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AI and the pace of value creation
Dec 15, 2024
The speed of widespread adoption of artificial intelligence should not obscure the reality of a business transformation process that will take several years to reach maturity, like previous technological revolutions.
Yet AI is already a vector for increasing inequalities in competitiveness between companies. Thier existential risk would be to capture only a small portion of the value that AI could generate, which competitors could eargerly take advantage of.

Is Venture Capital ready to enter the Edge of reason?
Mar 21, 2022
Dynamics are seriously shifting in the venture capital market. Global venture funding fell indeed by $10 billion month over month in Feb 2022, which represents a decrease by ca 20%, according to Crunchbase data.
This sudden change is supported by a compelling series of underlying factors that highlight a certain macro-economic volatility and uncertainty.

How to value blockchain Layer1 protocols?
Feb 19, 2023
Let’s first acknowledge there is to straight answer to such a tricky question. As a preamble, we gently recall that enterprise valuation is an art, not a science. This statement is all the more true in web3.
If an investor, such as an investment fund, a tech or banking giant or even a whimsical billionaire were to purchase a Layer1 like ETH or DOT, the question of its valuation would rapidly become quite a conundrum.

Data Strategies Series (4 episodes)
Oct 21, 2021
Data, big data, data science are at the strategic core of most corporations that undertake a digital transformation to survive or thrive in competitive environments. The underlying premise in such a data-centric business world is that data are unavoidably life-critical, and reportedly creates value.
As a consequence, knowledge has become an obsolete term in the corporate world, where data prevails. Such a semantic disappearance occurred almost in the blink of an eye and may not be innocuous.

2021, start of the quantum decade
Oct 21, 2021
The next decade could be pivotal for quantum computing, as (i) the transition from quantum science & research to real-world applications is actually ongoing, and (ii) unprecedented access to both public and private funding is gradually fueling companies in that industry.
The EU relies on a long history of top-notch research in the field, as well as on numerous cross-border initiatives, such as the Quantum Flagship. The various European action plans seem nevertheless to be dwarfed by the investments undertaken by China and the US, current leaders of the quantum gold rush.

Are growth metrics making your startup business stumble into these 3 pitfalls?
Oct 21, 2021
The reign of metrics may be legitimate in the data-driven universe of startups. Metrics are indeed a salvatory beacon in the foggy waters that edge startups navigate, exploring uncharted territories to shape tomorrow’s world and build disruptive business models.
But the largely widespread focus on a limited number of growth metrics also triggers at least three major pitfalls that business founders should avoid.

Why tech domination must be responsible
Sep 15, 2020
The world enters a confirmatory stage in the era of tech domination as sectoral inequalities are dramatically increasing.
The amounts invested in tech companies worldwide, in terms of venture capital, private equity, and IPOs reach record high while most traditional industries struggle to survive. Apple’s market cap hit 2$ trillion. Ant Financial is filing for the world largest IPO in history, estimated at 30$ billion. The number of tech unicorns is higher than ever in 2020.