This Week in Startups
Jason Calacanis covers startups, tech, markets, media, and all the hottest topics in business and technology. He also interviews the world’s greatest founders, operators, investors, and innovators.
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In this episode of This Week in Startups, Jason chats with Alex Wilhelm and Giram Taitana about AI and business. They discuss AI data sourcing, Meta's financial strategies, and Midjourney's video AI advancements. The conversation covers AI scraping's impact on content creators and the regulation debate. Giram shares insights into medical tourism, focusing on design's role in building trust. They also explore Doctours' fundraising and AI's influence on employment, highlighting new job roles and the gig economy. The episode wraps up with Tesla's robo taxi launch and its potential effects on urban transport.
Key Points
- Meta's aggressive investment in AI, including attempts to acquire or partner with key figures in the AI field, underscores the massive stakes and potential market value associated with advancements in artificial general intelligence.
- MidJourney's expansion into video generation represents a significant milestone, demonstrating the rapid evolution and increasing sophistication of AI-generated content, which is now capable of producing highly realistic video clips.
- The rise of medical tourism, particularly in areas like hair transplants and dental procedures, highlights a growing trend where consumers seek high-quality, affordable medical care abroad, and platforms like Doctours aim to facilitate these safe and cost-effective medical journeys.
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