Is Niva Worth Paying For?

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Niva is a subscription service that aims to put you at the center of the service. The CEO was an engineering executive in Google's ads and commerce division for his last six years at the company. Niva will contribute $5,000 a year to the Environment Defense Fund and 350.org until they reach profitability.

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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