Jordan Rothstein Is Building SmackTok for the Next Era of Social Sports Gaming
After growing up with a family legacy in sports betting, Jordan Rothstein is building SmackTok around community, creators and game day
When can we say AI made a scientific discovery?
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Last Wednesday, Anthropic announced that earlier this year it had launched a molecular biology lab, where Claude agents read and conjecture about hard biology problems and human scientists run experiments on what…
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The Man Behind Boxing’s Biggest Media Brands
He built boxing’s biggest news site and sold it to a public company. Now Rick Reeno is doing it again with a magazine that has been around since 1922.
SoundCloud acquires decentralized music platform Nina Protocol months after its shutdown
SoundCloud has acquired decentralized music platform Nina Protocol, months after the startup announced it would shut down. The deal brings Nina’s artists, editorial archive, and music discovery tools to SoundCloud as the company continues expanding its platform for independent musicians.
How an OpenAI’s human mistake led to the AI-powered hack on Hugging Face
OpenAI made a mistake setting up what it called a “highly isolated” testing environment and sandbox. According to cybersecurity experts, that human mistake is what made the AI-powered attack on Hugging Face possible.
Travis Kalanick’s robotics company raises $1.7B, led by a16z
Uber is also investing in Travis Kalanick’s company Atoms, which has made gauzy claims about using industrial AI to modernize the world.
From Croc Poop to ‘Shark Week’: Forrest Galante’s Wild Path to Success
Biologist, “Shark Week” host and film producer Forrest Galante on saving the world and building a thriving business at the same time.
You Introduced a New Process, But Your Team Still Chose the Safer Path. Here’s Why.
Here’s why execution fixes fail after they start working.
Science Corporation’s vision-restoring chip wins EU approval
“The thing that the space needs is a company making $100 million a year of revenue,” Science Corp. CEO Max Hodak said.
Yope raises $12.3M to build a private social network without algorithms or ads
Yope, a fast-growing social app focused on private groups of friends and family, has raised $12.3 million in seed funding. Instead of chasing creators and algorithmic feeds, the startup is betting that the future of social networking lies in small, private communities powered by messaging, photo sharing, and AI features designed to strengthen real-world relationships.
Menlo Ventures’ Matt Murphy explains why Anthropic is winning (and it’s not the model)
Anthropic leaped to a $47 billion revenue run rate by May, compared to $9 billion in 2025. It’s the kind of growth that Menlo Ventures’ Matt Murphy says he’s never seen in 25 years of investing, not in the internet wave, not in mobile, not in the first cloud boom. Menlo led Anthropic’s $500M Series D, and Murphy has had a front-row seat as the company went from a pre-revenue, […]