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Serve - Postmate's autonomous delivery vehicle | Product Hunt

producthunt · 9 hours ago

Steph Palmeri👩🏻‍💻

tech junkie. travel addict. food fanatic. music lover. yoga poser. venture capitalist @UncorkCap. displaced nyc gal. loving life in sf. [opinions = my own]

The @Postmates autonomous delivery vehicle is smart and pretty darn cute too. #uncorkcap https://t.co/xIjo0ARNMK

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John Melas-Kyriazi

@jmelaskyriazi

Scientist-turned-VC at @sparkcapital and @christinaphili5’s +1

RT @Basti: We just launched Serve: Postmate's autonomous delivery vehicle via @ProductHunt https://t.co/B81JV2XUJd

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Uncork Capital

@uncorkcap

Uncork Capital (formerly SoftTech VC) is a seed-stage venture firm that commits early, helps with the hard stuff, and sticks around. Really.

Meet Serve: @postmate's new autonomous delivery vehicle. #uncorkcap https://t.co/jjS88AyyNS https://t.co/7RmIoJrEpY

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Cheddar To Rollout Across AT&T video platforms in December 2018

about.att · 7 hours ago

Homebrew

@homebrew

Seed stage venture fund crafted by @hunterwalk & @satyap. Happy investors in @chime, @theskimm, @managedbyq, @honor, @primarydotcom, @lumi, @joymode & others!

RT @RichBTIG: Woah... @cheddar distributed to all AT&T and DirecTV subscribers Congrats @jonsteinberg 🧀 https://t.co/lgcGNm6aLu https://t.c…

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Geoff Yang

@geoff_yang

Founding Partner, Redpoint Ventures. Boards: AT&T, Franklin Templeton. Private: Esquel Group, LaneOne, Scribd, TasteMade, Victorious.

https://t.co/IFZzcfUp7u https://t.co/TN5yqZ2fEh

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Brianne Kimmel 💬

@briannekimmel

☁️ Investor: @thepracticaldev @voyage @forethought_ai @humble_dot & more. Plus one: @andrewchen. ❤️: the future of work

Keep in mind: there are 163.2M AT&T wireless subscribers in U.S. & Mexico. Insane distribution for 🧀! https://t.co/m6FFZkIdWG

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Sovrn acquires VigLink to expand its publisher monetization platform

techcrunch · 6 hours ago

Emergence Capital

@emergencecap

Early-stage, long-term venture capital. Emergence invests in people who change the way the world works.

Excited to see @VigLink continue to grow as part of the @SovrnHoldings family. Congratulations to the team! 👏 https://t.co/Ki4ulQ5Dzr

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Josh Kopelman

@joshk

VC. Father. Geek. INTJ

Congrats to @oroup and the @VigLink team!! https://t.co/xrZWPEgUlv

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Taylor Swift tracked stalkers with facial recognition tech at her concert

theverge · 1 day ago

Alexis Ohanian Sr. 🚀

@alexisohanian

🚀 Co-founder & managing partner @Initialized (early stage VC, $22B in market value) 📖 Bestselling author ⬆️ Co-founder @Reddit 🎮 Owner @cloud9

You win Twitter today https://t.co/nhseMasspj

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Alex Taussig

@ataussig

Partner @LightspeedVP | BOD Current: @DlyHarvest @Faire_Wholesale @VectorSpaceSys @Zola; Past: @thredUP $TWOU $CBLK | Reformed physicist @Harvard/@MIT.

😂😂😂 https://t.co/vJ1ABXxZA5

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Startup Founders Think Real Progress on Diversity Is Years Away

wired · 8 hours ago

Brett Berson

@brettberson

@firstround and am a fan of clever and caring people.

“Startup Founders Think Real Progress on Diversity Is Years Away” tip @Techmeme https://t.co/wJgMSe08Xe

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Katie Jacobs Stanton

@KatieS

Mom of 3 & @tacopuppy. CMO @Color. Alum of @Twitter @WhiteHouse @Google @Yahoo. Board Member @Vivendi @TIME. Founding Partner @helloangels. ❤️🇺🇸🌍

We have a lot of work to do to make our companies more diverse and inclusive. We can't give up or slow down. https://t.co/XTnEyJoeNt

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The Chinese Lesson: Online learning has no inherent churn problem

viewpoints.matrixpartners · 9 hours ago

Matrix Partners

@MatrixPartners

We invest early and commit personally to help startups succeed. Matrix Partners Viewpoints: https://t.co/4tzh6YGYmH

Great Piece by @jakejolis. https://t.co/PePeD1X7ps

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Jared Sleeper

@JaredSleeper

VC @MatrixPartners. Passionate about #SaaS, hardware applications and a long list of other more random things.

Awesome thoughtpiece on e-learning by my colleague @jakejolis https://t.co/fDjyALQNSW https://t.co/AQf7VRSwyM

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Sleepless No More In Seattle — Later School Start Time Pays Off For Teens

npr · 11 hours ago

Manu Kumar

@ManuKumar

Human, Founder, Investor. Chief Firestarter at @K9Ventures. The O.G. for PreSeed. @lyft, @twilio, @playosmo, @CartaInc, @lucidchart, @auth0, @HiHello_Me & more.

RT @NPR: The study also found an improvement in grades and a reduction in tardiness and absences. https://t.co/bnPXvH61dO

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Steven Sinofsky

@stevesi

ॐ • Board Partner @a16z • Investor • Adviser • Writings @ https://t.co/DMqdoH6I8K • Nikon 📷•🧘🏻‍♂️ 🔄=retweet ❤️=like • Typos are free

Sleepless No More In Seattle — Later School Start Time Pays Off For Teens https://t.co/B2AATdyISm // I am so total… https://t.co/SHgispeIH6

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Why Startups Keep Raising Mega-Rounds of $100 Million (or More)

fortune · 17 hours ago

Connie Chan

@conniechan

♬ whistle while you work ♫ General Partner @a16z, Board member @HYSTA, YGL of @WEF. I like sharing cross-border trends and learnings from China.

RT @FortuneMPW: Why startups keep raising mega-rounds of $100 million (or more) https://t.co/KB4z9PyVHx https://t.co/qIkrSv9lZH

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Sharon Wienbar

@wienbar

Experienced public/private Board Director, Former CEO @Hackbright, Venture Partner at @ScaleVP, Rower, #changetheratio Champion

BECAUSE THEY CAN Why startups keep raising mega-rounds of $100 million-plus https://t.co/ptmLinxCfN

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Tristan Walker announces acquisition by Procter & Gamble, will remain as CEO and move company to Atlanta

fastcompany · 1 day ago

Collaborative Fund

@collabfund

Collaborative = (people x stuff) + new technologies^creativity

Congrats to @tristanwalker and team on the acquisition! https://t.co/PWv5dYh9JW

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Evelyn Berezin, 93, Dies; Built the First True Word Processor

nytimes · 2 days ago

George Zachary

@georgezachary

original @Twitter, @Yammer, @Udacity, @healthiqapp, @pillpack, @freenome, @recursionpharma, @colorgenomics, @3tbio, @scribd investor - in bioeng startups.

RT @mkapor: Evelyn Berezin, 93, Dies; Built the First True Word Processor. Once again, women lead but do not get credit. https://t.co/rnoH…

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Taylor Swift used facial recognition to track her stalkers at a concert

qz · 1 day ago

martin_casado

@martin_casado

General partner at Andreessen Horowitz.

RT @mcwm: Taylor Swift used facial recognition at a concert to scan the audience for her stalkers https://t.co/DsTwmPtcAX

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With $18 million in new funding, Spring is speeding up our engine for discovering aging therapies

medium · 2 days ago

Daniel Gross 💡

@danielgross

Founder of Pioneer (https://t.co/c4nJ2x1blu). Also run YC AI (https://t.co/dR8QJQe71h). Prev Director at Apple via Cue (@cueup) acquisition. d@dcgross.com.

Congrats @kamens! May you enable us to lead vibrant, healthy lives. https://t.co/UYQ7cgYzUV

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Dr. Elon & Mr. Musk: Life Inside Tesla's Production Hell

wired · 2 hours ago

Benedict Evans

@benedictevans

Trying to work out what's going on and what happens next. Curious. Easily bored. Single parent. Expat in San Francisco. @a16z

Dr. Elon & Mr. Musk: Life Inside Tesla's Production Hell | WIRED https://t.co/temnznBKCD

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Reflect Step I: Face Swap - AI-powered face swap | Product Hunt

producthunt · 3 hours ago

Arlan 👊🏾

@ArlanWasHere

GAY. Founder @Backstage_Cap🚀 @ProjectCoverOrg🦋 @BootstrappedVC🎙& @modernlword🌈 Subject of S7 @podcaststartup Fangirl @GeneralHospital📺 I😍 @queergermangirl

Why Ryan? Why? 😲👻 https://t.co/69NwDkgOVR

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The Oil Industry’s Covert Campaign to Rewrite American Car Emissions Rules

nytimes · 8 hours ago

Zachary Bogue

@zackbogue

@dcvc and @foundersden; environmentalist

The Oil Industry's Covert Campaign to Rewrite American Car Emissions Rules https://t.co/4zAgj7XwJH

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Introducing: The Slim d'Hermès Limited Editions For HODINKEE

shop.hodinkee · 9 hours ago

Tony Conrad

@tonysphere

Partner True Ventures: WordPress, Blue Bottle, Slack, Hodinkee, Pluralsight, MakerBot, Glowforge & Teamable | Founder https://t.co/P3PTS9TI88 & Sphere | Tony Hawk Foundation

I extraordinaire!! ntroducing: The Slim d'Hermès Limited Editions For HODINKEE – HODINKEE Shop https://t.co/P3Zjrzw1sw

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Donate to the Internet Archive!

archive · 11 hours ago

Craig Shapiro

@cshapiro

Founder and managing partner @collabfund. Student of history.

RT @newsycombinator: https://t.co/xPlMYOKmW3 donations are currently matched by a generous supporter 2-to-1 https://t.co/D4vt06Epfp

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First Bay Area Shake Shack Opens This Weekend

sf.eater · 23 hours ago

Jorge Conde

@JorgeCondeBio

General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz @a16z

.@shakeshack is a fantastic addition to Palo Alto and the Bay Area! @arampell totally agrees. https://t.co/kCMgFo0waS

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Changing consumer behavior is the key to unlocking billion-dollar businesses

techcrunch · 1 day ago

Manu Kumar

@ManuKumar

Human, Founder, Investor. Chief Firestarter at @K9Ventures. The O.G. for PreSeed. @lyft, @twilio, @playosmo, @CartaInc, @lucidchart, @auth0, @HiHello_Me & more.

Good post by @jpgg https://t.co/rA4MoML0v1

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Factory mishap paves street with chocolate in Germany

apnews · 1 day ago

Sharon Wienbar

@wienbar

Experienced public/private Board Director, Former CEO @Hackbright, Venture Partner at @ScaleVP, Rower, #changetheratio Champion

YUM Factory mishap paves street with chocolate in Germany https://t.co/3rvG7KgZ7b

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