Silicon Florist 🌹 SXSW Pitch 2025, LLM fine tuning 🔧

Issue 764

Sep 07, 2024

Working on AI models? Here’s how much data you’ll need to tune them up

While any number of AI solutions are leveraging existing Large Language Models, there are still a number of startup folks creating their own models — when they can find the compute to do so. But what does it take to create those models and how does one fine tune them so that they behave as expected? Portland serial founder Devin Gaffney shared his thoughts… More

REMINDER: SXSW Pitch 2025 early bird pricing ends, this weekend

Well, well, well. If isn’t the infamous Mr/Ms/Mrs Procrastinator Pants. I know, I know. You’ve had the best intentions. You’ve been meaning to get your startup application submitted to SXSW Pitch 2025. But you haven’t managed to carve out time to complete it. Well, maybe money would motivate you…? Because the application fee gets more expensive after this weekend… More

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Need help taking care of your home? There’s an app for that

Homeownership. While a dream milestone for many, the prospect of owning your own home comes with a whole bunch of added responsibilities. And tasks. And maintenance. And upkeep. It can be difficult to keep track. That’s why there’s Evergreen Home… More

Better Portland sets the agenda for a new Portland government

Part of participating in organizations is knowing that they’ve got your back when you’re busy chasing startup founder things. That’s what I always appreciate about Better Portland, the organization formerly known as Business for a Better Portland. Because I don’t have time to outline an agenda for Portland’s new form of government. And I’m pretty damn sure you don’t either. So they did… More

Startup questions are rolling in. Time to get some answers rolling out.

As I mentioned last week, I’m trying a new experiment. The gist is this: If it’s difficult to ask startup questions in public, maybe folks should have a way to ask them anonymously. And I’m happy to report that the questions are starting to roll — or maybe trickle — in. But they deserve answers. So let’s do that… More