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In June, we teamed up with Fast Company to predict 50 future unicorns using our Mosaic algorithm.

In just a few months, 6 of our picks have already hit valuations of $1B+: GOAT, Attentive Mobile, Lyra Health, Gong, Rippling, and Luminar, which went public via a $3.4B SPAC merger.  

Not bad. 

See our future unicorn predictions here and learn how we use data to pick startup winners here. 

Zoomers in more ways than one
 

NYC is the only major school district in the US that is reopening in-person classes this month. Nearly half of NYC families are reportedly avoiding in-person schooling at least through November, citing fears of safety.

We dive into what the tech-enabled education of the future could look like in this report.

Jack of all trades
 

Big tech cos like Google, Apple, Amazon, and Facebook have garnered headlines for their moves in financial services industries lately. 

Now they’re turning to the $6T insurance space. Read more about their major insurtech plays here.

Not bad, eh?
 

Canada-based digital health startups have raised more than $300M USD year-to-date, roughly double the amount raised in all of 2019. 

From the most mature segments to emerging leaders, we map out the digital health market in Canada in this post.

How tech cos categorize you
 

Voter profiles compiled by Cambridge Analytica in 2016 brought psychographic marketing into focus. 

Time to catch up
 

Asia currently leads the world in digital wallet adoption. 

Take a look at the state of the market, how startups and big tech are tackling the space, and the challenges that lie ahead in this client-only brief.

WSJ. Sara Castellanos (@SCastellWSJ) reports on cloud startup funding and quotes CB Insights enterprise tech analyst Matthew Hopkins.

Bloomberg Law. Jake Holland (@jakewholland) looks at Utah’s rising tech scene, citing the PwC and CB Insights Q2'20 MoneyTree report.  

Protocol. Mike Murphy (@mcwm) references CB Insights data and quotes CB Insights senior lead retail analyst Laura Kennedy in covering the tech helping SMBs ride out the pandemic.

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The Blurb
 

Book smart. Researchers are developing AI models that can generate images from captions.

MIT Technology Review

Changing of the guard. The new tech elite could learn from the old establishment’s tradition of public service.  

WSJ

Yummy. A super enzyme that eats plastic 6x faster than before promises to enable the full recycling of bottles. 

The Guardian

Clean sweep. The AI-powered robot Curly has mastered the sport of curling, beating Korean national teams.

WIRED

Time flies. Research has linked the brain's elastic sense of time to expectations, among other factors — time feels like it goes faster when you have more fun than you expected.

Quanta Magazine