Ten from the weekend 06/20: A few interesting reads that I came across

Focus areas: Blockchain| ML-AI| Data science/Analytics applications |eSports| CRISPR| Design thinking

1. Fintech the fourth platform — part 1,2 — https://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewharris/2019/11/19/fintech-the-fourth-platform-part-one/#4c12cb49cb28|| https://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewharris/2019/11/22/fintech-the-fourth-platformpart-two/#463393135be6

2. https://www.technologyreview.com/2019/12/17/131518/facebook-has-a-neural-network-that-can-do-advanced-math/

3. How COVID will reshape the world trade: https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-the-coronavirus-will-reshape-world-trade-11592592995

4. 5 years of advertising in the US: https://www.ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2020/6/14/75-years-of-us-advertising

5. The observer effect- Marc Andreessen: https://www.theobservereffect.org/marc.html

6. Transformational moments: https://greylock.com/transformational-moments/

7. The partner bank boom: https://a16z.com/2020/06/11/the-partner-bank-boom/

8. SaaS Go-to-upmarket: https://a16zstage.wpengine.com/2020/05/29/a16z-podcast-saas-go-to-upmarket/

9. Open AI tech accessible via api (beta) https://beta.openai.com

10.The obligatory GPT3 post: https://slatestarcodex.com/2020/06/10/the-obligatory-gpt-3-post/|| Image GPT — https://openai.com/blog/image-gpt/

Gated Linear Networks: https://arxiv.org/abs/1910.01526