Weekly Briefing

14
Jul

Joyce’s picks — readings in machine learning /AI

July 14, 2023 Nvidia deepens bets on AI in drug discovery with Recursion investment (Reuters) New York City’s AI
12
Jul

Bigger is not better in machine learning

I heard an interview today featuring the Chief Scientist of Mosaic ML. One of the things Jonathan Frankle said is
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09
Jul

Cheerleaders and Advocates

Some of the best emails and texts arrived in my inbox in the last few days were from friends and
1 min read
08
Jul

Capitalization Table (cap table) Basics

In my experience, I have found that even with founders and entrepreneurs have various levels of understanding of capital structure
1 min read
08
Jul

Security Robots

I recently learned that a Santa Fe high school is testing autonomous robots with multiple cameras to monitor the surrounding
1 min read
04
Jul

Machine Learning and Audio Data

I was excited to see WSJ featuring Shazam. The 6-minute video explains how Shazam works, albeit in a simple
1 min read
03
Jul

Making meaningful investments

As a technology investor, people ask me what I invest in. After talking about thematic focus areas, I point out
2 min read
03
Jul

CEO Self-Reflection

Originally posted on June 11, 2022 Self-reflection is an important skill. In startups, CEO self-reflection can be very
1 min read
03
Jul

How to build A+ team?

Originally posted on July 23, 2022 Recent article in WSJ about Tour de France provides a good reminder of how
4 min read
03
Jul

Approaches to Strategic Financial Planning for Startups

Originally posted on September 7, 2022 I want to turn to a different topic: approaches to strategic financial planning for
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