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EXCLUSIVE: First human embryos edited in U.S., using CRISPR

technologyreview · 20 hours ago

Eze Vidra

Chief Innovation Officer at Antidote, disrupting clinical trials with technology. Founded @Techbikers and @campuslondon, blog at https://t.co/CXCBxcEbTi

And so it begins- CRISPR in the US https://t.co/f9iujZPCN5

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Marvin Liao

@marvinliao

Ever curious: Reader, World Traveler, Investor & Tech/Media exec interested in almost everything!

RT @techreview: EXCLUSIVE: First known attempt to genetically modify human embryos in U.S. carried out in Portland, OR using CRISPR. https:…

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Chris Sacca

@sacca

I love @crystale. Sometimes on @ABCSharkTank. Early investor: @Twitter @Uber @Twilio @Instagram. Now working to give back. https://t.co/BnDQddecgt

RT @techreview: EXCLUSIVE: First known attempt to genetically modify human embryos in U.S. carried out in Portland, OR using CRISPR. https:…

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Matthew Ocko

@mattocko

Venture capitalist (@DCVC). Technologist. Husband-ist. Dad-ist. Friend-ist. Real wood fires, evenings w/ good food, wine & friends, & neat sci-fi. ♥ != endorse

Next up on the innovation docket - very soon, no child sentenced to die of Huntington's or other "editable" genetic… https://t.co/e2B1y14scK

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Matt Mazzeo

@Mazzeo

Snapchat:https://t.co/IPxpU36ZaN

First Human Embryos Edited in U.S. https://t.co/m3O5RptaFR

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Jorge Conde

@jorgeconde__

General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz @a16z

Wow. Incredible: 1st gene editing of human embryo in US. More incredible: high fidelity fix for known CRISPR er… https://t.co/YyCm9IHbSG

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Shawn Carolan

@shawnvc

@MenloVentures lead on @rokuplayer, @uber, @imvu, @siri. Founding CEO @Handle. Engineer. Athlete. Motorcyclist. Snowboarder. Dad.

First human embryo gene edits: https://t.co/nkDoF27Ul4 as FDA is to drugs, need defect approval and proof of efficacy w/out side effect

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SEC.gov | SEC Issues Investigative Report Concluding DAO Tokens, a Digital Asset, Were Securities

sec.gov · 1 day ago

jalak jobanputra

@jalak

VC since 99. Founder @futurepvc. Global Nomad. x Ballerina. Early #blockchain believer.

SEC Issues Investigative Report Concluding DAO Tokens, a Digital Asset, Were Securities #Crypto #ICO https://t.co/rQjkhzkayZ

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Jerry Neumann

@ganeumann

Hacker, Backer, Slacker

Lots of people have told me blockchain is impervious to government regulation...guess now we'll find out https://t.co/m97yjcWeSd

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Alice Lloyd George

@AMLG23

VC @RRE. Tech, art, science, the future, time travel, wookiepedia. Host @thefluxpodcast

SEC crashes the ICO party https://t.co/432Knt3Y2o https://t.co/lNZDnwTuKc

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Christen O'Brien

@christenobrien

VP Marketing @NFXGuild. 2x entrepreneur. Passionate about the power of language + storytelling. Peace Corps alumni. Larry David disciple.

RT @patio11: SEC reminds cryptocurrency enthusiasts that securities laws do in fact exist and are duck-typed: https://t.co/O7Exvf8KT2

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Marvin Liao

@marvinliao

Ever curious: Reader, World Traveler, Investor & Tech/Media exec interested in almost everything!

RT @sriramk: SEC classifying ICOs as securities is massively positive. Brings clarity, could help clean ecosystem. https://t.co/2KkgeD6pn1

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Opinion | Self-Driving People, Enabled by Airbnb

nytimes · 1 day ago

Alfred Lin

@Alfred_Lin

Partner @sequoia. Formerly @zappos. Working with founders from idea to IPO and beyond: @airbnb @diaandco @doordash @houzz @humble @stelladot @zipline

“The biggest asset in people’s lives is not their home, but their time and potential.” @bchesky @tomfriedman https://t.co/0Oyirx0pdg

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Sarah Hodges

@hodges

Partner at @Pillar_VC | Co-Founder at @Intelligent_ly | @Pluralsight @RunKeeper @Carbonite (back in the day)

Stumbled on this @AirBnB offering yesterday. Fantastic new direction. https://t.co/ZyFPEZfQOv #startups #humans

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Greylock Partners

@GreylockVC

We are company builders and investors. We partner with consumer and enterprise software entrepreneurs.

RT @nathanblec: Airbnb is enabling "self-driving people" https://t.co/GWL5ndankj

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Tim O'Reilly

@timoreilly

Founder and CEO, O'Reilly Media. Watching the alpha geeks, sharing their stories, helping the future unfold.

Great column! And yes, @tomfriedman and I do seem to be thinking in parallel about what platforms teach us about th… https://t.co/XaooyXxaOK

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Welcoming Larsen Jensen to Lightspeed – John Vrionis – Medium

medium · 6 hours ago

John Vrionis

@jvrionis

Aspiring man for others. Father of 3. General Partner Lightspeed Venture Partners.

I just published “Welcoming Larsen Jensen to Lightspeed” https://t.co/0J72uV1Myd

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Alex Taussig

@ataussig

Partner @LightspeedVP. On @PlanetoftheApps. Investor: @Zola, @VectorSpaceSys, @Thredup, @JauntVR, @2UInc, RentJuice/@Zillow. Reformed physicist @Harvard/@MIT.

“Welcoming Larsen Jensen to Lightspeed” by @jvrionis. Excited to have Larsen on the team! https://t.co/eYmgWGRgJZ

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Aaron Batalion

@abatalion

Partner at @lightspeedvp. Cast of @PlanetOfTheApps. Past: Founder + 1st CTO, @livingsocial.

Excited to welcome @larsen_jensen to @lightspeedvp! See @jvrionis' take on why we're thrilled. https://t.co/nZUsRRleTY

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Arif Janmohamed

@arifj

Early Stage Venture Capitalist at Lightspeed Venture Partners. Canadian. Dad.

Welcome @larsen_jensen to the @lightspeedvp team! https://t.co/Y1bSk6VJqK

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AI Grant

aigrant · 1 day ago

Sam Altman

@sama

Twitter advice: He who fights with monsters should be careful lest he thereby become a monster.

RT @danielgross: Excited to launch https://t.co/qFOzskaUqi 2.0 with @natfriedman!

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Michael Seibel

@mwseibel

Partner at Y-Combinator #ycombinator michael@ycombinator.com (previously co-founder of https://t.co/fokV35IlF5 and Socialcam)

Boom! https://t.co/rXHnT8xalY

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Elad Gil

@eladgil

Entrepreneur and Investor

RT @natfriedman: Applications are now open for round 2 of https://t.co/9wgdrbXSEw. Excited to be working with @danielgross on this!

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“We have a common philosophy that it all starts with people” – Heather Hartnett on Human Ventures, NYC’s Startup Studio

hunterwalk · 1 day ago

Hunter Walk

@hunterwalk

You'll find me @homebrew, Seed Stage Venture Fund w @satyap. Previously made products at YouTube, Google & SecondLife. Married to @cbarlerin.

“We have common philosophy that it all starts w people” – @HeatherHartnett NYC's epic @Human_Ventures https://t.co/qdc9CJ2w8r [NewBlogPost]

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Harry Stebbings

@HarryStebbings

Podcast @twentyminutevc, VC @Atomico, Helper @saastr with @jasonlk https://t.co/br0GYXj63N

Loved this by @hunterwalk @homebrew amazing to hear more about the great work of @HeatherHartnett @Human_Ventures https://t.co/ZNt2geTIOT

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Suzy Ryoo

@suzywillow

Venture Partner @AtomFactory @CrossCultureVC. @KauffmanFellows Class 22. Culturally ambitious ✨ 📍LA via Seoul & immigrant entrepreneur parents, #runningryoos ❤

RT @rrhoover: Nice Q&A with @HeatherHartnett on Human Ventures and its startup studio approach: https://t.co/KHwXCJoD0U w/ @hunterwalk

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Freight-Booking Startup Convoy Raises $62 Million

wsj · 1 day ago

Greylock Partners

@GreylockVC

We are company builders and investors. We partner with consumer and enterprise software entrepreneurs.

RT @convoyteam: “This investment is about taking our services to a national scale by doubling down on the technology” - https://t.co/wsc5PJ…

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Reid Hoffman

@reidhoffman

Entrepreneur. Investor. Strategist.

Awesome progress by @daniellewis and @ggoodale. Congrats to Convoy! https://t.co/Q76h49OpFC https://t.co/oYwfBZJYzp

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simon rothman

@simonrothman

I'm excited to be in @convoyteam for the long haul ;) Freight-Booking Startup Convoy Raises $62 Million - WSJ https://t.co/V4Uoe3UttM

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Built to Last – Canaan

blog.canaan · 2 days ago

Keval Desai

@kevaldesai

partner @InterWestVC, product @Google, @Digg, @GlobalVillage, @Tandem, co-founder @Achex, tweets are opinions, RTs != endorsements

RT @canaanpartners: Excited to share the news about our new $800M fund. More on our road ahead: https://t.co/DcQ4tDNEGB

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Marvin Liao

@marvinliao

Ever curious: Reader, World Traveler, Investor & Tech/Media exec interested in almost everything!

RT @mattermarkdaily: Built to Last (announcing a new $800 million fund) by @CanaanPartners - https://t.co/PB7UTpvrQe

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Matthew Ocko

@mattocko

Venture capitalist (@DCVC). Technologist. Husband-ist. Dad-ist. Friend-ist. Real wood fires, evenings w/ good food, wine & friends, & neat sci-fi. ♥ != endorse

Congrats @mahaibrahim & @canaanpartners team! https://t.co/ClCx1IxLOv

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In Silicon Valley, the Big Venture Funds Keep Getting Bigger

wsj · 2 days ago

Alexis Ohanian 🗽

@alexisohanian

Co-founder @Reddit. General Partner @InitializedCap. Bestselling author, #WithoutTheirPermission. Making the world suck less. ⬆️

RT @WSJTech: Venture funds are ballooning to levels not seen since the dot-com boom https://t.co/WZDlyZsqDs

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Marvin Liao

@marvinliao

Ever curious: Reader, World Traveler, Investor & Tech/Media exec interested in almost everything!

RT @WSJ: Venture funds are ballooning to levels not seen since the dot-com boom https://t.co/JkLnXJdoTb

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Christen O'Brien

@christenobrien

VP Marketing @NFXGuild. 2x entrepreneur. Passionate about the power of language + storytelling. Peace Corps alumni. Larry David disciple.

Q: if we believe software is eating the world, why wouldn't venture funds meet that capital demand? https://t.co/5RfEYu5Ek0

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Khosla Ventures leads $50 million investment in Vicarious’ AI tech | VentureBeat | Entrepreneur | by Bérénice Magistretti

venturebeat · 2 days ago

Vinod Khosla

@vkhosla

entrepreneurship zealot

Khosla Ventures leads $50 million investment in Vicarious’ AI tech https://t.co/EjhBdgiNrT via @VentureBeat

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Garry Tan

@garrytan

Managing Partner, Initialized Capital. Designer/engineer turned investor. Writes software, dreams. @InitializedCap

Congrats @fuelfive and the Vicarious team — making smart handy robots is pretty damn important https://t.co/EAbrykqNhz

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Alexis Ohanian 🗽

@alexisohanian

Co-founder @Reddit. General Partner @InitializedCap. Bestselling author, #WithoutTheirPermission. Making the world suck less. ⬆️

A seed investment so early u have no idea if it'll be a business or research project. Looks like former. https://t.co/HmNdMNicRK

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Laurene Powell Jobs Leads Funding Round in Virtual-Reality Firm

bloomberg · 22 hours ago

Lars Dalgaard

@LarsLuv

@Glidesf (7 years). Investor. Accepted $3.7B offer for labor of luv; SuccessFactors. Now GP a16z

https://t.co/GJ8XxfUJBy @milk @aaronkoblin congrats -

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a16z

@a16z

Andreessen Horowitz is a tech VC firm that invests in software eating the world https://t.co/xNuFDRYHRj https://t.co/cwGTtEUdfu https://t.co/m4unvi8FIF

RT @Within: Thrilled to expand development of new tech, new experiences, and new ways to tell stories in VR & AR. @technology https://t.co/…

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Frank Chen

@withfries2

Partner at @a16z. Tweets about startups, venture investing, AI, autonomy, science, tech, and the future. Sometimes Star Wars. And food. Opinons my own.

Congrats to @Within team for raising more money to continue building mind-blowing VR & AR content & software https://t.co/YNCJbuJqCB

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How to Turn Your Fans into SuperFans – Lightspeed Venture Partners – Medium

medium · 23 hours ago

Alex Taussig

@ataussig

Partner @LightspeedVP. On @PlanetoftheApps. Investor: @Zola, @VectorSpaceSys, @Thredup, @JauntVR, @2UInc, RentJuice/@Zillow. Reformed physicist @Harvard/@MIT.

“How to Turn Your Fans into SuperFans” by @abatalion https://t.co/GaYFcRUafu

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Lightspeed

@lightspeedvp

Tomorrow, built today. Early stage investors in enterprise and consumer. https://t.co/uK24pPaPgL

"How to Turn Your Fans into SuperFans" from @abatalion. Announcing our investment in SuperFan. https://t.co/B3nHqcmnFa #PlanetOftheApps

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Aaron Batalion

@abatalion

Partner at @lightspeedvp. Cast of @PlanetOfTheApps. Past: Founder + 1st CTO, @livingsocial.

RT @lightspeedvp: "How to Turn Your Fans into SuperFans" from @abatalion. Announcing our investment in SuperFan. https://t.co/B3nHqcmnFa #P…

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How Predictive Personalization is Changing Marketing

intellimize · 1 day ago

Pear

@pearvc

An Early Stage venture fund founded by @pejmannozad and @MarHershenson. We invest in exceptional founders who are building amazing companies.

Congrats to the team @Intellimize on one year. Predictive personalization is helping marketers drive big results. https://t.co/2LdfZUSFLj

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Satya Patel

@satyap

Dad, VC @Homebrew & Board Dir. @kippbayarea. Ex-Twitter VP Product/Google PM. Food, scotch & @Giants fan. Penn educated, Vegas raised. Optimizing for happiness.

Congrats to team @intellimize on a brilliant start. Predictive personalization is driving big results for marketers https://t.co/MC2ErAZX7w

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Charles Hudson

@chudson

Managing Partner @PrecursorVC. Venture Partner at @SoftTechVC. Inner Mission dweller. Tigers, Lions, Red Wings, Pistons fan. Check out https://t.co/3aR0QMwZtL

Congrats to the team @Intellimize on one year. Predictive personalization is helping marketers drive big results. https://t.co/QFlWFfBSnU

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The SEC Speaks On Tokens – AVC

avc · 1 day ago

@jdrive

Roughly 70% water. Also: VC / Entrepreneur / Volunteer / Tinkerer

The SEC Speaks On Tokens https://t.co/ntrl9M7l9S

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Semil

@semil

Investor via @Haystack_Fund in @Hired_HQ @Instacart @DoorDash @Hashicorp @Giphy @LuxeValet @eShares @OpenDoor @AirmapIO // Venture Partner w/ @GGVCapital

.@fredwilson on SEC & regulation of digital currencies. They are watching, so know the rules & proceed accordingly: https://t.co/PFiyYolVo1

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Adam D'Augelli

@adaugelli

VC at True Ventures. Lover of Disruptive Technology, Punk Music, and Burritos.

The SEC Speaks On Tokens – AVC https://t.co/gmqwTuEGJV

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Figma Wants Designers to Collaborate Google-Docs Style

wired · 1 day ago

John Lilly

@johnolilly

Partner @ Greylock, former CEO @ Mozilla, dad, husband, son, nerd

Fantastic piece in Wired about Figma's release today and the overall landscape. https://t.co/Igw8jXQVGz

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Tim O'Reilly

@timoreilly

Founder and CEO, O'Reilly Media. Watching the alpha geeks, sharing their stories, helping the future unfold.

Proud to be an investor! https://t.co/pEXYoE2Ze3

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This Matrix Helps Growing Teams Make Great Decisions

firstround · 2 days ago

Josh Kopelman

@joshk

So-called venture capitalist. Father. Geek. INTJ

Great post by @shklarski of @flatironhealth sharing his Matrix To Help Growing Teams Make Great Decisions – https://t.co/c7WYaI0KlF

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Phin Barnes

@phineasb

Sneakerhead. VC. More here: https://t.co/x8K3O1zUB0

This Matrix Helps Growing Teams Make Great Decisions – https://t.co/kRtcWgJNfy

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WhatsApp hits 1B daily users while its Snapchat clone rockets to 250M

techcrunch · 20 hours ago

Edith Yeung

@edithyeung

Love to learn, experience and grow. Partner @500Startups Mobile Collective. Advisor to @DolphinBrowser @Strikingly Investing in early stage VR/AR/AI startups.

RT @jonrussell: Insane, WhatsApp now has 1 billion *daily* users https://t.co/Wcr852tD1i

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Eze Vidra

@ediggs

Chief Innovation Officer at Antidote, disrupting clinical trials with technology. Founded @Techbikers and @campuslondon, blog at https://t.co/CXCBxcEbTi

WhatsApp hits 1B daily users while its Snapchat clone (Whatsapp status) rockets to 250M https://t.co/GtW14K7qVo mes… https://t.co/22IeWoIAbU

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The List of Black Women in VC – Sydney Thomas – Medium

medium · 5 days ago

Harry Stebbings

@HarryStebbings

Podcast @twentyminutevc, VC @Atomico, Helper @saastr with @jasonlk https://t.co/br0GYXj63N

Fantastic article here from @sydneypaige10 @PrecursorVC time to get booking some new guests from this list! https://t.co/DG6nyYBcrw #excited

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500 Startups

@500Startups

500 Startups is a seed fund & a network of startup programs. Founded by PayPal & Google alums. Born in Silicon Valley, the #500STRONG family is worldwide.

“The List of Black Women in VC” by @sydneypaige10 https://t.co/vHgk37Yayn @Medium #VCs

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Our 6 Must Reads on Content Marketing

firstround · 2 hours ago