These are the people preventing students from finishing degrees. These are the people attacking and harassing students on campus for the crime of being Jewish. These are the people dominating our news cycle and influencing policy.
These are the people shilling for a death cult.…

The US just had its best day in a very long time. American deterrence is back, enemies of democracy are on the back foot, politicians on all sides have showed a willingness to put country over party and the toxic threat of TikTok will abate.
A great day for western liberalism.…

Best read of the week! Benedict Evans

It provides a fantastic insight on the strengths and limitations of LLM’s, and really underscores in my mind why there is so much opportunity in the applications or vertical AI space.

ben-evans.com/benedictevans/…

It has been a lot of fun working alongside Di and Mac over the last couple of years. Square Peg are thrilled to be backing them again and having Prosus Ventures join us on the journey as well as Airtree continuing to back the company.
Well done Team Constantinople!

Great work Silvija and the team at ⁦Deputy⁩
There is nothing better than when a client has so much love for your product that they want to invest!
Congrats to ⁦Ashik Ahmed⁩ on the amazing business you have built. afr.com/technology/aus…

You understand a lot about a movement by its supporters. Hamas is a death cult and it’s supporters are of a similar ilk to the defenders of Pol Pot and Stalin in past generations. History will treat these people badly.

There is only one western country in the world where a conservative party is outpolling their more progressive opponents among millennials; Canada.
The reason is pretty simple; they have prioritised building homes and housing affordability as a key priority.
Governments of all…

It is hard to argue that the vicious and relentless attacks on Jews and Israel are purely a case of “anti Zionism” and are not anti semitic when the level of anti semitism in the US is at the highest levels since the 1960’s. An evil and ancient hatred has been unleashed around…

The incredible improvement in operating margin of most growth stage tech companies in the last 2 years is a reflection of their incredible scalability but also a reflection of most of them being asleep at the wheel on cost control over the prior decade.
The risk is that some of…

We need comprehensive tax reform in Oz and key components should be to lower the corporate tax rate and abolish dividend imputation.
A high corporate tax rate creates disincentive to invest in Australia (vs other countries) and dividend imputation creates disincentive for…

In terms of national prosperity, this is the only thing that matters and we have been doing terribly for a long time.

I love this! It was a written by a couple of our Square Peg founders (who are in stealth mode) about the process of designing a product.
Truly understanding feedback is a real art and knowing the difference between something people “like” and something they “are absolutely…

An important story about hatred and intolerance

tabletmag.com/sections/arts-…

No words for the depravity of these people.

theage.com.au/national/hundr…

Congrats Sam Kroonenburg and team on launch of matchbooks
One of the attributes of a world class startup ecosystem is that it not only produces amazing founders but it produces amazing repeat founders.
So stoked for you mate and so bullish about startups in Oz in 2024 and…