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GPT Injection: A Growing Cybersecurity Threat for AI-Dependent Startups

The emergence of GPT, or Generative Pre-trained Transformer, as a powerful tool has revolutionised various industries with its potential to innovate and streamline processes. However, alongside these benefits, it brings along a significant security risk that needs to be addressed urgently: GPT Injection. What is GPT Injection? GPT Injection refers

How (not) to market an open source library

More than a year ago my friend Thomas and I were looking for a good solution to digitally sign PDFs for NetzBeweis. However, we couldn't find a library that was easy to use and had a permissive open-source license so we could use it in a paid product. Sure, PDFbox

How to syndicate angel investments in Europe?

This is a question that took a long time for me to answer. Being very interested in angel investing early on, but lacking the proper capital, I was always wondering how to get into deals. Coming from Austria, a small country in Europe, I tried to invest locally first. I

2021 in review. Predictions for the year ahead.

2021 in review. Predictions for the year ahead.

2021 will be remembered as the year of high inflation and low supply. Philipp Omenitsch provides an economic outlook on how he sees the coming year shaping up.

How to migrate your firebase project from US to EU for mobile apps

How to migrate your firebase project from US to EU for mobile apps

A step by step guide on how we migrated our firebase project from US to EU. Database, Authentication, Cloud Functions, Hosting and Notifications

How to change gradle version in Android Studio with ejected Expo app

How to change gradle version in Android Studio with ejected Expo app

TLDR: set the distributionUrl in android\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.properties correctly I am using expo to build our app Pocketcoach (https://www.pocketcoach.co) A new feature needed us to eject from expo. The process is pretty straight forward you can check in their documentation here https://docs.expo.io/

How venture capital works part II

Venture capital and fundraising In this part I will try to explain what I learned about raising money, angel investors, venture capital funds, private equity, how they operate, which functions they fulfil. Angel investors They are rich individuals, people who have built successful companies and sold them off and who

How venture capital works part I

Intro Last week I had a great lecturer at my university's startup course, an investment banker. He has an extraordinary personality, smart, charming and always right. If you don't know him don't worry, just take away this: He is one of those guys, who really knows how the game of