The latest news and views on global tech for early-stage founders and investors.

Presented two investors and operators, James Alexander & Hugh Stephens, Co-founders and Partners at Galileo Ventures – a leading seed VC in Australia.

In this episode we cover:

• HuggingChat vs ChatGPT and Open Source AI
• What is hot, and not, for VCs in 2024?
• Sophisticated investors vs Gambling – should we change the threshold?
• Interview with Sam Thorogood – Google Engineering Veteran and startup CTO on eng leadership and Polaris short course

Shownotes:

• Register for Polaris Today: https://galileo.ventures/post/introducing-the-polaris-program
• James’ LinkedIn post: https://bit.ly/3OyjScQ
• AFR Exclusive Article: https://www.afr.com/policy/economy/labor-to-overhaul-sophisticated-investor-test-20231219-p5eseg
• Venture capital companies place their bets on the next big hits for 2024 - The Australian https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/technology/venture-capital-companies-place-their-bets-on-the-next-big-hits-for-2024/news-story/e30861082a296d1719dd8ebd62a42bf9
• Hugging Face announcement VentureBeat: https://venturebeat.com/ai/hugging-face-launches-open-source-ai-assistant-maker-to-rival-openais-custom-gpts/

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