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Opportunity Zones are expiring and startups need Congress to act

Opportunity Zones are expiring and startups need Congress to act

2025 will be a pivotal year for startups and tax policy, and one instrumental program that has been crucial to the success of the company I co-founded, Event Vesta Inc, is at risk of sunsetting.

AI Essentials: What is compute and how is it measured?

AI Essentials: What is compute and how is it measured?

If you wanted to haul large amounts of water from a well, you would (at one point in history) need a resource, like a horse, to pull the load. You would measure how much weight the horse can pull per minute in terms of “horsepower.” In the world of AI, the resource required to make models work is compute, and it’s measured in FLOPS.

Engine, INCOMPAS File Joint Amici Curiae Brief on the FCC’s 2024 Safeguarding the Open Internet Order

Engine, INCOMPAS File Joint Amici Curiae Brief on the FCC’s 2024 Safeguarding the Open Internet Order

Washington – As the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law plans a hearing Wednesday on the law that enables online services to host user-generated content, diverse organizations from academics to industry to public interest groups sent a letter to Subcommittee leaders. The letter acknowledges that Section 230 is the legal framework that enables anyone to create spaces online where user communities can gather and share content, to the benefit of Internet users and online expression. 

The push for a new federal law regulating digital replicas and what it means for startups

The push for a new federal law regulating digital replicas and what it means for startups

The recent legislative and agency efforts directed at regulating digital replicas of individuals’ name, image, and likeness (NIL) have the potential to harm startups’ access to the artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem and chill innovation.

With support for Black founders under attack, policymakers must step up to ensure innovation is for all

With support for Black founders under attack, policymakers must step up to ensure innovation is for all

The startup ecosystem should be accessible to everyone, but for the entrepreneurs who don’t look like the average founder — white, heterosexual, male — joining the startup ecosystem has always had its challenges.

Invest in women to ignite innovation

Invest in women to ignite innovation

Every March, we celebrate International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month as a global celebration of women’s achievements. And in the startup ecosystem, there’s a lot to celebrate—women are trailblazing and innovating at unprecedented rates. 

42 startups and support organizations sign letter supporting strong digital trade policy

 42 startups and support organizations sign letter supporting strong digital trade policy

A coalition of 42 U.S. startups, investors, and startup support organizations across 18 states sent a letter urging U.S. trade policymakers to support the growth and competitiveness of the startup ecosystem through smart digital trade policy. The letter calls on policymakers to support policies enabling cross-border data flows, making permanent the moratorium on the imposition of customs duties on electronic transmissions, and providing resources to help startups compete abroad.