Bending Spoons to buy Airtable for $1.28B
At its peak in 2021, Airtable was valued at over $11 billion, but earlier this year, its shares were said to be trading on the secondary markets at a valuation of $4 billion.
The Way We Sell Homes Has Changed. The Debate Hasn’t — But Here’s Why It Should.
The real estate industry has spent years arguing about whether technology will replace agents. Consumer behavior suggests a different future.
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After killer quarter, Palantir CEO Alex Karp calls AI industry ‘Marxist’
After a quarter that delivered $1 billion in profit, Palantir CEO Alex Karp on Monday once again warned that AI frontier labs as too untrustworthy for enterprises.
Snap CEO sidesteps Specs pre-order questions on Q2 earnings call
When asked about product-market fit, Spiegel said he believes mass-market consumer adoption won’t occur until the end of the decade.
AWS is helping vibe-coding startup Superblocks, and the implications are big
AWS now allows vibe coding tool Superblocks to be embedded into the private clouds of AWS customers. It’s another step towards decoupling apps from models.
How to Turn Curiosity Into Clicks (and Clicks Into Money) in Every Marketing Email You Send
This article shows you how to craft curiosity-driven emails (click drivers) that make money.
Who’s legally to blame for Anthropic and OpenAI’s autonomous AI hacks? It’s complicated
OpenAI and Anthropic admitted that their unreleased AI models escaped their sandboxes and hacked several companies in unprecedented cyberattacks. Who is legally to blame? Should prosecutors charge the two AI frontier labs? Can victims sue them? We spoke to lawyers who specialize in computer hacking laws to find out.
DesignArena creators raise $7.9 million to bring taste to AI models
DesignArena is used by 5.3 million people around the world, providing critical human evaluations to frontier labs.
Trump’s AI protectionism has come for robotics
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Humanoid robots usually elicit more cringe than awe: They stumble, kick children, and despite advances are still worse at using their hands than my toddler. It’s a nascent industry, and such robots…
Influencers draw backlash for attending OpenAI’s first luxury trip
OpenAI’s first-ever influencer brand trip is sparking online backlash as tensions over the use of AI continue.
Your Balance Sheet Is Missing the Assets That Actually Drive Growth
How positioning, reputation, insight, networks and trust can reverse the natural drag on a business.