An established rule that governs venture investing has become more prevalent in the wider economy, with broad societal ramifications. It is well-established orthodoxy that venture capital investments follow a power law distribution. In the context of VC, this means that the top performer in a given market or portfolio is…

Of late, a lot is being written and discussed about how technology is reshaping the lives of individuals and the structure of entire societies, especially those in more open (often Western) democracies. …

Last month, the Mayor’s Office released an exciting study on the exploding podcast industry here in NYC. Titled “New York City, The Podcasting Capital”, it outlines figures for the growing industry and highlights 4 large podcasting networks all based in the boroughs (WNYC, Gimlet, Panoply, Midroll). Aug 2017- podcast report Report establishes New York City as the epicenter of the podcasting industry with explosive growth in podcasts and 33…www1.nyc.gov

Voicecamp is in the books. It culminated in the voice summit // demo day at New York’s Rubin Museum of Art, surrounded by ‘The World is Sound’ exhibit and its centerpiece Le Corps Sonore installation. …

I’d like to write more. This may seem an odd thought for the Fourth of July weekend, a time more often associated with the beach, barbecue, and fireworks; a time to be proud, not pensive. The beginning of a calendar year is a far better time to start new habits…

We’re even more excited about the opportunity in voice computing & audio consumption now than we were when we announced voicecamp last month. …

Following the success of 2016’s botcamp, betaworks is pleased to announce camps as an ongoing product line. Each year, Betaworks will host two camps, or thematically-driven accelerator programs, starting with voicecamp in April 2017. Botcamp, betaworks’ first accelerator program, brought together eight teams working on conversational interfaces and chatbots in…

botcamp, betaworks first accelerator program, ran this summer. The program was a success and we’d like to share some data points and learnings gleaned. When we announced botcamp in April, betaworks had never run an accelerator program. Though we had been immersed in all things bot for a while, Matt…

Last month Andy Grove passed away. In the time since, he has been rightfully eulogized as an exemplar of all that is great about the American dream, about Silicon Valley, about determined immigrant entrepreneurs, and, really, about the human spirit. The many well-written pieces also made me remember what an…