"Best defense against misuse of AI is to empower as many people as possible to have AI." - Elon Musk (CEO, Tesla) // Introducing OpenAI, non-profit billion-dollar AI research org backed by Musk, YCombinator & Amazon.
"Impact of machine learning on society will be larger than impact of mobile on society." - Vinod Khosla (Khosla Ventures) // Post Seed Conference
Historic climate pact w/ 196 nations. Yahoo core biz spin-off. FB open-sourcing AI hardware Big Sur. Google D-Wave Quantum Computer processing speedup of 100M. Magic Leap (stealth startup) raising $827M. Bitcoin creator Satoshi found? DNA data storage (all world info in 9 liters). Pre-schoolers coding in China. Mona Lisa secrets. And Pizza-on-a-pizza ;)
Congrats to Shane & Vice Media on raising $200M @ $4.5 Billion valuation from Disney. Nice, yo!
As y'all know, my New Years Resolution is to get to know GarysGuide members & subscribers better :) So shoot me an email & introduce yourself!
ANNOUNCING ==> NASA accepting applications for astronaut candidates (pilots, engineers, scientists, doctors) for Mission to Mars & other space launches. Vessels you'll fly on incl. Int'l Space Station & Orion (deep-space exploration vehicle). Apply by mid-Feb.
ANNOUNCING ==> Seamless IoT Accelerator (12 wk program focused on Internet of Things; Partners incl. Steelcase, Meijer, Faurecia, Amway, Spectrum Health & Priority Health; 75 mentors; Fall cohort received $4M in investment). Program from Apr 11 - Jun 30. Apply by Feb 01.
ANNOUNCING ==> Simon Launch Startup Competition (For innovative retail & e-commerce tech; By Simon Venture Group; $25K, potential $100K investment & join #1 retail accelerator); apply by Jan 07.
ANNOUNCING ==> NY Fashion Tech Lab (Women-led startups; Partnership Fund & Springboard); apply by Dec 14. Pilot Health Tech ($1M; NYCEDC, Health 2.0 & Blueprint Health); apply by Dec 18.
ANNOUNCING ==> Grace Hopper Academy (Coding school for women; Deferred tuition). Women Entrepreneurs Festival (Feb 01; Apply to attend). Global Mobile Innovators Tournament (IBM & 4YFN; Future of mobile; IoT themes incl. smart homes & travel); apply by Jan 06.
SPACES ==> The Farm (Co-working in SoHo; $250/mo communal & $400/mo dedicated; HOLIDAY Special: 25% off for first 3 months); Schedule a tour. District Cowork (Co-working in NoMad; HOLIDAY Special: $350 / gallery member); Schedule a tour.
Mo' Spaces ==> Flatiron Penthouse Loft (1600 sq ft; Co-work w/ software designers & architects; Fully furnished; Sub-lease available).
DEAL ==> BaronFig Confidant Notebook (Notebooks for Thinkers; Based in NYC; For every notebook sold, Baron Fig plants a tree); 5 FREE notebooks!
DON'T MISS! ==> Dec 15 Email vs Facebook Roundtable (How leading marketers using email to distribute media, videos, in-app content to engage users across devices); 4 FREE Passes ($62 each)! Dec 17 District Cowork Anniversary + Holiday Party (hors d'oeuvres, cocktails, music); 5 FREE Passes!
DON'T MISS! ==> Dec 15-17 National Education Week w/ Jaime Casap (Edu Evangelist, Google), Luyen Chou (CPO, Pearson), Richard Culatta (Dept of Edu), John Katzman (Founder, Noodle), David Levin (CEO, McGraw Hill), David Clark (Amex), Carmen Farina (Chancellor, NYC Edu); 2 FREE Passes ($795 each)!
DON'T MISS! ==> Dec 15 Product Council Holiday Party w/ Justin Gallagher (Product Head, Trello). Dec 16 SheWorx Breakfast Club w/ Mitch Wainer (Co-Founder/CMO, Digital Ocean); 1 FREE Pass!
DON'T MISS! ==> Dec 20-21 NYU ITP 2015 Winter Show (Exhibition of creative interactive projects by grad students). Dec 18 SheWorx Breakfast w/ Suzanne Xie (Founder/CEO, Hullabalu); 1 FREE Pass!
DON'T MISS! ==> Dec 17 TechStars Demo Day @ NYU. Thru Apr 17 Silicon City: Computer History Made in NY. Jan 11 ERA Accelerator Winter 2016 Launch.
HOLIDAY PARTIES! ==> Dec 15 Hacks/Hackers Party. Dec 15 iOS Dev Party. Dec 15 EdTech Party. Dec 16 Playcrafting Party. Dec 16 Amazon AWS Party. Dec 16 Daybreaker Party.
Dec 15 AppNexus Tech Talks (FREE) (Learn about Software Transactional Memory & how to implement it and AppNexus' real-time ad-serving stack built to achieve sub 1% timeout rates). Dec 16 SheWorx Holiday Party (Celebration of female entrepreneurs); 3 FREE Passes!
Jan 18 Habit-Forming Products Workshop (Learn how companies create products people use every day & secrets of building services customers love) w/ Nir Eyal, Author of Hooked.
Jan 19 Big Data Processing: Hadoop & Spark w/ Dorothy Kucar (Sr Software Engineer, RocketFuel) @ Metis. Jan 20 Data Visualization: D3.js w/ Kevin Quealy (Graphics Editor, NY Times) @ Metis.
Jan 27 MobileDevHacker: Past Trends & Future Bets @ Microsoft HQ w/ Chris Copeland (CEO, GroupM Next), Pete Dille (CMO, Tapjoy), Wilson Kriegel (CRO, PicsArt), Greg Stuart (CEO, MMA), Ramy Serageldin (COO, Moven), Evan Schwartz (CEO, ActionX).
Product School (Product mgmt training; 1-on-1 mentorship; Hands-on building product end-to-end) w/ Weekday Edition (Jan 26 – Mar 17; Tue & Thu 6:30-9pm) & Weekend Edition (Jan 30 - Apr 02; Sat 9:30am-3:30pm). Info session Jan 13.
FREE PASSES! (details) ==> Dec 15 NYC Sales Holiday Party (SalesHacker, Sales Dev Rep Meetup, Greenhouse, Hired, Betterworks). Dec 16 NYC Apps: Redefining Personal Communication w/ Eugene Yee (iOS @ Teleport) & Shreyas Thiagaraj (iOS @ Roger).
Mo' FREE PASSES! (details) ==> Dec 17 Digital DUMBO Party. Dec 19 Saturday Night Fever Disco Holiday Party (Climbing, Cocktails, Food, Dancing, Light Show). Jan 20 Canadian Pitch Night.
UPCOMING EVENTS ==> Dec 14 Civic Tech. Dec 15 Data Science Career Day @ Metis. Dec 15 Startup Marketer Stories. Dec 16 Product Mgmt Happy Hour w/ Product School. Jan 19 IoT Central Winter Bash.
CLASSES ==> Dec 14 Web Design Career @ Noble. Dec 15 Javascript for Beginners @ Dev Bootcamp. Dec 17 Marketing Analytics 101 @ Tekserve. Jan 11 Data Science Bootcamp @ Metis.
DEADLINES ==> Dec 14 Futureworks NYC ($30K, Startups using advanced mfg tech). Dec 15 NYC Media Lab Combine ($250K grants; Commercialize tech @ universities). Dec 15 hackNY Fellows (Pairing students w/ NYC startups). Dec 18 Processing Foundation Fellowship (Software literacy & visual arts).
Mo' Deadlines ==> Dec 19 Drone Film Festival. Mar 11 TechHire Federal Grants ($100M; Tech training for folks w/ low income, disability). Paris Business Exchange (6 mo. in Paris & NYC). Tech/Creative Ctr RFP (124 E 14th St). Mar 31 Shopify & NYSE: Build A Business (Russell Simmons, Tim Ferriss).
Mo' Deadlines ==> Google Digital News Innovation Fund ($170M). XPRIZE: Carbon ($20M). Verizon Connected Futures Prototype Challenge ($25K). Singularity Accelerator ($100K; Co-work @ NASA). Startup52 Accelerator. Amazon Alexa Fund (Voice startups; $100M).
CONGRATS! ==> Tom & One Medical (tech-driven primary care provider) raised $65M led by JP Morgan. Nancy & Kallyope (gut-brain biotech) raised $44M. Yoni & Interlude (interactive video) raised $18.2M from MGM. NowThis raised $16.2M led by Alex Springer. Daniel & Lemonade (p2p insurance) raised $13M.
Mo' Congrats! ==> SocialFlow (social media optimization) raised $7.5M. Brady & Boundless (open-source mapping) raised $5M. Greg & CultureIQ (culture mgmt software) raised $3M. StreamRoot (cheaper video streaming) raised $2.5M. Gilad, George & Backend (p2p lending) raised $1.5M.
Dev Intern at ido, Product Mgr at Zola Books, Account Exec at Justworks, Rails at Justworks, Full-Stack Dev at TVRunway, Android at Jet.com, Big Data Engineer at Jet.com, Back-End Dev at Jet.com, Product at Clevertech, Biz Dev at Applause, Enterprise Acct Director at Reonomy, Design at MoMA, GM at Metaprop Accelerator, Data Scientist at X.ai, Software Engineer at The Skimm, Design at Collective[i], Frontend at Shutterstock, Product Mgr at FanDuel, Sales at ZocDoc, Android at Appstrakt, Enterprise Acct Exec at Reonomy, Client Exec at Hired,
Until next week :)
Gary
(aka "The Guy with the Red Tie")
Word on the Streets: "GarysGuide is at the center of everything NYC tech!" - Shawn Cheng (Venture Capitalist @ Vayner/RSE)
Thanks, Shawn! :)
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Hyperloop Technologies will host Propulsion Open Air Test at Apex Industrial Park (Las Vegas) & will test system moving at speeds upto 750 mph. Nice, yo!
Puppeteering effect analyzes huge photo databases of human faces & creates controllable 3D model of a person w/ algorithms mapping 49 points on a face & can portray words coming out of someone else’s mouth.
Proposed skyscraper @ 41 W 57th St (nicknamed The Khaleesi) & designed by Mark Foster Gage (dean @ Yale School of Architecture) is adorned w/ dragon gargoyles & very art deco meets burning man.
MX3D will be 3D printing a steel bridge on location in Amsterdam using a 6-axis industrial robot which is capable of printing in mid-air.
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