☕️ Innovation Espresso #2
☕️ Innovation Espresso #2
Tesla "We, Robot" event, Nobel Prize Week, OpenAI canvas and the usual weekly dose of Corporate Venturing news.
Welcome to Innovation Espresso, a quick yet powerful dose of curated news, articles, videos, reels, newsletters, and podcasts that I’ve found particularly interesting throughout the week. While I focus on Open Innovation and Corporate Venturing, you’ll find this quick yet potent dose covers more ground. Enjoy with your morning coffee!
💊 Innovation Pills
• Tesla’s “We, Robot” event offers a glimpse into its autonomous tech ambitions
• It’s the 2024 Nobel Prize Week
• Ah about that, here’s How to Win a Nobel Prize
• Google’s New AI Search Design
• Zoom will let AI avatars talk to your team for you
☕️ Your weekly sip of Corporate Venturing News
• L’Oréal and Evonik invest in microbe tech startup Abolis: L’Oréal and Evonik have joined forces to back Abolis, a biotech startup focused on sustainable production processes using microbes. Read more.
• Fewer but bigger corporate-backed startup exits in September: September saw fewer corporate-backed startup exits, but they were of larger scale, hinting at a potential trend shift in corporate venturing strategies. Read more.
• Luxembourg Venture Days to unite investors, startups, and innovators: On October 16-17, Luxembourg will host its annual Venture Days to connect investors and European startups, fostering collaboration and investment opportunities. Read more.
• Innovup’s Vademecum on Venture Client (in Italian): Innovup has released a guide on the Venture Client model. This resource offers valuable insights on engaging corporates (use the web translation tool on your browser). Check it out.
• ADR Innovation Hub and Lufthansa Innovation Hub partner to accelerate innovation: The hubs will collaborate on joint innovation projects and startup partnerships, sharing best practices and co-developing pilot projects. Read more.
📹 Something to watch
Missed the latest Tesla event? Check out this 6-minute highlight of the Tesla “We, Robot” event, showcasing the Cybercab, the upgraded Optimus robot, and other advancements in autonomous technology.
🎧 Something to listen
In this episode of Nobel Prize Conversations, 2024 Physics laureate John Hopfield reflects on how he learned about his win (it took four emails to sink in!) and discusses the big questions he’s tackled throughout his career, like understanding how the mind works.
🛠️ Something to try
Google Earth and Maps have introduced new updates, including historical imagery, expanded Street View coverage in nearly 80 countries, and enhanced AI for clearer visuals. Explore the latest features to see how our world has evolved. Read more here.
🥐 Espresso is not enough?
This insightful article by Lawrence Yeo, author of More To That (a blog I’ve been following for years), explores how tech often sacrifices depth for convenience. Yeo discusses the impact of technology on meaningful connections and how we can balance efficiency with a richer understanding of life. Check it out here.
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See you next week,
Davide