Andrew Murphy2017 Loup Ventures Holiday Gift GuideHere are a few gift recommendations for the 2017 holiday season: Anker Battery Pack | $34.99 | Great battery pack for powering devices on the go. Apple AirPods | $159.00 | Apple’s wireless headphones. No, you won’t lose them. Apple…Read more Amazon, Apple , Artificial Intelligence , Augmented Reality , Autonomous Vehicles , iRobot , Meta , Robotics , Tesla , Virtual Reality
Gene MunsterTesla’s 100-Day Countdown Pushes Team to Do the ImpossibleWhile many question the feasibility of Elon Musk’s bold claims, this fall he put his money where his mouth is, embarking on an ambitious energy project in South Australia. We are betting that the project is on track, and will…Read more Tesla
Gene MunsterHomePod Delay Suggests Siri Integration is Harder than ExpectedApple announced today that it will not release the HomePod in December as planned – delaying the launch until “early 2018” instead. We believe that Siri integration – and, more broadly, digital assistant hardware – is more challenging than our…Read more Artificial Intelligence
Gene MunsterSmart Money Says Lyft a Winner in AutonomyRidesharing, more specifically, the fate of Uber and Lyft, is at the top of the potentially disrupted list as autonomy approaches. Both of these companies will need to make the leap to autonomy whether it be organically, through acquisition, or…Read more Autonomous Vehicles, Google
Gene MunsterGoogle’s Hardware Push: Ubiquitous AIYesterday, Google released eight devices that all screamed a single message – Google’s hardware ambitions are both serious and AI-centric. Google is doubling down on hardware, as a means to democratize the use of AI. The company has recently poured…Read more Amazon, Apple , Artificial Intelligence , Google
Gene MunsterAmazon Flooding Smart Speaker MarketWith the smart speaker market still comfortably in its youth, and voice as a computing interface just beginning to take hold, no one is sure what the best use cases for the technology are, or what the device that best…Read more Amazon, Apple , Artificial Intelligence , Google
Gene MunsterApple Event PreviewWe don’t expect many surprises at Apple’s September 12th event (see our expectations detailed below). That said, the event will mark an important new chapter for Apple centered on augmented reality, which will eventually replace the smartphone over the next…Read more Apple, Augmented Reality
Gene MunsterHomePod Uniquely Positioned to Win Smart Speaker MarketIn December, Apple will ship HomePod, a smart speaker with a unique focus on music. Don’t be fooled, however, by HomePod’s music-focused marketing; Apple has a grander vision than delivering a better sounding Echo. The company is making Siri a…Read more Amazon, Apple , Artificial Intelligence , Google
Gene MunsterApple’s Core ML Brings AI to the MassesAI is one of the core themes on which we focus at Loup Ventures. And as analysts, we heard Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Apple emphasizing their focus on AI over the last several years. Google CEO Sundar Pichai has commented…Read more Amazon, Apple , Artificial Intelligence , Google , Meta
Doug ClintonMachines Taking Jobs: Why This Time Is DifferentWill AI and robotics revolutionize human labor or not? More than half of all US jobs could be disrupted by automation in the next several decades; at least that’s our opinion. About half the people we talk to disagree. Those…Read more Artificial Intelligence, Future , Philosophy , Robotics