👩💼 Women in Tech, Startup Trends, Nuclear Energy Challenges
👩💼 Women in Tech, Startup Trends, Nuclear Energy Challenges
Today’s pick
Prominent Women in Tech Say They Don't Want to Join OpenAI's All-Male Board. Earlier this month, OpenAI’s board abruptly fired its popular CEO, Sam Altman. The ouster shocked the tech world and rankled Altman’s loyal employees, the vast majority of whom threatened to quit unless their boss was reinstated. After a chaotic five-day exile, Altman got his old job back—with a reconfigured, all-male board overseeing him, led by ex-Salesforce CEO and former Twitter board chair Bret Taylor. By Kate Knibbs via WIRED
𝕏: I would really like us to stop pushing women and minorities into shitty environments As I expected, prominent women in tech say they don't want to join OpenAI's all-male board - Veni Kunche I Founder of Diversify Tech (@venikunche)
The Indie Era of Startups. Below is a talk I gave at the Main Street Summit a few weeks back in Columbia, MO. Most of it is pretty self-explanatory, but there are some sections worth unpacking based on my speaker notes. The goal of the talk was to step through the various eras of my venture investing career to create context for the current moment we find ourselves in as it relates to the startup funding environment. By Bryce Roberts via Medium
𝕏: Published the slides and notes from my @MainStSummit presentation titled: "The Indie Era of Startups" - Bryce Roberts (@bryce)
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Advanced Nuclear Energy Is In Trouble. Earlier this month, NuScale, the first company to receive a design certification from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a small modular reactor, announced that it was canceling its longstanding deal to deploy its first reactors to serve UAMPS, a consortium of small electricity cooperatives in the intermountain West, due to escalating project costs. The Breakthrough Institute
𝕏: We have our disagreements, but @TedNordhaus @Dr_A_Stein are two of the most thoughtful nuclear analysts/advocates around. Worth reading their latest: "Advanced Nuclear Energy Is In Trouble." - Tyler Norris (@tylerhnorris)
What Is the Future for Carbon Capture Technology?. Major efforts are under way to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide, the gas that is the main cause of global warming. A key goal is to move away from using oil, natural gas and coal in power generation and other industrial processes that release carbon dioxide as a byproduct. By Bart Ziegler via Wall Street Journal
Amazon launches its answer to ChatGPT-Q, a AI-powered business chatbot. The announcement, made in Las Vegas at an annual conference the company hosts for its AWS cloud computing service, represents Amazon’s response to rivals who’ve rolled out chatbots that have captured the public’s attention. Fortune
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