Featured Guests: Michael Cortez, Partner, YL Ventures | Mark Gudiksen, Managing Partner, Piva Capital

New data privacy laws enacted in Colorado & Connecticut, climate tech funding is down 40%, and Elon Musk announces controversial Twitter user limits.

Twitter’s new CEO Linda Yaccarino unveils Twitter 2.0. Inflection AI raises $1.3B, the second largest A.I. funding round this year. A Venture Daily roundup of this week’s top stories.

Will AI actually change the world, or is it all just hype? Pitchbook’s somewhat grim outlook report for 2023 venture markets. A proposed U.S. ban on semiconductor microchip exports to China.

AI regulation in the U.S. may be around the corner. An online feud between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg that could become a pay-per-view Vegas fight night. Private credit expanding to Fortune 500s.

Databricks to acquire generative A.I. startup MosaicML in $1.3B deal, BlackRock’s Larry Fink says he's no longer using the "politicized" term ESG, and Stability A.I.’s third executive turnover in less than three months.

FDIC documents reveal firms such as Sequoia received billions in government bailouts. How the actions of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Wagner Group affect our markets and investing in Europe. VC-backed startup IRL shuts down after CEO's misconduct probe reveals 95% of users were “automated or from bots.”