High-profile U.S. startup accelerator Y Combinator is making a push to bring more China-based startups into its program after it announced its first official event in the country. YC has made a push to include startups from outside of North America in recent years. That has seen it bring in companies from the likes of […]
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Sam Altman just paid a startup $10,000 to one day kill him — and preserve his brain
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Dying is for plebes.
Paying a startup to euthanize you so that it can one day, maybe, bring back a digital copy of your mind? Now that’s for tech kingmakers like Sam Altman.
According to MIT Technology Review, the president of Y Combinator Sam Altman is one of 25 people who have put down a $10,000 refundable deposit to join a waiting list at Nectome — a company whose sole purpose is “the goal of archiving your mind.” There’s just one, rather huge catch: They have to kill you first. Like, literally kill you. Read more…
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Asana, the productivity and collaboration service, is getting a major infusion of cash after Generation Investment Management, a London-based firm backed by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, led a $75 million investment. Investment Management was joined in this Series D round by existing backers 8VC, Founders Fund, Y Combinator President Sam Altman who also participated in the round.… Read More