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August 23, 2024
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The Silicon Valley Canon: On the Paıdeía of the American Tech Elite
Apple is still standing in the way of Epic's app store
Dropbox acquired Reclaim.ai
Walmart is partnering with Burger King
Google is shoving its apps onto new Windows laptops
A newly approved ‘living drug' could save more cancer patients' lives
🚀Startups Nuts
Most Silicon Valley types make time to read books, book reviews, or listen to podcasts about books enough to fool others into thinking they have read a book. Books have an inordinate impact on the Silicon Valley mindspace. These books often have no obvious connection to software. They form a sort of vague tech canon. This article presents the list of books that form the Silicon Valley canon. These books cover the major ideas that are influential in tech.
Other News
Slingshot AI, an Albany, N.Y.-based mental health startup, raised $30m in seed funding
Tilt, a real-time shopping app for fashion, raised $18m in Series A funding
Solace, a Redwood City, Calif., platform connecting patients with health advocates, raised $14m in Series A funding
BeMe Health, a Miami-based digital mental health startup focused on teens, raised $12m
BSX Exchange, a DeFi derivatives protocol built on Base, raised $6.2m
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🏭Business Nuts
Epic launched its iOS store in the EU last week thanks to new regulations opening up the platform. It's not clear whether Epic will be able to grow the store far beyond its own games. While Epic's game store may offer better terms for developers, every developer is still subject to fees from Apple. Epic is in active discussions with almost every one of the top 250 mobile developers about putting their apps on the Epic Games Store for mobile, but almost all of them have said they can't make it work on iOS.
Other News
A court ordered X Holdings, owned by Elon Musk, to unseal its list of shareholders, revealing notable investors like Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia, Saudi Prince Alwaleed, Diddy, and Jack Dorsey.
Lucara Diamond Corp., a Canadian mining company, unearthed a 2.5k-carat diamond in a Botswana mine — the largest diamond found in 100+ years and the second-largest ever mined.
Dropbox acquired Reclaim.ai — the AI-powered scheduling tool that’s raised $9.5m+ and is used by 43k companies and 320k+ users — for an undisclosed amount.
Peloton will begin charging a one-time $95 activation fee for new subscribers who bought their workout equipment secondhand.
Walmart is partnering with Burger King to offer new perks to Walmart+ customers. Members can get a 25% discount on digital Burger King orders and cash in for one free Whopper every three months.
Inspired Pet Nutrition, a British pet food maker owned by CapVest, acquired Butcher's Pet Care, a British maker of wet pet food.
Bicara Therapeutics, a Cambridge, Mass.-based developer of dual-action biologics, filed for a $200m IPO. The Phase 1 biotech plans to list on the Nasdaq (BCAX), and has raised over $300m in VC funding.
📱Tech Nuts
Google's new desktop app, Essentials, will be included with many new Windows laptops. The app packages a few Google services, like Messages and Photos, and includes links to download many others. A full list of apps has not yet been announced. Users will be able to uninstall any part of Essentials or the whole thing.
Other News
Elon Musk's company Neuralink has implanted a brain chip in a second human patient named Alex, who is now using it to play video games and design 3D objects.
Microsoft’s Recall AI feature, which captures and allows users to search most of what they see on their PC, is now set to be available for Windows testers in October.
Apple's much-anticipated foldable device, which could be either a MacBook or an iPad, has faced significant delays, now expected to launch around 2027 or 2028 instead of the first half of 2026.
OpenAI's chief strategy officer Jason Kwon argues that AI regulations should be managed by the federal government, not individual states, to avoid hindering progress and causing businesses to relocate from California.
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy stated that their AI assistant, Amazon Q, has significantly reduced software upgrade times, saving the company thousands of work hours.
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🎁Miscellaneous
Iovance Biotherapeutics has developed a 'living drug' made up of immune cells from patients' own tumors. The therapy involves taking the immune cells from the patient's tumor, growing them in the lab, and then infusing them back into the body. The massive influx of immune cells zeros in on and attacks cancer cells, and in some cases, appears to wipe out every last one. The drug doesn't work for everyone, but it can still be a lifesaver for some patients. It has been approved in the US for advanced melanoma.
💡What else are we reading and seeing?
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