03.12.17 Recap

Enabling Continual Learning in Neural Networks by DeepMind

The Unsolved Mystery of the Notorious B.I.G. by Randall Sullivan

Deep Learning: Not Just for Silicon Valley by Rachel Thomas

What Mark Zuckerberg Understands About Corporate Purpose by George Serafeim
How authentic communication can effectively enable corporate purpose, intent, and vision.

Machine Learning Startup Competition by Google
On the heels of their Kaggle acquisition, Google partners with seven venture capital firms and launches a ML competition for startups. Participating firms include Sequoia, KPCB, GV, Data Collective, Emergence Capital, Andreessen Horowitz and Greylock.

YC Launches Startup School by YCombinator

Facebook plans to lay almost 500 miles of fiber cable in Africa for better wireless internet by Kurt Wagner
Very cool initiative 👍

This Man Makes Founders Cry by Jessi Hempel

How AI Is Changing the Way Companies are Organized by Jared Lindzon

Network Effects – The Keys to Ascending the Consumer-Internet Throne by Deepak Tavichandran, Jeff Lu and Roger Lee
And not just consumer-internet...

SpaceX to Send Privately Crewed Dragon Spacecraft Beyond the Moon Next Year by SpaceX

The Art of Manipulating Algorithms by Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan 

4 ways Google Cloud will bring AI, machine learning to the enterprise by Steven Patterson

Google's DeepMind plans bitcoin-style health record tracking for hospitals by Alex Hurn

AI Is Going to Change the 80/20 Rule by Michael Schrage

What Makes Change Harder -- Or Easier by Markus Spiegel, Theresa Schmiedel and Jan vom Brocke
Prompts managers to examine how values of new initiatives fit into existing organizational culture to gauge the level of efforts necessary to make them work -- and whether or not they're worth it at all.

As Goldman Embraces Automation, Even the Masters of the Universe Are Threatened by Nanette Byrnes & MIT Tech Review

Fueling the Goldrush: The Greatest Public Datasets for AI by Luke de Oliveira

Essence of Linear Algebra
Finally had some time to take a peak at this after seeing it on HackerNews a few weeks ago. Well thought out and a good resource for a refresh on a familiar topic (also great if it's your first exposure).

Here is how you (really) raise funding by Loic Le Meur
Summary of YC’s Geoff Ralston’s talk at the off the record SV event, The Lift, on fundraising.