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Gas app's exclusive Today Show segment generated only 1,000 downloads
“Prior to the acquisition, Nikita, the founder went on the today show and had this big exclusive segment, which in the past would have been like, Huge for an application or a company. And he said he thinks it generated a thousand downloads.”
Web-based AI avatar tools preceded Lensa using identical underlying APIs
“So there were at least, I'm aware of two or three different web-based applications, ProfilePicture.ai and then Avatar.ai as well, which had come out first with this idea of creating personalized avatars. I believe all, all of these products are based off of th…”
Smith: First new US nuclear reactor in 30 years opened in 2023
“In 2023, we saw America's first newly built reactor come online in over three decades.”
Steph Smith: US government announced intent to triple nuclear power by 2050
“The US government itself recently announcing its intent to triple nuclear power production by 20 50.”
Steph Smith: Knowledge workers spend 2.5 hours daily searching for information
“Knowledge workers apparently spend 2.5 hours a day, which is around 30% of their time in a workday searching for information.”
Smith: Fee-for-Service Model Has Driven US Healthcare Since the 1960s
“Unfortunately, the American healthcare system has instead been grounded in fee-for-service models since the 19 sixties, incentivizing providers to focus on quantity rather than quality of care.”
Smith: Value-Based Care Investment Quadrupled During the Pandemic
“Investment in value-based care quadrupled during the pandemic, while new hospital construction remained unchanged.”
Masad: A 13-year-old built a crypto mining operation on Replit
“One is recently shared a thirteen-year-old kid that set up a sizable crypto mining operation via Replit.”
Smith: A headline claimed airplanes were a million years away in 1903
“I think I read another headline that said it would take over a million years for the airplane to be successful, only to which I believe the Wright brothers took flight two months later.”
Karen X Cheng Created the First AI-Generated Cosmopolitan Magazine Cover
“Her AI-generated Cosmo magazine cover, the first ever.”
Steph Smith: Nuclear energy accounts for 20% of US electricity
“Nuclear energy accounts for 20% of the electricity in the United States.”
Smith: Salary transparency laws cover over 25% of the US workforce
“And now at least 10 states require it, with over a quarter of the US labor force covered by salary transparency legislation.”
Electric cars made up one-third of all vehicles in 1900
“Flash forward to 1900, and astonishingly, electric cars make up about a third of the cars on the road.”
Fifth Avenue shifted from horses to cars in 13 years
“If you don't think this will happen quickly enough, I'd like to point you towards two pictures taken on Fifth Avenue on Easter morning. These pictures were taken 13 years apart. The first in 1900, and it looks like a Waldo puzzle, where you're actually trying …”
Smith: Instagram had 13 employees when acquired for $1 billion in 2012
“Instagram, for example, had 13 employees when it was sold for a billion dollars, and that was in 2012.”
a16z 2023 Marketplace 100 features nearly three dozen newcomers
“And this year's list features nearly three dozen newcomers, including marketplaces for refurbished electronics, precious metals, and sustainably reused meat.”
Steph Smith: Sandbox VR uses in-game software for player onboarding
“Once you were in the experience, the game itself onboarded you.”