AI Order's Impact On Startups, And Former Googlers' AI Investments

[Crunchbase News]( November 4, 2023 [1]( [Biden’s AI Order May Have Wide Impact For Startups]( The Biden administration released an executive order laying out a broad range of safety and security requirements around the use of AI technology. We take a look. [Executive Order →]( [2]( [How Former Googlers' VC Firm Invests In Everything From LLMs To AI Drug Discovery]( Investment firm Section 32, led by Google alum Andy Harrison, invests in everything from AI-enabled drug discovery to large language models. Here's a look at the firm's portfolio. [AI Investments →]( [3]( [Impact Fund Iron Nation Launches To Support Early-Stage Israeli Startups]( Iron Nation, a new volunteer emergency impact fund designed to help early-stage Israeli startups continue operating amid the nation's war with Hamas, has launched to raise $20 million to support post-seed venture-backed startups in Israel. [Iron Nation →]( [4]( [Eye On AI: Google Intent On Searching Out More AI Deals]( Google seems intent on slowly working its way up the list of big tech companies investing heavily in the next AI tools and models. [Google's Search →]( [5]( [5 Interesting Startup Deals You May Have Missed In October: Pro Volleyball, Humanoids And Lego Buildings]( October was good on the interesting and unusual rounds front — there were a lot — with everything from an AI-fueled humanoid you may work with one day to constructing with Legos (kind of). [Interesting Deals →]( [6]( [VCs No Longer Do DTC]( So far this year, U.S. investors put just over $130 million into companies at the intersection of e-commerce and consumer products, per Crunchbase data. [DTC Falters →]( [Privacy Policy]( | [Terms of Service]( | [View in Browser]( | [Unsubscribe]( Crunchbase, Inc. 564 Market Street, Suite 700 San Francisco, CA 94104