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Alt Cortex
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AI-curated news aggregator summarizing tech, startup and AI headlines into short digests for curious readers.
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株式会社SHIFT AI
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Japanese-language membership community teaching professionals and side-hustlers how to apply generative AI to their work.
1.2M visits/mo
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Lablab.ai
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Community platform running free online and hybrid AI hackathons where builders form teams and ship prototypes with new AI tech.
638K visits/mo
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Core features
- ✦AI-generated summaries of news topics
- ✦Aggregated AI, startup and tech headlines
- ✦Topic-grouped recent-story feeds
- ✦Full-coverage links to original sources
- ✦110+ video courses across AI-tool, automation, and business topics
- ✦live webinars from invited AI practitioners
- ✦in-person regional networking events
- ✦free one-on-one career/AI consultation
- ✦corporate AI upskilling program for companies
- ✦member success-story interviews and community leaderboard
- ✦AI hackathon events (online and hybrid)
- ✦Team formation and mentorship
- ✦Boilerplates and tutorials
- ✦Project submissions and leaderboard
- ✦Access to sponsor AI tech and credits
- ✦Builder community
Use cases
- →Skimming daily AI and tech news
- →Staying current on startup developments
- →Quick topic-based news catch-up
- →learning to use generative AI tools for daily work
- →exploring AI-related side income or career change
- →corporate AI adoption training for employees
- →networking with other AI learners across Japan
- →Joining AI hackathons
- →Building and showcasing AI prototypes
- →Learning new AI tools
- →Networking with AI builders and labs
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