Full Width [alt+shift+f] Shortcuts [alt+shift+k]
Sign Up [alt+shift+s] Log In [alt+shift+l]
52

The Blackbird Platform

from AVC [alt+shift+b] in startups

The first project launched this week on our portfolio company Blackbird‘s platform. It is a friends and family program at a restaurant in Williamsburg Brooklyn called Gertie. Blackbird wrote about it today on their excellent Supersonic blog: Throughout, when you tap Gertie’s Blackbird-powered NFC chip (shown above), wonder awaits. On the first tap, a free […]
5th Apr 2023

Stay updated

Get a weekly newsletter with the top 5 articles worth reading every week.

More from AVC

I’ve Moved Onchain

Over the last few years, I’ve moved my internet life from web2 to web3 and rarely use any web2 services anymore. So I am starting a series called “I’ve Moved Onchain” to explain this journey to everyone and today’s opening post is about blogging, naturally. I’ve blogged at AVC.com for a very long time. I […]

2nd May 2024 • 119 votes
What Will Happen In 2024

As we enter 2024, the capital markets have found their footing and are moving higher. The Fed has taken interest rates as far as they want at this time and inflation has come down. It seems that a “soft landing” is likely. That is good news for the innovation economy because healthy capital markets are […]

1st Jan 2024 • 86 votes
My Year-End Playlist

Every year I put together a playlist at the end of the year with some of the new music I found and got into. Most of these songs are under the radar which is my favorite kind of music. So I hope you find something new that you like in here.

20th Dec 2023 • 35 votes
Open Office Hours at NYC Tech Week

NYC Tech Week is next week. It will be a week filled with events for the tech sector to engage and connect with each other. A particularly great part of tech week is VC Open Office Hours. There are over 100 VC investors signed up to participate next week. Here is how it works: 1/ […]

12th Oct 2023 • 67 votes
The Heist

On Saturday, September 9th, the Gotham Gal and I arrived at JFK airport after an eight-hour flight from Paris. While waiting for our luggage, I got pushed a notification in my web3 wallet that there was an NFT drop underway that I could participate in. So I clicked on the link, signed the transaction, and […]

26th Sep 2023 • 58 votes

More in startups

Are You Operating Out of Fear or Joy?

Scarcity and survival keep you from being your best.

2 days ago • 3 votes
The frontier labs launch election war rooms

An old playbook is back for the deepfake era. Is it working?

2 days ago • 1 votes
Running Dry

If you haven’t subscribed to Where’s Your Ed At, now’s the best time. I’ve extended the sale — 10% off of the $70-a-year subscription for life (click here!) — for new subscribers for another week. It’s a

3 days ago • 1 votes
Anthropic’s moat is Claude

The bull case for Anthropic’s IPO.

4 days ago • 5 votes
Google Earnings, Facebook Déjà Vu, The Agent Play

Google's earnings miss looks a lot like Facebook's, and that's a credit to Google. The company is being more aggressive than they get credit for.

4 days ago • 1 votes
📚 BoredReading

You seem to be enjoying this.

Join free to unlock everything.

Create free account

Already have an account? Sign in