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How will we touch the robots?
The future of AI will be weird and fun.
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David Kaye

April 2024

What I think about games investing in 2024
A conversation with Aaron Bush at Naavik.
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March 2024

Game startup valuations have to come down
Especially at the earliest stages.
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The 7 Paths to Power in Games
Moments of flux and how startups can take advantage of them.
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January 2024

The myth of overnight success
We know it's nonsense, so why do we fund studios as though we expect it?
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December 2023

What I learned in my first year as a VC
How to avoid the phallus of mediocrity.
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November 2023

Vertical worlds and the future of user generated content
The next big user generated content platform will be a game.
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How Five Nights at Freddy's foretells the future of franchises
Enter the fanverse.
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David Kaye

October 2023

How startups can survive the coming storm
Times are tough in the games industry. For venture funded studios and their backers, they're going to get even tougher.
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Why investors hate content risk and how to overcome it
It is incredibly hard to raise venture capital for games. The reason for this comes down to two words: content risk.
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September 2023

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