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☆ Man Behind California Forever, Silicon Valley's City of the Future
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-05 | by ( Hugh Langley | Adam Rogers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +29 min

He sees California Forever. And if he can't undo the damage, there may never be a California Forever. California Forever may be a subdivision, but it's precisely the kind of subdivision America needs right now. But here's the thing: California Forever may be a subdivision, but it's precisely the kind of subdivision America needs right now. Places like California Forever aren't being opposed by the people who are desperate for a place to live.

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☆ Google DeepMind wants to make AI a part of soccer
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-13 | by ( George Glover | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Google DeepMind launched a prototype AI soccer tactics tool last month. DeepMind developed the tool with Liverpool FC, known for its data-driven approach to soccer. AdvertisementGoogle DeepMind is bidding to bring artificial intelligence (AI) into soccer by launching a new tool to help coaches make better tactical decisions. DeepMind researchers published their findings in the scientific journal Nature Communications. Google DeepMindHaving that knowledge on hand helped the collaboration between DeepMind and Liverpool to run smoothly, according to Veličković.

Persons: Google DeepMind, DeepMind, —, Zhe Wang, Didier Drogba, Divock, Chelsea's Didier Drogba, Ian MacNicol, Petar Veličković, Billy Beane, Ian Graham, they've, Liverpool —, Monterrey's Sergio Canales, Yuri Cortez, We're, Wang, it'll Organizations: Google, Liverpool FC, Service, English Premier League soccer, Nature Communications, Soccer, Former Ivory Coast, Chelsea, Liverpool, FC Barcelona, UEFA, Boston Red Sox, Fenway Sports Group, Liverpool FC's, Ph.D.s, Harvard, Inter Miami, Getty Locations: London, Cambridge, Anfield, DeepMind, Liverpool, AFP

☆ Moneyball-Plus: What Happens When Investors Treat Athletes Like Startups
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-28 | by ( Joseph Bien-Kahn | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +27 min

What if athletes could sell a percentage of their future earnings to investors, the same way tech entrepreneurs offer a stake in their promising new ideas in return for venture capital? "We look at the game very, very differently than everyone else," Schwimer tells the pitcher. Finlete is launching a fund that allows fans to buy shares in a prospect's future earnings. What if you could sell a share of your future earnings, he asked, for $10,000? Today, he says, more than 80% of the players BLA has invested in are outside the league's top 300 prospects.

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☆ Meet the former child prodigy who played 'Moneyball' with GPUs and built a $3 million AI model for $30,000
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Darius Rafieyan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Daimon Labs, by contrast, had raised $1.5 million from a handful of VCs. It was around then that he started Daimon Labs alongside Dhruv Malik and Xiang Zhang to pursue the dream of what he calls "machines of loving grace". He ignored every metric of success for an AI model, except one: perplexity. It's a measure of how certain the AI model is of its predictions. But even with ruthlessly optimized hardware and that single-minded focus, Daimon Labs still couldn't afford to build the model Benmalek was envisioning.

Persons: —, Ryan Benmalek, wouldn't, Benmalek, Isaac Asimov, Dhruv Malik, Xiang Zhang, Michael Lewis, Daimon, Brooklyn Organizations: Service, Business, Daimon Labs, The University of Washington, Cornell, Apple, Google, Nvidia, Labs, Lambda, Daimon Locations: Silicon, Seattle, Moneyball, Montreal, Brooklyn, North Carolina, Canada

☆ These are 30 of the most successful early-stage startup investors in the world, according to a proprietary AI model known as 'Moneyball for VC'
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Ben Bergman | Samantha Stokes | Rebecca Torrence | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. TRAC , a San Francisco-based early-stage venture firm cofounded by Fred Campbell, Joseph Aaron, Scott Pyne, Steve Marek, and Dick Fredericks in 2020, has set about to take a more systematic approach to venture capital. Advertisement"A SuperForecaster is in the top 1/10th of 1% of all early-stage investors," Aaron told Business Insider. But now TRAC has agreed to name names, revealing a random sampling of 30 of the 287 SuperForecasters in its model. They rarely make follow-on investments.

Persons: —, Fred Campbell, Joseph Aaron, Scott Pyne, Steve Marek, Dick Fredericks, Phillip Tetlock, Dan Gardner's, Aaron, SuperForecasters Organizations: Service, Business Locations: San Francisco

☆ AI Helps Unskilled Employees on the Job, Hurts Experienced Workers
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( Aki Ito | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

The numbers have prompted AI optimists to predict an economic boom and AI pessimists to worry about a future of fewer jobs. The question isn't how much AI helps out around the office but who it helps — and why. AI, in other words, is raising overall productivity by narrowing the gap between high performers and low performers. Researchers tasked people to write a short story, with and without the help of an AI tool for generating ideas. A few enterprising employers will go all in on hiring job candidates with less experience and boosting their performance with AI.

Persons: I've, optimists, It's, coders, it's, Bolt, it'll, we'll, isn't, We've, there's, Aki Ito Organizations: Software, Management, Law, Business Locations: United States

☆ Ruzwana Bashir Is Quietly Connecting the Tech World
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +18 min

Story by Melia RussellPhotography by Lelanie FosterRuzwana Bashir is ransacking her kitchen cabinet for just the right tea. Bashir wears an Erdem floral-printed bra top, Erdem skirt, Giuseppe Zanotti shoes, Old Jewelry earrings along with her own bracelet and ring. "Part of building a business was going out and sharing what you were doing with the world," Bashir says. For years Bashir's startup had been building muscle around these capabilities; now it had an eager audience. Eating at acclaimed restaurants is fine, but Bashir prefers the more-intimate affairs at tech executives' homes because, she says, "you can stay longer."

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☆ It's 'Moneyball 2.0', says Databricks CEO on assisting the World Series champions this season
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailIt's 'Moneyball 2.0', says Databricks CEO on assisting the World Series champions this seasonDatabricks Co-Founder and CEO Ali Ghodsi joins 'Mad Money' host Jim Cramer to talk the AI boom, if an IPO is in its future and more.

Persons: Ali Ghodsi, Jim Cramer

☆ Databricks CEO on client Texas Rangers World Series win: 'It's kind of like Moneyball 2.0'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Julie Coleman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

In a Monday interview with CNBC's Jim Cramer, Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi detailed how the enterprise software company helps its clients, including recent World Series champions, the Texas Rangers. Ghodsi said he'd like to think Databricks had a "tiny little part" in the Texas Rangers' win, likening the company's involvement to the film "Moneyball." The company then used its AI model to analyze this data and was able to make recommendations, perhaps changing a player's pitch slightly. "We run it like a public company, we just happen to not be public," Ghodsi said. Disclosure: Comcast owns NBCUniversal, the parent company of CNBC.

Persons: CNBC's Jim Cramer, Ali Ghodsi, Ghodsi, Databricks Organizations: Texas Rangers, NBC Universal, Comcast, Reuters, CNBC

☆ This $5 Billion Biotech Home Run Took Less Than a Year
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( David Wainer | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Ownership of the drug went from Pfizer to Roivant and then to Roche with stunning speed. Photo: Stefan Wermuth/Bloomberg NewsYou can’t completely blame Pfizer ’s executives, yet Roche ’s $7 billion acquisition of a bowel-disease treatment that it owned until last year isn’t a great look. In a deal that now feels like a biotech version of “Moneyball,” Roivant announced it was selling an asset that only 11 months ago it got for free from Pfizer. Big pharma companies focused on the drug industry equivalent of free agent signings will often overlook one of their own hot prospects. In fact, Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy founded Roivant on the idea that pharma’s trash can be another company’s treasure.

Persons: Roche, Stefan Wermuth, Pfizer ’, ” Roivant, Vivek Ramaswamy, Roivant Organizations: Pfizer, Roivant, Bloomberg, Street Journal, Big pharma, Republican

☆ The job Americans would most like to see replaced by robots
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Joseph Bien-Kahn | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +26 min

In a survey of jobs Americans would most like to see replaced by robots, the umpire would surely rank near the top. (The MLB league official tells me that legalized gambling has not been a factor in implementing ABS.) Frustratingly, the subjective has infiltrated what initially felt like a technological problem: What does the perfect strike zone even look like anyway? The MLB league official agrees, telling me the Jetson Robot Home Plate Ump is not in their plans. "Growing up, my parents would go, 'Oh, the umpire's strike zone was small!'

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☆ The A’s Don’t Just Want to Leave Oakland. They Want to Leave Moneyball Behind, Too.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Lindsey Adler | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ The 30 early-stage startups most likely to become tech's next unicorns, according to a proprietary AI model known as 'Moneyball for VC'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Ben Bergman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The firm developed a propriety model that uses AI to predict which early-stage startups are most likely to become unicorns, which are companies valued at more than a billion dollars. "Our AI eliminates about 99% of all early-stage companies from consideration, because our data predicts these companies have a higher probability of failure." Another surprising thing about TRAC's model is it does not value founders as predictive. "Similar vintage early-stage VCs would have had upwards of 20% of their portfolio be false positive within the first few years. Here are the 30 companies TRAC's model identified as being the next unicorns, in alphabetical order, all with a valuation of less than $250 million.

Persons: Fred Campbell, Joseph Aaron, Scott Pyne, Steve Marek, Dick Fredericks, Aaron, Sam Altman, MBAs, Angel SuperForecasters, Campbell Locations: San Francisco

☆ Brad Pitt's F1 movie: Filming to get underway at Silverstone
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Amy Woodyatt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Apple Original Films has unveiled details of Oscar winner Brad Pitt’s eagerly awaited Formula 1 feature film, as crews begin filming scenes with the actor at Silverstone, where Sunday’s British Grand Prix is being staged. The movie is being made in collaboration with F1, and stars Pitt as a former driver returning to the sport with fictional team APXGP, alongside “Snowfall” actor Damson Idris as his teammate. And what better place to film such a feature than Silverstone, famously the first circuit to ever host an F1 race in 1950. The fictional team will even have its own pit-stop at the track, and filming is due to take place amid this weekend’s British Grand Prix. The fictional team will even have a space on the grid at Silverstone.

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☆ It’s All Fun and Games Until Someone Gets Hurt
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-11 | by ( Matt Martell | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In the movie “Moneyball,” Peter Brand, a baseball analyst played by Jonah Hill, has a mantra for the type of player his team covets. “He gets on base,” Brand says when his boss points at him. The movie, like the Michael Lewis book upon which it is based, is about the rise of sabermetrics in Major League Baseball. It is the story of a group of outsiders who take on the baseball establishment by following a core belief rooted in an expression you can hear at any Little League game: A walk is as good as a hit. The math of the strategy is easy enough to explain.

Persons: Peter Brand, Jonah Hill, ” Brand, Michael Lewis, Pete Alonso, Charlie Morton Organizations: Major League Baseball, Little League, Mets

☆ The business case for green sports stadiums and arenas is growing
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-29 | by ( Ian Thomas | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

A general exterior view of Climate Pledge Arena before the game between the Seattle Kraken and the Carolina Hurricanes on October 17, 2022. Much like the broader world of commercial real estate, arenas, and stadiums have been slowly adopting sustainable practices over the last few decades, from recycling programs to energy efficiency efforts. That led to what has become the Climate Pledge Arena. AMBSE has even created a "playbook" for other stadium operators to follow if they also want to get to zero waste. It's reached a level of critical mass where people have moved past greenwashing, and they're making substantive changes to their business practices," Cannon said.

☆ The Oakland A’s Say They’re Leaving for Las Vegas
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( Lindsey Adler | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The Oakland Athletics believe that a new ballpark in Las Vegas could be ready for use by the 2027 season. Photo: Jed Jacobsohn/Associated PressThe Oakland A’s long and colorful residency in Oakland has generated dynastic World Series champions, some of baseball’s biggest personalities and a revolutionary roster-building strategy known as Moneyball. What it has mostly lacked, however, is what the team feels is the combination of fan and government support that would make it a business success, too. So the team said Thursday it has decided to leave the Bay Area for Las Vegas as soon as the end of the 2024 season—with Major League Baseball’s blessing.

☆ 18 movies with valuable entrepreneurial lessons: From 'Startup.com' to 'Becoming Warren Buffett'
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-17 | by ( Vikas Jha | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +21 min

Takeaway: This movie shows the effect money, greed and power can have on relationships. "The Social Network" (2010)"The Social Network" shows us that business success requires more than just a great idea. "Becoming Warren Buffett" (2017)In this documentary, Warren Buffett reveals his day-to-day, and his two most important investing rules. Takeaway: This movie shows how two young men were pitted against each other, striving to grow in a cut-throat business. I've found myself feeling motivated after watching a great film with lessons I can transpose to my entrepreneurial journey.

☆ Who should play Sam Bankman-Fried, Caroline Ellison, and his parents when the FTX implosion gets made into a movie or TV show
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-31 | by ( Travis Clark | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Michael Lewis, author of "The Big Short" and "Moneyball," has reportedly interviewed disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried multiple times for an upcoming book. Sam Bankman-Fried outside at the federal court in Manhattan on Thursday. Jeenah Moon/ReutersThe Hollywood trade The Ankler reported in November that Lewis had been interviewing Bankman-Fried for six months, and the New York Post followed up on Tuesday, reporting that Lewis met with Bankman-Fried for "several hours" soon after the latter was put under house arrest at his parents' home in Palo Alto. Bankman-Fried was released on bail last week from a New York federal court after being extradited to the US from the Bahamas. He's facing several fraud-related charges after the implosion of FTX, the cryptocurrency firm he founded and of which he was formerly CEO.

☆ Sam Bankman-Fried was reportedly visited by 'Big Short' author for 'several hours' while under house arrest
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-27 | by ( Travis Clark | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

"The Big Short" author Michael Lewis met with Sam Bankman-Fried for "several hours" last week, The New York Post reported. Lewis visited Bankman-Fried's parents' home where he is under house arrest. Author Michael Lewis met with Bankman-Fried for "several hours" soon after the latter was put under house arrest at his parents' home in Palo Alto, The New York Post reported on Tuesday. "The Big Short" won the Oscar for best adapted screenplay. In November, the Hollywood trade The Ankler reported that Lewis had been interviewing Bankman-Fried for six months.

☆ A top oil analyst explains why oil is about to surge to $120 - and stay there for 2 years as Europe battles supply shocks
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Phil Rosen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Come December, oil prices in particular will come under pressure as the European Union imposes fresh sanctions on Russia. Oil prices are about to hit $120 a barrel, and they're likely going to stay high for two years. The Energy Aspects senior analyst said that Europe is facing troubling supply issues that are unlikely to go away anytime soon. "OPEC's been very protective of making sure there's a floor to prices," Gallarati said. What's something that you think could help ease oil prices heading into 2023?

☆ This jewelry company wants to pay you $1,000 to watch the 10 greatest baseball movies of all time
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Tom Huddleston Jr. | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

And if you're lucky, you might win $1,000 just by getting into that baseball spiritJewelry retailer Shane Co. is offering $1,000 to "the biggest baseball fan in the world," in exchange for binge-watching the 10 greatest baseball movies of all time, as selected by the company. If you're intrigued, you'll need to fill out a form that asks you to explain why you should be chosen. The form also asks: "If you could be a part of one team from any baseball movie, which would it be and why?" If you're selected, you'll need to give the company your thoughts on each of the 10 movies by December 5 to get the $1,000 prize. Meanwhile, if you don't have access to the films, don't worry: if you win, you'll also receive a $50 Amazon gift card that you can use to rent each movie.

Insider asked 12 top VCs what ad and marketing tech companies excited them the most this year. Check out the 19 most promising adtech startups, and what they do that makes them unique. It hopes to raise a Series A funding round in the coming months. Emperia is currently raising its next funding round. Why it's on the list: Tech companies are being scrutinized for their wasting energy consumption, and the digital advertising industry is no exception.

☆ 'Moneyball' manager Billy Beane says Warren Buffett's investing lessons apply to baseball too - and Seth Klarman agrees
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( Theron Mohamed | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

"Moneyball" star Billy Beane said Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger's lessons apply to baseball. Author Michael Lewis profiled Beane in "Moneyball," and Brad Pitt played the baseball executive in the movie adaptation of the book. "It's about finding value in athletes, in baseball players — but those principles apply across areas," the billionaire investor and Baupost Group CEO said. Klarman has been heralded as "the next Warren Buffett," including by the Berkshire chief himself. Read more: Table tennis champion Ariel Hsing has been friends with Warren Buffett for more than a decade.

☆ These are the 10 best generals of all time, according to math
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-14 | by ( Blake Stilwell | We Are The Mighty | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

It starts with comparing the number of wins from that general to a replacement general in the same circumstances. The real power is ranking the general's WAR score, the aforementioned Wins Above Replacement. For each battle, the general receives a weighted WAR score, a negative score for a loss. There were some surprises in the model, like the apparent failures of generals like Robert E. Lee and more modern generals. To see every general's data point and where they sit in the analysis, check out the Bokeh Plot, an interactive data visualization.

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