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Race Capital will be hosting an event on the future of voice-based AI on October 18th with the former CEO of Nuance (acquired by Microsoft for $19B) and founder of Otter.ai. More info and RSVP link here. 

I’ll also be speaking at Vectara’s launch event on October 16th along with ​Matei Zaharia, the founder and CTO of Databricks. More info and RSVP link here.

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Written by Chris McCann, General Partner @ Race Capital. More about me.

• Companies should adjust their burn rate to extend their runway as long as possible, not based on the round of financing.
• Stats on the Q3 2023 fundraising landscape. TLDR: There's an overall pullback continuing across the board from pre-seed to series C, with the only exception being AI companies.  
• Tips for preparing for your next board meeting and better ways to think about how to utilize your board. 
• The difficulties of trying to use LLMs in production applications.
• An overview and market map of the supply chain security landscape.
• Internal emails and presentations from Google that were released as part of the antitrust case against them.

• By Company: Databricks, GoodNotes, Zeet, Polysign, Opaque, Lightning Labs, OtterTune, and more
• By Role: Engineering, Data Science, Product, Design, Operations, Finance, Legal, and more
• By Location: SF Bay Area, New York, London, and Remote
• Browse more open roles across our portfolio at Race Capital's Portfolio Job Board.

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