Hot Takes Tuesday for 2024-07-09
Tech industry funding trends, gaming growth, robot overlords, and unique VC firm connections.
Hot Takes Tuesday for 2024-07-09
Off the cuff analysis in a rapid fire format.
Let’s dig in…
Funds, Funding, and M&A
https://www.techmeme.com/240709/p23#a240709p23
💰 + ☁️ Granted, data storage might not seem that sexy but the amount of data being generated has been growing exponentially for a while and A.I. is hungry for data.
https://www.techmeme.com/240709/p11#a240709p11
💰 + 👾 Just because I was awful at most arcade games (okay, all arcade games) and my modest crypto assets are underwater doesn’t mean that a $300B+ gaming industry won’t keep growing like a weed.
https://www.techmeme.com/240709/p24#a240709p24
🦾 + 🤖 I for one welcome our soon to be vastly more skilled dexterous robot overlords.
https://www.techmeme.com/240709/p10#a240709p10
📺 + 🤖 How many VC firms can claim to have an outsized portion of their LP that are also founding members of ‘30 Seconds to Mars’ in addition to participation in both the MCU and DCCU?
https://www.techmeme.com/240708/p7#a240708p7
🗄️ + 🤖 Yes, I totally read your memo…
[ * furiously taps away at A.I. assistant which finds the memo that was most definitely not read and summarizes it with ELI5 TLDR model played back on the microLED display tucked away in my prescription AR glasses *]
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