Apple Sucks?
By Keith Teare • Issue #300 • View online
Apple held one of its 3–4 annual launch days this week and showed us the M1-Ultra. And a new 27" Screen. @Om has a top-end Apple display but still lusts after the less expensive new one. What gives?
Contents
- Apple Sucks?
- More Crypto, More of the Time
- Venture DAOs and Seed Fund Investing
- Big Tech is Sanctioning Nation-States
- Startup of the Week
- Tweet of the Week
Editorial
The biggest development in my world this week (assuming we do not want to talk about the Russian massacre of innocents in Ukraine) is that Tiger Global partners Scott Shleifer and Chase Coleman announced that they were planning to put $1 billion of their own capital into Seed Funds as Limited Partners. $300 million or so every year.
But, in Om Malik’s world, it was the announcement of the new Apple Display. Once I read his piece I put my Apple XDR Display up for sale on eBay and ordered the new display plus the M1-Ultra version of the Apple Studio. I could not resist. And that is the thing about Apple. It is streets ahead and can reliably release new innovations every year that leaves you unwilling to resist. Read Om’s piece. It leads this week’s newsletter. And try to resist :-)
But back to seed funds. It is a very big deal that Tiger’s partners are investing in seed funds. A far smaller…
