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Konstantine Buhler, Partner at Sequoia Capital and AI Engineer, joins ‘The Next Great Thing’ to discuss the vast economic impact of AI, differences between startup and venture capital worlds, and how AI is enhancing business today and shaping the future of technology. From his early days at Stanford to his influential roles in startups and venture capital, Konstantine shares his unique perspective on the evolution of AI, highlighting key milestones such as the deep learning revolution and the impact of groundbreaking algorithms like AlexNet. Here's what you'll learn: · How AI has generated trillions of dollars in value by predicting user behaviors and optimizing business processes, long before ChatGPT. · The differences between startup and venture capital worlds, and valuable advice for entrepreneurs. · The role of AI in enhancing human creativity and connections by taking over mundane tasks. · Insights into Sequoia Capital's Arc program, designed to help startups with market approach, hiring, scaling, and more. · Konstantine's vision for the future of AI, where multiple models collaborate and compete to deliver better outcomes. Don’t miss this episode packed with insights for anyone interested in the AI landscape and its future potential. Tune in now! 🎧 Website Link: https://bit.ly/4d5ERh4 Apple Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3AbbQCo Spotify: https://bit.ly/3LLzB6m #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Startup #VentureCapital #Entrepreneurship #SequoiaCapital #Podcast #Innovation #TechTalks #DeepLearning

And the awards season continues! We're officially a #ClutchChampion, and it wouldn't be possible without our amazing team and clients. Thank you for choosing us as your go-to partner 👊 🚀 #ClutchGlobal #SoftwareDevelopmentAgency #awards

Thrilled to announce: SF AppWorks turns 12 today! Thank you for being part of our story! Here's to many more milestones together! 🥳

🆕 on ‘The Next Great Thing’ podcast… It’s not every day you meet a startup founder like Renate Nyborg. She’s been building apps for as long as the App Store has existed. She’s held senior roles at Apple and Headspace. And, she was the CEO at Tinder during the height of the pandemic, where she had a front-row seat to the loneliness epidemic and the challenges of making authentic human connections in a digital world. Renate joins our CEO Andrew Greenstein to share her founder journey and talk about the early days of linking up with Andrew Ng and his AI Fund to create Meeno, an AI-powered app that delivers personalized relationship advice for any issue – with friends, family, coworkers, roommates, dating, you name it. Renate drops so much wisdom and advice in this convo! A few of our faves for founders: 🔎 Always focus on the problem. AI is just a tool, just like any other piece of technology. The magic is in how it’s applied to solve a real user need and bring them joy.  🤖 Beware of getting caught up in the AI hype cycle. Stay grounded in the fundamentals of building and growing a successful company. 🗣️ Be humble and willing to receive blunt, critical user feedback. Talk to them early and often. 👉 Marketing and distribution still matter (perhaps more now than ever)! 👀 Look for partnerships between AI engineers, scientists, and product managers with marketers and storytellers. That’s where the real magic happens. 🪄 Whether you're building the next great AI startup or not, this episode is a must-listen! Check out the full interview on 'The Next Great Thing' website: https://bit.ly/3y9Xpxj Apple Podcasts: https://bit.ly/4a9vNFW Spotify: https://bit.ly/4b5GWZr #entrepreneurs #founders #startups #growth #loneliness #relationships #AI

Startup founders, ask yourself: Do you truly believe in what you’re building? Is the nitty gritty of your day-to-day aligned with your company’s mission and purpose? We love a bold, mission-driven founder story peppered with solid advice for entrepreneurs! 🙌 It’s not every day you talk to founders who spent years prototyping at the Stanford Student Space Initiative, worked at SpaceX, and launched a venture-backed, AI-powered weather intelligence startup. But that’s WindBorne Systems Co-Founders John Dean and Kai Marshland. They join our CEO Andrew Greenstein on ‘The Next Great Thing’ podcast to share how WindBorne’s smart weather balloons first took shape (and flight).🎈 Today, WindBorne’s constellation of 100+ balloons fly longer, are more sustainable, and collect more real-time atmospheric data than conventional balloons. That data is being fed into powerful AI models to create the world's most accurate forecasts – better than Google DeepMind’s GraphCast! – unlocking the potential to improve disaster preparedness and fight climate change around the world. Check out the full episode on 'The Next Great Thing' website: https://lnkd.in/gq9yxaBA Apple Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3U8VCku Spotify: https://bit.ly/3JeQqpe #entrepreneurs #founders #startups #growth #weatherintelligence #climatetech #AIforecasts

🎙Just dropped: A thought-provoking episode of ‘The Next Great Thing' podcast, recorded LIVE at #SXSW 2024! A jam-packed room of 300+ people in Austin joins us to explore ‘The Paradox of Loneliness and Technology.’ Host Andrew Greenstein, CEO of SF AppWorks, is with three incredible panelists:  ⭐️Leslie Witt - Chief Product & Design Officer at Headspace, a mindfulness & meditation app used in 200 countries around the world with 70M+ downloads ⭐️Kyle Rand - Co-Founder & CEO at Rendever, an award-winning VR platform for seniors that harnesses the power of shared experiences to combat social isolation and loneliness ⭐️Erick Hachenburg - Founder of Tenor, the creator of GIF Keyboard, which transformed how a billion people communicate worldwide Together, they discuss, dissect, and debate technology's role (good and bad) in the loneliness epidemic – and how it’s affecting us all, from young adults to older generations. 🔍 What you'll learn: ➡️The difference between loneliness and social isolation ➡️The impact loneliness has on our mental and physical health (it’s as bad as smoking 15 cigarettes a day!) ➡️Technology’s dual role as both a cause and cure to the loneliness epidemic across various touchpoints, including social media, AI, Big Tech, and remote work ➡️Strategies tech companies can employ to nurture users’ mental health and help create authentic human connections (not just boost engagement metrics) ➡️How to both build and use technology more responsibly and with greater intention to foster meaningful relationships with others This is a complex issue that can’t be solved in an hour! But it’s conversations like this that point us in the right direction, facilitate constructive dialogue, and – most importantly – raise awareness of what we can do as tech leaders and individual tech users to create a healthy, less lonely digital future.   🎧Tune in here: https://bit.ly/3Ts5ofW #SXSW2024 #lonelinessepidemic #mentalhealthawareness #tech4good

Can a technical agency partner help you level up your tech game? What key qualities in an agency should you look for? We asked Silicon Valley veteran, ex-Googler, and two-time startup founder Arvind Jain. He’s the Co-Founder and CEO of Glean, an AI-powered workplace search assistant. Arvind taps into tech agency firepower when his team needs someone with a specialized skill set for a short period of time -- say a 6-month custom mobile app build or a re-platforming project. In these instances, working with an agency is easier, faster, and less costly than hiring (and firing) an employee in-house. What does Arvind look for in a tech agency partner? Agencies that ask questions about your culture. Because the right fit is about more than just specialized skills. Will this person – or people – fit seamlessly into your team on day one? Can they hit the ground running with a solid understanding of your company’s vision, purpose, and values? If you’re asking yourself these same questions about a tech agency partner, let us know – we want to hear from you! Oh, and while you’re at it, don’t miss our full interview with Arvind on 'The Next Great Thing' podcast: https://lnkd.in/d2XZM7se Apple Podcasts: https://bit.ly/48GUN6M Spotify: https://bit.ly/3OYk5pP #techagency #agencypartner #softwaredevelopment #customsoftwaredevelopment

Happy Innovation Day! Today, we're celebrating the power of innovation as a way of looking at what is, and imagining a new and better way of doing it. Let's continue pushing boundaries and creating a better future! #InnovationDay #Creativity #ThinkDifferent #FutureTech #DrivingChange #innovation

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NEW on ‘The Next Great Thing’ podcast… We’re with the incredible Nancy Xu, named to TIME’s inaugural #TimeAI100 list and the visionary founder of Moonhub.🌙✨Nancy shares how her experience as a first-generation immigrant has fueled her passion for expanding access to opportunities. Her journey from the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (SAIL) to starting a traditional recruiting agency turned Moonhub into what it is today: an AI-powered assistant that’s revolutionizing recruiting at scale, freeing human recruiters from the boring stuff and matching more people with better jobs. 🚀 Highlights from the episode: ➡️How AI assistants can source otherwise overlooked candidates for hiring across diverse roles. ➡️How AI works with – not against – humans to improve recruiting (think: AI-in-the-loop when it comes to humans, not human-in-the-loop when it comes to AI). ➡️The role of policy, legislation, and education in mitigating AI's short-term impact on job displacement. ➡️Nancy's optimistic outlook on AI's long-term benefits and the future of recruiting. 🎧Tune in for a super-cool founder story and a fascinating look at the intersection of AI and recruiting. Check out the full episode on 'The Next Great Thing' website: https://lnkd.in/duRciHWy Apple Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3Sq0Aay Spotify: https://bit.ly/3uvHeJ2 #AI #opportunity #recruiting #innovation #techleadership #futureofwork #TimeAI100 #entrepreneurs #founders #startups