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mary ann I'm taking a well-deserved vacation, so I brought along a fellow podcaster Rebecca Skutak To bring her insight and humor to this episode. The conclusion is:
Regulators return with determination: TikTok is being forced to sell or be banned in the US, and the EU is rolling out new AI regulations. This week's deals: Peak XV's new fund is attractive and we can learn a lot about the Indian startup market from it. Also, his new $80 million fund at Ada Ventures felt rather contradictory in the best sense of the word. AI and Privacy: After AI was booed at SXSW, we looked at some new AI startups raising money for audio-focused projects. These include Nijta and Tavus, as well as a number of startups from the current Y Combinator cohort. What do you do when you don't have liquidity? According to Becca, the answer is to stay private. That's bad news. The good news is that secondary transactions can be a way to resolve many of the tensions between founders and investors regarding the timing of an exit.
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