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                team up on the latest regarding India’s central bank decision to ban cryptocurrencies. This follows a move by one of the country’s largest
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                writes. It looks like it might be a few weeks before things are somewhat resolved.
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               Over the past few weeks, we’ve been keeping an extra close eye on the electric vehicle market, and all the things happening on that front. In
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               ’s newsletter
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               , she summarized everything you need to know, and teases that there’s reviews of the F-150 Lightning and the Rivian R1T on the way.
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               “Wow, super lame… If you are leaking company information, you are exhibiting a low level of consciousness and respect,” writes one of the Winklevoss twins after
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               reports.
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               Taking the bull by the horns, and reducing them to bullet points:
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                 Putting cred into credit card
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                reports
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                 Anita
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                .
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                 Putting good into CPG
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                : SupplyPike, a supply chain SaaS company, raised $25 million to develop software so that
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                 CPG brands can be compliant with retailer needs and able to more efficiently deliver products on time
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                , reports
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                .
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                 Putting ack! into acquisition:
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                Podchaser, the “IMDB for podcasts,” closed a $4 million Series A round of funding last year. It was just acquired by
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                 Acast for $27 million
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                , reports
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                 Paul
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                .
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                 Putting no into renovations
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                : In late June, Modsy, an online interior design services startup,
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                 abruptly ceased offering design services, laid off its designers, and left customers with unfinished renovations
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                and project orders in process,
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                 Kyle
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                reports.
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                 Putting art into artificial intelligence
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                :
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                 Kyle
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                and
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                 Devin
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                summarize the state of AI, and how machines are making remarkable progress at
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                 solving math problems, translating 200+ languages, and drawing kangaroos
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                .
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                 Putting Mouse into Autonomous(e)
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                : Syrius Robotics, a Chinese startup that makes autonomous robots for warehouses, just
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                 secured $7.4 million in a Series B funding round
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                , lifting its total raised so far to $40 million,
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                 Rita
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                reports.
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               Yeah, these jokes completely stopped making sense, so I’m putting the “LOL” into “philolsophy” and I think I’ll call it a day.
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                As fundraising gets harder, founders should ask investors for a flat round
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               Aiming for the sky is well and good when you’re building a startup, but when capital dries up and survival becomes an issue, it can be best to err on the side of caution and take a flat round.
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               According to Matt Cohen, founder and managing partner of Ripple Ventures, if you’re struggling to find an investor to extend your runway to at least 24 months, your best course of action may be to “go to the well once and get what you need to see this volatility through.”
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               “Macroeconomic cycles happen and are completely out of everyone’s control. But the founders who can get in front of these tough conversations will be the ones to reach the next milestone, albeit on a less attractive path, and remain alive to see their mission through.”
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