What if we gave every American $1,000/month?
Read the highlights and listen to our conversation with 2020 Democratic presidential candidate
@AndrewYangVFA
, on the latest episode of the Builders podcast.
🚨THINKCamp Announcement🚨
At Betaworks, we’ve been endlessly fascinated by software that helps you ideate, create, and share ideas with those around you. Software's paramount value has been in providing us leverage in not just our productivity, but also our thinking. 🧵
AI Camp: Augment update
@ronithhh
will be joining us as our Hacker in Residence, and
@jessemhan
as our Researcher in Residence! They'll work with companies to think through AI-native UI/UX down to research on foundational models. Deadline to apply is 5/31!
What is reality, anyways?
Come meet
@davidchalmers42
and
@stevenbjohnson
at betaworks next week, on Wed 6/28.
💸 Grab discounted tickets now with code 𝗔𝗜𝟯𝟱.
We’re proud to announce the amazing cohort of 9 companies we’ve invested in and partnered with for our THINKCamp accelerator program, our biggest Camp yet:
Announcing AI Camp: Augment
This is our 9th Camp - we'll be investing in & accelerating 8-10 early stage companies focused on leveraging AI and ML to augment human activity.
Camp starts in June - applications open now!
@Borthwick
's thoughts:
Back to where it all began, at Betaworks.
Congrats to
@mignano
,
@nirzicherman
& the entire
@anchor
team on closing your deal with
@spotify
. We couldn’t be more proud of what you’ve built.
“I first discovered blogging after a coffee I had with John Borthwick in 2001.”
Founder confessions from
@fredseibert
at
@betaworkstudios
this morning.
gm nft nyc frens - the
@worldcoin
team will be
@betaworks
tomorrow to meet other web3 devs and talk to people about the protocol and SDK. It's open to anyone who wants to learn more about the project and ask the team questions. IRL Wed 6/22 10AM - 1PM. (29 Little W 12th, 10014)
Betaworks was the first investor in
@huggingface
- part of our first Camp.
We're launching a series of Spaces talking about *all things AI* with core members of the HF team.
Tune in tomorrow at 12pm ET, we’ll talk to Taylor Linton about selling AI 💸
@Fermat_ws
- A programmable spatial canvas that augments traditional workflows like brainstorming, copywriting, or project management using Generative AI.
Founded by
@polbaladas
and
@jm_camarasa
Black Lives Matter. As an organization, and as human beings, we stand with Black Americans and all those protesting for equality. We will not stand by idly while more lives are lost. We are committed to speaking up for justice.
#BlackLivesMatter
✊🏿✊✊🏼
Words matter. Today on
#IWD2019
and every day.
Here's a handy tool from
@CatalystInc
to help you spot your own unconscious bias in everyday conversations.
Only 4 more days until Silly Hacks! + we have some fun news!
To support more hackers, we're excited to announce satellite locations in San Francisco and Boston for Saturday, alongside our NYC event at Betaworks.
A huge thank you to
@lizwandersworld
&
@wetarynitup
for hosting!
🚨 More THINKCamp Announcements! 🚨
For the first time, we'll be having a Researcher In Residence join THINKCamp!
@thesephist
will be participating in THINKCamp, focusing on his independent research at the nexus of Machine Learning and Tools for Thinking!
We're also excited to announce we'll be partnering with
@Lux_Capital
and
@BloombergBeta
- now participating companies will receive $350k in total funding to jumpstart their businesses!
How can AI & ML help model our thinking? At our upcoming Render conference on 8/16, we'll have
@AliceAlbrecht
and
@thesephist
coming by to talk with
@cjpedregal
about NLP, LLMs, and more as they relate to Tools for Thinking.
Tickets available now:
We think agents — fully developed agents and the tools to enable them — represent the next wave of AI and of innovation.
Next Betaworks Camp theme just announced 📣👇
We are holding ourselves accountable by pausing our usual activity this week to listen, examine ourselves and our business practices, and ensure we’re using our platform to amplify Black voices and issues that matter to Black members of our community.
The latest on Builders:
@bethcomstock
, former Vice Chair and CMO of GE, discusses how to manage innovation in large businesses and her personal approach to mastering change in the face of uncertainty.
🎧 Listen + Subscribe:
"Attention economics needs guardrails." —
@Borthwick
An engaging and important panel yesterday at the
#FCFestival
on data ownership and protection, a topic we're thinking deeply about at Betaworks. Thanks to Denelle and Kate for their perspectives.
As
@borthwick
wrote, “The web has flattened our information landscape giving us access to an unimaginable breadth of information — yet making sense of that landscape is challenging. We need tools individually and collectively make sense of it.”
🫡 to
@pirroh
for demos + discussion w/ AI Camp cohort companies on
@Replit
's approach to code LLMs and ADI (Artificial Developer Intelligence)-native REPL framework.
🙏 to Camp RiR
@jessemhan
of
@morph_labs
for facilitating the workshop!
What will you build with ADI?
Last year we imagined what it would be like to have a subscription system above all platforms. Now we’ve built it, and it’s coming.
Join the early access and reserve your username at
@sanedotfyi
- A social tool for thought that combines personal knowledge management and publishing into a collective playground for thinkers.
Founded by
@JosefiinaIda
and
@PeunaTiina
What we're reading: this weekend's
@axios
Future newsletter.
@kavehwaddell
explores the world of AI-generated media and synthetic reality, diving into the opportunities and threats that lie within. 👀
New live podcast out today.
@henrytimms
@jeremyheimans
talk about New Power and how it affects our hyperconnected world.
Great thinking and stories.
Listen:
Read:
Tools for Thinking Conference is nxt Tuesday, join us.
Q: Is this about note taking app’s?
A: No. Much more. A computer is a Tool for Thinking.
@hrheingold
wrote a book on it called "Tool for Thought" Excited to have Howard join us ...
Hugging Face raises $4 million for its artificial BFF: Chatbot startup Hugging Face has raised a $4 million seed round led by Ronny Conway from a_capital. Existing investors Betaworks, SV Angel and Kevin Durant are also participating. I already reviewed…
Join us for an intimate gathering with
@sandyhook
Co-Founder
@NicoleHockley
. We'll learn how their award-winning campaigns and innovative technology have engaged more than 8 million in The Promise to protect kids.
In Term Sheet this AM, investors share their biggest investment regrets:
@betaworks
CEO John
@Borthwick
missed Snap: "I didn't take the meeting because what I saw was a sexting app."
See more here:
Today 📍
@betaworkstudios
: Scott²
This AM, we held a breakfast discussion with Behance founder
@scottbelsky
. This evening, we're hosting an AMA Live with
@Meetup
founder Scott
@heif
.
(Last minute RSVPs for the AMA: . See you at the club 👽)
On Wed 12/7/22, they’ll present their progress at our Demo Day. We’ll be gathering founders, angels, investors, partners, and other community members here in NYC to see what they’ve been building - if you’re interested in coming by, let us know here