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3DHubs, from Dutch garage to global platform (podcast)

James Wise

25 Jun 2015

An interview with Bram & Brian, the founders of 3DHubs, the first company I backed @Balderton.

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Prior Labs and the end of dumb data

The founder of Prior Labs, Frank Hutter, changed the field of data science once with his work on AutoML, which automated the end-to-end process of building machine learning models He and his team are back to do it again with TabPFN, the most performant tabular foundation model available. In their

05 Feb 2025 2 min read

Convergence, and the end of dumb tools

Humans are a tool-using species. But that's only part of the hack that led to our evolutionary speed run. More important than using tools is our ability to teach others how to use them too. From person to person, generation to generation, tribe to tribe, ideas spread as

24 Sep 2024 2 min read

Balderton's $1.3B fundraise and conviction investing

I have a bug bear with most fundraising announcements. While it would be great to see more media coverage of technological breakthroughs and entrepreneurial journeys (see our own efforts at What's Next), a fundraise is usually a lagging indicator of success, and rarely a newsworthy moment itself. So

12 Aug 2024 8 min read

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