Mapping the RISC-V startup ecosystem leading a new movement in computer chip design. Chances are, unless you’re already in the semiconductor industry, you probably haven’t heard of the term “RISC-V” or know what the letters stand for.
Insights from our first Assessing China program in industrial IoT, and how startups can accelerate business development in China. Comet’s Assessing China program for Industry 4.0 startups had a simple goal — bring the top AI/robotics startups in a specific industry to China to meet with leading companies and de-risk go-to-market partnerships for both sides.
China is a bit of a black box when it comes to entering as a foreign business, and as a founder and investor I’ve seen a couple companies — specifically startups — get messed with. In China, no one messes with Legend. It’s only logical to choose manufacturing as our first industry-focused Assessing China program.
Arch Systems is leading the charge in bringing today’s machines into the age of intelligence. Artificial intelligence — as a technology, not a concept — is entering its design phase. In a past life, I had the opportunity to learn an important lesson about design thinking when I was founder of Stower Energy.
Today’s automation tools are boring. It doesn’t matter what the application is — playing Go, picking fruit, stacking boxes, annotating dogs on a highway — the state of the art in artificial intelligence is a bit dull and Siri’s jokes suck. As it should be! It’s taken us a long time and technological innovation to…
A couple weeks back I was talking about YC, demo days, and how it made us think through our beliefs at Comet Labs. I also brought up the concept of SoftBank’s Vision Fund as a Black Hole…
Stefan Groschupf and the SalesHero team make difficult things look easy. Exhibit A — Lots of people in San Francisco ride their bikes to work every day (myself included – watch yourself, MUNI drivers). Ben, the head of product at SalesHero, rides his bike to the office too. From Sausalito. Every day. No ferry.
I like Y Combinator, a lot. In fact, I’m kind of jealous of Y Combinator. They have an amazing team, breathtaking network, $700M — $1B+ fund (depending on who you talk to), and the top founders from infinity and beyond banging down their doors to become part of that world…