Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Seriously, sit back with a pocket flask of Pappy Van Winkle, smoke a cigar (or your combustible of choice if you live in Colorado, California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Main or Massachusetts) and enjoy the 2017 GonzoBanker Awards. THE TECHNOLOGY AWARDS. THE BANKING AWARDS. Takes big ones to walk away from a big business like that.

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CB Insights

MARCH 13, 2019

Select Investors: Tencent Holdings, Disney Accelerator, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Vulcan Capital, ICONIQ Capital. Select Investors: Y Combinator, Sequoia Capital, Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Wellcome Trust, GIC, SoftBank Group, DST Global. Valuation: $12B.

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CB Insights

JULY 17, 2018

The old guard of American dining are switching up their games to compete: McDonald’s is adding self-serve kiosks to many of its franchises, upping the ante with mobile order technology. Community initiatives: Loom (Massachusetts). Not to mention piloting autonomous pizza making and delivery. Vegan fast casual: By Chloe.

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CB Insights

MAY 10, 2018

But just as their clients are always under threat from new players and technologies, consultants too are not immune to the forces of disruption. “The underlying principles of strategy are enduring, regardless of technology or the pace of change.” The four functions of consulting. ” —Michael Porter.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Meanwhile, technology changes continued at a breakneck pace, with generative AI the biggest topic around management tables. The specifics are unclear, but bankers recognized that this will be an absolute game-changing technology in future years, and delivery will change in ways we can’t even conjure yet. Grab some popcorn and watch.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 1, 2017

At issue are concerns that such investments could help China expand its technological and military abilities. We define Chinese investment as participation in private financing rounds by investors (corporate, venture capital, angel, private equity, etc.) Which Technologies Chinese Investors are backing in the US.

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CB Insights

APRIL 26, 2018

As Tencent President Martin Lau said, “We actually view AI as a core technology across all our different products.” Both Alibaba and Baidu backed China-based iDriver+ Technology. YouTu technology is also accessible to users via WeChat apps, spurring concerns that this could kill smaller image recognition startups.

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