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NO ONE SAW THEM COMING — BAIJU BHATT, CO-CEO ROBINHOOD

This article was written by XSeed Partner Robert Siegel and appeared in the Industrialists Dilemma section of casasiegel com

As we prepared for Robinhood’s Co-CEO and Stanford alum, Baiju Bhatt, to visit The Industrialist’s Dilemma, we thought the class session would revolve around how Millennials want to trade stocks for free We thought this would […]

THIS AIN’T YOUR GRANDPARENTS’ MA BELL — RANDALL STEPHENSON, CHAIRMAN AND CEO AT&T

I have to admit — I had this date highlighted on my calendar when AT&T Chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson committed to coming to our class this year The size, scope and challenges of AT&T are […]

WHEN YOUR COMPANY SHOULD ENTER ITS SECOND MARKET

This article was written by XSeed Capital Partner, Jeff Thermond

One of the great things about being a venture capitalist is the opportunity to meet upwards of a thousand eager entrepreneurs every year Sometimes these meetings are great because their idea is compelling Sometimes it is great because they are really impressive people And every now and […] Industry and entrepreneur happenings

LANXESS TO DEPLOY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

This article originally appeared on Lanxess on May 08, 2019

• Much faster development of high-performance plastics
• Partnership with materials AI leader Citrine Informatics LANXESS glass fiber production at its Kallo site near Antwerp, Belgium Photo: LANXESS AG Cologne […] – LANXESS is set to

SQUARE ACQUIRES CONVERSATIONAL AI STARTUP ELOQUENT LABS

By Megan Rose Dickey This article originally appeared in Tech Crunch on May 07, 2019

Square  has acquired conversational artificial intelligence startup Eloquent Labs  to help its merchants improve customer service

Eloquent Labs, which raised a $1 5 million seed round back in early 2017, offers to small […]

THE NEXT GENERATION OF WARRIOR IS MORE SPARTAN THAN YOU MAY THINK…

By Chase Milsap This article originally appeared in We Are The Mighty on April 02, 2019

It’s raining on a Tuesday morning — pretty standard for a Marine physical fitness test — and I know that rain or shine; pull-ups, sit-ups, and a three-mile run are going to happen I stand, shivering in the pre-dawn drizzle, […]