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Can AI capture the essence our podcast & Austin's innovation scene? Tried out Google's NotebookLM audio summary on 45 past episodes. The results: What NotebookLM Got Right: 🎯Captured the vibe of the podcast & Austin 🚀Great Innovation Examples (ICON, Somite Therapeutics) 🔗Interesting Associations (Used Mike Maples, Jr's Inflections Concept on ATX Itself) Where it Stumbled: 🗣️A few mispronunciations (Sorry Micha Y. Breakstone 🇮🇱🎗️) 🤔1 Hallucination (We have a Boss Babes group?) Thoughts: 🔎Do you agree with our assessment of what it got right or are we bias? ⚖️Is this an useful tool or a toy?

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Do angels bring early grace to startups or is it a complex world where the word angel can mean 5 different things? In a word Yes. This week we break down angel investing & the Austin scene. Katie Russel (Central Texas Angel Network), Hall Martin (TEN Capital Network), and James Burkett (NuFund Venture Group) for a lively discussion on the evolution of angel investing and what it’s like for both investors and startups in Austin. We discussed: -How do we even define an Angel -Dynamics of individual investors, syndicates, and angel networks -Where is Expertise in Verticals, Investing, and Startups -Contrarian vs Consensus Decision Making in Angel Investing -The ongoing SAFE vs. Convertible Note debate -Austin's Angel Scene, its Evolution, and Challenges Their big takeaways: -Make sure startups have access to capital and investors know where to go. -Austin needs to continue to blaze its own path and that path looks to be at the center of Bits and Atoms. ⬇ Find the episode links below and on podcast platforms. What are your thoughts on the angel investing? Is there enough capital? Angels can you find dealflow? Are deals moving fast enough?

Do angels bring early grace to startups or is it a complex world where the word angel can mean 5 different things? In a word Yes. Today’s Austin Next breaks down angel investing & the Austin scene. I am joined by Katie Russel (Central Texas Angel Network), Hall Martin (TEN Capital Network), and James Burkett (NuFund Venture Group) for a lively discussion on the evolution of angel investing and what it’s like for both investors and startups in Austin. We discussed: -How do we even define an Angel -Dynamics of individual investors, syndicates, and angel networks -Where is Expertise in Verticals, Investing, and Startups -Contrarian vs Consensus Decision Making in Angel Investing -The ongoing SAFE vs. Convertible Note debate -Austin's Angel Scene, its Evolution, and Challenges Their big takeaways: -Make sure startups have access to capital and investors know where to go. -Austin needs to continue to blaze its own path and that path looks to be at the center of Bits and Atoms. The episode is available on podcast platforms or you can find it here: https://lnkd.in/edhCkgwV What are your thoughts on the angel investing? Is there enough capital? Angels can you find dealflow? Are deals moving fast enough?  

Tuesday on Austin Next, it's angels, angel investing, their ecosystem role & how that is playing out in Austin. I am joined by Katie Russel, Hall Martin, & James Burkett for what turned out to be a quite lively discussion. We all agreed on deploying more capital at this stage, it was interesting to see the divergence on exactly how. Can't wait to share it with everyone.

Is the human mind the key to true artificial intelligence? We explore the future of Artificial Intelligence with Peter Voss, the man who coined the term “AGI." We discussed: 🤖Defining Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and its distinctions 🚫 Why current AI models fall short of true intelligence ⏱️The critical importance of real-time learning in AI 🧠Building Cognitive AI that mimics the human mind 📏Measuring machine intelligence beyond the Turing test 🌆Austin's potential to become a hub for cognitive AI and AGI ⬇️Find the episode links below & on all major platforms

Is the human mind the key to true artificial intelligence? Today on Austin Next, I explore the future of Artificial Intelligence with Peter Voss, the man who coined the term “AGI." We discussed: -Defining Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and its distinctions -Why current AI models fall short of true intelligence -The critical importance of real-time learning in AI -Building Cognitive AI that mimics the human mind -Measuring machine intelligence beyond the Turing test -Austin's potential to become a hub for cognitive AI and AGI Listen here: Apple: https://lnkd.in/efuiMXNJ Spotify: https://lnkd.in/ey_49Uwy

Just wrapped a fun round table discussion with Katie Russel, Hall T. Martin, & James Burkett on angel investing's role in innovation ecosystems and Austin's angel funding situation. The SAFE vs convertible note debate became a hot topic. The data below ended up playing a key role part of the conversation. Episode drops next week!