My Business Tapped Into a Misunderstood Market and Made $760,000 in Year 1
Daniel Rotman’s real-world pain point inspired an innovative — and lucrative — business.
Why opinion on AI is so divided
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. In an industry that doesn’t stand still, Stanford’s AI Index, an annual roundup of key results and trends, is a chance to take a breath. (It’s a marathon, not a sprint, after…
ClickUp adds new AI assistant to better compete with Slack and Notion
Core parts of the release were possible because of its acquisition of Qatalog.
Crowdfunding giant GoFundMe now sells gift cards
GoFundMe is letting you gift nonprofit gift cards to loved ones to help them donate to their favorite organizations.
Alexa+ comes to the Amazon Music app
Alexa+, Amazon’s upgraded assistant powered by AI, is coming to the music streaming app for iOS and Android devices.
The Download: the AGI myth, and US/China AI competition
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. How AGI became the most consequential conspiracy theory of our time —Will Douglas Heaven, senior AI editor Are you feeling it? I hear it’s close: two years, five years—maybe next year! And I…
ChatPlayground AI Unifies 40+ Models into One Professional Workspace for Smarter Testing and Deployment
Save hundreds of dollars on today’s leading AI models all in one app.
iOS 26.1 lets you turn down liquid glass’ transparency
Apple’s latest iOS update doesn’t introduce major features, but it does bring one highly-requested tweak: the ability to change the transparency of the translucent liquid glass design.
Wait, people actually use Facebook Dating?
Meta said that Facebook Dating has 1.77 million daily active users in the US between ages 18-29.
a16z pauses its famed TxO Fund for underserved founders, lays off staff
Andreessen Horowitz is pausing its Talent x Opportunity (TxO) fund and program, according to multiple sources.
Elad Gil on which AI markets have winners — and which are still wide open
Over the last year, certain AI markets appear to be nearly sewn up by startup market leaders.