E128: Fantasy Chess, Ghost Kitchen Twist, and AI gun detection

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And now for this week’s prescription:

On this week’s dose, we start (1:43) with a breakdown on Fantasy Chess, a startup founded by grandmaster Magnus Carlsen and one of Norway’s top businessmen to make chess a true spectator sport, after they checkmate-ed $3M in pre-seed funding. Then (8:17), we discuss Local Kitchens, a startup that’s turning the ghost kitchen model on its head through their multi-brand restaurants with collaborations from beloved chefs, fresh off a recent $40M Series B. Lastly (14:29), we close out this week’s dose with a deepdive on ZeroEyes, an AI-based proactive threat detection startup that aims to stop mass shootings and other gun-related violence in the United States, and their recent $53M Series B.

Sources:

https://www.fantasychess.app/

https://www.fantasychess.app/2023-06-press-release

https://www.localkitchens.com/

https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/25/local-kitchens-general-catalyst-40m/

https://zeroeyes.com/

https://www.axios.com/2024/06/28/zeroeyes-guns-mass-shootings

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ai-gun-detection-pioneer-zeroeyes-secures-53m-series-b-funding-to-accelerate-growth-and-expansion-302185807.html

Music Credit: Chapter One by Cole Bauer and Dean Keeton

https://www.instagram.com/colebauer/

https://www.instagram.com/deankeeton/?hl=en

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