How to stretch your venture dollars
If you haven’t found traction with customers and aren’t generating revenue, you should be in fundraising mode already.
AI professors are negotiating the new realities of academic research
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Last week, I headed 30 miles south of San Francisco to a hotel in Mountain View, California, to join some of the most accomplished, and some of the most promising, AI…
Hungryroot founder debuts Every, an AI-powered app for self-reflection and human connection
As founder and CEO of healthy grocery delivery service Hungryroot, Ben McKean has been investigating the power of AI technologies to improve his business. But with the launch of his new side project — an app called Every — McKean wants to explore the use of AI to help people establish deeper relationships with themselves […]
How a Strong Personal Brand Can Justify Charging a Premium
A strong personal brand enhances the ability to charge premium prices by elevating perceived value and exclusivity and plays a crucial role in amplifying PR efforts, standing out in a saturated market, and establishing credibility and opportunities across various industries.
Drew Barrymore’s Writers Are Not Returning Amid Controversy, Despite End of Strike
The new season is slated to return to air on October 16.
11 Google Ads Hacks That Have Taken My PPC Results to the Next Level
Google Ads isn’t dead — far from it, actually. Here’s how to make the most of this popular yet under-appreciated advertising platform.
KFC Has Been Dethroned as No. 2 Chicken Chain in the U.S. — Here’s Who Took Its Spot
A viral chicken sandwich led to an increase in market share.
NASA’s Spacesuits Are Getting a High Fashion Makeover Before Its Next Moon Mission. See What Luxury Designer Is Remaking the Threads
It will be the first moon mission in 50 years.
10 investors talk about the future of AI and what lies beyond the ChatGPT hype
To better understand where startups still stand a chance, and where oligopoly dynamics and first-mover advantages are shaping up, we polled a select group of investors about the future of AI.
Following the SBF trial, 3AC arrest and Q3 web3 funding drops
Welcome back to Chain Reaction. The SDNY is becoming a second home for me because the highly anticipated trial for Sam Bankman-Fried has begun. If you need it, we’ve got a refresher for you.
PayPal faces new antitrust lawsuit claiming it unfairly stifles competition with Stripe, Shopify and more
PayPal has been hit with a class-action lawsuit by consumers represented by law firm Hagens Berman alleging that the fintech giant’s anti-steering rules stifle competition against lower-cost payment platforms such as Stripe and Shopify. Specifically, according to an investigation conducted by the firm’s consumer rights attorneys, PayPal has subjected consumers to excess charges when purchasing […]