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GaviganenMon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/c/san-francisco-40-under-40-2024/23427/40-under-40-akriti-dokania.htmlLanded Ridge Ventures partner Akriti Dokania on the San Francisco Business Times 40 Under 40.Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/c/san-francisco-40-under-40-2024/23427/40-under-40-akriti-dokania.htmlhttps://www.forbes.com/profile/kamil-saeid/?Landed Ridge Ventures Principal Kamil Saeid on the Forbes 30 Under 30.Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.forbes.com/profile/kamil-saeid/?https://venturebeat.com/ai/maintainx-raises-3-8-million-to-power-osha-compliant-communication-for-frontline-workersVentureBeat exclusive covering MaintainX launch and seed round.Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://venturebeat.com/ai/maintainx-raises-3-8-million-to-power-osha-compliant-communication-for-frontline-workershttps://finance.yahoo.com/video/nvidia-gtc-2017-corrected-221536819.htmlH2O.ai, an AI cloud solution, featured in a Yahoo Finance video at NVIDIA's GTC Conference.Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://finance.yahoo.com/video/nvidia-gtc-2017-corrected-221536819.htmlhttps://www.forbes.com/pictures/edee45eiklm/signifyd/Landed Signifyd, a fraud prevention solution, on the Forbes Fintech 50.Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.forbes.com/pictures/edee45eiklm/signifyd/https://www.sdxcentral.com/news/rafay-launches-kubernetes-management-saas-with-ntt-as-a-customer/Coverage for Rafay's Series A in SDxCentral, a reputable IT trade outlet.Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.sdxcentral.com/news/rafay-launches-kubernetes-management-saas-with-ntt-as-a-customer/https://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=304763Announcing Akriti Dokania as a presenter at Emerging Tech Venture Summit.Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=304763https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nPo0eXsw5Ywk1HkiWkwHFecxq530LcJw/viewDeduce, a cybersecurity company, enlisted me to write and record a rap song about multi-factor authentication.Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nPo0eXsw5Ywk1HkiWkwHFecxq530LcJw/viewhttps://youtube.com/shorts/_DayXCxmiKQ?feature=shareMy poem "$1.07" featured on WGN.Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://youtube.com/shorts/_DayXCxmiKQ?feature=sharehttps://www.linkedin.com/pulse/flip-series-voice-ai-goes-vertical-ridgevc-32cmcHold the phone—a vertical approach to Voice AI customer service? With measurable traction and oodles of satisfied users? No flipping way.Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/flip-series-voice-ai-goes-vertical-ridgevc-32cmchttps://youtu.be/P-I_i8YT6F8A live reading of my (true) story at Litquake, the largest independent literary festival on the West Coast.Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://youtu.be/P-I_i8YT6F8https://earmilk.com/2018/09/01/steve-spiffler-spits-blood-sweat-and-tears-on-weekends-are-4-boom-bap-premiere/On 'Weekends Are 4 Boom Bap,' Steve Spiffler avoids braggadocio punchlines and gives us front row seats to his everyday hustle.Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://earmilk.com/2018/09/01/steve-spiffler-spits-blood-sweat-and-tears-on-weekends-are-4-boom-bap-premiere/https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/41121-top-10-moments-from-the-2015-mtv-vmas-newsThe top 10 notable moments (both good and bad) from the not-so-hip-hop 2015 VMAs.Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/41121-top-10-moments-from-the-2015-mtv-vmas-newshttps://earmilk.com/2015/08/21/shwayze-discusses-king-summer-ep-freedom-indie-life-interview/My interview with Shwayze, the artist behind the summer classic "Corona And Lime."Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://earmilk.com/2015/08/21/shwayze-discusses-king-summer-ep-freedom-indie-life-interview/https://www.feeltherapeutics.com/I wrote the website and app store copy for Feel Therapeutics, which monitors your mental health via a wearable band.Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.feeltherapeutics.com/https://commerce.vc/I wrote the website copy for Commerce Ventures, A VC firm specializing in payments, retail, and fintech writ large.Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://commerce.vc/https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/334256/sell-side-of-ott-ads-should-not-differ-from-linear.htmlIn this age of digital transformation, why is the sell-side of OTT advertising so different from that of linear TV? How can ad sales execs differentiate their OTT inventory?Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/334256/sell-side-of-ott-ads-should-not-differ-from-linear.htmlhttps://earmilk.com/2021/10/04/janet-batch-is-irresistibly-melancholic-on-radio/Rust Belt crooner Janet Batch stomps her boots onto the pages of EARMILK with "Radio," a slow, deliberate country tune packed with poignant vocals that echo long after the song ends.Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://earmilk.com/2021/10/04/janet-batch-is-irresistibly-melancholic-on-radio/https://earmilk.com/2022/10/21/teddi-gold-radiates-kaleidoscopic-vibes-on-technicolor-video-premiere/Teddi Gold's music video for "Technicolor" oozes with brio, bounce, and all the ROYGBIV you can handle.Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://earmilk.com/2022/10/21/teddi-gold-radiates-kaleidoscopic-vibes-on-technicolor-video-premiere/https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/38126-review-mac-millers-go-od-am-newsAlbum review of Mac Miller's 'GO:OD AM.'Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/38126-review-mac-millers-go-od-am-newshttps://www.cervinventures.com/news/store-of-the-future-why-cervins-investment-in-aifi-is-worth-checking-outAiFi's in-store solution eliminates checkout lines and increases bottom lines.Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.cervinventures.com/news/store-of-the-future-why-cervins-investment-in-aifi-is-worth-checking-outhttps://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ridget-spinner-summer-2025-ridgevc-qfvtc/The summer edition of "The Ridget Spinner," a quarterly newsletter recapping the latest news from Ridge Ventures.Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ridget-spinner-summer-2025-ridgevc-qfvtc/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/tato-raises-5m-to-fix-erp-implementations-with-ai-native-platform-302570703.htmlFunding press release for Tato's $5M seed round.Tue, 30 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/tato-raises-5m-to-fix-erp-implementations-with-ai-native-platform-302570703.htmlhttps://www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/mobbin/A memoir about the summer a bunch of gang members moved into my house.Mon, 17 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/mobbin/https://www.deduce.com/so-you-want-to-build-an-ai-company/The 10 steps to building an AI company.Sat, 03 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0100https://www.deduce.com/so-you-want-to-build-an-ai-company/https://medium.com/ridgevc/goodday-the-solution-to-your-erproblems-e60be137da45GoodDay supplants legacy ERP systems that haven’t meaningfully improved since the days of boy bands and frosted tips.Mon, 13 May 2024 00:00:00 +0100https://medium.com/ridgevc/goodday-the-solution-to-your-erproblems-e60be137da45https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/01/5-ways-construction-tech-founders-can-win-in-2024/Construction tech founders who solve the most critical priorities for general contractors — building on budget, on time, and on scope — are well-positioned for growth.Thu, 01 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/01/5-ways-construction-tech-founders-can-win-in-2024/https://medium.com/ridgevc/offerfit-the-smarter-faster-a-b-testing-alternative-3a0309db74eaIt’s been real, A/B testing. But your spot in the lifecycle marketing tool kit has officially been replaced by OfferFit: a smarter, faster, and far more adaptable experimentation solution.Tue, 14 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://medium.com/ridgevc/offerfit-the-smarter-faster-a-b-testing-alternative-3a0309db74eahttps://www.deduce.com/the-new-bonnie-and-clyde-supersynthetic-identities/First came the synthetic “Frankenstein” identities consisting of real and fake PII data. Now banks are battling the next iteration: SuperSynthetic identities.Tue, 12 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0100https://www.deduce.com/the-new-bonnie-and-clyde-supersynthetic-identities/https://www.deduce.com/identity-verification-has-a-deepfake-problem/An old-school approach could be the answer for finservs battling deepfakes and SuperSynthetic identities.Tue, 12 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0100https://www.deduce.com/identity-verification-has-a-deepfake-problem/