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USC Viterbi Startup Garage Presents: AWS Workshop

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Wednesday, December 1, 2021 -- USC Viterbi Startup Garage Presents: AWS Workshop. Speakers: Jenny Wong, Business Development Manager at Amazon Web Services, and Harold Kim, Solutions Architect at AWS.

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Reflections on 2020: Harrison Tang, Spokeo

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Weve started with dark web monitoring, and we are adding credit monitoring to help our users better control their digital identity. Beginning in 2021, weve enhanced our flexible work policy to allow teammates to work almost anywhere in the US. The data-focused culture is different from the hacker way popularized by web companies.

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Reflections on 2020: Brian Mac Mahon, Expert Dojo

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What are you most looking forward to in the technology/startup world in 2021? We are extremely focused on these regions in our hunt for Unicorns in 2021. We intend to double down on investing in 2021 with 2 investments a week planned. We have had great traction in India, Afrida and the MENA region.

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Reflections on 2020: Nick Hedges, MomentFeed

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And we saw a record number of 278 million clicks to local web pages as more consumers looked to connect with businesses locally. What are you most looking forward to in the technology/startup world in 2021? We also updated more than 43,700 attributes as new amenities became commonplace, like curbside pickup and contactless delivery.

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What Is Claude AI and Anthropic? ChatGPT’s Rival Explained

Tech.Co

It comes courtesy of Google and Amazon-backed startup Anthropic, which was only founded in 2021. It was founded in 2021 by Dario and Daniela Amodei, and now has more than 150 employees. Want to browse the web privately? ? However, another highly capable chatbot burst onto the scene earlier this year called Claude.

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Down bad

TechCrunch LA

Few companies have to deal with the stressed of both crypto and public markets like Coinbase which laid off more than 1,100 people this week, but plenty of startups raised mega-rounds in 2021 to theoretically future-proof their companies. As Celsius accelerates the crypto sell-off, who pays the price?

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6 New Venture Funding Realities To Guide Your Efforts

Startup Professionals Musings

Institutional venture capital dispensed in 2021 reached record highs of almost $330 billion, up significantly from the last few years. Mobile and web software apps may cost even less. Individual angel investors and crowdfunding have been adding to the momentum, some say exceeding VCs in total amount invested.

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