Bob Iger rejoins Thrive Capital as advisor after Disney exit
The former Disney CEO hold a stake in Thrive, and has previously held the role of the venture partner at the firm.
This startup’s new mechanistic interpretability tool lets you debug LLMs
The San Francisco–based startup Goodfire just released a new tool, called Silico, that lets researchers and engineers peer inside an AI model and adjust its parameters—the settings that determine a model’s behavior—during training. This could give model makers more fine-grained control over how this technology is built than was once thought possible. Goodfire claims Silico…
Authorities arrest special forces soldier who allegedly made $400k on Polymarket bet involving Maduro operation
The soldier is accused of using classified government information to inform a wager on the prediction market Polymarket.
The Data Liability Most Business Leaders Don’t Know They Have — Until It’s Too Late
As AI systems grow increasingly dependent on historical data to function accurately, unrecoverable historical data has become a liability that belongs on the C-suite agenda.
Redwood Materials loses COO amid layoffs, restructuring
Former Tesla executive Chris Lister is retiring, and at least three other VPs have left Redwood around the recent restructuring, TechCrunch has learned.
Your Marketing Team Is Doing Everything Right — But the Results Aren’t Adding Up. Here’s Why.
B2B marketing teams are generating more PR coverage, more content and more data than ever. But activity without alignment is just noise.
How Multi-Concept Ownership Benefits Both Franchisors and Franchisees
Multi-concept ownership isn’t just about scaling faster; it’s about scaling smarter with complementary businesses.
Most Founders Think Debt Is Risky and Equity Is Safe. Here’s Why That Belief Is Costing Them.
Debt first isn’t aggressive. It’s disciplined.
Bret Taylor’s Sierra buys YC-backed AI startup Fragment
Sierra, the AI customer service agent startup founded by technologist Bret Taylor, announced today that it has acquired the YC-backed French startup Fragment.
This is the One Question You Must Get Answered at a Franchise Discovery Day
Discovery Day is a critical step in the decision-making process that helps both parties move forward with confidence or decide not to proceed.
Instagram tests a new ‘Instants’ app for sharing disappearing photos
The app lets users share disappearing photos with their friends that can be viewed only once and remain available for 24 hours.