Founders Forum and Longevity.Technology join forces to accelerate #longevity #investment
New international #event program launches to bring longevity #entrepreneurs and #investors together.
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☀️ The benefits of solar power are well known—so why do so few of us own domestic solar panels?

Cost ➡️ Installing photovoltaic (PV) panels comes at a not-insignificant cost
Feasibility ➡️ Many homes don’t have the right roofs/surfaces for panels
Practicality ➡️ For renters,…

Google released LUMIERE, and it's insane

It's literally ChatGPT for:
- Image-to-Video
- Text-to-Video
- Stylized Generation
- Video Editing
- Animation
- Inpainting

Here're 7 examples that will blow your mind:

Love this article by Aarish Shah
So true that the flaw of the UK is to criticise everything
Often missing the point
Cynicism can be healthy but remember cynics never achieve very much...
See #thefuturefund

Was the Future Fund a failure? It's too early to tell…

Lots of great responses to our accelerator this week.

The top question from policy makers is: “how do we get more startups and venture capital in the UK”

Very bullish on UK and think you could see a $100b tech company here this decade.

I received 2901 emails last week, but was only interrupted by 1368 thanks to the magic of @SaneBox.

What other tools are recommended ?
sanebox.com/signup/010e404…

As per the Financial Times last week : accelerators are key to tech ecosystems
So it's great to see a16z launching web3 one in London!

Looking forward to speaking tonight at UK embassy in Paris
Alongside Clara Chappaz Philippe Tibi
On increasing tech startup links between UK & France

McDowell, the property consultant, said: “There’s an enduring love for London . . . but we must be careful we don’t push people off the edge.”

Rich non-doms ‘dismayed’ by Hunt’s decision to end tax breaks - on.ft.com/4a5bJVk via Financial Times

Smart real world of ai helping companies and consumers and raising issue of employee retraining …

A great loss.
Jacob Rothschild has smarts, charm, curiosity, energy until the end.

He touched my life as investor in 3 of my businesses and was always supportive. More importantly of course he touched so many lives for the better.

Thinking of his family

BBC News - Lord Jacob…

Masayoshi Son does the craziest investment swings:

▫️In mid-90s: invested $1.7B into 100+ internet firms (including a ~30% stake in Yahoo! for $100m)
▫️In 2000: was worth $78B at peak Dotcom and was the richest person in the world for 3 days (ahead of Gates)
▫️The bubble burst…

Absolutely
Who does this most in the uk
Shall we get a list ? And encourage more !

The hard truth is that Britain’s founders simply don’t innovate

A poorly worded clickbait headline but a decent point:policy can better differentiate between high potential startups (gazelles) and ones w less potential and min innovation (muppets)
Agree ? theguardian.com/business/2024/…

Is she still employed by the BBC? If so, why? At the very least has she not been suspended pending an investigation?

Google just rolled out huge AI upgrades across Bard, Google Maps, and Imagen-2.

Plus, huge developments in AI from Amazon, Sam Altman, Georgia Tech, Meta, Arc, and Anthropic.

Here's everything you need to know: