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I had the privilege to sit down with William Carbone, who you may already know from his work as CEO and co-founder of Evalify (under Nobody Studios), as well as his role at The Adjacent Possible. For the last 14+ years, William has been a significant innovator in the technology and entrepreneurship space. He has also been a substantial contributor to AI, Aerospace, and Quantum Computing back at IBM. William has been honored with two Stevie Awards for his contributions to business technology and sales/customer service, and recognized in competitions like ESA Nordic Launch 2022, Kiuas Accelerator 2021, and Peter Drucker Forum Challenge finalist. He holds a leadership role at the Rome Business School as a Program Director for the Master in AI, and currently lives a globetrotting lifestyle, shaping innovation ecosystems worldwide. In his downtime he plays piano (he's a self-taught concert pianist), music fuels his creativity and complements his professional endeavours. Evalify is an AI-driven platform designed to assist startups, investors, and legal professionals in assessing intellectual property (IP) risks. The platform analyzes nearly 200 million global patent documents across over 170 jurisdictions to provide a "Freedom-to-Operate" (FTO) score. This score helps users identify potential patent infringements and other IP-related risks quickly, often within minutes, by simply uploading a pitch deck or a product brief. The platform is particularly valuable for early-stage startups, venture capitalists, and legal departments, as it allows them to evaluate the originality of a startup idea, assess competitors, and identify potential legal challenges without the need for traditional, time-consuming, and costly IP analysis. Evalify's AI-powered analysis is designed to be fast, scalable, and cost-effective, making it accessible even for startups that may not have large budgets for extensive legal services​ at their early stage. In a recent collab, Evalify shared their comprehensive reports with some of the members of PTH Venture Studio, and it was highly appreciated by the founders! Mushtaq Ansari Jeremy Barr Maria Pienaar Zeeshan Shahid Zeeshan Shamsi Tahir Ahmed Joshua T. Russell Taylor Khalid Boulhala Ahsan Tariq A.R. Nasir Qureshi Yawar Abbas Charletta Jean-Louis #Evalify #startups #startsuccess #IP #IntellectualProperty #intellectualpropertyrights #DDOA

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🚀 Unlocking Startup Studio Secrets! 🔍 Here’s a sneak peek into what sets successful startup studios apart: Team Matters 👥: Entrepreneurial experience is crucial. No experience? Big red flag! 🚩 Interest Alignment 📈: Misaligned interests with investors can derail fundraising. Check for positive EBITDA or exit investments before startups. 🚩 Focused Approach 🎯: Avoid spreading resources too thin. Specialization is key to success. 🏆 Financial Health 💸: Ensure the studio is well-capitalized with a strong investor network. 🔑 Want to dive deeper into these insights? Read our full article to learn more about creating a thriving startup studio! 📖✨

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Space tech-focused investment firm Seraphim Space Space launched its second VC fund, SSV II, to back early-stage startups in the global space tech market. The fund aims to build a portfolio of 30 startups, investing in seed and Series A stages. The latest fund's target size is larger than its predecessor's, which closed at £70M ($90M) in 2017. The fund's investment themes include AI applications for space data, in-orbit computing, space-enabled communications, and microgravity for science. Eutelsat is one of the limited partners that contributed to the latest fund. Seraphim Space aims to stand out with its track record, having returned three times the original investment from its first fund. The first fund's returns were driven by five exits, including Siemens' acquisition of UltraSOC and four IPOs of Arqit, AST SpaceMobile, Nightingale, and Spire Global. The British firm listed its growth fund Seraphim Space Investment Trust (SSIT) on the London Stock Exchange in July 2021, getting about £250M (~$300M) in gross proceeds. The fund's market cap touched an all-time low of £130M ($162M) in July 2023. The market for space tech is expected to grow significantly, with the World Economic Forum and McKinsey estimating it could be worth $1.8R by 2035.

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Special Futurists #TechWeek Power Walk for AI, Web 3, and Space Tech founders, investors, and developers. 🚀 🍦 ​What We Will Do ​Join us for the very first Futurists walk in NYC, an easy-going and excellent icebreaker opportunity during the heart of tech week. We'll spend an hour strolling along the beautiful Highline on the west side, chatting about our AI, Blockchain, and Space Tech projects, exchanging ideas, and hearing about new business ventures, emerging trends and future scenarios. It's a relaxed affair with no stiff or formal meetings. Feel free to join us for conversation, to listen, or simply to enjoy a walk on the Highline and indulge in some ice cream afterward. ​Bonus Exclusive for those who've joined our power walks, we invite you to join our Futurists WhatsApp group and visit our virtual spaceship! Connect with like-minded individuals who share the experience and have something in common. ​*After Walk Due to high interest in our walk, we're heading to a special ice cream event after the walk where you can mingle and socialize. Note: the ice cream location will be revealed only to walk participants. If you can't make it, feel free to send someone in your place! ​Is This for Me? This event is perfect for you if you actively involved in A.I., Web 3 and/or Space tech: ​An investor ​A creator ​An influencer ​A founder ​Running a startup ​Raising money ​Looking for a co-founder ​Interested in sharing ideas ​Seeking brainstorming opportunities ​Networking ​Looking for new or first customers/users ​Pitching your business ​Seeking a chance to clear your head ​Aiming to get in 2,000 steps ​ Also, check out our virtual events on our space ship These events are filling up quickly, and early bird specials are available. Additionally, individuals with 10,000 or more followers or subscribers on social media (business or private) can get free tickets (limited spaces available  https://lnkd.in/emwmKeMY ) ​Follow us on X https://lnkd.in/eAwMiqfa ​Linkedin: https://lnkd.in/euaJebRW ​ Sponsored by Future Center Ventures (www.futurecenter.ventures) ​This event is a part of #TechWeek Andreessen Horowitz - a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem look forward to seeing you tomorrow. 🚀 🍦 https://lu.ma/0e623t5f

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The Magnificent 7 "invest nearly $400 billion annually into frontier tech (comparable to the GDP of Norway), of which $20–30 billion is in VC rounds (comparable to UK’s total VC investment)." 🤠💰 Good stuff here from Dealroom.co on the tech giants. Their market caps are big, and there's a good chance they'll all just keep getting bigger. That greatly impacts R&D, CVC, M&A, HR, etc. in deeptech globally. https://lnkd.in/ehExX8sa #vc #venturecapital #tech #technology #innovation #deeptech #ai #artificialintelligence #nvidia #facebook #apple #microsoft #tesla #amazon #google #startups #entrepreneurs #entrepreneurship #money #business

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🎉 Congratulations the Team! 🎉 Our product, YouKnowMeBest Social, has been recognized in a cutting-edge study from TU Vienna on Social-Aware Fashion Recommendation Systems (SAFRS) lead by Julia Neidhardt’s team, Head of the CD Lab for Recommender Systems. This research highlights the power of #usercentric and #socialaware recommendations, and I couldn’t be prouder of our team for leading the way in innovation. 💪 Here’s to more groundbreaking achievements ahead! 🚀 YouKnowMeBest. Real-life shopping experience online!  youknowme.best #ecommerce #onlineshopping #aiforgood #digitalhumanism #recommendersystems #innovation #digitaltransformation #InnovaticGroup #YouKnowMeBest #SocialShopping #chatgpt #gpt4

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📢 Opportunity alert for #mobility startups & scale-ups 💡  Porsche Digital is organizing a Luxury x Wellbeing Startup Challenge. What is Porsche looking for? Porsche Digital explores cutting-edge luxury wellbeing experiences within and around the vehicle. Looking for startups innovating in the following fields:✅ Applications enhancing driver experiences, infotainment, route planning, community building etc.✅ Enabling technologies including AI, AR, MR, and multi-sensory orchestration solutions✅ Wellness and health devices✅ Novel materials📅 Submission Deadline: September 20th, 2024 🔗 Apply now: full details & link in first comment #mobility #startupchallenge #ventureclienting  

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Why do so many first-time founders build B2C products, while second-time founders often pivot to B2B? Jacques Marco [founder of Axis] calls the 'consumer bias'. B2C feels accessible when you’re starting out. You’re solving a problem you’ve lived yourself, and the path to market seems straightforward: Build something great, get users, and scale. It’s intuitive, exciting, and often how many founders get their first taste of entrepreneurship. But experience changes perspective. Second-time founders have felt the burn of consumer acquisition costs, retention battles, and the unpredictable behavior of markets. They’ve seen how B2B—though slower to get off the ground—offers more predictable revenue, longer-term contracts, and a deeper, more structured relationship with customers. It’s not that one is better than the other—it’s that every journey reshapes how you approach the next. Curious—if you’re a founder, how has your perspective shifted over time? Did you start in B2C or B2B, and would you do it differently the second time around?

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Just finished reading "The Next Giant Leap" by Space Capital - a pioneering VC investing in the emerging Space Economy. The report speaks to how SpaceX’s Starship is more than just the most powerful rocket ever built—it is poised to reshape the global space economy in profound ways. With its immense payload capacity, reusable design, and lower cost per launch, Starship will unlock entirely new industries and transform existing business models. But how should industries and businesses evolve to align with this paradigm shift? 📈 Rethinking Business Strategies & Supply Chains - For businesses, Starship represents an era of mass-production over precision engineering. This means moving away from the focus on mass efficiency toward cost-effective, redundant, and scalable production. - In terms of supply chains, this opens opportunities for new players in manufacturing, materials, and space components. The demand for off-the-shelf parts and non-aerospace suppliers will rise dramatically. 💡 New Use Cases & Opportunities   The opportunities Starship unlocks go beyond launching satellites. - In-space manufacturing of high-value products like pharmaceuticals and advanced materials that cannot be created on Earth. - Mega-constellations of satellites for global broadband, expanding on what Starlink has already begun. - In-orbit assembly and servicing, allowing for larger space structures like telescopes or even habitats to be built in orbit, radically reducing costs. - Lunar infrastructure and resource extraction will become more viable, paving the way for sustainable human presence on the Moon and, eventually, Mars. 📊 What Should Businesses Do Now?   1. Embrace Redundancy & Scale – Instead of focusing on one-off, high-cost solutions, businesses should embrace redundancy and mass production.    2. Simplify Design – With Starship’s payload capacity, there is less pressure to optimize for mass efficiency. Simplified, scalable designs will allow for faster production and iteration cycles, akin to how SpaceX rapidly tests and evolves Starship itself. 3. Develop Strategic Partnerships – Collaborating with forward-thinking space startups, suppliers, and even non-aerospace sectors will be essential to capitalize on the opportunities Starship provides. 🌌 A New Era of Innovation   Starship will democratize access to space, lowering the barriers for businesses to create and scale. The next decade will witness breakthroughs in scientific exploration, energy production, and in-space transportation that we can only begin to imagine today. #SpaceEconomy #Starship #Innovation #SupplyChain #Manufacturing #SpaceTech #Entrepreneurship #FutureOfSpace https://lnkd.in/gNdbwXdq

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A top FIVE trend in #startup ecosystems right now

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Had a great discussion with Nathan Lands and Matt Wolfe on The Next Wave about where we are today with autonomous agents, and more :) https://lnkd.in/eijGB_P6 Episode 7: Why and how, Yohei Nakajim built a baby AGI. Matt Wolfe (https://x.com/mreflow) and Nathan Lands (https://x.com/NathanLands) sit down with Yohei Nakajima (https://lnkd.in/en_mQf9D), a venture capitalist and serial AI tool builder. In this episode, Yohei dives deep into the transformative potential of AI in automating tedious tasks, revolutionizing venture capital, and redefining job markets. He shares insights on the practical applications of AI for small and medium businesses, discusses the branding of "web three," and explores the development and impact of autonomous agents like his Baby Agi project. Whether you're interested in tech innovation, business adaptability, or AI ethics, this conversation covers it all. — Show Notes: (00:00) VC turned coder using AI for prototyping. (03:38) Community support led to modding and improvements to Baby AGI. (08:16) Learning curve in using autonomous agents. (11:31) AI agents offer guided next step suggestions. (15:04) Developers emphasize handcrafted agents over autonomous agents. (17:10) Balancing niche and broad market expectations in tech. (20:12) Massive models trained on millions of people. (22:52) Childhood fascination leads to pondering internet immortality. (27:24) Venture capital, AI, SaaS, future-proofing investment criteria. (30:03) Interest in lowering company startup costs and VC innovation. (33:34) Try using free version of chats first.

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Are you ready to navigate the tech revolution with curiosity? 🤔 Join is on our podcast, "Curiosophy," where we explore the rapid technological changes we're experiencing and how being curious can help us adapt and thrive. From AI to virtual reality, we'll dive into the latest innovations, discuss their potential impacts, and share stories from the people shaping our technological future. Listen and learn as we unlock the secrets of the digital revolution, one curiosity at a time! 💻📚🤓 Tune in to "Curiosophy" now. Link in bio.

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Welcoming Sorbet to the Antler Portfolio! 🚀🚀🚀 Sorbet is revolutionizing the freelance ecosystem by integrating workflow solutions with its Web3-enabled payment platform, enabling seamless cross-border collaboration. 🌶 Why does this matter? 85% of freelancers are not using marketplace platforms to land gigs (high platform fees, low visibility, and lack of viable works) and 74% are claiming not to be paid on time. 🌟 What does Sorbet provide? - Instant Global Payments upon milestone completion. - 0% Freelancer Fee. - Secured Transactions, milestone-based escrow smart contracts on the NEAR Blockchain. 👨‍💼 Who are the founders? - Rami Djebari: Blockchain and arts enthusiast with experience at Deloitte's OMNIA AI. - Maher Ayari: Specialist in VC-backed startups, fintech operations, and data consultancy. Antler is proud to support Sorbet located in The Garage | الكــراج in Riyadh 🇸🇦. #Antler #CreatorEconomy #Blockchain #USDC #NEAR #Payments #Creatives #VC #Startup #Freelancing

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Impressive!!! Thanks for this great report, Gianmaria Sbetta! 🏆🏆🏆 Google should make it more public - in the past, it was under scrutiny for raising salary, rent, and real estate prices in #zurich, but this shows clear and significant contribution to the #startup scene, culture of #innovation and #economy. Roi Y. Tavor Christine Antlanger-Winter BTW, at ellipsis we ♥️♥️LOVE♥️♥️ working with #xoogler founders - from Zurich and elsewhere, and we help them with their first steps as entrepreneurs.

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🤔 From “AI Tools” to “Guided AI Agents'? To my opinion, this is an amazing insightful article for founders (and investors) in the space of the future of work. 👀 ✍🏽 ⤵️ All credits top Gigi Levy-Weiss (NFX) for this very in depth article, especially the part on "Why Guided AI Agents Will Turbocharge the SMB". #founders  #investors #changethewaywework  #thefutureofworkisnow #firstdegree https://lnkd.in/eBmHAaA7

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Our mission is clear: to make top-tier services affordable and accessible to the mid-market. Freelancers were often the only viable option in the past, while consultancies came with high costs and other downsides. Our experience shows that a small integrated team of senior operators delivers the best results. A rapidly growing number of repeat customers agrees. Reach out to learn how we can help you accelerate growth affordably yet through a best-in-class delivery model. #operatingpartner #commercialexcellence #privateequity #freelancer #managementconsultant Mitul Ruparelia Pedro Correia Krishna Chaitanya Simon Blackburn

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 Elon Musk's AI startup, xAI, is looking to raise $6 billion in #funding, supported by prominent venture capital firms including Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital and Tribe Capital, with this funding round valuing #xAI at $18 billion.  xAI, founded in March 2023, aims to develop advanced #AI technologies with a focus on understanding the universe. This new #fundraising effort underscores the significant interest and confidence in xAI's ambitious goals and potential impact on the AI industry. The AI sector has been attracting significant #investments, with $19.15 billion raised in the first quarter of this year, highlighting the competitive landscape of AI development. #artificialintelligence #venturecapital #elonmusk https://lnkd.in/d4P_7QBZ

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We’re hosting an intimate event in SF for top European founders, together with Gradient Intentionally small by design, this event aims to connect soonicorn founders with up and coming founders With the explosive revenue growth AI brings, this group will produce a number of unicorns pretty soon. Like a Where is Waldo challenge for VC funds Space is tight—not because we lack cool people, but because SF prices are outrageous. Are you a European founder building in SF, or planning to? Comment below for a spot! Better to build in SF, and then dolce vita in Europe

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