Mamoon Hamid and Ilya Fushman of Kleiner Perkins: “More than 80%” of pitches now involve AI

Last week, at a StrictlyVC event in San Francisco, we sat down with Mamoon Hamid and Ilya Fushman, two longtime VCs whose paths first crossed as children in Frankfurt, Germany, and who were brought in to reboot the storied venture firm Kleiner Perkins roughly six years ago. They’ve seemingly accomplished their mission to burnish the … Read more

Blinken pitches the US as an alternative to Russia’s Wagner in Africa’s troubled Sahel

ABUJA, Nigeria — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday pitched the United States as a better security partner for Africa in place of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, which he accused of exploiting coup-hit and conflict-hit nations in the continent’s Sahel region. Blinken, who is visiting Nigeria as part of an Africa tour to … Read more

Cyberattack hits Kyiv as Zelensky pitches U.S. for lifeline for Ukraine

Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave KYIV — As Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky prepared to meet U.S. lawmakers and President Biden in Washington on Tuesday in an urgent bid to drum up some $60 billion of crucially needed U.S. aid, a giant cyberattack hit the Ukrainian capital, targeting Kyivstar, one of the country’s … Read more

Thailand Pitches New U.S. Investors on Old Idea of Southeast Asia Shipping Route Shortcut

Since attaining the premiership in August, Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has branded himself the nation’s chief “salesman,” traveling around the world to court foreign investments to boost Thailand’s stagnant economy. This week, as global leaders descend on San Francisco for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, he’s bringing perhaps his biggest pitch yet to … Read more

Alec Baldwin Pitches A Reality Show With Hilaria Baldwin Amid Retirement

Actor Alec Baldwin would love to star in a reality series featuring his wife, Hilaria Baldwin, and all of their children. The 65-year-old actor revealed that he would like to eventually retire from acting and spend more time at home with his family. The actor has seven children with his wife Hilaria as well as … Read more

John Cena pitches pitches London as venue

Dwayne ”The Rock” Johnson and John Cena in motion throughout WrestleMania XXVIII at Solar Life Stadium on April 1, 2012 in Miami Gardens, Florida. Ron Elkman | sports activities Imagery | Getty Pictures Sport | Getty Pictures Wrestling legend John Cena shocked followers with a pitch to carry WWE’s largest dwell occasion Westlemania, the so-called … Read more

GPT-4-generated pitches are 3x extra prone to safe funding than human ones

Morsa Pictures/Getty Pictures Buying investor funds is a vital part of the success of many companies. But it surely’s simpler stated than performed. Enterprise professionals consistently current rigorously put-together shows for buyers, solely for a lot of of them to be uninterested. ChatGPT may assist not solely to get buyers to take the bait but … Read more

Singapore pitches new legislation to sluggish unfold of cybercrime

Getty Photos/d3sign Singapore is trying to move new laws that may enable it to situation directives to stem the unfold of malicious on-line actions, together with blocking entry to suspected rip-off websites.  The proposed On-line Prison Harms Invoice, which had its first studying in parliament Monday, outlines 5 key instructions that may be issued when … Read more