What is blockchain? Round 2 results are in. 2017 gift guide.
No books please
Hi there,
As we’ve built CB Insights, it’s been fun to watch the evolution of industry jargon and buzzwords.
Interestingly, I can’t think of a time when buzzwords have combined so fluidly, so effortlessly, and so beautifully.
Right now, you can basically append anything to blockchain.
You make AI-infused blockchain? Here’s a $23M series A.
Your IoT blockchains? Nice. Can we acquire you?
You can see the intersection of the buzzwords nicely in media chatter using CB Insights Trends where we see AI and blockchain is ahead of blockchain and IoT.
Speaking of blockchain…
Bitcoin. Blockchain. Cryptocurrencies. Initial coin offerings. Everyone’s talking about them, but what do these terms really mean?
Lastly, this report will make clear the distinctions between distributed ledger technology and blockchain, and highlight where these technologies have application — and where they do not.
All the buzz
As the newsletter has grown (now at 358,000+ subscribers), people now send us stuff with the hopes of it being featured in the newsletter.
Most frequently, they send books.
Please don’t send books. Please.
Nobody here reads the books you send.
If you want to send us stuff, I’d recommend you use our 2017 Startup Gift Guide — produced in partnership with BuzzFeed — as a resource.
We scoured CB Insights for the most under-the-radar gifts from 36 leading startups. Many of you also submitted data to us via The Editor. Nice work.
From an ink-less photo printer for your phone to personalized shampoo, go here for great gift ideas.
Thanks to reader Michael Ifkovits for spotting this graph.
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CB Insights data is the most trusted by those in the industry and the media. A few recent hits.
Forbes. Adam Rogers on how AI is making managersmore human with a reference to CB Insights funding data.
Silicon Republic. A report on the $30M worth of bitcoin stolen from digital currency startup Tether with a mention of CB Insights’ Blockchain Investment Trends Report.
Business Insider. Tony Yoo (@tonyyooaus) discusses the creation of innovation labs by corporates and quotes Anand Sanwal on the subject.