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Balancing Fundraising with Business Operations in Tough Times

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In challenging times like the current fundraising environment, balancing fundraising with day-to-day business operations can be overwhelming. The speaker shares the struggle of prioritizing fundraising meetings over other tasks and feeling like it took over their calendar, eventually leading to mental exhaustion. They note that the fundraising environment is currently one of the toughest since the dotcom era, making investors more cautious due to limited returns. This caution has caused some investment indigestion in the industry, with less willingness to invest in new products. The tough fundraising landscape can cause challenges for businesses, including the struggle to juggle fundraising activities with maintaining business operations.

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Sunny joins Jason to dive into all things AI, including the power of Claude Sonnet (6:49), the importance of “AI Native” workers (21:40), Luna Labs and their recent video that brings famous memes to life (36:40), and more!

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(0:00) Sunny joins Jason.

(2:26) Living in the toughest fundraising environment and the failure of Lina Khan.

(6:49) Let’s jump back into AI demos with Claude Sonnet.

(10:28) NetSuite - By popular demand, NetSuite has extended its one-of-a-kind flexible financing program for a few more weeks! Head to http://www.NetSuite.com/twist

(11:46) Real-world applications with Jason’s team.

(13:52) Firing up ChatGPT 4.o for results that are extra-ordinary.

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(21:40) The importance of “AI Native” workers.

(23:50) Is Google search going backwards compared to the power of today’s AI models?

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(30:11) The omnipresence of AI at home and with work teams.

(36:40) Sunny demos Luna Labs, including the recent creation of bringing famous memes to life in one killer video.

(40:17) Sunny demos Kling.

(43:33) Sunny shows us Qwen, what he calls the best open-sourced model.

(49:04) Sunny demos the voices of Cartesia AI.

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