“Despite all the ambiguity, #PredictionMarkets’ biggest backers—Silicon Valley venture #capitalists—remain undeterred. It used to be that the medium was the message. In #SiliconValley, the line has been updated: “The #markets are the message,” says one venture communications executive.

That gospel has set off a frenzy. “Since the election, so many people have started building prediction markets,” says Arad, an #investor based in Portugal. Some of these people are founders whose “products didn’t catch on, and so they pivoted to #prediction. It’s like dozens and dozens and dozens. Like, really. A lot. And it’s still happening.” Arad, too, has caught the bug: Earlier this year he left his job as a #VentureCapitalist to start his own prediction market called Lightcone Labs.

According to #prototypes I’ve seen and conversations I’ve had with dozens of traders and #founders, the future of these #markets looks something like this: Every news story will come with a Trade button beside it.”

<https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/prediction-markets-kalshi-polymarket> (paywall) / <https://archive.md/b5S1T>

Let's just face facts. The #EU is run by a bunch of neo liberals who want to "copy [their] way to success" by emulating the #SiliconValley #banksters.

The #omnibus package was a way of trying to reset digital liberties so that #Europe too can set up predatory #VentureCapitalist schemes to create another Silicon Valley.

They don't have a creative bone in their bodies.

Article by article, how Big Tech shaped the EU’s roll-back of digital rights
https://corporateeurope.org/en/2026/01/article-article-how-big-tech-shaped-eus-roll-back-digital-rights

Matrix is cooked:

https://paper.wf/alexia/matrix-is-cooked

CC: @alexia

This AWESOME blog post simple explains:
* what's matrix
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* what happened to make it cooked
* alternatives

#matrix #ventureCapitalist #fremium #wakeup

One billionaire’s plan to build a women-only residential college at major Sydney university.

This is amazing. However, will it include women of trans experiences?!

#soniachau #venturecapitalist #unsw #accommodation #woman #cisnormative

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/one-billionaire-s-plan-to-build-a-women-only-residential-college-at-major-sydney-university-20251111-p5n9bw.html

Danh sách 2000 công ty VC toàn cầu với bản đồ tương tác #VC #VentureCapitalist #CôngTyĐầuTư #BảnĐồToànCầu #Startup #KhởiNghiệp

https://www.reddit.com/r/SideProject/comments/1oobw91/i_made_a_global_directory_of_vcs_2000_vc_with/

Soso, #Nexthink an eine US-amerikanische Firma zu verkaufen ist also ein grosser Erfolg.

Fühlt sich irgendwie falsch an.

Der Einschub «Diese Transaktion wird viel Geld in die Region zurückbringen, das reinvestiert werden kann» finde ich nur halbwegs tröstlich. Aber hey, ich bin ja auch kein VC...

https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/nexthink-schweizer-softwarefirma-fuer-3-milliarden-uebernommen-457395537488

#Schweiz #Ausverkauf #VentureCapitalist #Startup #Software

Google AI picked up my definition of "data piggy" and I'm having conflicting feelings about it. Lol

#venturecapital #VentureCapitalist

https://fromjason.xyz/p/notebook/data-piggy/

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