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a16z Portfolio Company Zipline Delivers 25% of Rwanda's Transfusion Blood
“We have a portfolio company called zip line, and they have been delivering blood throughout Rwanda for a few years now. All together, they deliver a 20% of all blood that's involved in transfusions in Rwanda, 25%, and they do it by a fixed wing drone.”
Frank Chen Feb 9, 2019 ▶ 31:16 Better Together: Humanity + Machine Learning
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Chen: Lifelong learning imperative drives a16z's Udacity investment thesis
“They'll send you to classes and so on, and we know that's going to change. We know that the world is so dynamic Now that you can't learn everything that you need to be a productive worker or citizen by age 22, and you're going to have to learn ongoing, right? …”
Frank Chen Feb 2, 2019 ▶ 4:43 What's Next for Education Startups in 2019 (Part II)
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Frank Chen: Half a dozen startups are working on remote driving technology
“I have seen now probably half a dozen startups that are working on basically remote driving, whether it's remote driving a car or remote driving a truck, on the assumption that the algorithms won't be able to figure out what to do in all cases.”
Frank Chen Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 6:05 a16z Podcast | Self-Driving Cars — Where Are We, Really?
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Chen has met roughly six startups building real-time AI music generation
“I've already seen maybe half a dozen startups that are working on this very problem that will be able to generate music on the fly”
Frank Chen Jul 16, 2017 ▶ 21:02 The Promise of AI
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