DeepSeek releases ‘sparse attention’ model that cuts API costs in half
Researchers at DeepSeek released a new experimental model designed to have dramatically lower inference costs when used in long-context operations.
The AI industry has taken a doomer turn. What now?
This story appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. This weekend, Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, posted an essay calling for a brake on the pace of development of LLMs. Amodei cites the looming dangers he sees from the technology, from its…
Most Companies Stop at Good Service — But the Real Growth Multiplier Is Something Else
Every business is in the hospitality business—because customers don’t just remember what you did, they remember how you made them feel.
What Is 996? A Banned-in-China Work Schedule Is Trending in Silicon Valley: ‘We Don’t Believe in Work-Life Balance’
The 996 schedule requires employees to work 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. six days a week.
OpenAI takes on Google, Amazon with new agentic shopping system
This type of frictionless experience has the potential to spark a new movement in how people shop online – one that moves away from search engines like Google and e-commerce platforms like Amazon towards conversational agents with curated recommendations, comparisons, and easy checkout experiences.
Most Founders Think They Know AI — But They’re Using It Wrong. Here’s How to Drive Real Growth
AI won’t fix your startup — curiosity, focus, and asking the right questions will.
How 15 Years of Almost Failing Helped Me Find a Pathway to Success
Valuable lessons from a struggling business
This French VC went from posting on YouTube to raising a $12M fund for Y Combinator startups
Venture capital is filled with investors who claim they’ve got inside access to the next big thing. Meanwhile, Gabriel Jarrosson, a French engineer-turned-YouTuber-turned-investor, has built his VC firm around a single filter: if it isn’t a Y Combinator company, he won’t invest in it. That discipline pushed Jarrosson from filming scrappy venture explainers in Paris […]
This Overlooked Strategy Can Help You Cut Costs and Unlock Long-Term Growth
Is your current tech causing you more problems than it solves? Here’s what you can do about it.
How This Founder Grew One Business Into a National Brand — And a $750 Million Exit
Shelly Sun Berkowitz founded her business after struggling to find what she needed on the market.
Vibe coding Anything nabs a $100M valuation, after hitting $2M ARR in its first two weeks
Anything raised an $11 million funding round led by Footwork.