The Week's Must-Reads: AI Out of Control, Trump's Numbers, and the Allure of Miami
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The Week's Must-Reads: AI Out of Control, Trump's Numbers, and the Allure of Miami

A curated weekly digest of the most insightful business, tech, and politics articles, from AI agents hacking the interne...

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AI’s Biggest Workforce Question Goes Beyond Jobs, WEF Finds
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AI’s Biggest Workforce Question Goes Beyond Jobs, WEF Finds

The World Economic Forum’s latest analysis shows 78 million net new jobs by 2030, but experts warn that the real disrupt...

Eitan Shapiro 👁 34 💬 0
AI Model Generates Entirely New Viruses, Opening Medical Promise and Biosecurity Fears
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AI Model Generates Entirely New Viruses, Opening Medical Promise and Biosecurity Fears

Stanford and Arc Institute researchers trained an AI model on 9 trillion nucleotides, then produced functional viruses n...

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AI Automation Is Erasing Entry-Level Jobs, Threatening Future Talent Pipeline
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AI Automation Is Erasing Entry-Level Jobs, Threatening Future Talent Pipeline

New research shows AI-driven automation is cutting demand for junior roles while raising skill requirements for those th...

Declan Byrne 👁 48 💬 0
AI’s Hype Men Face a Credibility Test as Investors Demand Delivery
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AI’s Hype Men Face a Credibility Test as Investors Demand Delivery

From Elon Musk’s slipping timelines to Google’s DeepMind shake-up and safety lapses at frontier labs, the AI industry is...

Eitan Shapiro 👁 43 💬 0
AI Dominates July Venture Capital Deals as Khosla, Y Combinator Lead Rankings
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AI Dominates July Venture Capital Deals as Khosla, Y Combinator Lead Rankings

Khosla Ventures led the most new rounds while Y Combinator participated in the highest volume; Coatue’s $10 billion Blue...

Eitan Shapiro 👁 35 💬 0
Marsh Names Jessica Fields to Lead New Semiconductor and AI Insurance Practice
Insurance

Marsh Names Jessica Fields to Lead New Semiconductor and AI Insurance Practice

The hire signals Marsh's push to provide tailored risk solutions for the booming chip and AI infrastructure sectors.

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How LinkedIn Turned Brazil Into Its Third-Largest Market by Moving Beyond Resumes
Technology

How LinkedIn Turned Brazil Into Its Third-Largest Market by Moving Beyond Resumes

Milton Beck, LinkedIn’s Latin America head, on how the platform’s shift from resume storage to active recruiting, AI-dri...

Eitan Shapiro 👁 32 💬 0
Vodafone Sells Dutch Ziggo Stake for €1bn as Turnaround and AI Push Accelerate
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Vodafone Sells Dutch Ziggo Stake for €1bn as Turnaround and AI Push Accelerate

The FTSE 100 telecoms giant agreed to sell its 50% stake in VodafoneZiggo to Liberty Global for €1bn, the latest in a se...

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AI Spending Jumps 110% but Data Silos Stall Enterprise Progress, Says ServiceNow Report
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AI Spending Jumps 110% but Data Silos Stall Enterprise Progress, Says ServiceNow Report

A new survey of 4,500 executives reveals investment in AI more than doubled, yet fragmented data and weak governance pre...

Eitan Shapiro 👁 38 💬 0
Walmart Closes Vibe.co Acquisition, AI Assistants Gain Traction: 6 Commerce Media Moves
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Walmart Closes Vibe.co Acquisition, AI Assistants Gain Traction: 6 Commerce Media Moves

From Walmart’s streaming adtech purchase to AI shopping assistants doubling conversion rates and Criteo’s outlook cut, t...

Declan Byrne 👁 42 💬 0
Major Labels Propose Rules to Block AI Songs From the Charts Unless ‘Substantially Human-Made’
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Major Labels Propose Rules to Block AI Songs From the Charts Unless ‘Substantially Human-Made’

Universal, Sony and Warner call on chart organisations to exclude tracks created with generative AI unless they meet a s...

Declan Byrne 👁 35 💬 0
This VC swapped an intern for AI and cut his workloads — here's what he pays
Technology

This VC swapped an intern for AI and cut his workloads — here's what he pays

A Singapore-based venture capitalist says a $120-a-month AI stack — chatbots, coding tools and custom agents — replaces ...

Eitan Shapiro 👁 32 💬 0
SpaceX Insiders Offload $5 Billion in Shares as Stock Surges Past $1.5 Trillion Valuation
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SpaceX Insiders Offload $5 Billion in Shares as Stock Surges Past $1.5 Trillion Valuation

SpaceX shares jumped 6.1% to $114.92, pushing the aerospace, connectivity, and AI company’s market cap beyond $1.5 trill...

Declan Byrne 👁 148 💬 0
Quantum Computing Market Forecast to Hit $65 Billion by 2030, Offering Transformative Investment Potential
Technology

Quantum Computing Market Forecast to Hit $65 Billion by 2030, Offering Transformative Investment Potential

Quantum computing leverages qubits for exponential processing power, set to reshape cryptography, AI, and pharma. With a...

Eitan Shapiro 👁 35 💬 0
Veeva Systems' AI-Powered Cloud Migration Tightens Its Grip on the Life Sciences Sector
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Veeva Systems' AI-Powered Cloud Migration Tightens Its Grip on the Life Sciences Sector

With 19 of the top 20 pharma companies on its platform, Veeva Systems is migrating clients to a new AI-native CRM, promi...

Declan Byrne 👁 28 💬 0
WPP Chief Cindy Rose: Outcome-Based Client Pay Still ‘A Few Years’ Away
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WPP Chief Cindy Rose: Outcome-Based Client Pay Still ‘A Few Years’ Away

Despite CEO Cindy Rose making outcome-based remuneration a cornerstone of WPP’s turnaround, only one client — Jaguar Lan...

Declan Byrne 👁 35 💬 0
Ideally pushes synthetic consumer insights earlier into creative process, signs Omnicom Oceania deal
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Ideally pushes synthetic consumer insights earlier into creative process, signs Omnicom Oceania deal

The New Zealand-based research firm argues that integrating synthetic audience feedback at the start of the creative pro...

Declan Byrne 👁 33 💬 0
A Slovak Founder, a California Dinner, and a $1.2M Bet on Invisible Health Data
Technology

A Slovak Founder, a California Dinner, and a $1.2M Bet on Invisible Health Data

Sebastian Kot, 20, secured $1.2 million from Long Journey Ventures after European funds rejected him repeatedly. His sta...

Eitan Shapiro 👁 33 💬 0
Data Shows 94% of YC’s Repeat Founders Return Only Once; AI Enables Leaner Second Acts
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Data Shows 94% of YC’s Repeat Founders Return Only Once; AI Enables Leaner Second Acts

Crunchbase News analysis of YC data shows repeat founders peak at 65 in 2025, most return exactly twice after an average...

Eitan Shapiro 👁 33 💬 0
Rocket Companies Posts Record Market Share as AI Tools Drive Productivity, but Q3 Outlook Tempered by High Rates
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Rocket Companies Posts Record Market Share as AI Tools Drive Productivity, but Q3 Outlook Tempered by High Rates

Rocket's Q2 2026 net revenue nearly doubled to $2.78 billion, with market share hitting records in purchase and refinanc...

Declan Byrne 👁 28 💬 0
Blend Labs Reports Stronger Q2, AI Autopilot Gains Traction
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Blend Labs Reports Stronger Q2, AI Autopilot Gains Traction

Revenue up 7% to $33.8 million and non-GAAP operating income hits $7 million as the mortgage technology firm rolls out i...

Declan Byrne 👁 30 💬 0
Google Names Gemini 4 Lead as Both Co-Heads Quit to Launch Discovery Loop
Technology

Google Names Gemini 4 Lead as Both Co-Heads Quit to Launch Discovery Loop

In a seismic reshuffle, Google tapped Koray Kavukcuoglu to build Gemini 4 while Demis Hassabis stepped back and four AI ...

Eitan Shapiro 👁 35 💬 0
Paraguay’s Ad Industry Reboot: Why Relevance Has Defeated Interruption
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Paraguay’s Ad Industry Reboot: Why Relevance Has Defeated Interruption

After two decades of digital fragmentation, brands in Paraguay must now compete against everything — even memes. Ojo de ...

Declan Byrne 👁 37 💬 0
SpaceX Builds Human Sales Army for Starlink, Defying AI Automation Trend
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SpaceX Builds Human Sales Army for Starlink, Defying AI Automation Trend

Elon Musk says Starlink’s enterprise push requires a large team of people to explain the system and build trust, even as...

Declan Byrne 👁 30 💬 0
Crocs Launches 10-Year AI Transformation Program with Infosys
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Crocs Launches 10-Year AI Transformation Program with Infosys

Crocs Inc. signs a decade-long strategic partnership with Infosys to overhaul its IT and business operations with AI, ai...

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Over-Automation in AI Increases Fatigue, Not Just Efficiency, Lingnan Study Finds
Technology

Over-Automation in AI Increases Fatigue, Not Just Efficiency, Lingnan Study Finds

Giving AI too much autonomy in high-stress human-machine teams backfires, raising mental fatigue and conflict, especiall...

Eitan Shapiro 👁 31 💬 0
Meshed Targets Mid-Market with AI-Driven Brokerage and a 10% Flat Commission
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Meshed Targets Mid-Market with AI-Driven Brokerage and a 10% Flat Commission

Vincent Liu’s insurtech startup Meshed is undercutting traditional commercial brokers by using proprietary AI to offer a...

Tamar Rosen 👁 31 💬 0
SAP's Autonomous HCM: How AI Agents Could Put People Back at the Center of Work
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SAP's Autonomous HCM: How AI Agents Could Put People Back at the Center of Work

SAP SuccessFactors CMO Lara Albert outlines a shift from efficiency-focused AI to human-centric automation, backed by re...

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Palantir Shares Surge 30%, Adding $3.1 Billion to CEO Alex Karp’s Net Worth
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Palantir Shares Surge 30%, Adding $3.1 Billion to CEO Alex Karp’s Net Worth

A blockbuster earnings report sent Palantir stock soaring, lifting CEO Alex Karp’s fortune by $3.1 billion in a single d...

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