Global robo-advisors. Beauty & grooming startups. Artificial general intelligence.
Storm the Castle
Hi there,
Quora is the newest technology company to join the Unicorn club (unicorns are private investor-backed companies worth $1B+). Unlike others who got there quickly, Quora took their time which is refreshing to see since so many startup and startup founders seem to be in a hurry to exit the business they are supposedly passionate about.
Anyways, Quora always provides some great questions and answers so I’m going share a few favorites below interspersed with our own industry and market analyses.
But first, here’s Quora highlight #1.
A wealth tech world
We mapped the global distribution of robo-advisors and identified geographic trends. US-based robo-advisors have received 57% of the global deal share since 2012, with Germany taking second place at 9%.
Don’t beat yourself up. Happens to everyone.
Quora has answers to some of those persistent, thorny relationship questions.
Extreme makeover
We looked at investment into beauty & grooming startups since 2012. Compared to the previous quarter, deals to beauty and grooming startups spiked in Q1’17, but funding slipped by 24%.
You can take my life, but you will never…what the heck
Quora has great questions about sophisticated military operations.
Some articles highlighted Quora’s competition being Yahoo Answers. First, when Yahoo is your main competitor in anything, you’ve done well.
And in this particular case, it is no different.
Here’s what Yahoo Answers folks are talking about.
Artificial general intelligence
We looked at funding and patent activity of startups working on artificial general intelligence, which involves an AI system with human-like cognitive abilities that can be used to solve new problems, rather than being trained for specific tasks.
The Industry Standard
CB Insights data is the most trusted by those in the industry and the media. A few recent hits.
