What's the Biggest Disaster?

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TikTok is a dating app that matches people based on the personality of their partner. It uses data from users who have found partners and also messages they've sent to each other via social media. TikTok's founder says any type pairing can work, but some pairings will require more effort than others. How sticky are dating apps? Do people bounce around once they find one?

Molly breaks down Google’s $300M investment in Anthropic and how this deal compares to Microsoft’s investment in OpenAI. (2:00) Then, she dives deep into a former Google executive’s paid search engine and ShiftMed raising $200M to solve the nursing shortage. She wraps the show with an interview featuring the CEO of dating app So Syncd, Jessica Alderson. (13:44)

(0:00) Molly kicks off the show

(2:00) Google invests $300M in Anthropic

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(13:44) Neeva’s new approach to search

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(22:58) AI’s data problem

(28:27) ShiftMed raises $200M

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(34:45) Seed/Series A Interview: Jessica Alderson, CEO of So Syncd

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