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The Education Transformation

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

Back in March 2009, USV hosted an event called Hacking Education. It was the beginning of our effort to invest in the transformation of the education sector. As Rebecca was developing her presentation, I wrote an email to her that said: when did we do Hacking Education? Was that ten years ago now?

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Pakistan edtech startup Maqsad gets $2.1M pre-seed to make education more accessible

TechCrunch

Taha Ahmed and Rooshan Aziz left their jobs in strategy consulting and investment banking in London earlier this year in order to found a mobile-only education platform startup, Maqsad , in Pakistan, with a goal “to make education more accessible to 100 million Pakistani students.” “We believe everyone has a purpose.

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Kawaskia Robotics’ Educational Robots Premiering at 2024 Summit

American Entrepreneurship

At the upcoming 2024 IMTS Smartforce Student Summit in Chicago, Kawasaki Robotics will premiere its educational robotics platform for use by industrial/technical education providers. Called Astorino, these robots will enable educators to equip students with real-world skills needed for the future of American manufacturing. “We

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Why Your Team Will Need Skilled Idea Curators To Succeed in the AI Era

Entrepreneurs' Organization

That involves investing in training and education that emphasizes critical thinking, industry expertise, and communication. This knowledge will enable them to leverage AI’s capabilities effectively, enhancing their curation efforts. The rise of generative AI marks a profound shift in how we approach creativity and innovation.

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What Bill DeBlasio can do for NYC Tech: It's not what you think

This is going to be BIG.

Don''t get me wrong, I''m THRILLED that we''re going to have some new engineering campuses in NYC and that will pay dividends to the NYC tech community for years to come--only, we only just started educating students in a small starter version of the Cornell program. Education initiatives did not create the community. Are there issues?

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India’s higher education startup Sunstone raises $35 million

TechCrunch

Sunstone, a higher education startup that collaborates with academic institutions to help upskill their students for employability, has raised $35 million in a new financing round as it looks to expand to more Indian cities. “Sunstone is well positioned to enable this change and impact the lives of millions of students. .

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The Underwhelmingness of Facebook

This is going to be BIG.

Yet, when I think about its impact on our lives and what it enables people to do, I can''t help but be underwhelmed. If you surveyed people forty years ago, at the dawn of the internet, and asked them, "If you could connect a billion people with a piece of software, what could you enable them to do?" What do we actually do on Facebook?