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MVP versus EVP: Is it time to introduce ethics into the agile startup model?

TechCrunch

The rocket ship trajectory of a startup is well known: Get an idea, build a team and slap together a minimum viable product (MVP) that you can get in front of users. Chief ethics officers need to sniff out that inherent bias throughout the organization before it gets ingrained in AI-powered products. Contributor.

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3 views: How should founders prepare for a decline in startup valuations and investor interest?

TechCrunch

When the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a global health emergency at the end of January 2020, the startup world held its breath.

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Inside Walmart’s generative AI journey

CIO

A driving force behind the progress is Ben Peterson, head of Walmart’s People Product organization. Here, Peterson shares the genesis of Walmart’s latest innovation, as well as the secret to cutting through the hype to make good on the promise of generative AI at scale — something few organizations have accomplished to date.

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Hubilo raises $4.5 million, led by Lightspeed, to focus on virtual events

TechCrunch

Vaibhav Jain, Hubilo’s founder and CEO, told TechCrunch that many of its customers before the pandemic were enterprises and governments that used its platform to help organize large events. This enables organizers to assign points for things like watching a session, visiting a virtual booth or messaging someone.

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Hustle Fund wants to help spawn a new generation of angel investors

TechCrunch

As someone whose own company focuses exclusively on strategy in social impact organizations, I am also looking for how founders identify and bring to market creative solutions to complex problems, as well as exposure to a network of innovative people looking to solve hard issues in smart ways,” Penn said. It recently closed on $33.6

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A complete guide: What is MVP Development?

Openxcell

Introduction:- Traditional software development has been synonymous with sequential processes, often starting with simple designing to complex software product development. However, the advent of MVP(Minimum Viable Product) has been revolutionizing. Organizations must understand user needs and existing solutions.

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Massdriver wants to abstract away infrastructure to let devs focus on coding

TechCrunch

Despite competition from Upbound and Humanitec, the company has around 100 developers across 35 organizations managing over 80 compute environments, and plans to expand its 11-person workforce within the next month. Recently, Massdriver — which is backed by Y Combinator — raised $4 million in seed funding. ”