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Top 5 insights from TechCrunch Disrupt2023 in San Francisco

🤖 AI: “Mitigate the worst downside to achieve the upside” - Dario Amodei. AI leaders show strong accountability to balance productivity and responsibility. Identifying catastrophic risks, building responsible scaling plans and making safety research open to others create a safer ecosystem without constraining innovation.

🪙 Crypto: “Crypto really is cryptography paired with economic incentives." - Katie Haun. Digitally scarce goods and NFTs are fostering a new business model for the internet, and the potential for brands (gaming, fashion, etc.) to experiment with them. Zero knowledge proof is a key cryptography enabler.

🚀 Bootstrapping: "Operating profitably is a beautiful thing because you're aligning your incentives with your customers." - Erica Jain. Bootstrapping is no longer a dirty word (has it ever?!). While perceived as a choice made due to the inability to secure venture funding, it means having a different funding approach (angels, grants), while aligning expectations with investors.

🔥 Hustling: it’s impressive to see the fierce energy of new and proven founders in their quest for partners, funding and success. The pitch stage was vibrant and the Battlefield 200 landscape rich with outstanding teams and innovation (congrats BioticsAI)

In short: while ideas matter, execution primes. Finding the right partners and backers, and being part of an innovation ecosystem pave the way for success. This spirit was in full display last week, at Moscone Center and in the side events