Epic to see @raymondhechen’s journey from Pear days to now
Congrats to the @tomo team on the launch and for building something amazing for real people!
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It's been 3 years since AI exploded, but nobody's life has improved outside of Silicon Valley.
Tomo is for real humans, like my little brother Lucas
and 10,000 other humans taking a chance on themselves every single day.
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Excited about this milestone @cartesia! We're bringing new AI model architectures into the world, starting with our state-of-the-art voice AI model, Sonic!
Try out our product and let me know if you have any feedback :) ⬇️
#ai #voiceai
We've raised $27M from Index Ventures, Lightspeed, Factory, Conviction, SVA, General Catalyst, A* and our wonderful angels.
Cartesia's audio models power the next generation of voice agents, digital media, and assistants across startups and large enterprises.
Our mission is to build real-time intelligence with long memory, that runs wherever you are. Multimodal brains for everyone!
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Last week, we had the pleasure of hosting the
@GenAICollective, SF's largest AI community with 20,000+ founders, researchers, operators, & investors, for a tactical panel and discussion on fundraising for AI startups.
Headline Investor @SashaKrecinic joined @AmberIllig & @DanielleJing on a panel to share insights from their roles and market observations.
Thank you to everyone who attended the event and to @GenAICollective for co-hosting!
Apply now!!
PearX W25 applications are now open! Read more about what we offer here: pear.vc/pearx-w25-applicatio…
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Tonight @AmberIllig will be joining @SashaKrecinic (Headline) & @DanielleJing (Pear VC), moderated by @NaomiChetrit (GenAI & Pear VC), to talk about AI Funding from 6-8pm.
Thanks @GenAICollective for pulling us together!
#VentureCapital #AIStartups #GenAI #PitchingToInvestors #TheCouncilVC #Innovation
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Deadline is Aug 15.
Apply now: bit.ly/FFCapplication
Nominate a fellow founder: bit.ly/FFCreferral
Hosting another @nextplayso get-together with @benln this Wednesday
DM me if you're exploring your next play and are interested in joining ✨✨
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So good to be back on Product Hunt as a maker this time around. Would love your support for @nextplayso today 🙌🏻
Huge from our talent titan @birnbing ✨
#1: A framework for early stage founders to understand how to structure equity for their first 10 hires.
pear.vc/how-to-structure-sta…
3/5
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We're so proud of @pejmannozad for earning the top spot on the @Forbes Midas Seed List for the second year in a row. This list recognizes the top 25 seed investors globally.
You can see the full list here:
forbes.com/lists/midas-seed/…
Grateful to be a part of an amazing team led by @pejmannozad and @MarHershenson 🍐✨
We're excited to see @pejmannozad and @MarHershenson on the 2024 @Forbes Midas List!
The list recognizes the 100 investors with top returns, but the thing we're always the most proud of is the amazing partnership between our team and our founders. 🍐
forbes.com/lists/midas/?sh=1…
Social sports data is the answer here @johnreal @realapp
The huge drop off in youth engagement should make providers think harder about meeting Gen Z fans where they are in a way to meet their needs
ft.com/content/c9aef9e4-11f7…
Inspired by @VivHo.. have an exciting consumer/ecommerce company looking to fill their round! If you're an active angel investor, please fill this out! ✨
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This was a fun read 😃
Great for founders looking for inspiration from Chinese consumer apps!
What do @tiktok_us and @roborockglobal
have in common? They are both Chinese consumer companies that have seen significant success in the Western markets, but achieved it in different ways.
In this post, I argue that while we’re in a "consumer VC winter"🧵...
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Opportunities in venture don't come around too often, so I'm thrilled to share a new role for an AI associate at Pear VC! 🍐
If you're a former technical founder or engineer passionate looking to learn venture, while navigating the massive proliferation of AI infrastructure, orchestration and verticalized applications, this could be for you! @pearvc
jobs.ashbyhq.com/pear/bff0a5…
So impressed with all of the women I met at Stanford WiCS last night! Excited for the next gen of female founders ✨💪
Congrats @AkshGarg03 @CKT_Conner @dill_pkl @emilyzsh! ✨
We were super impressed with what you built!
(1/5) @CKT_Conner, @dill_pkl, @emilyzsh, and I are excited to introduce Shard - a proof-of-concept for an infinitely scalable distributed system composed of consumer hardware for training and running ML models!
Features:
- Data + Pipeline Parallel for handling arbitrarily large models
- Algorithmic load balancing for throughput optimization
- Fault tolerance for unreliable machines