Nathan Benaich (Air Street Capital)

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Nathan Benaich (Air Street Capital)

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Guide to AI - May 2024 05.05.2024 30:36

Guide to AI is an editorialized newsletter covering the key developments in AI policy, research, industry, and startups over the last month. Produced by Air Street Capital.

Introducing OpenCRISPR 24.04.2024 3:21

Profluent releases the world’s first open source AI-generated gene editor. You can read more in the New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/22/technology/generative-ai-gene-editing-crispr.html

Data acquisition strategies for AI-first start-ups 22.04.2024 25:24

We dive into data acquisitions strategies for AI-first start-ups, including scraping, synthetic data, annotation, labelling, simulation, data marketplaces, data sharing, gamification and more, with a focus on generative ai and deep learning.

Data is not the new oil - the peril of easy analogies 17.04.2024 9:44

In this piece we dive into why the analogy of "data is the new oil" is misleading. While it’s easy to brush this off, language matters, and the forms of short-hand we use have an outsized impact on how we perceive the world. This is only heightened when we approach the new and the unfamiliar. The number of AI-related analogies has exploded considerably in the past few years. At the sam...

Guide to AI - April 2024 07.04.2024 26:36

Welcome to the latest issue of your guide to AI, an editorialized newsletter covering the key developments in AI policy, research, industry, and startups over the last month. By Air Street Capital

State of AI Report 2023 - SF Launch Talk - Nathan Benaich 13.11.2023 16:49

The State of AI Report (stateofai.com) analyses the most interesting developments in AI. We aim to trigger an informed conversation about the state of AI and its implication for the future. The Report is produced by AI investors Nathan Benaich and the Air Street Capital team. This talk was recorded in San Francisco on October 12, 2023 during the launch event for the 2023 report.

May 2021 - Your guide to AI 20.06.2021 12:07

An analysis of key AI developments in life science, geopolitics, big tech, hardware, research, and startups over the last four weeks. Follow us on:  https://twitter.com/nathanbenaich https://twitter.com/airstreet https://newsletter.airstreet.com/

April 2021 - Your guide to AI 16.05.2021 23:50

March 2021 - Your guide to AI 19.04.2021 31:10

A review of key AI developments in life science, geopolitics, big tech, hardware, research, and startups over the last four weeks. Follow us on:  https://twitter.com/nathanbenaich https://twitter.com/airstreet https://newsletter.airstreet.com/

Conversation with Cade Metz (Genius Makers, NYT) 21.03.2021 33:14

In a conversation with Cade Metz about his new book, Genius Makers, we dive into the history of AI, how academia drove the industry to adopt deep learning, geopolitics and China, Europe’s role on the world stage, AI in science, and more. Featuring Nathan Benaich (Air Street Capital) and Alex Flamant (Singular).   Follow us: https://twitter.com/nathanbenaich https://twitter.com/airstreet https...

February 2021 - Your guide to AI 14.03.2021 27:37

A review of key AI developments in life science, geopolitics, big tech, hardware, research, and startups over the last four weeks. Follow us: https://twitter.com/nathanbenaich https://twitter.com/airstreet https://newsletter.airstreet.com/