#0059 - Special Guest Jesse Middleton Talks About the Flybridge New AI Index and Other AI Developments
Release Date: 06/18/2024
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#0072 - TechCrunch's Sale, 23andMe, Lab-Grown Meats, and Bill Gates' AI-driven Future Vision - Somewhat Frank Podcast
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#0071 - Major Acquisitions by PepsiCo and Google, Historic Sale of the Boston Celtics, the Prolonged NASA Mission Return, and More - Somewhat Frank Podcast
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#0068 - CES 2025 Recap, the New Space Race, the TikTok Ban, the Martha Stewart Documentary - Somewhat Frank Podcast
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#0064 - Hurricane Helene, Open AI’s Funding Round, the State of Venture Q3 Report, the Future of Education
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#0063 - Apple event, Founder Mode vs Manager Mode, Mosquito Virus Dangers, and More
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On this episode of the Somewhat Frank Podcast, Frank Gruber (X and IG: @FrankGruber), John Guidos (IG: jgoodtimes83), Jen Consalvo (X: @noreaster,) and Simon Kahan (IG: @simonkahan) discuss the following topics: Apple just wrapped up an event at its headquarters in Cupertino, California, where it unveiled new versions of the iPhone, AirPods and Apple Watch. Paul Graham distinguishes between "Founder Mode" and "Manager Mode" in running companies. In founder mode, leaders remain deeply involved in day-to-day operations, while manager mode focuses more on delegating tasks and...
info_outlineOn this episode of the Somewhat Frank Podcast, Frank Gruber (X and IG: @FrankGruber), John Guidos (IG: @jgoodtimes83), and Simon Kahan (IG: @simonkahan) and joined special guest Jesse Middleton from FlyBridge, who is focused on investing in early-stage AI companies.
The group discussed all things AI and FlyBridge’s new AI Index: https://www.flybridge.com/ai-index which monitors the largest AI players in the space. Jesse also talked about what he looks for when investing in AI companies and mentioned some of the AI companies he has been working with, including Splice (https://splice.com/innovation), Talktastic (https://talktastic.com), MelodyArc (https://melodyarc.com), Arcee AI (https://www.arcee.ai), and more.
The guys also talked about Apple’s huge jump into the AI game. Read the article here: It’s Official Apple Is Jumping AI at its WWDC event this week.
Lastly, Frank leaves listeners with a final thought related to Roger Feder’s “Tennis Lessons” at his commencement address at Dartmouth College. His lessons were as follows:
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Effortless is a myth;
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It’s only a point, let me explain; and
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Life is bigger than the court.
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