Good morning! We have lots of good stuff for you this Tuesday, so let\u2019s dig right in.<\/p>\n
Up first, we surveyed six investors who are placing bets on AI. We wanted to know how startups should begin building tools for AI; whether startup-focused AI work is defensible; and how tech companies are thinking about monetization. It\u2019s certainly not cheap to run an LLM.<\/p>\n
Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Check out what these investors had to say to get a better understanding of the AI market:<\/p>\n Thanks for reading, and see you Friday!<\/p>\n Karyne<\/p>\n @karynelevy<\/a><\/p>\n Image Credits:<\/strong> Magnilion \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n People who build startups have it tough already, but what if their startup sounds like something out of \u201cThe Matrix\u201d? VCs want to invest in the next hot thing, and if they\u2019re not sure about a company\u2019s value prop, they might not be quick to pull out their checkbooks.<\/p>\n It\u2019s a founder\u2019s job to explain how and what their product does, especially if their deep tech startup straddles two sectors. Seraphim Space\u2019s Maureen Haverty offers a few tips on how to make a deep tech startup seem more credible when everything about it screams \u201cscience fiction.\u201d<\/p>\n Image Credits:<\/strong> Bryce Durbin \/ TechCrunch<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Last quarter didn\u2019t look so hot for African startups as funding trends fell back to what we\u2019re calling \u201cpre-COVID norms.\u201d<\/p>\n But it\u2019s not all doom and gloom: Although there was less money to go around, more startups in the region got funding. And we were pleasantly surprised that the company that got the most funding in Q3 is not a fintech.<\/p>\n Image Credits:<\/strong> Fabita<\/p>\n<\/div>\n I\u2019m not a chef, but I can make a really good omelet. If I had the kitchen that Tim De Chant imagines, though, I think I\u2019d be in the kitchen whipping things up every day.<\/p>\n But Tim has a controversial opinion: He wants to get rid of his kitchen range altogether.<\/p>\n
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How to fundraise when your deep tech startup sounds like sci-fi<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nAfrican startups see their fundraising prospects dry up as capital availability falls yet again in Q3<\/h2>\n
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Where\u2019s the innovation in induction kitchens?<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nDeal Dive: Why does General Catalyst want to buy a healthcare system?<\/h2>\n
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