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Amazon GM (Podcasts-founder) building AI-powered product that reimagining how business software is purchased and sold
++ Flexport's employee #1 building a new commerce startup
Welcome to the 69th edition of the Geeks Of The Valley (GOTV) Newsletter, where we curate interesting early-stage startups (Series A and earlier) 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: Olto
Geography: US
One-liner: Turbocharge your sales with AI-powered synthetic data.
Founder(s) Background: GM & Co-founder at Amazon (Podcasts business).
Startup Name: outpace.ai
Geography: Global
One-liner: Actionable Insights for MLOps.
Founder(s) Background: Group Manager Technical PM at Meta, Senior PM at Akamai.
Startup Name: Tribyl
Geography: US
One-liner: Buyer Intelligence Cloud.
Founder(s) Background: Senior Director (GTM & Ops) at Salesforce.
Startup Name: Directus
Geography: Global
One-liner: The Modern Data Stack — An instant REST+GraphQL API and intuitive no-code data collaboration app for any SQL database.
Founder(s) Background: Director of Product Strategy at AOL.
Founders building in stealth
Insight, Idea & Trend
I’ve got a new startup idea:
Generative AI for game assets.
I think I’m onto something.
— Nathan Benaich (@nathanbenaich)
8:35 PM • Jan 20, 2023
My predictions on the biggest health trends of the next decade:
- PFAS and other toxin exposure
- nutritional psychiatry
- treating gut health for mental health issues
- psychedelic therapy for multiple conditions
- treating the house as a source of illnessWhat am I missing?
— Justin Mares (@jwmares)
8:27 PM • Jan 15, 2023
User Retention
.. has been called as the single most important metric for Product Market Fit.
Here's a 5 min primer on how to measure it the right way
🧵— Bandan (@bandanjot)
10:55 AM • Jan 15, 2023
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