NFTs and Schrödinger’s Blockchain
Bitcoin and all of the related technology behind it seems to divide people sharply into two camps: those who think it is revolutionary and those who think it’s a scam waiting to collapse in on itself. I’m more of a mind that all of blockchain technology is a bit like…
Swimming Naked
‘Console Wars’: Nintendo and Sega’s ’90s Feud Plays Out in New Documentary
Console Wars debuts on CBS All Access, September 23, 2020 featuring Tom Kalinske, Venture Partner at Alsop Louie Partners.
11 hot electric-vehicle startups that will revolutionize the car industry, according to VCs
Ernestine Fu was interviewed by Business Insider on what venture capitalists consider to be the most promising private companies in the electric vehicle industry. She mentioned ChargePoint, as well as Alsop Louie Partners' investment in Ion Storage Systems. Electric vehicles have not made much of a dent in the auto…
Telecommunications with 5G – Stanford University MED/CEE 214: Frontier Technology Class
Former CEO of BEA Systems and Veritas Technologies Bill Coleman is interviewed by instructor Ernestine Fu. 5G will bring much faster wireless broadband speeds to smartphones and other devices on mobile networks. This will undoubtedly bring massive change to industries such as gaming, video streaming, and remote work. The speakers…
AI/ML, New Algorithms and Machines, Connected Devices – Stanford University MED/CEE 214: Frontier Technology Class
Gilman Louie, Member of National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence, is interviewed by Linus Liang with during the Stanford Spring Quarter 2020 in MED/CEE 214: Frontier Technology. These days, the term “artificial intelligence” is used all the time; individuals use the phrase to mean different things and in different contexts…
Why Self Driving Cars Shouldn’t Be Too Autonomous – Stanford Engineering News – May 2020
Two researchers explain why designers should focus on developing systems that make it easy and natural for passengers to take control in an emergency. By Ernestine Fu and David Hyde | May 28, 2020 Not so long ago, science fiction imagined passengers relaxing while automated cars whisked them, carefree, to…
6 Leading Mobility VCs Discuss the Road Ahead
6 Leading Mobility VCs Discuss the Road Ahead Millions of consumers sheltering in place to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus sent shockwaves through the global economy. Transportation-related companies were not spared in the upheaval. Mobility startups consolidated, pulled back from some markets and reduced headcount. And yet, the…
All About Streaming Television
Herewith a briefing on all things “television” which is now called streaming video, Live TV, and a bunch of other things, including confusing. For a friend, I recently took on the task of trying to provide an overview of this new, broadband world of streaming video. She has an older-model…
Meet The VC Who’s Betting On A Better World In 3D: Gilman Louie
by Giovanni Rodriguez Originally published in Forbes. Reprinted with permission from the author. On a bright weekday morning last Spring, I found myself stranded outside a small, non-descript building on Howard Street in San Francisco, desperately trying to figure out how to get in. I got the address right, according to…
