CM Weekly: AI Consumer Apps, GTM Maturity, Average Valuation Caps
Chris McCann's weekly newsletter on technology, startups, and venture capital.
My partner at Race Capital, Edith Yeung, is hosting an event on September 12th focused on government / defense tech in San Francisco along with Microsoft, Intel, Google, and MLtwist.
More info on the event here, would be useful for any founders targeting government sales, founders in the American dynamism fields, or people curious on how the U.S. government is engaging with startups.
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Written by Chris McCann, General Partner @ Race Capital. More about me.
🗞️ Interesting Reads
A list of the top 100 AI consumer applications.
Perplexity is planning to run ads in its search queries, and the community is not so happy with the decision.
A breakdown of the revenue being generated by AI products (by incumbents and startups).
IP lawsuits against AI model companies (primarily image and video generation models) are moving forward in the courts.
A visual overview of the various stages of go-to-market maturity a founder goes through from being primarily founder led to having a CRO.
Data on the average valuation cap startups are raising by stage and fundraise size.
A mental model and market map on how to think about the security for AI market space.
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