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Here follows an ad hoc summer algorithm for evaluating venture capitalists and entrepreneurs, based solely on their August LinkedIn activity. 📍 For VCs: A single LinkedIn post in August suggests they are short on capital and using the summer lull to promote their fund instead of relaxing in the south of France. 📍 For entrepreneurs: A quiet August feed indicates they might be on vacation rather than pushing their venture forward, even during the "slowest" month of the ye

2025 is a tough year for the legendary German car manufacturer. ❌ Globally, Porsche AG experienced a 6% decline in vehicle deliveries in the first half of 2025 compared to the same period in 2024. ❌ In China, the drop was much steeper, with a 28% decrease in the first half overall and an even sharper 42% drop in the first quarter of 2025 compared to 2024. ❗️ In North America, the trend was positive and sales rose by 10% in the first half of 2025 over the same period in 2024.

An impressive result after analyzing the top 100 most-viewed videos on YouTube, published after January 2023. In Graypes GmbH we recently...

On January 25, 2024, in a desperate attempt to restore confidence among clients and in the markets, Alex Chriss, who assumed the role of...

Large Language Models (LLMs) are trained on massive datasets of text, allowing them to understand and generate natural language,...

The current composition of the Magnificent 7, the famous group of high-performing stocks, might undergo a significant shift. 📌 TSLA and...

In navigating AI technologies, during the last +7 years, within my business, Graypes GmbH , the palpable underrepresentation of Europe in the AI landscape becomes glaringly apparent. Morever, during my recent visit to Davos for the World Economic Forum 2024, the deficiency in EU technological prowess in AI was unmistakable, in contrast to the robust regulatory framework. The US is the global leader in AI, both in terms of research and development, and in terms of adoption a

A peculiar (but not so unexpected) outcome popped up while evaluating the business model of an energy-related SaaS company. Denmark is...

Google has the best business model ever invented in the history of capitalism. Still, sooner or later, competition becomes challenging....

This is what Ariel Cohen, CEO & co-founder of Navan (ex. TripActions) implies in his video, related to his fundraising experience during the pandemic lockdown period! "Travel will never come back!" stated the omniscient VCs. Still, Ariel Cohen "came back" with: $125MM debt financing, in June 2020 (!) $155MM Series E funding, in January 2021. $275MM Series F funding at a valuation near $7.25B, in October 2021 (!) The Cyclyst