Welcome back to Townhall, the newsletter for founders & tech employees from the creators of Frame, the all-in-one collaboration OS.

Today, we cover McKinsey’s partnership with an AI startup, Gmail’s Calendy-style availability sharing feature, James Clear’s ultimate productivity hack and how to select the right product metrics 🤝.

Hot In Founders World

Tech 🧑‍💻 Consultancy giant McKinsey has partnered with AI startup Cohere to offer AI solutions to enterprise clients. Cohere, a neutral provider, focuses on generative AI solutions for enterprises and recently raised $270 million at a $2.2 billion valuation from investors, including Nvidia, Oracle, and Salesforce Ventures.

Productivity 📊 Google recently introduced new scheduling features for Gmail with Google Calendar integration, enabling users to quickly create events and easily share their availability with recipients. This update provides a convenient alternative for booking 1:1 meetings and sharing availability compared to other scheduling tools in the market.

Venture Capital 💵 In the first half of 2023, funding to Latin American startups experienced a significant decline, with a staggering 83% decrease in reported seed-through-late-stage financings compared to the same period last year. Late-stage financing saw the most significant drop, while early- and seed-stage dealmaking fared relatively better, with some notable rounds getting done.

What’s New At Frame

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Thinking We Baked

Since the last Townhall, we’ve released one article to help you build your startup.

The article is called “Bootstrapping a Startup: The Art of Building from Scratch”, and it mentions that the journey of building a company from scratch with limited resources requires meticulous planning, a problem-solving mindset, and strategic networking. You can check it out on HackerNews.

Thinking We Loved

🔢 Jason Cohen shares his ideas on selecting the right product metrics.

💭 Matt Rickard gives his opinion on Why Did Meta Open-Source Llama 2?

✋ James Clear talks about an ultimate productivity hack - saying no.

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Hustler’s Quote Of The Week

Customer Spotlight

“ I've spent hundreds of hours (if not more) over the last few years trying to create Frame's product vision using tools like Excel and Notion, so I can really appreciate the value I see Frame bring to organizations all around the globe. ”

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