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Gen Zers have entered the workforce. 

Yes, already. 

This means that for the first time, 5 distinct generations — traditionalists, baby boomers, Generation Xers, millennials, and Generation Zers — are occupying the workforce. 

And “generational consultants” are popping up left and right to teach companies how to maintain the peace between the Karens and the kids. 

Brb, uploading all of our job openings (including internships) onto TikTok. 

Check out the New York Times story in The Blurb.

Everything-as-a-service
 

Subscription services have expanded beyond meal kits and wine-of-the-month clubs. 

From gaming to education to travel, take a look at 7 industries that are embracing subscription business models here.

An extra day

Heads up — prices for the Future of Fintech (June 14-16, SF) go up $500 this weekend on March 1.

Thanks to the leap year, you get an extra day to use code leapyear to get $500 off. 

Register today to see, hear, and meet others changing the face of financial services.

Data don’t lie

In just 6 years, Latin America fintech funding has grown from less than $50M to top $2.1B across 139 deals.

We dive into why the LatAm fintech ecosystem is thriving here.

Truth hurts

@ all the bad data viz we’ve seen.

Holding half a stack, not tryna flex
 

Funding to wealth tech startups dropped in 2019, down 14% year-over-year to $2.5B. 

Clients can check out our 22-page interactive wealth tech funding deck here.

Politico. Mohana Ravindranath (@ravindranize) shouts out CB Insights research about WeChat's influence on Chinese healthcare in Politico's Morning eHealth newsletter.

Financial Times. Brooke Masters (@brookeamasters) writes about the challenges of deploying AI in healthcare and cites CB Insights research.

Fortune. Adam Lashinsky (@adamlashinsky) and Aaron Pressman (@ampressman) cite PwC and CB Insights' Q4'19 MoneyTree report in the Data Sheet newsletter. 

P.S. We’re hiring a DevOps manager. See the job spec here. 

The kids are alright. Generational consultants are helping companies manage workers from different generations.

New York Times

Gig gets bigger. The gig economy has spread way beyond delivery and ride-hailing.

Financial Times 

Buddhism x robots. A “write and erase” robot has been set to the task of drawing Buddhist mandalas, only to undo them.

MIT Technology Review

Digital invisibility cloaks. This neural network reinforces privacy by erasing you from your webcam’s feed.

Gizmodo

Tesla for Tots. Hot Wheels plans to shrink Tesla’s Cybertruck into a remote-controlled toy.

The Verge