📶 talking robots?(!)

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I watched iRobot a lot as a kid. I thought it was fiction.

Turns out I was wrong.

Tech moves so fast. Check out what Figure’s second version of their humanoid robot looks like.

TL;DR:

• 📰 News

• 🔗 Links

• 🐥 Tweet

• 💰 Funds

• ™️ Startups

• 📶 Recs

• 🗳 Poll

HEADLINES
The robots are talking now?! 🤖

• Figure’s new humanoid robot leverages OpenAI for natural speech conversations (TechCrunch)

• OpenAI co-founder Schulman leaves for Anthropic (TechCrunch)

• Climate funds raise more in H1 than for in all of 2023 (Venture Capital Journal)

• VC map: Baltic region shows signs of rebound in 2024 (Pitchbook)

• CrowdStrike Faces a Potential Tsunami of Lawsuits. Only the Fine Print Can Save It (Wired)

• A US Judge Ruled That Google Is an Illegal Monopolist. Here's What Might Come Next (Wired)

LINKS

🐻 Boom Time Startups vs. Gloom Time Startups: Andrew Chen discusses why founders can benefit from starting new companies during a recession

🤔 What Are You Willing to Sacrifice to be Wealthy?: Scott Galloway talks on Hampton’s MoneyWise podcast about financial sacrifice, entrepreneurship, diversification and giving back

🏋️ The Flinch: You’re conditioned to think in limitations so break the locks, harness the storm within you, and let it propel you into realms of possibility that defy conventional wisdom

🙋‍♂️ The Change50—50 Companies in Transition Looking for Services/Products: Guillermo Flor brings a database of 50 companies that have just raised funding and are actively looking to hire solutions

✉️ What is a Side Letter?: AngelList provides all the details of a side letter which is used in VC deals to grant certain investors specific rights or privileges that are outside the parameters of the standard investment documents’ terms

📶 Recruiting Checklist: The only checklist you need before your next hire … and it’s free

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POLL

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- Clay

RESULTS

Here are the results from our poll question in yesterday’s piece:

Are you currently (or planning on) advertising on X any time soon?

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Yes - currently advertising there (10)

🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️ Yes - planning on advertising there (7)

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 No - wouldn't advertise there (10)

🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️ Not relevant to me - just show me the answers (6)

33 Votes