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(6th January) Opendoor GM building causality-as-a-service product
++ Oculus VR Research Scientist building AI for Data Correction
Welcome to the 65th edition of the Geeks Of The Valley (GOTV) Newsletter, where we curate interesting early-stage startups every week. If you enjoy and want to keep abreast with insights and interesting early-stage startups before they go big, subscribe to this newsletter ✌️.
Geeks of the week
Startup Name: Cleanlab
Geography: US
One-liner: AI for Data Correction.
Founder(s) Background: Visiting Research Scientist @ Oculus VR, PhD Computer Science @ MIT.
Startup Name: Moonhub
Geography: US
One-liner: Building people search, and democratizing access to opportunities.
Founder(s) Background: Office of the CEO @ Illumina, Founding team @ Facebook local.
Startup Name: ngram
Geography: US
One-liner: Ultra-fast blockchain analytics.
Founder(s) Background: CTO @ Live Planet, Head of Product @ Intel, Senior PM @ Cloudera, Engineering lead @ Meta, Senior Engineering Manager @ Flexport.
Startup Name: table.ai
Geography: US
One-liner: Automated identification and quantification of the causal drivers of your results.
Founder(s) Background: GM & VP @ Opendoor.
Founders building in stealth
Venture Idea & Trend
ChatGPT’s current killer app isn’t search, therapy, doing math, controlling browsers, emulating a virtual machine, or any of that other cherrypicked examples that come with huge disclaimers.
It’s a lot more quotidian:
Reformatting information from any format X to any format Y.
— swyx (@swyx)
12:11 PM • Jan 3, 2023
free idea: a retail location in NYC that partners with stores to accept returns and then sell them in store and online for a discount. Seems like an easy idea to run. If someone has the retail space, i’ll start it.
— Trista Kempa ✨ (@tristajaye)
4:42 PM • Dec 26, 2022
25 predictions for 2023:
1. TikTok banned in the US
2. US govt budget > 50% GDP
3. PE scoops up 30% of public SaaS companies
4. Global manufacturing shifts from China to India
5. Investing in AI is a headfake
6. A Tier 1 investor blows up— Romeen Sheth (@RomeenSheth)
2:18 PM • Dec 27, 2022
Venture Archives
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