The End of Apps and the Rise of the Machines

<p><em>The rise of data, and the increasing scope for AI to mine it for useful outputs, leads some to predict the end of apps. Can we dream of just asking for what we want, and getting it? Lots to chew on this week. Enjoy.</em></p> <p><br></p> <h1><strong>Contents</strong></h1> <p><a href="https://thatwastheweek.substack.com/i/79712055/editorial"><strong>Editorial</strong></a></p> <p><a href="https://thatwastheweek.substack.com/i/79712055/the-end-of-apps"><strong>The End of Apps? - A Discussion</strong></a></p> <p><a href="https://thatwastheweek.substack.com/i/79712055/essays-of-the-week"><strong>Essays of the Week</strong></a></p> <ul> <li>The AT Protocol - The Bluesky Team</li> <li>AI 2022: The Explosion - The Coatue Venture Team</li> <li>AI: Startup Vs Incumbent Value - Elad Gil</li> <li>An AI Might Have Written This - &nbsp;Fadeke Adegbuyi</li> <li>Alien Truth - Paul Graham</li> <li>Will the Metaverse replace PCs?</li> <li>Accel 2022 Euroscape: Reset</li> <li>Mission → Vision → Strategy → Goals → Roadmap → Task - Lenny Rachitsky</li> <li>Dylan Field (Figma) - at TechCrunch Disrupt</li> </ul> <p><a href="https://thatwastheweek.substack.com/i/79712055/news-of-the-week"><strong>News of the Week</strong></a></p> <ul> <li>Meet The New Unicorns Minted In September 2022 - Gené Teare</li> <li>Around Acquired by Miro Labs</li> <li>Stanford Wants a Bigger Piece of Silicon Valley’s Top VC Funds: Endowment Chief</li> <li>Silicon Valley is starting to cave to European regulators</li> <li>Meta Must Sell Giphy, U.K. Competition Authority Orders in Final Decision</li> </ul> <p><a href="https://thatwastheweek.substack.com/i/79712055/startup-of-the-week"><strong>Startup of the Week</strong></a></p> <ul> <li>Minerva Lithium</li> </ul> <p><a href="https://thatwastheweek.substack.com/i/79712055/tweet-of-the-week"><strong>Tweet of the Week</strong></a></p> <ul> <li>Hunter Walk</li> </ul>