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The show returned to the real world this week after two years in virtual space. It was a great show with appearances from people like Serena Williams. Figma CEO Dylan Field and Kevin Hart are both co- founders of the company. There is a winner in the startup battlefield competition.

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"As if it weren't enough to have artificial intelligence tanning humanity's hide (figuratively for now) at every board game in existence," writes the author.

If Musk buys the company, he wants to cut up to 75% of the work force. That number doesn't seem right. If the majority of a company is let go, there's a chance that knowledge and insight will be lost.

That is a headline I never, ever, ever would have predicted. "Kanye West, the rapper who also goes by the name Ye, has reached an agreement to buy 'uncancelable free speech platform' Parler."

At a reported valuation of $1 billion, the company behind the artificial intelligence-powered image generator Stable Diffusion has raised $101 million.

Just as Google gave up on its cloud gaming efforts, netflix is following suit. At a conference this week, a vice president of gaming said that the company is seriously exploring a cloud gaming offering.

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This week, here is what is happening in the podcasts.

  • Equity was live and in person! After years in pandemic mode, the Equity crew (Alex, Natasha, and Mary Ann) kicked off Disrupt by recording a show face-to-face for the first time.
  • On Found, Darrell and Jordan caught up with Jerrica Kirkley and Matthew Wetschler and learned the story of Plume, their telehealth company that focuses on transgender care.

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What were the most popular things to read? Here is a glimpse.

What will venture capital look like after a few years of ups and downs? Capital founder Eric Tarczynski weighed in on the matter.

The data-processing company has managed to raise billions of dollars in the last few years, despite not being well known. Why are they doing that? We are on a dive.