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YC released its 'request for startups' last week, and a lot of the areas are not what you might expect... Here’s where they’re seeing the most opportunity to build (and why) over the next few years: - Government software - Public safety technology - Manufacture in the USA - Stablecoins 2.0 - LLMs for chip design - Fintech 2.0 - New space companies - AI-aided engineering tools - One million jobs 2.0 Which YC 'request for startups' are you most-bullish on?

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Earning with Stablecoins in the TON Ecosystem (Part 1) Latest Update as of June 11, 2024 (https://lnkd.in/e-4UK6P5) I've never been full of love and admiration for the TON network, largely due to the lingering disappointment from the ICO era of 2017-2019, when 99% of projects failed to deliver on their promises to small investors. Telegram official Wallet (specifically its CeFI component) offers an opportunity to earn 50% annual interest for the first 2 weeks and 25% for the following 2 weeks. Restrictions: 1️⃣ KYC Requirement: Prepare your passport or driver's license; it will take SumSub about two hours to review them. 2️⃣ Maximum Deposit: 3000 USDT. 3️⃣ Rewards: Paid in TON, with a minimum withdrawal amount of 1 TON (equivalent to $7). 4️⃣ Minimum Deposit: $240 (since earning 1 TON is required to make a withdrawal). 🎁 Maximum Profit Calculation: With a deposit of 3000 USDT, the potential earnings are: $86.53 = 3000 * 0.5 / 52 * 2 + 3000 * 0.25 / 52 * 2 #ton #ton_wallet

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r/PropTech, 2018 someone asked: "Anything new and interesting in prop tech lately?" Didn't get much of a response. I think I can help answer... If I was going to answer this in 2018, I'd say we were seeing a lot of exciting things around residential fintech. Our residential fintech investments have been premised on the fact that there's these inherent inefficiencies, these archaic and anachronistic processes, around buying and selling real estate in the U.S. and all of the ancillary financial products you have to buy. This was of course affected by rising rates and lessened home affordability. I actually think now more than ever is an exciting time in proptech, because difficult times for the real estate industry (and it's been very, very difficult over the past few years) have totally opened up the industry to seeing the value in adopting technology. This adverse environment has totally thrust this imperative to become innovative (which is something the real estate industry has historically not been good at) front and center onto the real estate industry. I think that attitude shift is going to make for a really exciting time, and it's going to lead to some amazing new companies being born, doing everything from the proptech classic of "digitizing pen-and-paper processes to make them more efficient" to building entirely new real estate businesses on the backs of data and technology -- much like we saw Lineage do with cold storage and logistics. #proptech

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Kettleborough VC has been active for ~6 years, invested in ~30 companies, gone through ~80 funding rounds, witnessed ~12 exits including ~4 instances of partial principal erosion, seen ~4 seed to $100M journeys, tracking ~29% XIRR across the portfolio. A couple of IPOs from the portfolio surely seem very much in line ahead.

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Twelve developer-first startups were involved in transactions last week 👨🏻‍💻 💰 Here is what happened the week of November 18th, 2024: On the fundraising side, 5 seed, 1 Series A, 1 Series B, 2 Series C and 3 Series D+ rounds were announced, totalling a staggering $5.2 billion! 🇺🇸 San Francisco-based Anthropic, developing reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems, including the Claude AI assistant, expanded their partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS), including a new $4 billion investment. This brings Amazon's total investment in Anthropic to $8 billion while maintaining its position as a minority investor. Congratulations to the other companies that announced fundraising last week:  🇺🇸 LogicMonitor 🇺🇸 Kong Inc. 🇺🇸 Spectro Cloud 🇺🇸 Lightning AI 🇺🇸 Roboflow 🇺🇸 Wordware (YC S24) 🇧🇪 Apideck 🇩🇪 Pruna AI 🇺🇸 marimo 🇫🇷 Eden AI 🇫🇮 Delta Cygni Labs That’s all for last week. If you know a startup that should have been included in this list, please ping them in the comment section.

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📊 Fall 2024 Fundraising Insights for Software Startups 📊 Thinking about raising funds for your startup? Check out Carta's latest stats to see where you stand in the venture market: 𝗣𝗿𝗲-𝗦𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗥𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 - Median valuation cap at $11M with $1.2M raised - The most active segment right now 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗥𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 - $3.7M raised on a $14.8M pre-money valuation - Valuations near 2021 levels, though fewer rounds are happening 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗔 𝗥𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 - $10.8M raised on a $43M pre-money valuation - Round volumes are sluggish, but valuations are climbing What are your thoughts on these trends? Drop your insights in the comments! 💬 #Startups #VentureCapital

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The VC funding model when everything works out fine... In real life: Only a few startups make it! So if you are considering going the VC route: Have a backup plan!

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Firebird Protocol: A Game-Changer for Coin Valuation This document explains why the Firebird Protocol MVP can increase the meme-coin prices through its mechanism. (We use a meme-coin as an example, but the protocol will be used for all SPL coins.) 1. The Experiment 1) We want to test our Defi protocol, the Firebird protocol, to see if it could effectively increase the price of a coin.  2) This experiment needs a volunteer meme-coin team and our protocol MVP. 2. What is the process of this experiment? 1) The meme-coin team will create a new meme-coin on “pump.fun” and buy 50% of its supply.  2) The meme-coin team will deposit the 50% into our protocol without a withdrawal function.  3) Our protocol will divide the 50% into 100 pieces to sell DCA for the SOL in 100 days.  4) Our protocol will record the price when the piece was sold for SOL and set a limit order at a lower price to buy back the meme-coin. For example: On day 1, if the piece of the meme-coin was sold at the price of 1 (meme-coin/SOL), the protocol would set a limit order at the price of 0.5 to buy back the meme-coin. (If the price never drops to 0.5, the limit order will be on the DEX permanently.) 5) If the buy limit order at 0.5 is filled, the protocol will immediately burn the bought meme-coin tokens. 3. Traditional meme-coin vs. This meme-coin 1) Selling pressure:  The traditional meme-coins: 100% of the meme-coin will be sold on day 1.  This meme-coin: 50% will be sold on day 1, and the rest will be sold over 100 days by the Firebird Protocol. 2) Public goods: The traditional meme-coins: No public goods, meaning everyone will ultimately dump the meme-coin.  This meme-coin: The SOL that equals half FDV of the meme-coin serves as a public good, will be used to repurchase the meme-coin and burn it. To summarize, compared to existing tokenomics, this new meme-coin can protect investors and degens through its mechanism. The essence of this protocol is that an onchain protocol is more transparent and reliable than any human. 4. Why we do this experiment  To be clear, the Firebird protocol is not only for meme-coins but also will work for any SPL tokens. Doing this experiment with a meme-coin is because any serious project would not sacrifice 50% of its token supply, so we look for a meme-coin to prove the usage of our protocol. 5. Contacts 1. Telegram group(private): https://lnkd.in/gYBji4PA 2. X Twitter: http://x.com/firebird_so

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The time to act is now. The US must lead in mining and block space for us to have a strong #Bitcoin strategic reserve.

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Exciting News: Schematic is publicly available and we’ve raised $4.8M in seed funding! 🚀 I’m pumped to share that Schematic is now publicly available! We've also raised $4.8M in seed funding, led by MHS Capital with participation from NextView Ventures, Active Capital, Atlanta Ventures, and Ritual Capital—along with support from incredible founders of companies like CrowdStrike, LaunchDarkly, and Salesloft. A big thank you to our investors for believing in us, to our customers for guiding us, and to Benjamin Papillon, Jasdeep Garcha, Giovanni Hobbins, Vladyslav Len, Youssef Salah, Christopher Brady, Joseph Chrzan, Mohammed Almusaddar, and Markiian Simkiv for the opportunity to build this together. ➡️ Solving the last mile of pricing & packaging At every startup, one thing is certain: pricing and packaging will always change. Product and engineering teams shouldn’t have to reinvent the wheel every time this happens. Most companies hard-code pricing and packaging into their applications, making it slow and painful to evolve as market demands shift. ➡️ What We’re Building We're building Schematic to transform pricing and packaging for B2B SaaS companies by getting product and engineering teams out of billing projects. With Schematic, B2B SaaS companies can change pricing & packaging without code changes or billing refactors. ➡️ How It Works With just a few lines of code, businesses can implement pricing and packaging into any application—end-to-end—from feature delivery through billing and customer experience. Quickly roll out new features and tie them to your pricing plans. Target specific plans to customers and adjust them without engineering support. Experiment, scale, and manage pricing & packaging operations: trials, plans, limits, entitlements, metering usage, handling exceptions, provisioning customers, & embedding front-end purchasing components —all without code changes. ➡️ Who we’re building for We’re building Schematic for B2B SaaS companies who want their pricing & packaging roadmaps to move in sync with their product roadmaps, without slowing down their engineering teams. Some key use cases our customers are already benefiting from: 🔹Outsourcing homegrown & hard-coded entitlement services. 🔹Programmatically managing feature access based on subscription plans. 🔹Metering usage and actually enforcing limits. 🔹Updating and managing plans, add-ons, bundling, and customer exceptions 🔹Delivering embeddable purchasing experiences (pricing tables, customer portals, upgrade/downgrade flows, etc). We’re still in the early innings, but the foundation is strong—we're already handling 500K entitlement flag evaluations every month. If you’re a founder or a product leader looking to avoid building what should be out-of-the-box (feature flags, entitlements, admin dashboards, customer portals), check out Schematic and let us know what you think.

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What will be the next killer app in the RWA space? The RWA space isn't like other crypto sectors. Things get very complicated when linking crypto rails to offchain assets and their established regulatory frameworks. ​ After reviewing dozens of projects in this space, it's clear to me that a lot of practical obstacles must be overcome for massive value to flow in (as in even >1% of stablecoin supply). Setting apart the wheat from the chaff isn't an easy task. ​ I wanted to try to make it easier for you all. ​ In this research, I present a framework for the PRIME scale. The scale is a simple rating tool that yields a weighted average score for any given RWA project based on the following dimensions: ​ + Permissionlessness + Reliability + Integrated utility + Maintenance-minimization + Easy UX ​ To find out how it works, and try it out for yourself, check out the full article linked below. https://lnkd.in/gQHj46yN

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How can any one legitimately support Steven with his ground breaking work on DamageBDD ? #AskGPT Supporting Steven’s work on DamageBDD could be achieved in several meaningful ways: 1. Token Support and Funding: By purchasing Damage Tokens, supporters can help provide the liquidity and validation needed to grow the DamageBDD project. Given that the tokens are designed to support the utility and resilience of DamageBDD, buying them directly helps Steven continue his work without needing traditional investment. 2. Engagement and Community Building: DamageBDD currently lacks a big community due to Steven’s workload, so participating actively by sharing insights, offering feedback, or helping to build a dedicated user base could be invaluable. Helping spread the word through social media, forums, or developer meetups would bring more visibility to the project. 3. Technical Collaboration: Skilled developers, especially those experienced with BDD or Erlang, could contribute to the platform’s development, help with test case creation, or explore integrations with other tools and frameworks. Contributions like these can enhance DamageBDD’s capabilities, add new features, and demonstrate its potential. 4. Testing and Use Case Development: Becoming a tester or creating practical use cases for DamageBDD, especially in areas where it adds value (e.g., high-performance enterprise applications or secure development practices), could directly support Steven’s goal of establishing DamageBDD as a valuable resource. Demos and use cases can showcase the platform’s power and attract new adopters. 5. Networking and Partnerships: Introducing Steven to leaders in the tech industry—CTOs, engineering managers, and founders—who might find DamageBDD useful in their work could help open new doors. These connections might also lead to partnerships, which would strengthen the platform’s credibility and reach. 6. Offering Educational Support: If you’re familiar with BDD, providing educational content like tutorials, case studies, or webinars about DamageBDD could help new users understand the platform’s benefits and start using it effectively. Each of these types of support would help ensure that DamageBDD evolves into a robust tool for high-quality software development, positioning it for long-term success.

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What if you want more details about funding rounds (e.g. for comparisons)? See the original source of funding news on shipshape.vc We aggregate data from the web to save you time, and we've just released a feature that lets you read the original news story. #capitalraising #startups #fundraising #founders #venturecapital #investors #vc #vcfunding #technology #startup #tech

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ICYMI: Menlo Ventures and Anthropic just launched: Anthology fund: a $100M fund focused on AI pioneers of the future They will be making preseed, seed and Series A investments with investments starting at $100K and up. The fund will focus on 5 key areas: 1. AI infrastructure 2. Frontier/novel applications of AI  3. Consumer AI solutions 4. Trust and safety tooling  5. AI apps and tech that maximize societal benefits Quote from the release includes: "The Anthology Fund represents more than investing; this fund is an opportunity to drive AI forward. We’re not just looking for startups; we’re seeking AI pioneers who harness Anthropic’s cutting-edge technology to redefine what is possible today through AI. Our goal is not just driving value but fundamentally helping teams to reshape industries and improve lives." Founders can apply here: https://lnkd.in/ectbUNJY May the odds be in your favor. You can read their release here: https://lnkd.in/exKPPW5S #ai #artificialintelligence #venturecapital #frontier Amy Wu #future #earlystage #anthology

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1st10 is going into the holidays with the following open searches spread across 9 incredible Seed/A funded startups. Imagine getting into SpaceX or Stripe as one of their first engineers. That's what joining one of these startups is like. High impact, early equity, invaluable experience! Fullstack AI Engineer, SF, Elite AI Dev Shop, Shaper Ventures ML Engineer, SF/Seattle/NYC, HW/SW AI Product ML Platform Engineer, SF/Seattle/NYC, HW/SW AI Product Generalist Engineer, SF/Seattle/NYC, HW/SW AI Product Mechanical Engineer, SF/Seattle/NYC, HW/SW AI Product Firmware Engineer, SF/Seattle/NYC, HW/SW AI Product Avionics/Electrical Engineer, SF, Supersonic Jet, A16Z Flight Software Engineer, SF, Supersonic Jet, A16Z ML/Data Engineer, Los Altos, Rocketship Ventures Data/Infra Engineer, SF, AI Financial Analyst, Audacious Ventures Backend Go Engineer, Remote, Open Source Access Control, Benchmark Fullstack Developer, Chicago, File Security Security and Compliance Lead, Chicago, File Security UI/UX Lead, Chicago, File Security Backend Node Engineer, Brooklyn, LLM startup, Matrix Ventures Backend Go Engineer, NYC, Autonomous Banking, Lightspeed Fullstack Node Engineer, NYC, Autonomous Banking, Lightspeed We've asked each of our startup founders and all will be available through the holidays to review and talk with candidates. That's how startups work. Of course there's time to enjoy the holidays. But no 2-week shut down like at large companies. All hands will stay on deck with meaningful progress made. As such, 1st10 will also be open for business as well. If you're a great engineer and curious about early startups or happen to know of somebody interested, dm us. Wishing all a happy holidays!

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Huge opportunity