Snapchat brings AI-powered conversational advertising to its app
Users will be able to chat with a brand’s AI agent to do things like ask questions and get recommendations.
The Download: AI’s popularity paradox and EmTech Future 2026
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. People really hate AI, so why can’t they get enough? —Will Douglas Heaven Over the summer I talked to the CEO of Springboards, a startup building an LLM designed to come…
YouTube is testing an AI-powered search feature that shows guided answers
YouTube is rolling out the new AI search feature to Premium subscribers in the U.S. on an opt-in basis.
How Leaders Unintentionally Teach Teams to Hide Risks — and How to Change That
Your organization doesn’t have a visibility problem. It has a risk surfacing problem.
How This Underused Strategy Could Unlock an Entirely New Revenue Stream for Your Business
Here’s how you can expand your sales through competitive price agreements.
AI Is Driving Customer Acquisition Costs Through the Roof. Here’s How to Get Around It.
AI has unexpectedly increased the cost of acquiring new leads. Here’s how we’ve shifted our strategy to protect ourselves.
Most Companies Are Scaling AI Faster Than They Can Control It. Here’s Why That’s A Problem
AI isn’t creating new problems. It’s exposing the ones already slowing your business down.
Mark Zuckerberg Is Cloning Himself With AI. Here’s What Every Founder Can Learn From That (and What to Avoid).
Here are five hard lessons every founder needs to learn about scaling vision, building trust and knowing where you are truly irreplaceable.
BCI startup Neurable looks to license its ‘mind-reading’ tech for consumer wearables
The startup specializes in “non-invasive” “mind-reading” tech—a kind of neural data collection that, its CEO hopes, will have all sorts of consumer applications.
Meta Thought It Had a $2 Billion Deal for AI Startup Manus — Then China Said No
Beijing ordered the cancellation of Meta’s acquisition of Manus over concerns that valuable AI technology could leak to a geopolitical rival.
How Leaders Unintentionally Teach Teams to Hide Risks — and How to Change That
Your organization doesn’t have a visibility problem. It has a risk surfacing problem.