Ten from the weekend 12/05: A few interesting reads that I came across

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

1. Airbnb ipo breakdown: https://equitybreakdown.substack.com/p/airbnb-abnb-breakdown

2. Alphafold: a solution to a 50 year grand challenge in Biology: https://deepmind.com/blog/article/alphafold-a-solution-to-a-50-year-old-grand-challenge-in-biology|| https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03348-4

3. Grocery is the fastest growing e-commerce in Q3: https://www.salesforce.com/blog/q3-shopping-index/

4. The rise of headless commerce: https://greylock.com/the-rise-of-headless-commerce/

5. Stripe: Plattform of plattforms: https://stratechery.com/2020/stripe-platform-of-platforms/

6. https://a16z.com/2020/08/04/fintech-scales-vertical-saas/

7. Apple silicon disruption: https://mondaynote.com/apple-silicon-m1-disruption-af11f639103a

8. Social strikes back: https://a16z.com/social-strikes-back/

9. A wide ranging conv with Sriram K: https://sarharibhakti.substack.com/p/sriram-krishnan-on-demand-entertainment

10. Using unity to help solve intelligence for AI agents: https://deepmind.com/research/publications/using-unity-to-help-solve-intelligence|| https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.09294