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Weekly Sponsor
Startup Spotlight: Medialister
Founded in 2024, Medialister streamlines the world of editorial advertising by aggregating bids from over 100,000 publications worldwide, empowering brands to get more from paid content. Headquartered in Wilmington, DE, this innovative advertising platform was created by Alexander Storozhuk, leveraging his 19 years in news tech, and Alex Nigmatulin. Modeled similarly to Fiverr, but for publishers, Medialister allows brands to select offers based on their goals, bringing transparency and control to branded storytelling. By 2028, the company aims to lead in editorial advertising with a projected $100 million in operating revenue.
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Featured Startups
KillerStartups’ Mission is to help entrepreneurs achieve the next big thing. Our role is to connect you with founders you can help, and founders who can help you!
When we featured Uber in 2010, Founder Travis Kalanick might have still been your driver.
Uber raised their first $1.6MM three months after we featured them. $4.9B later, we are still proud to have discovered them.
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Weekly Featured Podcast
Performance Podcast Episode 2: Matt Porcaro
30-Second News Picks
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Our 30-Second Summary:
AI companies, including OpenAI, are facing challenges in scaling large language models and are exploring alternative methods to improve model capabilities. The traditional approach of “scaling up” by adding more data and computing power has shown limitations, prompting researchers to focus on inference-based techniques. These techniques, such as "test-time compute," allow models to evaluate multiple solutions in real-time, mimicking human-like problem-solving. This shift could reduce the reliance on massive pre-training clusters, altering demand for AI hardware and possibly impacting Nvidia’s dominance in training chips. As AI companies pivot, competition intensifies to find more efficient ways to enhance AI performance.
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Is “AI welfare” the new frontier in ethics? - ars Technica
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Our 30-Second Summary:
Anthropic has hired an AI welfare researcher, Kyle Fish, to investigate whether future AI models might need ethical consideration if they develop traits like consciousness or agency. This move aligns with a recent report, "Taking AI Welfare Seriously," co-authored by Fish, which emphasizes the need to address the uncertainty surrounding AI consciousness and to establish guidelines that prevent either neglecting potentially sentient AIs or anthropomorphizing non-sentient systems. The report suggests companies evaluate AI for markers of consciousness and establish policies for moral consideration. Although today's AI only simulates emotions, other tech companies, including Google DeepMind, have shown interest in similar AI welfare initiatives. The issue remains speculative, but Fish sees value in early exploration to prepare for potential future developments.
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Researchers Use AI to Enhance Space Weather Forecasting - ExecutiveGov
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Our 30-Second Summary:
Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory and the University of North Carolina have developed an AI-driven space weather forecasting tool called PreMevE-MEO, which uses machine learning to improve predictions of "killer electrons" in the Earth’s outer radiation belt. Combining convolutional neural networks with a transformer model, PreMevE-MEO analyzes data from GPS and geosynchronous satellites to provide hourly space weather forecasts, helping to protect space equipment from potential electron-related damage. Funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, this project supports the National Space Weather Strategy by leveraging long-term space observations to enhance preparedness against space weather events.
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Notes From KillerStartups Staff 👀
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