The End of Apps and the Rise of the Machines

That Was The Week

English - October 21, 2022 23:33 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MB
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The rise of data, and the increasing scope for AI to mine it for useful outputs, leads some to predict the end of apps. Can we dream of just asking for what we want, and getting it? Lots to chew on this week. Enjoy.

Contents

Editorial

The End of Apps? - A Discussion

Essays of the Week

The AT Protocol - The Bluesky Team
AI 2022: The Explosion - The Coatue Venture Team
AI: Startup Vs Incumbent Value - Elad Gil
An AI Might Have Written This - Fadeke Adegbuyi
Alien Truth - Paul Graham
Will the Metaverse replace PCs?
Accel 2022 Euroscape: Reset
Mission → Vision → Strategy → Goals → Roadmap → Task - Lenny Rachitsky
Dylan Field (Figma) - at TechCrunch Disrupt

News of the Week

Meet The New Unicorns Minted In September 2022 - Gené Teare
Around Acquired by Miro Labs
Stanford Wants a Bigger Piece of Silicon Valley’s Top VC Funds: Endowment Chief
Silicon Valley is starting to cave to European regulators
Meta Must Sell Giphy, U.K. Competition Authority Orders in Final Decision

Startup of the Week

Minerva Lithium

Tweet of the Week

Hunter Walk

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