I’ve Watched Four Tech Hype Cycles. Companies Are Botching AI the Same Way.
Simply adding AI language to your brand does not automatically make your company more relevant or more compelling.
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…
OpenAI Says Its AI Just Solved a 90-Year-Old Math Problem — One Mathematician Calls It Theft
Controversy surrounds OpenAI’s claim that it took 10,000 agents a weekend to solve one of math’s six unsolved “million-dollar” problems.
‘Jeopardy!’ Will Pay You $178,000 to Write Clues. But First, You Have to Survive This Test.
“I’ll take clue writer for $178,000, Ken.” More than 1,300 people applied for the job, and almost none of them got past the first round.
Planet Fitness Said No to New Franchisees for a Decade. Here’s How This Guy Got a Yes.
For ten years, Planet Fitness had one rule for new franchisees: buy your way in. Then a hotel developer showed up.
Everyone Uses AI Now. The Real Advantage Is Owning What It Creates.
AI agency requires founders to think like owners protecting equity and data can matter as much as adopting the latest technology
Group of bipartisan lawmakers ask US government to ban several hack-for-hire firms
The three Indian companies are accused of using hackers to steal information used to sway litigation.
Instacart launches an AI grocery shopping assistant called Clementine
Instacart is the latest app to bake a conversational AI assistant into its platform.
Autonomy pivots to gas vehicles to keep the dream of car subscriptions alive
Scott Painter, founder of TrueCar, is still trying to build a business around vehicle subscriptions, where you can cancel at any time.
Sequoia doubles down on Cymphony as AI agents create new enterprise security risks
Cymphony was valued at more than $100 million in a $25 million Series A co-led by Sequoia and SMBC Fin Atlas Beyond Fund.
The Download: OpenAI’s turning point for math and a battery record
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. What OpenAI’s latest controversy tells us about the future of math OpenAI says its agents have solved one of the most important open problems in mathematics. Under normal circumstances, that would…