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The VC perspective on successful AI startups

You might have a cool idea for an AI startup, but is it venture backable? General Catalyst's Christopher Kauffman will tell you.

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Venture Capital
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We introduced our first AI avatar professor. Here’s why.

Earlier this month, we wrapped our very first AI avatar-led course. Here's the nitty-gritty calculus behind our decision to try avatars as instructors.

AI Avatars
AI
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Meet your professor: Apple’s Amit Rawal from AI for Data Analysis

We sat down with Apple’s Amit Rawal to ask him all the things you should know before you take his course – including a sneak peek into his data analysis framework.

AI for Data Analysis
Meet your professor
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Pi had a million users. So why did Inflection just implode (and take Pi with it)?

Microsoft just cannibalized a company it was a lead investor in and took its chatbot down with it. Here's what that means for other AI startups.

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AI startups
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5 roles AI can play to make you more strategic

Roleplay these scenarios with AI to make yourself a more strategic decision maker, presenter, collaborator, and leader.

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Roleplaying AI
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3 drills to teach your team AI, using AI

L&D might be dragging their feet on training your team on AI (we’ve seen it firsthand). So, use AI itself as your team coach.

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AI Training
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The 4 priority strategies for every marketer in Q1

This week, we heard from 8 marketing experts from companies like Estee Lauder, HubSpot, and Zapier on THE AI strategies that need to be in every CMO’s 2026 plan. Our own Head of Marketing, Rachel Fields, is sharing the 4 tactics on her own to-do list.

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Marketing
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85% of workers don’t use AI for business value

Our latest AI proficiency research was released this week – and if you’re leading a team through AI transformation, you’re going to want to keep reading.

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Research
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How I learned to stop note-taking and let AI work for me

We have a new Head of Engineering! Say hi to Chad and read on to learn how he’s leveraging Claude Code to keep all the facts of a new role straight.

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Claude
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Personal AI use cases are good for business

Here's a slightly controversial take from AI researcher Marc Zao-Sanders: Don’t worry that no one is using AI for work yet – personal use comes first, but enterprise ROI follows.

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Use cases
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The 4 AI investments finance leaders need to make in 2026

The opportunities for AI in finance are huge – if CFOs set the right strategy. Glenn Hopper, our AI for Finance instructor, is sharing the 4 AI investments finance leaders should make in 2026.

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Finance
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The 5 AI investments sales leaders should make in 2026

If you’re a sales leader and your AI strategy sounds like “buying an AI-powered outbound tool”, put the company card down until you’ve read this.

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Sales
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4 steps to attracting and keeping the best talent in business (even if you're not Google)

You don't need to be a big tech firm to attract, recruit, and retain the best talent. Here's our four-step process for doing it right.

Talent acquisition
Talent management
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Which skills matter? Employees and L&D leaders don’t always agree [research]

Which skills matter in the modern workplace – to get promoted, to get ahead, to impact the business? It turns out that employees and learning leaders don’t always agree.

We recently surveyed 10,000 students and 250 learning leaders on the skills that are their biggest priority in 2023.

talent management
leadership development
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Want to build the next Airbnb? 4 steps to get started

Airbnb changed the way we travel without purchasing any hotels. Uber made it easier to get around without amassing their own fleet. And DoorDash took care of breakfast without cracking a single egg.

The common thread between these companies is that they’re platform businesses. Rather than selling products directly, they’re providing a platform that conveniently connects sellers and buyers.

How do you follow in their footsteps? Here are four steps that can help you build a platform of your own.

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product strategy
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Why most corporate learning offerings suck (and how to fix it)

What percentage of employees actually use the skills they learn in L&D programs at their jobs?

Twelve percent.

If these numbers sound rough, that’s because they are...

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The three skills that actually matter to business growth

Do you ever look at a company like Google or Netflix and think, “I know we could be that successful – if only we had their people on our team”? 

The bad news: It’s impossibly expensive to recruit talent from the top tech companies.

The good news: You can develop this type of talent in-house, if you zero in on the skills that actually matter to drive business growth.

To help you, our research team looked at 100 of today’s top-performing organizations and identified the business skills that matter. 

These are the skills that should be your top priority in talent development. So let’s get started.

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