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Lessons from Plaid for a Future Energy Unicorn

Equal Ventures • 39 implied HN points • 11 Mar 22
🕹 Technology Energy Data API
  1. The energy sector is undergoing a digital transformation moving towards decentralized operations with renewables, envisioning a grid that resembles the internet.
  2. Data infrastructure plays a crucial role in shaping the future of the energy industry, with a focus on API solutions specific to the energy sector.
  3. Equal Ventures shared insights on the topic with Climate Tech VC, highlighting the importance of preparing for the evolving energy landscape and advocating for data-driven solutions.

Peoples Co Integrates AcreTrader, ExtraHop $100M, 1M Halara Customers Leaked

The API Changelog • 1 implied HN point • 17 Jan 24
🕹 Technology API Fintech AI Security Innovation
  1. Peoples Co integrated AcreTrader to provide better land analysis for agricultural real estate market.
  2. ExtraHop secured $100 million in growth capital for expansion in network detection and response market.
  3. Over 1 million Halara customers had their data leaked due to an API vulnerability, stressing the importance of API security.

Uncertainty in machine learning deployments

Denis’s Substack • 7 HN points • 07 Jun 23
🕹 Technology Machine Learning Data science Software Engineering API Automation
  1. Many machine learning projects never make it to production due to various reasons like lack of stakeholder buy-in and data quality issues.
  2. The traditional linear process of analyzing, extracting data, modeling, deploying, and operating models can be naive and not reduce uncertainty.
  3. Embracing uncertainty in machine learning deployments can involve starting the deployment phase before data extraction, leading to constant value addition throughout the process.
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API Preview and Signal Stats

Dataplane.org Newsletter • 19 implied HN points • 07 Mar 22
🕹 Technology API Statistics Infrastructure Funding Data
  1. The API Preview allows users to search data with a subset of current data and provides documentation for various queries and returns.
  2. The Signal Statistics page offers graphical insight into daily event summaries, aiding both the organization and the community.
  3. The commentary on UA and RU signals highlights the organization's operational status in these regions amidst recent events, emphasizing the importance of monitoring and preparedness.

Apple’s Journal App: A Foray Into AI, the Other Way Round

Big Tech • 0 implied HN points • 13 Feb 24
🕹 Technology AI Apple Apps API
  1. Apple's Journal app integrates various features like photos, location data, and workouts into journal entries, designed for personal reflection.
  2. The Journal app emphasizes privacy by not allowing Siri access to private journals and lacks social sharing capabilities, focusing more on personal use.
  3. The Journal Suggestions API aims to enhance Siri's capabilities and encourage developers to integrate prompt suggestions into their apps for a more personalized user experience.

Release notes 04/05/2024

The Open-Source Blueprint • 0 implied HN points • 05 Apr 24
🕹 Technology Software Components API Frontend CLI
  1. Latitude has released a new npm package for React, featuring a `useQuery` hook for fetching and managing server data with ease.
  2. A new Select component is now available that can dynamically populate options using data from queries, allowing for versatile user interactions.
  3. Latitude now supports downloading query results in CSV format by adding a simple query parameter, making it easier for users to work with data outside the platform.

API or Platform

Venture Prose • 0 implied HN points • 29 Jul 16
🕹 Technology Startups API Platform Entrepreneurship Data
  1. Entrepreneurs should focus on either building a BtoB SaaS API or a Platform, not both simultaneously.
  2. A BtoB SaaS API offers technology for others to use, while a Platform provides both technology and data to users.
  3. Platforms, which combine tech and data, are harder to succeed with compared to APIs, which focus solely on technology.

What does $2 for 1 million tokens get you

Experiments with NLP and GPT-3 • 0 implied HN points • 09 Mar 23
🕹 Technology AI NLP API
  1. For $2, 1 million tokens can generate a variety of content like code, articles, novels, tweets, and more.
  2. Generating content using AI may not always result in high-quality or unique output; success may involve integrating AI into existing processes.
  3. The key is to leverage generative AI as a part of the creative pipeline rather than relying solely on the AI to do all the work.

API-Tech + Product

Venture Prose • 0 implied HN points • 29 Jul 16
🕹 Technology API Product Startups Entrepreneurship Tech industry
  1. Successful companies can work on and sell two different but connected things at the same time, like API-Tech + Product.
  2. Companies that initially stand out and succeed often have clarity, determination, and quality in their foundational choices.
  3. To build an empire, focus on creating unique assets, game changers, and barriers that set your company apart from others.

#OpenSourceDiscovery 80: Kutt

#OpenSourceDiscovery • 0 implied HN points • 02 Jul 23
🕹 Technology Open Source API
  1. Kutt is an open-source alternative to Bitly for URL shortening with features like custom domain support and built-in analytics.
  2. Kutt community has developed third-party packages for easy integration and browser extensions for simple link management.
  3. Challenges with Kutt include disabled signup functionality, outdated dependencies, and default environment variable issues.

Speech Recognition

Prompt Engineering • 0 implied HN points • 05 Jul 23
🕹 Technology Speech Recognition AI API Data Training
  1. OpenAI's Whisper model is a powerful tool for audio to text transcription, trained on 680,000 hours of data.
  2. Voice interfaces are often tied to specific software, but a general-purpose voice transcriber like Whisper could be very useful.
  3. Whisper can be integrated with tools like ChatGPT for recording and transcribing text to work on creating a stronger narrative.