How to Build a Service Business That Doesn’t Depend on Its Founder
Growth exposes a problem many service business owners don’t recognize until it becomes the bottleneck: too much of the company still depends on what they personally know.
The Download: open model trade-offs and geothermal power’s promise
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. Open models have real benefits. Do they outweigh the risks? Anthropic recently released a report arguing that a powerful new model released by the Chinese company Z.ai, poses a major cyberattack…
Nscale adds former OpenAI exec Fidji Simo to its board ahead of potential IPO
The No. 2 exec at OpenAI also led Instacart through its IPO in 2023.
Roblox is making it easier to build games with AI — and play them outside Roblox
Roblox will allow creator to deploy their games across PC< consoles, and mobile as standalone apps
Want to Save $1,000 This Month? A Personal Finance Expert Who Paid Off $460,000 in Debt Shares How to Do It
Here are the short-term changes that make a lasting impact.
Matt Mullenweg tells Automattic staff in Slack he’s back in control after CEO ouster
In a Slack message seen by TechCrunch, Matt Mullenweg told Automattic employees he’s back in control of the company, days after its board put him on leave. Automattic has not yet confirmed the apparent reversal.
What Scaling a Payments Company Taught Me About the Problems Success Creates
The systems that carry you to your first ten thousand customers are the same ones that quietly give out at a hundred thousand, and most teams don’t notice until the failure is already costing them money.
Why So Many Franchises Are Saying ‘Cheese’ This Fall
Cheese is having a moment at drive-thrus and sit-down chains like Freddy’s and Golden Chick.
People Are Using AI Agents to Manage Their Investments ‘Without Lifting a Finger’: Is it Safe?
AI agents named Alex, Sarah and Elena are managing real money now. Not everyone thinks that’s a good idea.
Scammers target hundreds of thousands of crypto owners after Trezor confirms data breach of email provider
This is the second data breach affecting a company that hardware crypto wallet maker Trezor relies on.
AI Has Killed an Entire Industry — People Who Got Paid to Do Homework for College Kids
Thousands of college-educated Kenyans built real careers ghostwriting essays for students overseas. ChatGPT ended it almost instantly