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Hamish Campbell

Rise and Fall of Grassroots #OpenWeb

To understand where the #Fediverse and the #OpenSocialWeb are heading, and how not to lose our way, we need to reflect on where we’ve come from. The history of grassroots #openweb activism offers both inspiration and hard lessons.Foundations are built by real people, social movements start local, they begin with people on the margins – those directly affected by injustice – taking action with the tools they have. In the late ’90s and early 2000s, tech projects like #Indymedia were the […]

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Judith van Stegeren

"Builder.ai lacked true AI, instead utilising a group of Indian developers who were merely pretending to be bots writing code."

It's hilarious to see the online reaction to this. It has been common knowledge for YEARS.

The Wall Street Journal already questioned the "AI" part of builder.ai in 2019: wsj.com/articles/ai-startup-bo

Techcrunch mentioned it in 2022: techcrunch.com/2022/03/30/buil

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#startups#ai#genai
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Jonathan Kamens 86 47

I don't hang out on #Bluesky and I'm all in on the #Fediverse, but I have to admit that when I occasionally go over to Bluesky to see a thread that somebody has linked here or that was bridged here via #BridgyFed, I find that the comments on the thread tend to be quite good.
There's definitely an early-Twitter-before-it-turned-to-shit vibe to it.
Mind you, I don't think it will last, because everything backed by #VC eventually eventually enshittifies, but right now, it really is pretty good.

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Tyler Griffin

🚨 Applications now open: Restive’s 9th Fintech Cohort🚨

Let’s build the future of financial services!

We’re backing AI-native, seed-stage founders in payments, infra, compliance, and more—with:

💸 $500K+ at market terms
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🌐 Access to regulators, partners, and VCs
🚀 Ongoing capital as you grow

We’ve helped build 2 unicorns, 1 IPO, 12+ exits, $5B+ in equity value.

Apply by July 15: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI

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#fintech#startups#vc
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Aral Balkan

“We’re building services that improve the personal computing experience by understanding your unique context and taking action at your command. When you use our services, you’re trusting us to handle your personal data.”

sky.app/privacy

A VC-backed startup with Sam Altman as their lead investor* wants the keys to your Mac.

Yeah, no.

* crunchbase.com/funding_round/s

#AI #privacy #Sky #SamAltman #startup #VC #BigTech #surveillance #capitalism #mac mastodon.macstories.net/@vitic

Screenshot of Software Applications Incorporated’s profile on Crunchbase showing San Altman as their lead investor.
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