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Want to keep track of the largest startup funding deals in 2024 with our curated list of $100 million-plus venture deals to U.S.-based companies? Check out The Crunchbase Megadeals Board. Although venture funding seems to be stagnating, more and more startups seem to be having an easier time securing really big funding rounds — that seemed to dry up last year — from investors. Rounds of $100 million or more — or megadeals — have exploded this year, as U.S.-based startups have collected 115 such rounds through mid-May, per The Crunchbase Megadeals Board. That is a 58% spike compared to…

My founder friends constantly think about growth. They think about how to measure their business growth and how to get to the next order of magnitude scale. If they’re making $1M ARR today, they think about how to get to $10M ARR. If they have 1,000 users today, they think about how to get to 10,000 users. This made me wonder if/how people are measuring personal growth. I don’t want to use metrics like net worth or the number of followers, because that’s not what I live for. After talking with a lot of friends, I found three interesting metrics:…

The transcript of How Do You Use ChatGPT? with Kevin Roose is below for paying subscribers. Subscribe now Timestamps Introduction: 00:01:11 The surprising allure of  relationships with AI personas: 00:03:47 The icks of AI dating and intimacy: 00:09:50 Risks of young people relying on AI for friendship: 00:14:05 Kevin screenshares a historical chat with an AI friend: 00:17:39 Why an AI persona makes for a better friend than ChatGPT: 00:21:46 Why Kevin thinks AI personas won’t substitute real friends just yet: 00:31:14 Kevin’s AI toolkit: 00:33:11  How Kevin thinks about using AI as part of his writing process: 00:41:15 Comparing…

The US and its allies are getting serious about a plan to finance Ukraine using interest earned on Russia's frozen assets. Under the idea, these profits would be bundled together into a sizable loan, a possible means of survival for Kyiv."Showing that we do have the means of translating earnings on the frozen assets into a stream of support for Ukraine, I think, is an important way to demonstrate that we're not about to fold," Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told The New York Times. "We're going to be able to help Ukraine."Though not the only option available, it's the most…

Software giant says new machines are faster than the the top-of-the-line MacBook Air M3.  Source link lol