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5 Takeaways from the Cerebral Valley AI Summit 2024
This year, the Cerebral Valley AI Summit focused on the maturation of generative AI, its adoption by enterprises, and its progress toward more advanced, multi-modal,...
A Game of Inches
Long before Openly began selling home insurance, co-founders Ty Harris and Matt Wielbut kept getting the same feedback from potential investors: “Can you distill your...
Ushering in the AI Era of Scientific Breakthroughs
At Obvious Ventures, we see generative science as the next big wave in AI innovation. Last week, I sat down with three brilliant minds to...
Getting Physical: The New AI Frontier of Robotics
With their recent releases, OpenAI and Google have shown the profound capabilities of AI systems that can read, write, see, and even understand. But even...
Engineers Without Borders
Engineering shortages have long plagued the U.S. tech sector. Big tech companies point to immigration restrictions that hamper their efforts to find employees. The idea...
Fintech In Focus: Defining ‘World Positive Fintech’ and our 2024 Roadmap
In 2024, we’re exploring these key areas in world positive fintech.
The AI Copilot Market Map
At Obvious, we see AI is ushering in a major transformation to how we find and do our best work. We believe it has the...
Embedded Finance: The Clue to Inclusion
60 million Americans and 35% of small businesses don’t have access to traditional banking services. Embedded finance is, at its essence, the offering of financial...
10 Fintech Predictions for 2023
If 2021 was the golden year for fintech fundraising, with $130 billion invested in financial services startups, 2022 was the year of the major pullback....
Always Look On the Brightside
Jessica was walking into work one morning at a large distribution center in rural Illinois when something caught her eye. It was an advertisement for...
Building the SMB Central Nervous System
Verticalized tech for SMBs, a once untenable VC category, is about to have its moment
Fixing the Fickle Finances of Healthcare
How entrepreneurs are helping consumers get better-priced, higher-quality care—with more opportunities ahead
The Surprising, Hidden Impact of Insurance
Corvus CEO Phil Edmundson is building a safer world at the intersection of insurance and technology
22 Fintech Predictions for 2022 and Beyond
Purpose-driven founders are primed to transform our financial systems. Get ready.
10 Predictions: Knowledge Work in 2022
Re-moat advantages, new kids on the blockchain, and more
Orchestration Software: Unlocking Superpowers for SMBs
Small business owners are primed to gain equal footing in crowded e-commerce landscapes
Welcome To (the New) Wall Street
Today’s retail rebalancing is enabling a first-of-its-kind, broad base of long-term wealth creation. It’s about time.
Why We Work
How might we design a better toolkit for professional transformation in this new world?
Human-Centered Finance
Millions more Americans are in financial distress today. It’s time to rewrite the personal finance playbook, with purpose.
Risk Rewards
Insurtech providers are set to play an increasingly critical role in making civil society more resilient today
Designing a Better Remote Reality
With the exponential implications of remote work emerging, it’s time to move forward with meaningful intention
Productivity Tools Go Vertical
Five questions for entrepreneurs to consider before diving in
The Rise of Purpose-Driven Marketplaces
An inspiring purpose, curated convenience, and thoughtful personalization is their recipe for success