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章节 1：创业公司聚光灯下的Blinder

📝 本节摘要：

本节介绍Blinder即将发布的新产品，并回顾其在2021年推出的Blinder 2.0。这款融合机器学习的智能窗帘凭借工程与设计迅速售罄，吸引知名风投并完成高估值融资。节目随后引出创始人兼CEO Eric Wang。

[原文] [Emily Chang]: I'm Emily Chang in San Francisco, and this is Bloomberg Technology. Coming up in the next hour, it is a date. Blinder's next big product unveiling is set for September 7th, according to Bloomberg sources. Details on a new Blinder 3.0, we will see. We will get to all of that in a moment, but first let's talk about Blinder's last launch four years ago in 2021 with Blinder 2.0. It was the first window blind to have machine learning technology built in. They disrupted the whole industry of window covers with their excellent engineering and beautiful design, which is comparable to Apple. The Blinder 2.0 was instantly sold out and quickly caught the eyes of venture capital firms like Sequoia Capital and Andreessen, raising an incredible $20 million for their Series A at a $100 million valuation.

[译文] [Emily Chang]: 我是旧金山的艾米丽·张，这里是彭博科技。接下来一小时内，有一个日期值得关注。据彭博社消息，Blinder下一款重磅产品定于9月7日发布。全新的Blinder 3.0究竟如何，我们拭目以待。稍后我们会详细介绍，不过首先，让我们谈谈Blinder四年前，也就是2021年推出的Blinder 2.0。它是第一款内置机器学习技术的百叶窗。凭借出色的工程技术和堪比苹果的精美设计，他们颠覆了整个窗饰行业。Blinder 2.0一经推出就迅速售罄，也很快吸引了红杉资本和Andreessen等风投机构的目光，以1亿美元估值完成A轮融资，筹得惊人的2000万美元。

[原文] [Emily Chang]: Now, we can't talk about Blinder without talking about the man behind the company. Fortunately, today joining us, of course, is the Forbes 30 Under 30 CEO and founder of Blinder, the one and only Eric Wang.

[译文] [Emily Chang]: 说到Blinder，就不能不提这家公司的幕后人物。很高兴今天邀请到《福布斯》“30位30岁以下精英”、Blinder创始人兼CEO，独一无二的Eric Wang。

[原文] [Emily Chang]: Thank you, Eric, for coming on to the show today, and big day coming up. So, what do we know?

[译文] [Emily Chang]: 谢谢你今天来到节目中，Eric。一个重要的日子就要到了。那么，我们目前知道些什么呢？

[原文] [Eric Wang]: Well, Emily, all I know is I love being on this show talking to you.

[译文] [Eric Wang]: 艾米丽，我只知道，我很喜欢来这个节目和你聊天。

[原文] [Emily Chang]: Well, Eric Wang, as always, appreciate you stopping by.

[译文] [Emily Chang]: Eric Wang，一如既往地感谢你抽空来到节目。

[原文] [Eric Wang]: And I appreciate you.

[译文] [Eric Wang]: 我也很感谢你。