The One Trait That Actually Predicts Startup Success (Hint: It’s Not Age)
It’s not youth, boldness or speed — the data shows one specific trait separates startups that scale from startups that stall.
The Download: the next big thing in LLMs and how AI academic research is shifting
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. These startups are chasing the next big thing in LLMs Nine years after Google researchers introduced the transformer, this family of neural networks has become the engine inside every major large…
Phia accused of ‘cookie stuffing,’ taking affiliate credit on purchases it didn’t earn
Phia, the shopping startup founded by Bill Gates’ daughter, Phoebe, and her friend, Sophia Kianni, is under fire for a practice known as “cookie stuffing,” which helped the product receive commissions and credit for sales it did not actually generate, per a Bloomberg investigation.
People Who Don’t Know How to Code Make 6 Figures By Cashing In On the $4.7 Billion ‘Vibe Coding’ Boom
The four moves any non-coder can use to launch a one-person business this week.
I’ve Spent Years Refining a 10-Step SEO System. Here’s How to Use It.
Most founders fail at SEO not because they skip steps, but because they run them in the wrong order. Here’s the 10-step sequence I follow with every client — and how to run it yourself.
Meta removes controversial AI feature on Instagram after backlash
Meta told Dylan Byers, of Puck News, that it had nixed the feature after backlash from its user base.
Bluesky’s interim CEO, Toni Schneider, drops the ‘interim’
Schneider, who formerly served as the CEO of Automattic and is a partner at True Ventures, says he is “all in” on the unconventional social media platform.
Portugal Just Made European Citizenship Much Harder to Get. Here’s Why It Matters.
Portugal’s decision to double its citizenship waiting period reflects a broader shift in the global mobility economy, where governments are making access scarcer and European citizenship increasingly valuable.
Apple sues OpenAI over alleged trade secret theft
Apple alleges the misconduct was directed by OpenAi’s senior leadership, including a long-time former employee.
How Letting Go of the Wrong Clients Helped Me Scale From 7 to 8 Figures
Getting to seven figures is about who you let in. Getting to eight is about who you’re willing to let go.
How Speechify’s Simba 3.2 Took the No.1 Spot on Voice AI’s Toughest Independent Benchmark
Speechify’s Simba 3.2 ranked No. 1 on two independent voice AI benchmarks this week, beating ElevenLabs and Cartesia on quality, speed and price.