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BetterData taps the blockchain to help create better synthetic data

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User data is tokenized and stored on a blockchain which is only accessible with a user’s private encryption keys. The startup’s co-founders, CEO Uzair Javaid and CTO Kevin Yee, have backgrounds in AI data generation and blockchain security. They met at the Entrepreneur First program in Singapore.

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Daily Crunch: In ‘an early experimental program,’ OpenAI opens waitlist for GPT Professional

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The $1 billion vehicle is a blockchain-agnostic fund that will invest in web3 protocols and decentralized applications (dApps). Sailing un-Carta’d waters : Rocky weather at Carta: Connie reports that the company is suing its former CTO , and Natasha M reports that the company lays off 10% of its staff. Blockchain! Big Tech Inc.

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Tips for CIOs in the digital age

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Too often, healthcare executives are seduced by cutting-edge technologies. Blockchain, virtual reality, and wearable gadgets may be popular now, but they aren’t the same as digitalization. Become the chief “impact” officer as the new CIO brand. Instead, leaders must ensure their organizations avoid shiny objects.

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Gary Vaynerchuk, Mark Cuban back web3 project tool Thirdweb

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Thirdweb was created by Social Chain founder Steven Bartlett and Furquan Rydhan, who was founding CTO of Bebo and AppLovin. They also say companies like Nike, Disney, Bumble and Meta are already itching to begin building apps and products, like blockchain games, NFT platforms, DAOs and creator projects, for the metaverse, web3 and NFT spaces.

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Bielefeld survey highlights an emerging B2B, crypto, deep tech ecosystem

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Jasper Steinlechner , CTO, Pektogram. Manuel Rüsing , CTO, Synctive. We joined the first accelerator and since then 24 startups have been founded and come through its programs. Louis Schulze , ecosystem development manager, Founders Foundation. Stefan Trockel , founder and CEO, Mercury.ai. Conner Kuhlmeyer , founder, reportio.

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Daily Crunch: India’s Central Bank says cryptocurrency ‘may even be worse’ than Ponzi schemes

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We have a busy slate for you today, including news sure to annoy the blockchain faithful, new funds, Facebook’s latest rebrand and more. India continues to debate the fate of cryptocurrencies : A nation’s regulatory and banking bodies debating blockchain technology and its related tokens is a daily occurrence.

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Daily Crunch: Meta decimates its staff as the social media giant lays off 11,000

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Answers on an immutable blockchain transaction, please. Edge computing cloud and global data network Macrometa has raised $38 million led by Akamai Technologies, as the two announce a new partnership and product integrations, Catherine reports. Akamai Technologies CTO Andy Champagne will join Macrometa’s board.

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