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The top minds in AI helped us design our next season of (Art)ificial Intelligence. With Madrona, see the prompts generated. Watch the full episode: https://lnkd.in/e8ZaRnUx Featuring: Barry McCardel, Hex, Ben Van Roo, Yurts, Cody Coleman, Coactive AI, Div Garg, MultiOn, Esha Joshi, Yoodli AI Communication Coach, Gennady Pekhimenko, CentML, Muddu Sudhakar, Aisera, Saurabh Baji, Cohere, Tullie Murrell, Shaped
As we near the end of 2024, it’s always fun to reflect on the conversations and ideas that resonated with our audience the most. This year, Madrona’s top posts, podcasts, and videos showcased innovation and exploration across, of course, the AI agent landscape but also corporate travel transformation and go-to-market strategies. From blog posts that captured industry-shaping trends to podcasts that provided tactical advice for founders, here’s a roundup of Madrona’s most engaging content from the year (and some reflection on how it’s held up!) As we move into 2025, these stories and conversations remind us of how rapidly the world of technology, especially AI, is evolving. They also reflect the enduring importance of collaboration, innovation, and strategic thinking. We’re excited to see what the next year holds and look forward to continuing to share insights that inspire and empower our community.
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We’re excited to announce Coda’s next chapter: Coda has entered into an acquisition agreement with Grammarly! With Coda CEO Shishir Mehrotra taking over as CEO of the newly combined company, we’re looking forward to building the AI-native suite of the future, including: 🧠Adding the context of Coda Brain to Grammarly’s AI assistant 🧠 Unifying Coda docs with Grammarly Assistant 🧠 Combining your company’s knowledge, generative AI chat features, a full productivity suite, and hundreds of agents into one tool to help you work smarter. Full details in our blog post: https://bit.ly/3P1rCUA
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Congratulations to Terray Therapeutics for this incredible new partnership!
We are excited to announce our multi-target research collaboration with Gilead Sciences to discover and develop novel small molecule therapies! Our tNova platform combines high-throughput chemical experimentation and computational analysis with a generative AI-driven drug discovery engine. This iterative approach applies AI-empowered methods to an extensive library of quantitative, purpose-built, structure activity data to find the right molecules to solve complex problems in drug discovery. We are very proud to strategically partner with Gilead and look forward to leveraging our unique blend of experimentation and computation alongside the deep expertise of our collaborators at Gilead to find transformational small molecule therapeutics that bring relief to patients in need. Learn More: https://lnkd.in/gmZ8A3Kx #drugdiscovery #biotech #generativeAI #ML
You visited Madrona.com and LinkedIn to read these posts over and over again in 2024 — AI, Travel, Building with GenAI, and GTM. It's all here! Take a look back with us and explore the trends and ideas that will shape 2025 and beyond: https://lnkd.in/gmK_w-Ty Jon Turow Sabrina Wu Tim Porter Pradeep Rathinam May Habib Vivek Ramaswami Steve Singh Palak Goel Christal Bemont
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Do you have what it takes to #startup? The rollercoaster ride of building something from scratch isn't for everyone but for those leaders who have the itch, there are endless reasons to take the leap. Elizabeth Liu, CEO at Crowd Cow, bleeds passion for the team's mission. As she shares, her startup journey is like nothing else - giving her an unobstructed view of the customer, pushing her to innovate and adapt, and literally changing the way she experiences life. 👇 Madrona #perspective #ceo #founders
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As we reflect on a year of change, we're excited to move into next year with more innovation than ever. As our Executive Chairman Steve Singh said recently at The Beat Live about his acquisition of Direct Travel: "I believe Direct Travel can be a multi-billion-dollar company. I think it can grow faster than the industry average...that's why we bought into it." We're looking forward to building the future of corporate travel with our tech partners with #Avenir. Read Steve's full Q&A: https://lnkd.in/duqvmg69 Spotnana | TROOP | Center (getcenter.com) #ThePerfectTrip #WeAreDirect #BusinessTravel #CorporateTravel
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Earlier this week, we brought our Leap community together to reflect on our predictions for the future of innovation—covering topics like open-source AI, ethical AI frameworks, and advancements in prompt engineering—while setting our sights on what 2025 will bring. Curious how our predictions held up? Check it out here: https://lnkd.in/gSBb9hRP Thanks to our Leap community for another terrific event! Be on the lookout for our 2025 predictions, dropping soon—featuring even more bold insights into the future of innovation.
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What does progress look like to the future leaders in AI? With Madrona, this is (Art)ificial Intelligence. Watch the full episode: https://lnkd.in/easFawMd Featuring: Barry McCardel, Hex, Ben Van Roo, Yurts, Betsabeh Madani-Hermann, Cody Coleman, Coactive AI, Doug Tallmadge, Gradial, Edward Wu, Dropzone AI, Guru Hariharan, CommerceIQ, Laurie Yoler, Playground Global, Matan Grinberg, Factory, Muddu Sudhakar, Aisera, Robert Bradley, Synthesize Bio, Saurabh Baji, Cohere
2024: The Year of ..... AI As 2024 comes to a close, we’re reflecting on the ideas and insights that shaped this incredible year. At Madrona, the theme was clear: AI is driving the future. We’ve rounded up our most engaging content of the year — blog posts, podcasts, and videos that captured the imagination of founders, CIOs, and innovators. Topics include: 1) AI agents evolving from ideas to impactful tools 2) Building sustainable business models in the age of AI 3) SaaS redefined as Service as Software Take a look back with us and explore the trends and ideas that will shape 2025 and beyond: https://lnkd.in/gmK_w-Ty What do you think were the most exciting tech innovations in 2024? Let us know in the comments! #AIInnovation #TechTrends #StartupSuccess Jon Turow S. Somasegar Sabrina Wu Tim Porter Pradeep Rathinam May Habib Vivek Ramaswami Steve Singh Matt McIlwain Palak Goel Christal Bemont