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𝐀𝐈 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝—𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬. This week’s top stories show how AI is driving innovation in ways we’ve never seen before: 💰 𝘚𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘉𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢 $100𝘉 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘜.𝘚. 𝘈𝘐 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴, 𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦 100,000 𝘫𝘰𝘣𝘴. 🌍 𝘈𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘢 $150𝘔 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘈𝘐 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘱𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭. 🍪 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘻 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘈𝘐 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘴𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘖𝘳𝘦𝘰𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘈𝘩𝘰𝘺. 🧠 𝘔𝘪𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘕𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘢 𝘈𝘐 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴, 𝘢𝘤𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 485,000 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵-𝘨𝘦𝘯 𝘈𝘐 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦. 📊 𝘈𝘐 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘨𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢 $30𝘉 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘈𝘐-𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘴. The implications for investors, startups, and corporates are staggering. 👉 𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞? Get the insights tailored for VCs, Corporates, and founders who want to stay ahead—subscribe to my AI newsletter 💡 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭? 𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬! 𝘗𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳: Somayeh Taheri, Sebastian Stöcklmeier, Jose del Barrio, Krishna Gade, Loïc Mougeolle, Daniela Rus, Joosep Kõljalg, Djef Riady Rifamole, George Davis, Shishir Mehrotra, Luis Muller, Jon Herlocker, Dave Rhodes, Alexander Kvamme, Mark Penn, Sebastian Rohwer, Alexander Peinemann, Manuel Huez, Patrick Malatack, Ott Kaukver, Aaron Kwittken, Shaun Passley, PhD, Ian McCrae, Brad Porter, Hemant Taneja, David Villalon, Anna Piñol

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐈 𝐒𝐨 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈𝐭 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐉𝐞𝐟𝐟 𝐁𝐞𝐳𝐨𝐬 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐨𝐰𝐧? Jeff Bezos is dedicating 95% of his time to artificial intelligence at Amazon, driving over 1,000 internal projects and partnering with Anthropic to build a supercomputer. His return underscores the critical role of AI in Amazon’s strategy to outpace competitors like Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI. Meanwhile, BBVA is transforming productivity with ChatGPT Enterprise licenses, OpenAI’s Sora revolutionizes video creation, and Google’s Willow quantum chip promises exponential advancements. Salesforce's Agentforce and YouTube’s AI auto-dubbing signal a wave of industry-changing innovations. Funding 💼 Startups like HappyRobot, Gentrace, WaveForms AI, Speak, and Next Sense secured major rounds from investors including Andreessen Horowitz and OpenAI Startup Fund. Highlights include Speak’s $78M round, earning a $1 billion valuation, and nScale’s $121.4M for AI infrastructure expansion. New breakthroughs span logistics, biotech, education, and legal tech, reflecting AI’s transformative potential. M&A 💰 Recent deals include LoopMe acquiring Chartboost to enhance mobile advertising, Nvidia expanding into Southeast Asia with VinBrain, and Carta Healthcare improving its AI capabilities with Realyze Intelligence. Uniphore bolsters its portfolio with ActionIQ and Infoworks, while Demand Chain AI strengthens its supply chain management solutions by acquiring Replan. Interesting Reads 💡 Must-reads this week explore Thomson Reuters’ $10B AI acquisition strategy and the revolutionary impact of AlphaFold on protein discovery. Other articles delve into AI’s role in disaster management, ChatGPT automation hacks, and eCommerce’s transformation through AI-powered recommendations. Startups / Tools 🧰 Explore tools like Gamma for fast presentations, Kickresume for tailored resumes, and Taskade for project management. Platforms like Uizard, Slides AI, and Replicate simplify workflows, while Mailbutler and Doctrina AI enhance productivity and education. This newsletter highlights Jeff Bezos, Pablo Palafox, Javi Palafox, Luis Paarup, Doug Safreno, Daniel C. Liem, Vivek Nair, Connor Zwick, Andrew Hsu, Alexis Conneau, Josh Payne, Kavitta Ghai, Jordan Long, Thomas Buley, Pierre Proner, Jaime V., Flinn Dolman, Maria Alegre, Stephen Upstone, Flinn Dolman, Brent Dover, Jensen Huang, Jonathan Berent, Nicolas M. Chaillan, Adeyemi Ajao, Patricia Pastor, Iris Parra, Diego Fernandez, These stories and more are part of my AI Weekly Digest. Subscribe now to stay ahead of the AI revolution!

AI agents are reshaping the way we interact with technology, and they’re poised to be the stars of the coming year. From handling your online shopping to personalized conversations and even replacing traditional customer service, these intelligent systems are rapidly evolving. 𝙄𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝘼𝙄 𝙒𝙚𝙚𝙠𝙡𝙮 𝘿𝙞𝙜𝙚𝙨𝙩, we explore three standout examples: Perplexity, OpenAI, and Google racing to dominate the AI shopping space; Salesforce’s bold vision of AI agents transforming customer interactions; and ElevenLabs launching voice-enabled AI agents for seamless communication. These developments, alongside other groundbreaking news, highlight how AI agents are redefining the future. 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙠, 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙪𝙥𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙛𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜... Companies like Constrafor, 9fin, NetBird, CoachHub, Wordware, Kyan Health, and Argil have secured funding from investors such as NFX, Highland Europe, InReach Ventures, HSBC Innovation Banking UK, Spark Capital, and EQT Ventures. These rounds, ranging from €4M to $264M, are fueling innovations in construction finance, mental health, AI coaching, video creation, and more. 𝙄𝙣 𝙈&𝘼 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙮... Urbint has acquired Competers, strengthening its AI-powered damage prevention solutions. Inflection AI has expanded its enterprise AI capabilities by acquiring BoostKPI and Jelled AI. Additionally, SALESmanago acquired Leadoo to enhance its AI-driven customer engagement platform for eCommerce growth. 𝘼𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩-𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙠... We discuss the barriers to AI adoption and strategies to overcome them, insights on fact-checking with AI, and an exploration of advancements in summarization technologies. Discover how AI is unlocking value in fields like fraud prevention, marketing, and academia. 𝙄𝙣 𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙡𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙪𝙥𝙨... This week we highlight SmartWriter, a tool for crafting personalized outreach emails; Crono, a sales automation platform for B2B teams; Monologue, an AI co-host for content creation; Marketing Auditor, an app for Google Ads and Analytics auditing; and Foundry, a platform to create and optimize AI agents with human oversight. 𝙋𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙚𝙬𝙨𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧... Anwar Ghauche, Douglas Reed, Steven Hunter, Huss E., Mikhail Bragin, Maycon Santos, Matti Niebelschütz, Filip Kozera, Robert Chandler, Vlad Gheorghiu, Konstantin Struck, Ignacio Leonhardt, Laodis Menard, Brivael Chivot, Corey Capasso, Shane Hart, Sean White, Sean Maxwell, Emily Tang, Robert Lane, Brian Plackis Cheng, Fredrik Rönnlund, Patricia Pastor, Paco Illueca, Jordi Massaneda Fontbona, Anna Latorre Garcia Stay informed and connected – AI is reshaping our world, and we’re here to explore it together!

Nuevo fondo europeo busca startups de IA y se fija en estos países de Latam “Nos enfocamos en toda la región, destacando países latinoamericanos con un ecosistema emprendedor sólido y creciente en tecnología e innovación”, dijo a Bloomberg Línea la general partner de Next Tier Ventures, Patricia Pastor Gracias Daniel Salazar Castellanos Bloomberg Línea Paco Illueca Ruben Colomer Flos GVC Gaesco WeInvest LatAm

GVC Gaesco y Next Tier Ventures se asocian y lanzan un fondo de 50M para invertir en startups de IA La CNMV (Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores) da luz verde a la creación del nuevo fondo, Next Tier GVC Gaesco S.C.R. S.A. https://lnkd.in/d-7mDsp3 Patricia Pastor Ruben Colomer Flos Paco Illueca

Ayer participé en una mesa en la Fundación Botín de Madrid, en el marco del Congreso Nacional de Científicos Emprendedores. La mesa, titulada “IA para el Cambio: Explorando Nuevos Horizontes en Emprendimiento Científico” fue Moderada por Xavier Testar, Adjunto de innovación y transferencia en la Universidad de Barcelona y como ponentes: Andreu M. Climent CEO y Cofundador de Corify Care; Ignasi Belda , Director General de la Agencia Española de Supervisión de la Inteligencia Artificial (AESIA); Mikel Artetxe , Co-Founder Reka y un servidor. Tuvimos una hora para hablar de IA y emprendimiento científico, y regulación. Gracias Carlos Cosculluela Chocarro por la invitación, ha sido un placer participar en este evento.

Happy Thursday everyone! Welcome to AI Weekly Digest 📬 Your essential AI briefing, carefully curated by me, Rubén Colomer, AI Specialist and GP at Next Tier Ventures. Stay ahead of the curve with the latest AI breakthroughs, key funding news, innovative tools, and thought-provoking reads - it's all here! News 🗞️📰 In the most prominent stories this week: 👉 Generative AI promises billions in savings for the public sector through automation, as highlighted by a Google Cloud report. 👉 Young leaders are embracing AI, with 98% predicting transformative impacts on industries within five years. 👉 Virgin Media O2's Daisy, an AI "grandma," is fighting scammers with charm 👉 Beatles’ AI-assisted track "Now and Then" earns Grammy nominations, and many more! Funding 💼💸 This week, startups like Cyera, Enfabrica, Cradle, Wordware, Spines, Keychain, Eden AI, Rosie AI, Theo AI, and FertilAI raised funding from prominent investors including Accel, Sapphire Ventures, IVP, Felicis, Y-Combinator, Zeev Ventures, and more. These companies are advancing sectors ranging from data security and protein design to legal tech and publishing, showcasing the diverse applications of AI across industries. M&A 💰 In the mergers and acquisitions landscape, Crossmint acquired Mordisco, Snowflake bought Datavolo and Medtronic’s acquisition of Fortimedix Surgical. Interesting Reads 💡🤔 Among this week’s top reads, explore the "State of Europe Tech 2024, Benedict Evans’ "AI and Everything Else", while another feature unveils hidden ways AI operates in cities. Learn how Kraft Heinz leverages AI for supply chain efficiency, and discover insights from the State of AI Startups 2024. Startups / Tools 🧰🛠️ This week’s tools spotlight includes Julius, an AI platform for data analysis; Rosie, simplifying Excel workflows with AI; Dora AI, a web design tool powered by prompts; Virbo, an AI-driven video marketing platform; Suno’s v4 update for music creation; and Artisse, a photo-editing app for realistic and personalized images. People mentioned in this newsletter: Yotam Segev, Rochan Sankar, Stef van Grieken, Elise de Reus, Filip Kozera, Yehuda Niv, Lev David, Niv Ovdat, Nir Kenner, Oisin Hanrahan, Umang Dua, Jordan Weitz, Taha Zemmouri, Olivier Pomel, Dennis Jiang, Andrew Tamura, Alex Alben, Patrick Ip, Tiago Luchini, Rohi Hourvitz, Agustín Armellini Fischer, Joe Witt, Sridhar Ramaswamy, Andreu M. Climent, Ignasi Belda, Mikel Artetxe, Patricia Pastor, Paco Illueca, Jordi Massaneda Fontbona, Anna Latorre Garcia, Desirée Alayza Serra

On December 3rd, join us for one of our Exclusive Breakfasts! ☕ This time, we’ll dive into the AI revolution, discussing its challenges, practical case studies, and the role of investment in this market, including scaleups and venture capital funds. 💡This event is specially tailored for LPs and investors interested in the sector. Our Partner Ignacio Lacasa will be joined by renowned experts: ▶️Pau Garcia-Milà, CoFounder of Founderz, who will talk about the main challenges facing the AI sector today. 🚀 ▶️Carlos Escapa, Amazon Data & AI expert, will delve into AI in production with global case studies on new business applications. 🌎 ▶️Patricia Pastor and Ruben Colomer Flos, CoFounders of GP Next Tier Ventures, will discuss how venture capital is driving AI scaleups. 📈 We’ll wrap up with a delightful breakfast and top-tier networking alongside investors and prominent scaleups. Don’t miss it—register now! ✍️ Note that spaces are highly limited and subject to confirmation, so act fast! ⏳ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ¡El próximo 3 de diciembre volvemos con uno de nuestros Desayunos Exclusivos!☕ En esta ocasión, exploraremos la revolución de la IA, abordando sus retos, casos prácticos, y el papel de la inversión en este mercado, incluidas las scaleups y los fondos de venture capital. 💡Este evento está especialmente diseñado para LPs e inversores interesados en el sector. Contaremos con la participación de nuestro Socio Ignacio Lacasa, acompañado por destacados expertos: ▶️Pau García Mila, CoFounder de Founderz Business School, quien hablará sobre los principales retos del sector de la IA en la actualidad. ▶️Carlos Escapa, experto en Amazon Data & AI, profundizará en la IA en producción con casos de uso globales en nuevos negocios. ▶️Patricia Pastor y Rubén Colomer, CoFounders de GP Next Tier Ventures, nos contarán cómo el venture capital está impulsando scaleups de IA. Cerraremos con un delicioso desayuno y una sesión de networking de calidad junto a inversores y scaleups destacadas. ¿Te lo vas a perder? ¡Inscríbete ya! ✍️ Recuerda que las plazas son muy limitadas y sujetas a confirmación, ¡así que no esperes más! ⏳

Happy Thursday everyone! and Welcome to AI Weekly Digest 📬 In the most notable news this week, Google.org launched a $20M fund for AI-driven science, Meta expanded its AI features in Ray-Ban Meta Glasses to Europe, and Perplexity introduced an advanced AI shopping assistant. Mistral AI upgraded its "Le Chat" assistant, Coca-Cola reimagined holiday ads with AI, and Spotify outlined its AI-driven future. Additionally, ChatGPT outperformed doctors in diagnostic accuracy, and early OpenAI emails revealed leadership tensions and strategic shifts. This week, companies like OG Labs, TestSprite, Tessl, myBiometry, Team-GPT, Juna.ai, Biorce, Moonvalley, and Mithrl raised funding rounds from investors such as Hack VC, True Ventures, Index Ventures, and Kleiner Perkins. These investments span AI applications from decentralized operating systems to clinical trial optimization, energy efficiency, and ethical generative video tools. On the M&A front, Cloudera acquired Octopai to enhance AI-driven data governance, AI Unlimited Group entered the B2B market with the acquisition of Resolve Debt, and Growth Protocol bought NWO.ai to revolutionize enterprise growth strategies. Among this week’s thought-provoking reads, explore insights on AI adoption in consumer apps, the potential of C2PA for authenticating AI-generated images, and guides on using ChatGPT effectively. Also highlighted are trends in B2B marketing with AI and the OpenAI leadership saga revealed through email archives. In tools and startups, Side Space organizes browser tabs with AI, ChatPlayground offers customizable AI workflows, and Tips.io enables no-code Tailwind website creation. Gamma provides a dynamic AI design platform, Rely.io optimizes developer portals, and Visla simplifies video creation for business needs. People mentioned in this newsletter include: Michael Heinrich, Yunhao Jiao, Guy Podjarny, Brian Nolan, Iliya Valchanov, Matthias Auf der Mauer, Christian Hardenberg, Pedro Coelho, Md. Aiub Talukder Naeem, Vivek Adarsh, Shara Balakrishnan, Ph.D., Charles Sansbury, Yael Ben Arie (Steinberger), Trent M., Jeff Schumacher, Miroslav Dimitrov, Gustav Söderström, Ilya Sutskever, Greg Brockman, Andreu Climent Montell, Ignasi Belda, Mikel Artetxe, Patricia Pastor, Paco Illueca, Jordi Massaneda Fontbona, and Anna Latorre Garcia.

Happy Thursday everyone! In the most notable Artificial Intelligence news this week, OpenAI is preparing to launch "Operator," an autonomous agent set for release in January that will assist users with complex tasks. SoftBank has reported significant profits, driven by its investments in AI companies like Perplexity, with a plan to capitalize on favorable IPO conditions. Amazon is enhancing its AI chip capabilities with Trainium 2, looking to compete with Nvidia. Greg Brockman has returned to OpenAI amid internal changes, and the Beatles have released their final song, "Now and Then," completed with AI technology. This week, startups like Writer, Precision Neuroscience, Kardome, Neo Financial, Shiru, Alison.ai, Robin AI, Cogna, and Research Grid raised rounds from top investors, including Premji Invest, Radical Ventures, and Salesforce Ventures. These investments are aimed at expanding AI capabilities across enterprise software, neuroscience, fintech, and clinical trials. In M&A activity, Integral Federal acquired Pragmatics to bolster AI services in national security, Bluecore took over Alby to enhance its AI-powered shopping assistant, and Xilligence acquired Hi Tech to expand its IT services and AI offerings. Among this week's interesting reads, we have "33 of the Best AI Courses You Can Take Online for Free," Microsoft’s exploration of AI transformation with 200 use cases, and McKinsey's 2024 Technology Trends Outlook. Other readings discuss the agent economy's impact on SaaS, innovations in AI-powered data strategies, and graph-based AI models by MIT that predict future materials science innovations. In terms of tools and startups, PaperGen offers a structured AI-driven solution for academic papers with automated citations; Herbie serves as a research agent for deep insights and data analysis; Browse AI provides a no-code platform for web data extraction; Sona captures and summarizes conversations for actionable insights; and Bidcrunch enables government contractors to access tenders across Europe with competitive intelligence features. #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #VentureCapital #VC #Startups #TechInnovation #FundingNews #AIFuture #BusinessGrowth #Innovation People mentioned in this week’s newsletter: Dani Cherkassky, Michael Mager, Andrew Chau, Dr. Jasmin Hume, PhD, 🚀Asaf Yanai, Richard Robinson, Dr. Amber Michelle H., Max Bennett, Vikram Nair, Patricia Pastor, Paco Illueca, Jordi Massaneda Fontbona, Anna Latorre Garcia, Diego Fernandez, Desirée Alayza Serra, Iris Parra