Tom Stein
Jonathan Lehr is not just an investor in x.ai, he’s a power user of the artificial-intelligence-powered scheduling chatbot. Last year, Lehr scheduled more than 1,000 business meetings using x.ai. “We are a small fund and I don’t have a personal assistant,” says Lehr, a managing director at Work-Bench, which recently participated in x.ai’s $23 million Series […]
Mobile phones have transformed daily life. But there is one glaring downside: We can’t put them down, even when we’re driving. Distracted driving—checking text messages, searching for Pokemon Go or playing songs on Spotify when we eyes should be on the road—is quickly becoming the number one cause of fatal car accidents. In 2014, 3,179 […]
VCs are seeing that AI technology could improve health and could eventually have a high payoff for investments, too
Startups focused on helping consumers catch some zzzs are raising millions of dollars, as VCs dream of disrupting the bedroom
Several startups in the brain space are banking on consumer demand for health and fitness will relate to cognitive improvement, as well
Cindy Padnos of Illuminate encourages female entrepreneurs to take on leadership roles and encourage more women to follow in their footsteps
The number of companies focused on storage-on-demand is small, but VCs say the potential is huge
Hearing-focused startups are bridging the gap of consumer electronics and healthcare, as hearing ailments become increasingly prevalent among younger people
Investors have been burned before on delivery companies, but this time around they believe their bets will pay off
Queue up the next wave of 3D tech, which aims to be easy and affordable