As a $5 Trillion Generational Handoff Begins, Buyers Can Afford to Be Picky. Here’s What They’ll Pay More For.
A visible, transferable culture can reduce buyer risk, command a premium and position companies to thrive beyond the founder.
The Download: failed social media bans, and extending pets’ lives
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. Kids are outsmarting social media bans. That’s not a problem we need to solve. —Michal Luria, Aliya Bhatia, and Danah Boyd Social media bans are stacking up. In July, France joined…
Your Book or Keynote May Not Pay Much — But Here’s How to Tell If It’s Winning You Better Clients
Royalties, speaking fees and course sales are only a fraction of what your expertise is worth, and the biggest returns show up in places your CRM will never track.
Crusoe abandons $1.25B plan to use Boom turbines at AI data centers
Boom Supersonic CEO Blake Scholl said its new stationary power plants were no longer in Crusoe’s near-term plans.
Automattic has a new board after failed attempt to put CEO on leave
After days of upheaval at Automattic, following a failed attempt to remove CEO Matt Mullenweg, the company has a new board.
Unsecured OpenAI agents posted 53 user images on the internet without the lab’s knowledge
AI agents operating in OpenAI’s research environment posted user images on public image-hosting sites without the lab’s knowledge.
Your Pitch Opens the Door. These Operating Habits Earn My Investment.
Investors learn more from a founder’s operating habits than from their pitch, and a few simple systems can prove you’re serious about building.
Meta opens early access program for new Muse features
Anyone interested in joining has to ask Muse to put them on the list.
The hottest new hangout for middle schoolers is NPR’s comment section?
When NPR staffers flagged strange comments under their podcasts on Spotify as bots, it took a Gen Z colleague to (immediately) figure out the mystery.
The Part of Productivity Most Avoid (and Why It’s Costing You Tomorrow)
What you do after a productive day could determine tomorrow’s performance. Discover why relaxation and true recovery are not the same thing.
Anthropic to pay Akamai $11.6 billion over seven years in cloud deal
nthropic has committed $11.6 billion over seven years to Akamai’s cloud infrastructure, a bet on CPUs that could grow to about $20 billion, and in an unusual arrangement, Akamai is giving Anthropic a potential stake of up to 5% of its stock that grows as Anthropic spends more.