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on Tuesday July 21, 2026 @06:20AM (#48990346)
Requests for Startups: Fall 2026 Edition https://www.vccafe.com/requests-for-startups-fall-2026-editi... - new post, I think you'll like it
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on Friday July 11, 2025 @05:53AM (#44530287)
"The way to win an atomic war is to make certain it never starts"
- General Omar Bradley
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on Friday June 27, 2025 @07:24AM (#44395890)
"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning."
- Winston Churchill
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on Thursday April 10, 2025 @05:25AM (#43642226)
MCP and Agent2Agent are just the beginning to create the connectivity between AI tools
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on Wednesday September 25, 2024 @10:50AM (#41648202)
“To find a needle in a haystack, it’s helpful to know what a needle looks like. To find the right investor, know exactly what you’re looking for in a partner.”
My latest post on VC Cafe
Israel's Generative AI expansion: A 2024 market overview
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on Wednesday March 20, 2024 @04:29PM (#39771656)
The battleground for consumer attention and engagement is fiercer than ever
The number of Israeli generative AI startups more than doubled in 6 months
Re:Ask HN: Which are the best newsletters to keep informed on AI devel...
on Monday September 11, 2023 @10:28AM (#37467804)
I send a weekly LinkedIn newsletter with the most notable generative AI developments
Subscribe on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?en...
Re:It's official – Generative AI reached peak hype according to Gartne...
on Wednesday August 16, 2023 @07:44AM (#37145589)
But it's also worth noting that peak hype doesn't mean the potential of these technologies isn't real - as I write in my blog post on the topic https://www.vccafe.com/2023/08/16/now-its-official-gartner-c...
It's official – Generative AI reached peak hype according to Gartner Hype Cycle
Vault GPT: Your On-Demand Content Assistant
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on Friday March 17, 2023 @06:08PM (#35203561)
Obviously he took his own advice when it comes to bringing OpenAI to the market!
Conversion, retention and churn industry benchmarks
In the consumer subscription model, keeping over 50% of revenue after 1 year puts you in the top quartile.In B2B SaaS, conversion from trial to paying customer needs to be min 7% to reach the industry benchmarkMore in my latest post on benchmarks https://www.vccafe.com/2023/02/21/conversion-retention-and-churn-benchmarks/
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on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @09:46AM (#34881745)
For example:
in consumer subscription models, keeping over 50% of revenue after 1 year puts you in the top quartile. For B2B SaaS, conversion from trial to paying customer needs to be at least 7% to reach the industry benchmark. More in the post.
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on Thursday January 19, 2023 @02:47AM (#34437762)
Will platform dependency, high competition and IP concerns turn away investors or are we at the dawn of a new AI-powered startup boom?
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on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @11:50PM (#34349359)
1. mobile gaming bounces back
2. Metaverse finds its mojo in enterprise use cases
3. Streaming and cloud gaming offer new gaming monetisation
4. AR, VR and XR have their 'iPhone moment' in Apple's new headset launch
5. Generative AI enters gaming in a massive way