Immoderata Tech #8
Welcome to the latest edition of Immoderata Tech, a newsletter about developments in the broader technology ecosystem. Our goal is to inform and educate our readers - ultimately to make you (and us) better technology investors, operators, and advisors.
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Let’s dive in.
Fintech
SBA is expanding its flagship lending program to non-bank FinTechs… More here.
FTX, the failed crypto exchange, may get a reboot in an effort to recover customer funds… More here.
Big Data and AI
Digital twin technology is being used to improve supply chain efficiency… More here.
Neural networks, the technology behind Chat GPT, may not be the future of AI…More here.
Amazon is diving into Generative AI with a new suite of products attached to its AWS offering…More here.
“Innovation is the outcome of a habit, not a random act.”
-Sukant Ratnakar
Cloud
SMB spending on cloud managed services is expected to increase over the next several years… More here.
Companies are turning to AI to help manage spiraling cloud costs… More here.
Climate
Lessons from the last climate bubble… More here.
A nice primer of how the Department of Energy views the commercialization timeline for various ClimateTech verticals… More here.
“The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that men will begin to think like computers.”
-Sydney Harris
Digital Health
Funding slump for digital health startups continues after SVB collapse… More here.
Investment needed in healthcare cybersecurity, according to Moody’s… More here.
Deep Dive
What is ChatGPT doing, and why does it work?.. More here.
Strong and weak technologies…More here.
“Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.”
-G. Bernard Shaw
Until next time,
Eric
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