Village Global Podcast
Description
Erik is joined on this episode by Richard Craib (@richardcraib), founder of Numerai and Erasure, and Riva-Melissa Tez (@rivatez), part of strategy at Intel.
They discuss:
- What Richard is working on at Numerai, a hedge fund that gives away its (anonymized) data for free.
- The Erasure protocol and the value of information marketplaces.
- Whether prediction markets for stocks can work.
- Whether the Numerai model could work with other types of data, for example, in healthcare.
- Whether the quality of startups in San Francisco is going down or up.
- The future of universities.
- The lack of diversity of political views in San Francisco.
Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform.
Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.
Venture Stories is brought to you by Village Global and is hosted by co-founder and partner, Erik Torenberg.
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Village Global’s Network Catalyst accelerator is a personalized program that features masterclasses from some of the best in Silicon Valley and a dedicated network leader focused on making the introductions you need to turbocharge your company. You can participate in-person in San Francisco or virtually from anywhere around the world.
Find out more and apply at villageglobal.vc/networkcatalyst.
They discuss:
- What Richard is working on at Numerai, a hedge fund that gives away its (anonymized) data for free.
- The Erasure protocol and the value of information marketplaces.
- Whether prediction markets for stocks can work.
- Whether the Numerai model could work with other types of data, for example, in healthcare.
- Whether the quality of startups in San Francisco is going down or up.
- The future of universities.
- The lack of diversity of political views in San Francisco.
Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform.
Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.
Venture Stories is brought to you by Village Global and is hosted by co-founder and partner, Erik Torenberg.
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Village Global’s Network Catalyst accelerator is a personalized program that features masterclasses from some of the best in Silicon Valley and a dedicated network leader focused on making the introductions you need to turbocharge your company. You can participate in-person in San Francisco or virtually from anywhere around the world.
Find out more and apply at villageglobal.vc/networkcatalyst.