David Mandel "Super Angel investor” Blog
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Managing Partner @emerging_v_c #Emerging #Tech "Super Angel" #investor. Invested in over 500 #startups. Follow me for insights on the tech startup ecosystem.
Los Angeles, California
Joined May 2020
The case for venture investing, specifically in the Late-Seed stage https://t.co/e2gT93Ok6U
davidmandel.blog
The pre-seed investor is taking a significantly higher risk without any significant reward. In careful review and analysis of both my angel portfolio and the fund’s portfolio, I developed a clear...
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AI agents are rewriting biopharma’s $140B playbook - ending manual, outsourced drug development
davidmandel.blog
For decades, biopharma has relied on outsourcing as the default solution to complex problems. CROs, CDMOs, and specialized consultants became extensions of the pipeline, offering speed and predicta...
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Giant 3D map shows almost every building in the world
davidmandel.blog
Scientists have produced the most detailed 3D map of almost all buildings in the world. The map, called GlobalBuildingAtlas, combines satellite imagery and machine learning to generate 3D models for...
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Great story
Stripe offered to acquire us for $1.2 billion when we had $2M in revenue. Today, we've raised $330M at an $8B valuation and reached $1B ARR. We could've died three times during this journey. This is the story I've never told anyone before:
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How industry efforts aim to help AI agents communicate better
davidmandel.blog
If the tech industry is to be believed, an army of chatty computerized coworkers is headed to your office, in the form of AI agents. Within individual companies or industries, they may already be...
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Can the AI Boom Pay for Itself? The Math Behind the Mania https://t.co/acPhnwAWIN
thetimes.blog
The Math Behind the Mania
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‘Our funds are 20 years old’: Limited partners confront VCs’ liquidity crisis https://t.co/Fy80h79y5I via @techcrunch
techcrunch.com
Venture funds have longer timelines than anyone planned for, compelling LPs to rip up and rebuild their allocation models.
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Tokenized Gold: The Quiet Revolution Wall Street Doesn’t Want You to Notice https://t.co/UF01gJkJF4
telegra.ph
When Gold Became Smart For centuries, gold was the ultimate symbol of stability — heavy, slow, and immovable. It sat in vaults, guarded by men in suits and institutions that defined the rules of...
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Nature-inspired navigation system helps robots traverse complex environments without GPS
davidmandel.blog
Robots could soon be able to autonomously complete search and rescue missions, inspections, complex maintenance operations and various other real-world tasks. To do this, however, they should be able...
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This Chip Computes With Light, Breaking the 10 GHz Barrier for AI
davidmandel.blog
Researchers have developed an optical computing system that performs feature extraction for quantitative trading with unprecedentedly low latency. Many advanced artificial intelligence (AI) systems,...
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AI teaches itself and outperforms human-designed algorithms
davidmandel.blog
Like humans, artificial intelligence learns by trial and error, but traditionally, it requires humans to set the ball rolling by designing the algorithms and rules that govern the learning process....
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Scientists finally prove that a quantum computer can unconditionally outperform classical computers https://t.co/ckJkUjGh7T via @physorg_com
phys.org
A quantum computer has demonstrated that it can solve a problem more efficiently than a conventional computer. This achievement comes from being able to unlock a vast memory resource that classical...
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China now home to half the world's industrial robots as the US falls further behind
davidmandel.blog
China installed 300,000 industrial robots last year – nine times more than the US. The increasing number of highly advanced industrial robots appearing in US factories has long brought concerns about...
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AI-Generated “Workslop” Is Destroying Productivity
davidmandel.blog
‘Workslop’: AI-Generated Work Content Is Slowing Everything Down AI slop has infiltrated the workplace, costing companies time and money. AI slop isn’t limited to cringey cat videos on Facebook...
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Lost bitcoins increase scarcity and value
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Meet the Guys Betting Big on AI Gambling Agents https://t.co/XLbnv0yIrh
wired.com
Online gambling is a massive industry. The AI boom keeps booming. It was only a matter of time before people tried to put them together.
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