding, Goldcrest Capital, initialized capital, machine learning, michael siebel, Peter Theil, startup 5 min read

Can AI automate enterprise decision-making? It’s an exceptionally broad and challenging task — assuming it’s within the realm of possibility. But that’s what startup Arena claims to do, fueled by a round of funding ($32 million) led by Initialized Capital and Goldcrest Capital along with Founders Fund, Flexport and a colorful cast of characters, including […]

Eclipse Foods isn’t out to substitute dairy — it’s on a mission to replace it

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Eclipse Foods isn’t out to substitute dairy — it’s on a mission to replace it

June 28, 2022August 10, 2022 Christine Hall 262 Viewsalbertsons, Aylon Steinhart, Beyond Meat, dairy, Eclipse Foods, food and drink, food service, forerunner ventures, Gaingels, hampton creek, ice cream, initialized capital, oakland, sozo ventures, Thomas Bowman, Urgent Company, Whole Foods Market, Yogurt 5 min read

The company’s ice cream mix is the base for Smashburger’s new non-dairy milkshakes, representing “the first nationally available non-dairy milkshakes at a fast-casual restaurant chain.”

Astroforge raises $13M seed round for asteroid mining ambitions

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Astroforge raises $13M seed round for asteroid mining ambitions

May 26, 2022August 10, 2022 Aria Alamalhodaei 224 Viewsasteroid mining, astroforge, initialized capital, OrbAstro, SpaceX, Startups, Y Combinator 3 min read

Although we’ve long understood that asteroids are not simply the rubble of the universe, but potentially profitable stores of precious minerals, humanity has never been able to unlock this value. Y Combinator startup Astroforge wants to succeed where other companies have failed, by becoming the first to mine an asteroid and bring the material back […]