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This Week in Startups

ByteDance limits daily app time for kids in China + Next Unicorns: Orbital Insight’s Kevin O’Brien | E1286

This Week in Startups

Jason Calacanis

Technology

4.21.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

In news, Jason covers Bytedance's decision to institute a 40 minute limit for kids on Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok (1:56) and hits on the real estate situation in SF and implications for the startup community (15:02). Then, Orbital Insight's CEO Kevin O'Brien joins for the next installment of our Next Unicorns series (21:38) discussing how to make sense of billions of satellite images and pieces of sensor data to form a comprehensive view of the world.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Okay, everybody, we've got an amazing show for you today for the latest instalment of our next unicorn series.

0:04.8

We have Kevin O'Brien, the CEO of Orbital Insight, it's an amazing discussion where we talk about exactly what AI and computer visualization and the ability to study images is going to have on many different industries because let's face it.

0:21.0

We have satellite data, but a human can't possibly go through all of it. You need AI, you need computer visualizations to make sense of all that data.

0:28.4

And it's a wide-ranging discussion from human rights to technology to transportation, satellite data is really, really fascinating to me.

0:36.1

But first up, we're going to talk about bite dance, the owner of TikTok, putting limits on their version of TikTok in China so that they can protect their children.

0:45.1

And we're going to look at the research around kids and online and how damaging it can be.

0:50.8

And this is all in the face of Facebook and Instagram just doing a horrible job protecting our children.

0:57.2

And finally, I'll talk about the Exodus out of San Francisco and what we're seeing in people putting their houses up for sale.

1:04.8

We're at the highest level in a decade over a decade in terms of inventory.

1:10.2

In other words, the crash in San Francisco is very real and it's continuing. Stick with us. It's a great episode.

1:15.6

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1:21.6

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1:26.0

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1:31.1

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1:42.1

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1:52.2

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1:56.4

Hey, everybody. We've got a big news day for you.

1:59.5

First up, bite dances rolling out a 40 minute per day time limit for kids under the age of 14 on their version of TikTok.

2:07.2

Bite dance, of course, produces TikTok in the United States.

2:10.4

And the Chinese version is called do in and they will limit children under 14 from using the app to 40 minutes a day according to the BBC.

2:18.8

The BBC article notes that do in has created a youth mode, which will apply to real name users under the age of 14.

2:26.9

Here's how it will work. Kids can only use it for 40 minutes a day. Kids won't be able to access the platform between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.

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