Equity Monday: The AI race, crypto doldrums, and the future of fake fish
Equity is kicking off the week with an update on global stocks, AI and startup news around the world. Alex is talking through China's move to bolster its national computing and data infrastructure, the Anthropic helping us understand more about LLMs, and raises from Wanda Fish Technologies and Lottie.
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Show Notes
This time around we had a bit of a theme. See if you can spot it:
- Stocks are down around the world in the wake of Hamas' attack in Israel. Crypto is similarly in the red.
- China is working to bolster its national computing and data infrastructure. You know, the things that make AI function. In other words: the AI race between China and the United States is far from over.
- This Anthropic paper is a potentially big deal. The more that we understand LLMs, the better we can use them, right?
- Changes at YC!
- And from Startup Land: Wanda Fish Technologies just raised $7 million to make fake fish, and Lottie raised $21 million to keep tackling the UK care home market.
That's our show for today! We have some really fun interviews coming up, so make sure to tune in on Wednesday!
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