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Albert Saniger, ex-CEO of AI shopping app Nate, has been charged with defrauding investors. Despite claiming near-total automation, Nate allegedly used humans in the Philippines for nearly all transactions. The startup raised $50M—now mostly lost.
#AI #Fraud #StartupNews #VC #TechScandal #Ecommerce #DOJ
https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/10/fintech-founder-charged-with-fraud-after-ai-shopping-app-found-to-be-powered-by-humans-in-the-philippines/
TechCrunch · Fintech founder charged with fraud after 'AI' shopping app found to be powered by humans in the Philippines | TechCrunchAlbert Saniger, the founder and former CEO of Nate, an AI shopping app that promised a “universal” checkout experience, was charged with defrauding
Moorpark Us101 N / Rancho Rd Ofr **Report of Fire** 10:55 AM #CHP #VenturaCounty #VC
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Rule of thumb: if a company operating in a highly technical scientific space chooses to release its progress reports or results in an "exclusive" with a mainstream media outlet, rather than via a scientific journal, it's not a scientific company. It's a financial grift.
A glimpse into the Exhibition Hall of the EU-Startups Summit 2025 in Malta https://www.byteseu.com/871170/ #AngelInvestors #business #CEO #company #Exhibitor #founders #Innovation #investors #Malta #network #summit #unicorn #vc #VentureCapital
19 founders and VCs working with Elon Musk’s #DOGE - #coup #AmericanCoup #VentureCapital #VC #politics #USPol https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/26/19-founders-and-vcs-working-with-elon-musks-doge/
TechCrunch · 19 founders and VCs working with Elon Musk's DOGE | TechCrunchSilicon Valley used to take a backseat to Washington, D.C. But now, the people disrupting technology have taken the wheel at the highest echelons of
Composting the #TechShit
The value of the #Fediverse isn’t in the tech specs. It’s not in the #ActivityPub protocol or the code itself, those are tools. The value lies in the culture that birthed it. The #Fediverse is the living embodiment of the #openweb, not some #VC Silicon Valley plaything. But as money floods in, as #mainstreaming forces try to turn it into another hollow platform, we risk losing the very thing that makes it powerful, its strong decentralized, trust-based roots.The looming battle is […]hamishcampbell.comComposting the #TechShit – Hamish Campbell
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Sources reveal that 11x, an AI-powered sales automation startup backed by a16z & Benchmark, has been misrepresenting its customer base & financial performance. #AI #SalesAutomation #StartupNews #VC #a16z #Benchmark #TechNews #Funding #BusinessEthics
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Trying to "democratize" capitalism (ESPECIALLY venture capital) is like trying to make fire out of water. It's a contradiction in terms. The _structure_, the _artifact_ of #vc is broken and undemocratic.
Until tech workers realize this, we're gonna make 0 progress.
"mundus sine Caesaribus" can't happen in the #vc #VentureCapital space. It definitionally can't.
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Like it becomes a point of contention, because first you'll have to dispel the arms race - and not that I don't think that's dumb, but humans are all incredibly dumb to begin with.
Guarantee me that someone won't come in and eat up my future with #AI - even despite the bubble that will hit us all inevitably. The thing is you can't.
But also, this is more of a fault of venture #capitalism - again - and you can't really skirt around that issue.
#VC gonna VC and disappoint, as usual.
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Which #Messenger To Replace the #DataKraken #WhatsApp with? 
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....value anymore. The future of #Matrix always seems somehow, em.. unconfirmed? An interesting project. I wonder where it will go. There's been a LOT of #VC [#VentureCapital] funding up to now, one might assume some return is expected at some point. Maybe not though. I've run #Jabber servers in the past,...
TechCrunch: 10 startups to watch from Y Combinator’s W25 Demo Day. “One of Silicon Valley’s most storied startup accelerators, Y Combinator, held its Winter 2025 Demo Day on Wednesday, showcasing what its latest batch of 160 startups are cooking up. Some of Silicon Valley’s most successful startups — including Stripe, Airbnb, and Reddit — started out in a YC batch.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/16/techcrunch-10-startups-to-watch-from-y-combinators-w25-demo-day/
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This framework could, in theory, generate minimal synthetic organisms with novel properties, design specialized microorganisms for bioremediation or medical applications, or create semi-synthetic cells with expanded genetic codes that can produce novel proteins not found in nature.
The key innovation would be the AI's ability to work with the expanded GATCA system while maintaining biological coherence across scales from individual genes to whole-organism function.
I recon, I need about 1 Billion to spin up a viability evaluation project.
I could pick up some unemployed US scientists from the curbside for next to nothing.
So #VC folk, if you want to hop onto the #AI bandwagon, strap a rocket sled onto it, and get so fast ahead of the pack you leave any Ethics or morality behind, drop me a DM!
Pros: Attention Transformers encoded into Synthetic Bio Life.
Cons: #GrayGoo
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I thought one of the main selling points of joining a startup was the equity and potential payoff? I love how this isn't framed as some sort of systemic issue (workers not getting part of their compensation) and is instead framed as something that workers have to live with.
"Responsibility" doesn't pay the bills chief.
www.linkedin.com#startups #employeeequity #founders #equity #equitycomp | Peter Walker | 248 commentsFounders - your startup will get at least 50% of the options you issue to employees back.
In 2024, 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝟳𝟱%(!) of vested equity was not exercised before… | 248 comments on LinkedIn
I started reading "The Technological Republic".
They aren't hiding anymore. They're done pretending that technology isn't political. They're just saying the quiet part out loud now: their technology, which our society depends on, is anti-worker, anti-poor, and anti-democracy.
VCs & startups: what really matters?
New episode w/ Danielle Ullner on investor priorities, the DVF framework, and common engineer mistakes in VC-backed companies.
Spotify: https://spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/Gsh24OQZpRb Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-can-software-engineers-work-with-vcs-and-pes/id1796203069?i=1000697231180
YouTube: https://youtu.be/dimRSBeJNTI?t=0
Feed: https://whatnext.dev/feed
Spotify for CreatorsHow can software engineers work with VCs and PEs? by I'm a software engineer - what next?I'm a Software Engineer — what next? S01E03 Danielle Ullner - VC and PEI'm a Software Engineer, What Next?" is a podcast for software engineers at a career crossroads. Hosted by tech recruiter James Wilson and veteran software engineer Matt Sinclair, it offers insights into navigating career transitions from individual contributor roles to management and beyond. Featuring discussions on personal growth and leadership, this podcast guides engineers seeking career direction and development. Join us to explore the paths and possibilities that lie ahead in the tech industry.In this episode, we speak with Danielle Ullner, a veteran venture builder with extensive experience in the US VC space as an operator and executor and, more recently, with BCG Digital Ventures and BCG X in London and North America. She helps us, as engineers, understand how to work with one of the most critical segments of the digital venture building workforce: VCs.Guest: Danielle Ullner: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielle-blumberg-ullner/Links:Desirability, Viability, and Feasibility: https://www.uxdesigninstitute.com/blog/desirability-viability-and-feasibility/Manager README: https://managerreadme.com/Hosts:- Matt: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewsinclair/- James: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-wilson-92170656/Related:- https://whatnext.dev- https://matthewsinclair.com/- https://quantumfaxmachine.com
"Reclaiming the Future from the Technofascists" 
On AI, TESCREAL, and the lie that a bunch of nazis in Silicon Valley get to tell us what the future is.
A Buddhist critique of tech run amuck.
Online talk Saturday, March 1st. https://lokanta.github.io/#not-my-tomorrow
Time: PST 12:00 noon; Berlin CET 21:00/9 pm
The talk is given by Bhante Sujato, an esteemed Buddhist teacher from Australia, known for his fiery stands on climate action, gender equality and tech-gone-immoral.
Bhante Sujato does post on https://bsky.app/profile/sujato.bsky.social
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