Tom Tunguz

APRIL 1, 2020

The Federal government has become an important target for new business, particularly for enterprise companies because the budgets are stable. As I’ve written before, once we’re through these hardships, I expect a Cambrian explosion of innovation. Management teams are learning to lead teams entirely on video.

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Payrix

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Such innovations save time and mitigate potential losses for our software partners and their users. Ryan Barry, Senior Director of Risk Strategy and Partner Due Diligence “How do you reconcile the need for product innovation with the inherent risks of payments?” Explore risk and compliance advice for platforms.

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Tom Tunguz

MARCH 20, 2022

Recently, EVMOS , a web3 project, pushed forward an important innovation for the web3 ecosystem. The EVMOS token model innovates on its predecessors by introducing the App Store dynamics to web3. Governance token holders may vote to change the 50/50 split in the future. This doesn’t happen today in web3. Except on EVMOS.

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Tom Tunguz

DECEMBER 29, 2021

As taxpayers, we are customers of the government. At some point, most governments fail to produce enough value to justify the federal vigorish. The Code Breaker relates the history behind CRISPR, a technology that enables biochemists to alter DNA via RNA, and the woman behind the innovation Jennifer Doudna.

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Tom Tunguz

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

So much innovation has been unleashed in the last few years, most of us are still absorbing the implications & working to identify the best applications of the 4 fundamental innovations of web3. Overall, the crypto ecosystem finds itself in a winter. I see it as the coiling of a spring.

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Tom Tunguz

JULY 7, 2022

Then the infrastructure innovations disappear beneath the delightful application and we move onto the next wave with its own buzzwords. Some of them will employ the four fundamental innovations of web3 : permanent ownership, paying customers with “equity,” regulatory arbitrage, and new governance models (DAOs).

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Tom Tunguz

MARCH 2, 2022

CBDCs may be the future of monetary policy, enabling governments to mint and destroy money through software. Digital dollars provide significantly more transparency to governments. The potential for innovation from these ideas, their combinations, and their descendants is hard to overstate.

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Tom Tunguz

JANUARY 14, 2024

Open source models are governed by open source licenses. Given all the innovation in the space, in a quarter or two, this data might be very different. Similar to regular open source software, Apache & MIT dominate the licenses by model count. 76% of the top models choose one of these licenses.

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Buffer Resources

AUGUST 2, 2024

” “It’s governed by open protocols, not closed platforms.   Community governance: Decisions about platform changes and policies can be made through democratic processes involving the community rather than top-down directives from corporate executives.

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Totango

MAY 17, 2024

CS professionals have a choice: Embrace AI and harness its potential to drive innovation and growth, or remain hesitant and risk falling behind in a rapidly evolving landscape. The post AI & CS: Innovate or stagnate appeared first on Best Customer Success Blog: Articles for Enterprise Growth.

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Andreessen Horowitz

DECEMBER 15, 2020

We’re back to covering multiple items on our show 16 Minutes — which covers the news, occasional explainers, and teases apart what’s hype/ what’s real — as well as where we are on the long arc of innovation: #1 Hackers … The post 16 Minutes on the News #49: U.S.

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IT World

APRIL 7, 2022

Following efforts by the US and others to address cryptocurrency standards, UK officials this week said they want Britain to lead the world and create their own government-backed digital token for international trade. “We Glen's comments came during a keynote speech at the Innovate Finance Global Summit during Fintech Week 2022.

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Totango

DECEMBER 1, 2021

When you bring agile innovation to customer success , you empower your CS strategy with the latest technology. Then we’ll lay out seven steps to bring agile innovation to customer success. Why Bring Agile Innovation to Customer Success? 7 Steps to Bring Agile Innovation to Customer Success. Define how to measure success.

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Tom Tunguz

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Instrumentation and Governance Enable Many New Use Cases : Today’s data leaders are struggling. Executive teams and boards are demanding innovation with LLMs and data. Meanwhile, regulation and compliance mean the governance burden only increases. Software startups are rising to meet the need.

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SaaStr

JULY 14, 2022

The most enterprise vendor in a space can often charge twice what other do, and tap into customer segments (regulated, government, etc) that others can’t. You have to continue to provide innovation to your customers. That’s often the quickest path to seeing how your can double your true TAM. Most new features.

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Tom Tunguz

JUNE 28, 2017

One typical Friday morning in 2004, I walked into a government building and headed to work. I was a junior Java engineer and part of a hired team building an internal system for a government agency. All the while, product innovation stalls. We were a few days behind on schedule, and a technical issue arose.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 19, 2023

and Canadian governments provide more than $20 billion in R&D tax credits and innovation incentives to fund businesses. Grab your copy at [link] Each year the U.S. But the application process is cumbersome, prone to costly audits, and receiving the money can take as long as 16 months.

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Tom Tunguz

JULY 8, 2021

Tokens might be used as stores of equity value, as a replacement for government money, to pay for a particular service, or simply as as collectible. It has the 24h clock of a modern international financial market blended with the innovation of brilliant developers authoring open source software. Smart contracts are open-source.

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SaaStr

JUNE 20, 2024

Today, they focus on two areas: Helping organizations accelerate how they go to market with AI by providing the best-of-breed technology and innovation. Integration and scaling challenges Governance Limited expertise Cost Complexity We used to talk about how important it was to get the data model correct and leverage the correct LLM.

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IT World

MAY 19, 2023

That’s because there are challenges that require an ecosystem of capabilities to solve—for example, complexity at the edge, diverse legacy systems, resource requirements and ongoing concerns about security, governance and consistency.

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Tom Tunguz

APRIL 14, 2019

In meeting many of these innovative businesses, I’ve observed they face three strategic questions. Classic agencies don’t value the software enough to engender pricing power, develop fast sales cycles, or change the operations of their business to maximize the value of the ML innovation.

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OpenView Labs

MARCH 8, 2019

You’d be forgiven for thinking this description is perhaps a scene from Mad Men or governance practices of a bygone era. What does this mean for the companies they govern? Ask yourself: When was the last time your board innovated around its processes and procedures? Netflix’s Boardroom Innovation. Isn’t it time you did?

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SaaStock

MARCH 1, 2019

It is owned by the Hong Kong SAR Government and provides seed investments through its Cyberport Creative Micro Fund and Incubation Programme. Ceyuan Ventures selects entrepreneurs who show promise in crafting leading technologies, backed by powerful teams and innovation. Cyberport Hong Kong. Founded: 2011. Size of fund: $25.5M.

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Scytale

MARCH 12, 2025

As the UKs tech startup ecosystem continues to thrive, visionary founders are driving innovation across various industries, shaping the future of technology , finance , healthcare , and beyond. Rishi Khosla Rishi Khosla is a seasoned entrepreneur and investor, and is truly dedicated to innovation.

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Tom Tunguz

JANUARY 3, 2018

Founders will look to apply the innovation of a distributed and decentralized-trust database in different parts of the ecosystem. GDPR becomes an important consideration in most SaaS companies product and sales teams as the European regulation changes lead generation practices and data retention/governance practices in Europe.

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Andreessen Horowitz

JUNE 24, 2021

We believe that the next wave of computing innovation will be driven by crypto. We are radically optimistic about crypto’s potential to restore trust and enable new kinds of governance where communities collectively make important decisions about how networks evolve, … The post Crypto Fund III appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

With innovation in the space accelerating so quickly and incredible new projects being launched every day, more and more leaders across business, finance, and government are starting to acknowledge our view that the future of … The post Brian Quintenz appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz. Crypto is at a crossroads.

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SaaStock

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

It is a logistics and multi-selling platform which innovates how e-commerce can grow in the region. Based in Shenzhen, YoPoint manufactures innovative vending machines and is a provider of equipment for retail terminals. from 500 Startups, World Innovation Lab, and others. Funding to Date : $25.5M Founders : Jack Huang.

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BetterCloud

DECEMBER 18, 2024

BetterCloud stands alone as the leading SaaS Management Platform, excelling in all 5 critical categories: aaS Spend Management, SaaS Operations Management, Data Loss Prevention, User Provisioning and Governance Tools, and Cloud File Security. BetterCloud is dedicated to continuing to innovate to match the needs of the IT industry.

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Scytale

AUGUST 5, 2024

Welcome to the exciting and complex world of AI policy and governance! Think of AI policy and governance as the rules of the road for AI technologies, ensuring they drive us toward a future that’s innovative, ethical, and beneficial for all. Ready to dive in? Let’s do this! But why is this so important?

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Because Indian citizens’ digital IDs are linked to their bank accounts, for example, the government was able to electronically transfer relief funds to around 200 million beneficiaries over the course of the pandemic. By 2019, the government had issued a unique ID to nearly every adult resident in India; today, the system is used by 1.3

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Stax

MARCH 13, 2025

While interchange fees are non-negotiable, knowing the factors that govern them and how they are calculated, can help you employ suitable strategies to offset these costs. To improve the payment experience for consumers, card networks must innovate and incorporate the latest technologies. Talk to sales What Are Interchange Fees?

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Tom Tunguz

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Bell Labs was a house of magic - a place of prodigious invention and innovation. Christensen laments that American innovation has transitioned from empowering innovations to sustaining innovations to efficiency innovations - hollowing the job market. Monopoly drove innovation at Bell.

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SaaSX

APRIL 11, 2021

As an innovator, one of your passions is to create value. That is where pricing innovation comes in. Pricing innovation. Pricing to capture the value of innovation.’ Innovating on how you price.’. Revenue model innovation is another way to say this, but it is actually important to focus right on how to price.

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ChurnZero

DECEMBER 16, 2020

NVTC Tech 100 awards celebrate the most innovative technology companies and top tech executives in the region. The final NVTC Tech100 Award list comprises 100 tech companies and 26 executives, each consistently demonstrating dedication, vision and innovation. “As Siemens Government Technologies. iDirect Government.

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SaaS Metrics

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

With the continuous development in today’s globalized landscape, several industries are incorporating digital and technical innovations. Read more The post The Essence of Data Governance: Understanding the Definition for Healthcare first appeared on SaaS Metrics. And the healthcare industry is no exception. This surge of.

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IT World

MARCH 29, 2023

The UK government has today published a white paper outlining its plans to regulate general purpose artificial intelligence. The paper, published by the newly formed Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), sets out guidelines for what it calls “responsible use” and outlines five principles it wants companies to follow.

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