Flavia Sparacino

Serial founder living in Los Angeles & NYC. MIT Media Lab PhD (CV, ML, AI, immersive). Knight of the Republic of Italy for work that blends art and technology.

[Flavia Sparacino @flavspa]

@chrija Good night!

[Martin Tobias (Pre-Seed VC) @MartinGTobias]

I have invested in over 250 pre-seed startups, mostly in B2B software. The most successful ones have had some distribution tricks to quickly get their first happy customers.

Here are the Best (and worst) distribution wedges I have seen for Pre-Seed software startups.

[Flavia Sparacino @flavspa]

@sama It's such a helpful tool in a variety of tasks. Are you comfortable sharing the percentage of actual utilization vs expectation? Is it 30% more or perhaps 50%?

[Flavia Sparacino @flavspa]

@brandonhli @krishnapatel888 @Airbnb @AirbnbHelp Me in NYC. See above comment. Terrible or non existant customer service. It ruined my trip.

[Flavia Sparacino @flavspa]

@brandonhli @Airbnb I had a very similar bad experience with @Airbnb in NYC and have used the platform very little or not at all since then. Customer service is non existant. Reminds me of mr malaussene from Daniel Pennac

[Flavia Sparacino @flavspa]

@AlanaDLevin California is a great place to think, build and stay healthy. It's a great place to be after years at MIT spending long hours in the labs.

[Flavia Sparacino @flavspa]

@andruyeung @farcaster_xyz

[Flavia Sparacino @flavspa]

Help make it happen for OpenCV 5, Support Non-Profit Open Source CV & AI on @indiegogo https://t.co/v0wPYmMwnj

[Flavia Sparacino @flavspa]

Throwback to the interactive dance performance software I crafted for a show at REDCAT in LA! 🕺💃 From computer vision tracking to responsive graphics, I had my hands on every piece of code. 🖥️ With interactive performances making a comeback, I'm excited to dive back #digitalart

[Flavia Sparacino @flavspa]

https://t.co/X3yW1R9jrH

[Yoko @stuffyokodraws]

0/ Today we are launching ✨The Getting Started with AI JS Stack✨ https://t.co/7glgmTfXb7
- 🔒@clerk for auth
- 💻@pinecone / @supabase pgvector for vector database
- 🎨@replicatehq for image model
- 🤖@OpenAI for text model
- 🌐@flydotio for deployment
....

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[Barsee 🐶 @heyBarsee]

🚨 This week has been nothing short of extraordinary.

Nvidia AI ad
Unity new AI
Japan's New Plan
RealityScan X Unity
Microsoft Free Course
AI "Anime" in Real Time
Record memories in 3D
Google Controllable Image
Nvidia 3d Graphics Structure

Here's what you need to know:

[Brett Adcock @adcock_brett]

10 years of my life was building software companies.

My last one sold for $100M.

I doubt I’ll ever return to pure-play software.

So here are my cheat codes:

[Misha @mishadavinci]

The future is already here.

The 1% who understand it will run the world.

Here's a list of 24 top resources to get up to speed (for free):

[Flavia Sparacino @flavspa]

@AprilynneAlter A spinoff I created was early for the programs I applied to. In an earlier case we were the perfect fit and had good metrics, so I can't get the woman founder factor out of my head. Be passionate about solving the problem. The rest is ego - albeit women are entitled to their ego.

[Flavia Sparacino @flavspa]

@StephNass 😿

[Steph from OpenVC @StephNass]

I have yet to see a VC care about the product.

Market yes. Team for sure. Traction of course.

But the product? UX? Features? Nope.

[Christoph Janz 🕊 @chrija]

ICYMI:
https://t.co/cWFIR4bDNL
A Technical Due Diligence Framework for Early Stage Startups

[Flavia Sparacino @flavspa]

@ljin18 Sounds like a cynical and judgemental person or perhaps someone who has had terrible experience with their HOA. One could argue that culture matters in DAOs. When I see the creativity in the proposals of @nounsdao I know this person that you mention doesn't have the full picture