10 amazing examples of how Deep Learning and AI are used in practice
AI and Deep Learning are the buzzwords of the moment, but few understand how these technologies manifest themselves in everyday life (beyond Amazon’s Alexa, of course). This piece outlines how AI is transforming the way many technologies work today.
These are the key lessons Vox learned from growing their newsletter
Vox’s head of newsletters is a master of scaling newsletters – she’s in charge of managing and growing 400+ newsletters across Vox’s media portfolio, and in this piece, she shares her secrets to building an audience quickly.
Islands is the latest startup trying to build the new Facebook
Islands started out life as a chat app for college students, but it’s quickly morphed into a service that’s reminiscent of Facebook’s early days. The startup recently introduced student directories, and has plans for more features in the pipeline.
Monzo’s CEO gives his 7 steps for rapidly scaling any startup
The fintech startup recently landed $150M in fresh funding, and recently its CEO sat down with Forbes to discuss how his team has scaled the company so quickly and landed millions of users in just a few years.
Y Combinator accidentally accepted every company to Startup School – now they’re doing it for real
When Y Combinator accidentally sent out acceptance emails to 15,000 applicants to its Startup School, it had a massive PR nightmare on its hands – until it decided to own the mistake and accept all applicants anyways.
Check out Ramen Ventures’ incredibly actionable operating manual
Published on GitHub by boutique VC firm Ramen Ventures, this operating manual for investment funds is a fascinating look into what operating principles make a VC fund successful, ranging from identifying investment candidates to hiring.
Why is Europe struggling to produce new tech giants?
While other regions like North America and Asia seem to be minting unicorns at a record pace, Europe has struggled to do so. Most European startups are on the edge of irrelevance, and finding it difficult to compete in an increasingly globalized world – here’s why.
Great insight on microservices from a startup perspective
While many startups take a “monolithic” approach to product development, it’s sometimes more efficient to shift to a microservices model, which makes it easier to be more agile and release new features at lightning speed.
This site busts all GDPR myths for marketers and developers
Even though GDPR has been legally binding for months, there’s still a lot of misinformation online about the new regulations. This site does a great job of tearing down common myths, and outlining what real compliance actually looks like for startups.
At Silicon Valley’s debutante ball for startups, there’s more biology than ever
This year’s YC Demo Day saw an unprecedented number of biotech startups exhibiting their products, ranging from life sciences startup Data Driven Bioscience to molecular biotech startup Demonpore. |
