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The “Build It and They Will Come” Model Is Broken. The New Flywheel: If They Come, Build It

For decades, founders have repeated the same advice: “build something great, and users will come.” But a small iOS app called Push Scroll tells a very different story. Before a single line of production code existed, the creators behind the […]

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Axelera AI raises more than $250M as edge AI chip startup surpasses 500 customers

Less than three years after entering the crowded AI chip arena, Axelera AI is gaining serious institutional backing. The European AI acceleration startup announced a new funding round led by Innovation Industries, bringing in heavyweight names including BlackRock and SiteGround […]

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Discord cuts ties with Peter Thiel-backed Persona after government-linked surveillance code discovery

Discord is backing away from identity verification startup Persona after researchers flagged publicly accessible code tied to government systems, sparking fresh privacy concerns about the chat platform’s safety push. The controversy began when researchers said they found Persona’s frontend files […]

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Anthropic rolls out Claude Cowork updates across the enterprise after shaking software stocks

Less than a month after Anthropic’s Claude plugins sparked a $285 billion software stock selloff that fueled Wall Street’s ‘SaaSpocalypse,’ the Claude Code maker is now moving to turn early buzz into enterprise traction. The AI startup on Tuesday introduced […]

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Claude Code targets COBOL, sending IBM stock down over 10%

Anthropic says its AI coding tool can automate legacy COBOL modernization, raising fresh questions about IBM’s mainframe moat. IBM shares slid sharply after Anthropic stepped into one of enterprise computing’s most entrenched strongholds: COBOL. In a new post promoting its […]

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Microsoft loses UDRP bid for Dataverse.com despite trademark claim

Panel says record did not show respondent targeted Microsoft’s DATAVERSE mark Microsoft’s attempt to take control of Dataverse.com has hit a wall. In a recent WIPO decision, the tech giant failed to convince a three-member panel that the domain was registered […]

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HubSpot acquires Starter Story in bet on YouTube-driven customer acquisition

HubSpot is doubling down on creator-led media, and this time it’s buying one of the internet’s most recognizable founder storytelling platforms. The CRM giant’s media arm has acquired Starter Story, the bootstrapped entrepreneurship brand built by Pat Walls, marking HubSpot’s latest […]

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Sherpas raises $3.2M seed to build AI-native operating layer for wealth management firms

Sherpas has closed a $3.2 million seed round, stepping into the spotlight at a moment when wealth management firms are under pressure to rethink how they deliver advice. The round was led by 1248, the family office of Mariner Wealth […]

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OpenAI expects $600B compute spend by 2030 as company eyes $1 trillion IPO

OpenAI is preparing for a scale of spending that would have sounded unrealistic just a few years ago. The ChatGPT maker is targeting roughly $600 billion in total compute spending through 2030, according to Reuters. The aggressive build-out comes as the […]

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ZaiNar emerges from 9 years of stealth with $100M to power Physical AI using 5G and WiFi instead of GPS

For decades, AI has learned from pixels, text, and clicks. Teaching machines where things are in the physical world has been a different story. After quietly operating for 9 years, ZaiNar is stepping into the public eye with a claim […]

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Grotto AI raises $10M to tackle $500B vacancy crisis with human-first real estate AI

Vacant apartments are costing property owners an estimated $500 billion in lost value. Grotto AI believes the fix isn’t more automation. It’s better human conversations. The New York-based AI startup announced a $10 million seed round led by ICONIQ, the […]

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