We’ve raised $8m to use generative AI to save our kids from YouTube
It was on a flight to Cleveland from San Francisco a couple of years back that I had the idea for my startup. Recommended Video My two-year-old daughter was running…
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How CFOs at Chevron, ServiceNow and Nasdaq decide which AI bets create value
Good morning. AI projects must earn their share of corporate budgets. Recommended Video “It doesn’t get a free pass just because it’s got AI on the front of the opportunity,”…
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Hachette CEO writes every email himself. He says AI shortcuts are creating a ‘worse C-suite’
Some of the world’s most successful business leaders are voracious readers. Bill Gates told the New York Times in 2016 that he reads 50 books a year. Warren Buffett is…
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AI agents are on a shopping spree: Total transactions on Base blockchain eclipse 138 million, Chainalysis finds
The field of agentic commerce, which describes the use of AI agents to carry out internet transactions, is rapidly maturing, and crypto is fueling the boom. That’s according to a…
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Unexpected blockbuster ‘Backrooms’ originated from a 4chan thread—and it’s one reason why legacy media sees advantages to the death of monoculture
In 1983, the two and a half hour finale of MASH drew an estimated 125 million viewers, breaking the record for a television program’s ratings and marking a time in…
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Kalshi cofounder says having no VPs has been key to the company’s explosive growth
For fast-growing startups, adding new employees is a critical—but perilous—step to further expansion. In many cases, a push to add people doesn’t fuel growth, but instead creates confusion and bureaucracy…
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Kraken parent company Payward to become first crypto firm to buy a European Bank
Payward, the parent company of crypto exchange Kraken, announced on Wednesday that it has entered an agreement to acquire Saldo Bank, a Lithuania-based online bank licensed in the European Union.…
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Exclusive: Koch’s venture arm backs a16z-backed Emanate’s push to bring AI to industrial sales
In much of industrial America, a sale still starts with a spec sheet, an inbox, and a rep who has worked the account for 20 years. Emanate wants AI to…
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Taser maker Axon is mandating AI use to speed up work as surveillance tools face scrutiny
When Rick Smith founded Taser International in an Arizona garage in 1993, his original vision involved taking a device that was originally created by a NASA scientist and redesigning it…
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‘This action cannot be a coincidence’: Ukraine says a SpaceX speed limit slowed its drones as Trump says it’s time to get a new president
Ukrainian drones lost some of their speed after restrictions were suddenly imposed on the battlefield use of the country’s U.S.-made Starlink communication terminals, officials said Wednesday as the capital endured…
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