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What if we gave every American $1,000/month?
Read the highlights and listen to our conversation with 2020 Democratic presidential candidate
@AndrewYangVFA
, on the latest episode of the Builders podcast.
Andrew Yang & the Freedom Dividend
What if we gave every American $1,000/month?
render.betaworks.com
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🚨THINKCamp Announcement🚨
At Betaworks, we’ve been endlessly fascinated by software that helps you ideate, create, and share ideas with those around you. Software's paramount value has been in providing us leverage in not just our productivity, but also our thinking. 🧵
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Subconscious - Transforming the whole internet into a Tool for Thought.
Founded by
@gordonbrander
and Chris Joel
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AI Camp: Augment update
@ronithhh
will be joining us as our Hacker in Residence, and
@jessemhan
as our Researcher in Residence! They'll work with companies to think through AI-native UI/UX down to research on foundational models. Deadline to apply is 5/31!
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What is reality, anyways?
Come meet
@davidchalmers42
and
@stevenbjohnson
at betaworks next week, on Wed 6/28.
💸 Grab discounted tickets now with code 𝗔𝗜𝟯𝟱.
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We’re proud to announce the amazing cohort of 9 companies we’ve invested in and partnered with for our THINKCamp accelerator program, our biggest Camp yet:
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How blockchain is unleashing the relationship economy with
@MarkBonchek
@betashop
@preeti_varathan
&
@BenjaminBollen
- fun fact 0.8% of internet users have crypto wallets
#betaworksstudios
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Announcing AI Camp: Augment
This is our 9th Camp - we'll be investing in & accelerating 8-10 early stage companies focused on leveraging AI and ML to augment human activity.
Camp starts in June - applications open now!
@Borthwick
's thoughts:
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Celebrating 2 years of the new
@digg
with
@myoung
. Fun fact: the internal codename was Project Bananastand.
http://t.co/Hhgjx82tJo
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We are happy to host
@VaynerMedia
#VoiceCon
today at Studios.
@mayafish
from Anchor,
@nbashaw
from Gimlet talking with our
@MattHartman
about
#building
Voice Products.
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Our community is growing. 🏘
We're thrilled to have raised funding from
@betaworksvc
,
@jllspark
and
@wework
to fuel the next chapter of growth for
@betaworkstudios
, our clubhouse for entrepreneurs.
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“I first discovered blogging after a coffee I had with John Borthwick in 2001.”
Founder confessions from
@fredseibert
at
@betaworkstudios
this morning.
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Back to where it all began, at Betaworks.
Congrats to
@mignano
,
@nirzicherman
& the entire
@anchor
team on closing your deal with
@spotify
. We couldn’t be more proud of what you’ve built.
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Investment Syndicate Update - Three days later we're well oversubscribed. So in short, it works. More details to come… cc:
@angellist
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“... the best ideas won't hatch without people sharing, imagining, experimenting and actually talking.”
The
@betaworkstudios
philosophy according to Studios President
@daphnekwon
, via
@Forbes
+
@karasstiles
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Some great new apps being surfaced by
@homescreenapp
's newly launched 🔥 New Apps page:
http://t.co/TeMJNgLxDi
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Last week was a little intense. We are going to try to go a week without mentioning the b word.
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Who remembers IRL Demo Nights at betaworks, when hackers and builders would stop by to share projects and product updates? 🙋 👀
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if you're in the early stages of building for the chat interface, join us for botcamp. apply via bot, of course.
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Here's what happened across 28 days of building at Betaworks. 💞🎧
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gm nft nyc frens - the
@worldcoin
team will be
@betaworks
tomorrow to meet other web3 devs and talk to people about the protocol and SDK. It's open to anyone who wants to learn more about the project and ask the team questions. IRL Wed 6/22 10AM - 1PM. (29 Little W 12th, 10014)
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A call from
@alphaworks
: sign the petition to finalize Title III of the JOBS Act & open private investing to everyone
http://t.co/SpS1agITZC
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@Fermat_ws
- A programmable spatial canvas that augments traditional workflows like brainstorming, copywriting, or project management using Generative AI.
Founded by
@polbaladas
and
@jm_camarasa
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@startupyworld
- A network for people in love with interesting ideas to curate and connect the best knowledge on the Internet.
Founded by
@sariazout
and
@gabri_el____
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Black Lives Matter. As an organization, and as human beings, we stand with Black Americans and all those protesting for equality. We will not stand by idly while more lives are lost. We are committed to speaking up for justice.
#BlackLivesMatter
✊🏿✊✊🏼
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@kosmik_app
- The spatial browser for creators.
Founded by
@Paul_Rony
and Christophe Van Deputte
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Betaworks was the first investor in
@huggingface
- part of our first Camp.
We're launching a series of Spaces talking about *all things AI* with core members of the HF team.
Tune in tomorrow at 12pm ET, we’ll talk to Taylor Linton about selling AI 💸
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Words matter. Today on
#IWD2019
and every day.
Here's a handy tool from
@CatalystInc
to help you spot your own unconscious bias in everyday conversations.
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We're thrilled that Glenn Brown
@gob
is joining
@betaworks
as entrepreneur-in-residence. Welcome, Glenn!
After four amazing and thrilling years at
@twitter
, I am excited to say that I will be joining
@betaworks
.
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🚨 THINKCamp Announcement! 🚨
The deadline to apply to Betaworks' next Camp accelerator program, THINKCamp, is this Friday 9/16 at 11:59 PM ET!
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News: Our studio company Blend is joining Roli to create the next music ecosystem.
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Come make silly software at Betaworks!
Only 4 more days until Silly Hacks! + we have some fun news!
To support more hackers, we're excited to announce satellite locations in San Francisco and Boston for Saturday, alongside our NYC event at Betaworks.
A huge thank you to
@lizwandersworld
&
@wetarynitup
for hosting!…
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Thank you, 💥💕. Builders of the world are oh so welcome
I have a lot of 💕 for
@betaworks
—
Betaworks Studios: The
#Startup
Club Connecting Top-Notch Creators
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Very proud to be working with
@FlatironSchool
on diversity in NYC tech:
http://t.co/CDpu7frQpO
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We're also excited to announce we'll be partnering with
@Lux_Capital
and
@BloombergBeta
- now participating companies will receive $350k in total funding to jumpstart their businesses!
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Come by Betaworks on Thurs 7/6 for our next NYC Open Source AI Meetup, in collaboration with
@nomic_ai
@huggingface
@StabilityAI
!!!
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Dirty Lemon plans to fund and distribute third-party beverages
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🚨 More THINKCamp Announcements! 🚨
For the first time, we'll be having a Researcher In Residence join THINKCamp!
@thesephist
will be participating in THINKCamp, focusing on his independent research at the nexus of Machine Learning and Tools for Thinking!
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How can AI & ML help model our thinking? At our upcoming Render conference on 8/16, we'll have
@AliceAlbrecht
and
@thesephist
coming by to talk with
@cjpedregal
about NLP, LLMs, and more as they relate to Tools for Thinking.
Tickets available now:
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We think agents — fully developed agents and the tools to enable them — represent the next wave of AI and of innovation.
Next Betaworks Camp theme just announced 📣👇
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"Attention economics needs guardrails." —
@Borthwick
An engaging and important panel yesterday at the
#FCFestival
on data ownership and protection, a topic we're thinking deeply about at Betaworks. Thanks to Denelle and Kate for their perspectives.
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Want to level up your Tools for Thinking? We'll be having some amazing demos our Render conference on 8/16 We'll hear from
@AliceAlbrecht
,
@gordonbrander
,
@davey_morse
,
@thesephist
,
@jerrymichalski
, and
@homsiT
&
@deadly_onion
Tickets available here:
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In this week's edition of Openbeta,
@betaworksVC
partner
@MattHartman
shares thoughts on the third wave of audio.
Plus: AMA with
@smlyne
,
@nireyal
's book launch party, new job postings, reading from
@theculturecrush
, and
@Borthwick
on
@YahooFinance
.
👀👉
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talking w/
@bentossell
later today about
@bensbitesdaily
newsletter, angel investing, and more - today at 1pm ET!
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We were and still are podcast nerds. 🎧
A history of Betaworks' investment in audio & podcasting:
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Betaworks Camp company Bunch scores $3.8M to turn mobile games into video chat LAN parties via
@techcrunch
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Excited. 100+ applications in — see if bot camp is for you
Excited to be partnering w/
@thebotcamp
@betaworks
this summer! Chatbot startups check this out :) cc:
@mabb0tt
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Excited to hear
@MattHartman
talk podcasting with
@ProductHunt
at
@betaworks
. I think with
@anchor
@Gimletmedia
@SpokenLayer
@ShineText
@thebetacamp
’s visioncamp,
@betaworks
may be the most prolific investor in voice/audio
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As
@borthwick
wrote, “The web has flattened our information landscape giving us access to an unimaginable breadth of information — yet making sense of that landscape is challenging. We need tools individually and collectively make sense of it.”
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We are holding ourselves accountable by pausing our usual activity this week to listen, examine ourselves and our business practices, and ensure we’re using our platform to amplify Black voices and issues that matter to Black members of our community.
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The latest on Builders:
@bethcomstock
, former Vice Chair and CMO of GE, discusses how to manage innovation in large businesses and her personal approach to mastering change in the face of uncertainty.
🎧 Listen + Subscribe:
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@sanedotfyi
- A social tool for thought that combines personal knowledge management and publishing into a collective playground for thinkers.
Founded by
@JosefiinaIda
and
@PeunaTiina
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@getMaestroAI
- Keeping your team in sync with AI by synthesizing and summarizing what’s going on.
Founded by
@justin_cranshaw
and
@wikcheng
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🫡 to
@pirroh
for demos + discussion w/ AI Camp cohort companies on
@Replit
's approach to code LLMs and ADI (Artificial Developer Intelligence)-native REPL framework.
🙏 to Camp RiR
@jessemhan
of
@morph_labs
for facilitating the workshop!
What will you build with ADI?
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Exicted for Notify!
Last year we imagined what it would be like to have a subscription system above all platforms. Now we’ve built it, and it’s coming.
Join the early access and reserve your username at
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Tomorrow at 1PM ET we’ll be doing a twitter space with
@itsmnjn
from
@WaifuChatAI
about ai waifus, botsexuality, and more tomorrow - join
@Borthwick
@jordanrcrook
@jonchin
@nbaronia1
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Pre-opening event this week at new betaworks studios with
@Moonalice
,
@jessiwrites
,
@ajkeen
and
@Borthwick
discussing regulation and Facebook
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.
@Borthwick
just put batteries in his old Mac newton and it fired right up. We’ll put it out at
@betaworkstudios
if you want to try it out
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Tools for Thinking Conference is nxt Tuesday, join us.
Q: Is this about note taking app’s?
A: No. Much more. A computer is a Tool for Thinking.
@hrheingold
wrote a book on it called "Tool for Thought" Excited to have Howard join us ...
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What we're reading: this weekend's
@axios
Future newsletter.
@kavehwaddell
explores the world of AI-generated media and synthetic reality, diving into the opportunities and threats that lie within. 👀
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Thanks
@gabor
for the fun reminder of
@namomedia
's acquisition by
@Twitter
.
http://t.co/5wew61lct0
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Get early access to insider news, product releases, hacks, & other fun stuff from betaworks HQ with
@0penbeta
!
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Fixing Facebook. Starting as we mean to go on. Fantastic first event at betaworks Studios.
Write up:
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New live podcast out today.
@henrytimms
@jeremyheimans
talk about New Power and how it affects our hyperconnected world.
Great thinking and stories.
Listen:
Read:
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check out
@albtweetin
's new podcast about her internship at betaworks. it's on producthunt now
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We’re looking for a contract Unity developer to help prototype a (really cool & ridiculous) new project. Email maya[at]betaworks!
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Our very own
@huangkuan
was on MSNBC last night talking about the magic of
@poncho_ny
:
http://t.co/Ge85328QTG
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Congrats to the
@bloglovin
founders for making this year’s Forbes 30 under 30 list!
http://t.co/XEMBeOPh4V
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Vote for these friends of betaworks taking AR to the mainstream! 3x founders
@streem_pro
@leoarapp
@the8thwall
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Betafont (the font we created for our new logo) is now available for anyone to use, for free!
http://t.co/rYYd3NNSRn
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Fancy hearing these discussions at
@sxsw
? Vote now 👇
Synthetic Reality: Does the real 'you' matter? with
@HipCityReg
,
@sophiaedm
,
@AshKoosha
&
@DanikaDanika
⬆️
Humane Technology: Creating a human after all, with
@Borthwick
⬆️
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Gems Notes - A self-organizing whiteboard that clusters and connects sticky notes with AI
Founded by
@Ittaboba
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“Oh SNAP!”
In Term Sheet this AM, investors share their biggest investment regrets:
@betaworks
CEO John
@Borthwick
missed Snap: "I didn't take the meeting because what I saw was a sexting app."
See more here:
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Join us for an intimate gathering with
@sandyhook
Co-Founder
@NicoleHockley
. We'll learn how their award-winning campaigns and innovative technology have engaged more than 8 million in The Promise to protect kids.
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Congrats to Clem and his team. When Hugging Face was in betaworks BotCamp they said they would get Kevin Durant to invest…and here we are.
Hugging Face raises $4 million for its artificial BFF: Chatbot startup Hugging Face has raised a $4 million seed round led by Ronny Conway from a_capital. Existing investors Betaworks, SV Angel and Kevin Durant are also participating. I already reviewed…
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On Wed 12/7/22, they’ll present their progress at our Demo Day. We’ll be gathering founders, angels, investors, partners, and other community members here in NYC to see what they’ve been building - if you’re interested in coming by, let us know here
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Virgin Atlantic unveils new airport terminal experience powered by
@estimote
http://t.co/T30McCJSdE
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Facebook's Messenger boss talks about the crazy hype cycle of Silicon Valley
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Hope you weren’t planning on getting any work done today. Announcing TwoDots!
http://t.co/bX5hTQCb0d
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Retail is dead. Long live retail. 💸
In this week's Openbeta,
@juliemusings
shares thoughts on the future of consumer commerce, with a nod to
@drinkdirtylemon
,
@downtoshop
and
@SupergreatApp
.
Check it out 👉
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Today 📍
@betaworkstudios
: Scott²
This AM, we held a breakfast discussion with Behance founder
@scottbelsky
. This evening, we're hosting an AMA Live with
@Meetup
founder Scott
@heif
.
(Last minute RSVPs for the AMA: . See you at the club 👽)
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Applications are now open for our next early-stage program at Betaworks. Synthetic Camp focuses on emergent technologies in Synthetic Reality.
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