3 Truths Every Founder Learns the Hard Way
There’s no manual for entrepreneurship — and your mom’s advice, while well-meaning, didn’t cover the realities of building a business.
Exclusive eBook: We did the math on AI’s energy footprint.
In this exclusive subscirber-only ebook you’ll learn how the emissions from individual AI text, image, and video queries seem small—until you add up what the industry isn’t tracking and consider where it’s heading next. by James O’Donnell and Casey Crownhart May 20, 2025 Table of contents Related stories:
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6 Social Media Trends Defining Gen Z’s Shopping Behavior
The classic sales funnel is outdated for Gen Z, as their shopping journey is now non-linear. It involves platforms like TikTok, Instagram and YouTube, focusing on viral videos, user-generated content and influencer recommendations rather than traditional ads.
Leak reveals Grok might soon edit your spreadsheets
Leaked code suggests xAI is developing an advanced file editor for Grok with spreadsheet support, signaling the company’s push to compete with OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft by embedding AI copilots into productivity tools.
Four months after a $3B valuation, Harvey AI grows to $5B
The round, which comes just four months after $300 million Series D, was co-led by Kleiner Perkins and Coatue.
Over a million people now have access to the gen-AI powered Alexa+
Alexa+ is available for free during Early Access and will later be free for Prime customers. Non-Prime users will be able to use the service for $19.99 per month after it publicly launches.
The Overlooked Shortcut That’s Helping Founders Scale Faster, Safer and Smarter
Micro-acquisitions are the smart founder’s shortcut. Here’s why.
A Chinese firm has just launched a constantly changing set of AI benchmarks
When testing an AI model, it’s hard to tell if it is reasoning or just regurgitating answers from its training data. Xbench, a new benchmark developed by the Chinese venture capital firm Hongshan Capital Global, might help to sidestep that issue. That’s thanks to the way it evaluates models not only on the ability to…
Tesla Robotaxis Are Now Driving Themselves in Austin: ‘It Was Awesome’
Tesla held an invite-only robotaxi experience this past weekend. Here’s how it went.
New York State wants more nuclear power in a big way
Gov. Kathy Hochul is directing the New York Power Authority to develop the new power plant.
AllSpice’s platform is the GitHub for electrical engineering teams
AllSpice’s platform has landed customers including Blue Origin and Bose and just raised a $15 million Series A round.