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fromFortune
1 week ago

Top Chef's Tom Colicchio got a 15x return on a tech company most Americans have never heard of. He thinks his own industry is broken | Fortune

Bending Spoons delivered about a 15x return through an efficiency-first software rollup strategy, and its reported U.S. listing could nearly double valuation.
fromSilicon Canals
3 months ago

EU's new AI Act enforcement begins today and most startups say they aren't ready - Silicon Canals

The initial phase targets what the regulation classifies as "unacceptable risk" AI systems - including social scoring, real-time biometric surveillance in public spaces, and manipulative AI designed to exploit vulnerabilities. Penalties for violations can reach €35 million or 7% of global annual turnover, whichever is higher. For a seed-stage startup, that's not a fine. That's an extinction event.
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