Like many of us at Atland Ventures, the first time you learned about venture capital was probably from watching Shark Tank. If you haven’t seen the show, I highly recommend it – you might start to recognize some of the brands featured on your next Target run. Shark Tank tends to showcase many consumer packaged [...]
At one point, all of us have experienced being a customer of a business, or a part of one itself. So, as a VC analyst or an entrepreneur, we tend to focus on B2B (business-to-business) or B2C (business-to-consumer) companies. However, there is another business model that, despite its size and prevalence, often doesn’t cross our [...]
“Every business is a software business.” A line from Watts S. Humphrey, often regarded as the father of quality in software. A line that hasn’t rung more true than in the present day. In recent years, SaaS has risen to the leading venture-backed industry. According to Dealroom, “in 2022, 45% of venture capital (VC) was [...]
Sports. Where raw athleticism and human passion collide, a transformation has been taking place: - one that transcends the boundaries of stadiums and playing fields. Over the years, sports have undergone remarkable changes as the digital world has woven its way into the building blocks of athletic competition. From the atmosphere of a packed arena [...]
Recently, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) have been plastered all over the headlines of every major media outlet since the latest release of GPT-4 by OpenAI. This is no surprise, as AI & ML pose solutions to a wide variety of applications such as Autonomous Vehicles, Advertising, Robotics, Data Security, Finance, Gaming, Agriculture, [...]
On November 15, 2022, a staggering 14 million people flocked to Ticketmaster with the hope of securing a ticket for Taylor Swift's Eras Concert (Revell, 2022). It was a scene of chaos, with thousands of fans eagerly waiting in line, all competing for the limited number of tickets up for grabs. With such high demand, [...]
The construction industry is one of the oldest and largest industries in the world, but it has been slow to embrace technological change. However, in recent years, there has been a significant shift in the way heavy equipment is operated, thanks to the rise of autonomous and remote-controlled machinery. The global construction market is expected [...]
Pause and scan the device in front of you: have you ever considered the true cost that was transferred between the overseas manufacturing and the day that you first powered it on? Many companies are zeroing in on this information as a result of any number of recent events – from the Paris Agreement to [...]
The market for autonomous snow-clearing and lawn-mowing robots for residential homes is experiencing rapid growth, with a growing number of homeowners looking for smart and efficient solutions for household chores. The popularity of smart homes, the increasing demand for energy-efficient solutions, and the rise in adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) are some of the [...]
Once reserved for the pages of science fiction, artificial intelligence (AI) is now rewriting the script for the media and entertainment industries. Pictured above is a de-aged, voice-synthesized Mark Hamill in The Book of Boba Fett - Industrial Light & Magic (ILM)’s use of machine learning-based algorithms and neural networks was able to bring the [...]
