1/ POWERFUL. My better half lauren taylor wolfe didnt just use her platform—as rare woman activist hedge fund founder (>$2.5B @ Impactive Capital)—to pitch stock idea to raise 💰 to fight poverty Lauren REALLY used her moment to speak out. And demand men… “GET OFF THE SIDELINES”

TLDR: Google is ALL IN on AI agents AI agents are deployed across their whole product ecosystem. 8 wild demos from Google I/O today: 1. An email agent to continuously organise all receipts in your inbox into a spreadsheet

had a vc pull a term sheet on a portfolio company at the last minute, when they were on their last month of runway, for basically no reason 2 years ago same company is exploding in revenue now, and just raised a $30M series b anyway i hope he saw this

I often see offers from places offering developers that are "30-50% cheaper than the U.S.". I rarely see someone offering developers that are "30-50% better at actually shipping stuff and iterating, and have a portfolio of examples of things you can actually try." I don't care

🚨 New a16z investment thesis: AI scribes. Imagine if you had a superhuman assistant that listened to your conversations, took perfect notes, and flagged follow-ups. And, it could make you smarter by surfacing insights or trends you missed. More from me & Anish Acharya👇

Burger King used traffic jams to become Mexico's #1 app.

It has always seemed weird to me how nonchalantly people use the term "friends & family round." What percentage of people actually have friends or family who can put $100k+ into a startup that will likely go to zero?

Investors love product demos. But I notice that most founders don’t show a demo during a pitch / first meeting unless asked. This is a mistake. We love demos so much that after the meeting, follow up with a Loom video of the demo. Simple and super effective 💪🏼

Milton Friedman on inflation.

The curve looks much smoother than the experience actually was.

17 years ago today, we opened our first sweetgreen restaurant in Georgetown, DC in a tiny 560 sq ft building off campus right after graduation. The idea was simple, but big: to redefine fast food. We served a few hundred customers and played Robot Rock by Daft Punk as our

This week on Real Housewives of Silicon Valley. SEC charges IRL founder for fraud after raising $170M off platform w/ 12M users -- 95% were fake. SEC demands fiance Barbara Woortmann repay investor money she used for personal expenses. Should she pay? sec.gov/newsroom/press…

This is what AI is for. Just this use case alone is worth every dollar invested in it.

Sources: Saks-Neiman’s Deal Appears Good to Go trib.al/5CwjKvP

Former president Donald Trump has shared AI-generated images that falsely claim Taylor Swift fans are supporting his campaign. wired.trib.al/KkrlRuU

An AI-powered lie detector trained on CIA tactics could help spot when someone on a Zoom call isn't telling the truth trib.al/4DbZsA2

ENTERPRISE SAAS STICKINESS - WHAT STICKINESS? This news from Klarna should have every enterprise SaaS company shaking in their boots. If an internal team using AI can replicate 20+ years of work and customization from Salesforce and Workday, to the extent the company doesn't

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