Cosmo

product on 3 shows · 5 statements across 4 episodes

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5 statements about Cosmo, every show

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Jordan: a16z passed on fast commerce, viewing it as Kozmo.com 2.0
“We didn't make a bet in in fast Fast commerce. That's one word. Some of us internet veterans remember Cosmo and... Our concern was it's Cosmo redo, redo without anything really new on top of it. So we did not place a bet in that in that sector.”
Jeff Jordan Jan 16, 2023 ▶ 32:35 a16z GP Jeff Jordan: The Ultimate Guide to Two-Sided Marketplaces | 20VC #966 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
a16z Assertion Supported
Karen X Cheng Created the First AI-Generated Cosmopolitan Magazine Cover
“Her AI-generated Cosmo magazine cover, the first ever.”
Steph Smith Nov 9, 2022 ▶ 0:58 AI and the Creator Economy with Karen X Cheng
a16z Disclosure
Anki operates an in-house animation studio using Pixar talent and Maya
“We do, with folks from Pixar, DreamWorks, and these sorts of backgrounds. And so they literally, they're using Maya, a software suite that you would use to animate digital film and digital video games, but we've rigged up a version of Cosmo and Vector and all …”
Boris Soffman Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 11:27 a16z Podcast | The IQ and EQ of Robots
a16z Assertion Not checkable as stated
Soffman: Children intentionally threw games during play tests to avoid upsetting Cozmo
“What we were just shocked to see in some of our play tests early on is that you're playing this game that's kind of using the cubes as a buzzer called Quick Tap, where you're competing against Cosmo, and if you beat him, he'll kind of get upset, or maybe he'll…”
Boris Soffman Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 27:30 a16z Podcast | The IQ and EQ of Robots
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Supported
Sanwal: Kozmo.com raised roughly $250M-$260M before its unit economics failed
“We raised, I think, like, 252 hundred sixty million dollars, and did that for a while, and eventually economics caught up with us when the money dried up”
Anand Sanwal Oct 4, 2016 ▶ 2:44 EP 437: SaaS $10m Raised, $8m+ 2015 Revenue, The Algorithmic Mckinsey with CB Insights CEO Anand Sanwal

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