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I’m excited to share that we are launching a new accelerator at Race Capital, named Topline, which will be focused on infra/enterprise startups, refine their GTM, get in front of enterprise customers, and boost early revenue traction.

Accepted participants will get $250,000 on an uncapped SAFE note, $500,000 + in cloud credits, and will get mentorship and to pitch customers from JP Morgan, Caterpillar, Morrison Forrester, the NBA, and many other enterprise buyers. 

Applications are now open, would love to see you apply!

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

• Sam Altman's email to Elon Musk in 2015 about the values of OpenAI (before it was started).
• Generative AI is challenging for google, because it challenges the notion of what search is and what people are trying to accomplish while searching for something 
• Klarna reported its AI chatbot is doing the work of 700 customer service agents, although upon further digging that may not be exactly the case. 
• Looking at data from freelance marketplaces, AI seems to be having the most negative impact on translation work, creative writing jobs, and market research jobs. 
• ~50% of websites are now blocking OpenAI crawlers.
• Substack now has 3M paying subscribers, and is doing around ~$27M in revenue

• 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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