Amazon sees 'blind spot' in identifying new AI startups as future cloud customers

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AWS CEO Matt Garman
AWS CEO Matt Garman

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  • AWS struggles to identify early stage AI startups led by solo founders or with unusual funding.
  • Generative AI has sparked rapid growth of single-person startups with little or no outside funding.
  • AWS plans to add a more data-based prediction model to its VC-driven approach to address this issue.

The generative AI boom has fueled the growth of single-person

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How an up-and-coming investor made partner at a VC firm that doesn't promote from within

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Yoni Rechtman smiles with his arms crossed
Yoni Rechtman

Slow Ventures

  • Slow Ventures keeps a small team and doesn't promote from within.
  • The early-stage venture firm made an exception by elevating Yoni Rechtman to partner.
  • Rechtman is a generalist investor who's helped source deals like SuperDial and Heave.

In 2022, when Yoni Rechtman's boss asked where he wanted to be in five years, the newly hired venture capitalist told him, "Not here."

What

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Queens of the Dead review: Tina Romero brings queer horror a zombie bash

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Katy O'Brian and Jack Haven in Tina Romero’s

There's no denying where Tina Romero's cinematic sensibilities came from. Her debut feature film, Queens of the Dead, is an entertaining and politically alert zombie movie. She's walking in the groundbreaking footsteps of her father, Night of the Living Dead director George A. Romero, who defined the zombie sub-genre for generations. However, centering her story in a queer community with LGBTQ+

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The EcoFlow Delta 3 Ultra Plus is a workhorse warrior and it’s awesome for off-grid life

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the ecoflow delta 3 ultra plus in front of a solar panel on a deck

Maybe I’ve been spending too much time with portable power stations, but straight out of the box, the EcoFlow Delta 3 Max Ultra looks slick. It has a refined design without any flashy labeling, and it looks pretty great overall. It comes with a hefty 3,072Wh capacity, paired with a 3,600W continuous output and a 7,200W peak, giving you plenty of power to work with. Power outages, off-grid living

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Hedda review: Hedda Gabler meets Saltburn in Nia DiCostas sexy, sapphic adaptation

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Tessa Thompson and Tom Bateman play Hedda Gabler and George Tesman in

Hedda Gabler is a glorious bitch, and Tessa Thompson was born to play her. First unleashed upon the world in the titular 1891 play by Henrik Ibsen, Hedda Gabler would go on to become a figure so compelling and conniving that actresses for over a century — from Ingrid Bergman to Diana Rigg, Maggie Smith to Cate Blanchett — have relished the opportunity to play her. But Thompson, in Nia DaCosta's

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Mistress Dispeller review: A shockingly intimate look at extramarital affairs

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Wang Zhenxi, the titular mistress dispeller, talks on the phone with a client.

In American media, a man cheating on his wife is often a source for tears, screaming, vengeance, murder-based TV shows, or one of the greatest concept albums of all time. So, when this American movie critic sat down for the Chinese documentary Mistress Dispeller, I brought my societal expectations with me, thinking I knew what I was in for. I was very, very wrong, but I found real pleasure in what

It's not just Florida. Real estate boomtowns are going bust.

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A for Sale sign with added signs with discounts in front of a topical setting

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Just a few years ago, housing markets in the warm, sunny parts of the US looked, well … warm and sunny. In the halcyon days of 2021 and 2022, cities like Austin, Tampa, Phoenix, and Atlanta attracted swarms of movers. Home listings reliably drew multiple offers above the asking price, and buyers plunked down all-cash offers to fast-track their purchases.

Flash forward to

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