5 questions startups should consider before making their first marketing hire – ProWellTech

5 questions startups should consider before making their first marketing hire – ProWellTech

Jamie Viggiano Contributor Jamie Viggiano is the chief marketing officer at FUEL Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm investing in consumer, SaaS and infrastructure businesses. “Who should my first marketing hire be?” This is (by far) the most common question I’ve received since starting as Fuel’s CMO, and for good reason. Your first marketer will…

Shopify acquires augmented reality home design app Primer – ProWellTech

Shopify acquires augmented reality home design app Primer – ProWellTech

In Friday acquisition news, Shopify shared today that they’ve acquired augmented reality startup Primer, which makes an app that lets users visualize what tile, wallpaper or paint will look like on surfaces inside their home. In a blog post, co-founders Adam Debreczeni and Russ Maschmeyer write that Primer’s app and services will be shutting down…

Read the Synthetic Scripture of an A.I. that Thinks it’s God

Read the Synthetic Scripture of an A.I. that Thinks it’s God

Travis DeShazo is, to paraphrase Cake’s 2001 song “Comfort Eagle,” building a religion. He is building it bigger. He is increasing the parameters. And adding more data. The results are fairly convincing, too, at least as far as synthetic scripture (his words) goes. “Not a god of the void or of chaos, but a god…