📢 New a16z thesis: Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) is rewriting the rules of search — unlocking an $80B+ opportunity For years, brands played Google’s game: stuffing keywords, buying backlinks, and chasing brittle rankings. Now, with LLMs as the new search interface,

Fake interviews - soon on video, too

See you tomorrow and Thursday at Arctic15! Besides PR & GEO, I will also host a startup ecosystem workshop to further expand the Arctic15 week next year 🤩

#helyes early-stage investor Nordic Nordic Foodtech VC has announced the first close of its second fund at €40M, with a final target of €80M. By Tech.eu tech.eu/2025/06/05/nor… #NordicMade #NordicVC

Friday’s NY Post cover is pure gold

I would like to hear from the Silicon Valley ’influencers’, who supported Trump, taking sides now on this comedy gold. Who’s first?

Swedish police investigate suspected sabotage attacks on cell towers svt.se/nyheter/inrike…

How to measure and improve your company/brand visibility on AI engines? Learn more from a blog post by Valosan's CTO, Ruslan! #geo #aisearch #aivisibility valosan.com/improve-ai-vis…

BREAKING: Apple just proved AI "reasoning" models like Claude, DeepSeek-R1, and o3-mini don't actually reason at all. They just memorize patterns really well. Here's what Apple discovered: (hint: we're not as close to AGI as the hype suggests)

Elon's father, Errol has arrived to Moscow. Like father, like son.

Plausible?

We’re proud to have backed >10% of the "25 EU Startups That Could Change the World” from Bloomberg & Founders Forum Group, incl The Exploration Company, Helsing & Monumental. This list speaks to a step change in the ambition emerging from🇪🇺bloomberg.com/features/2025-…

Skydio Opens First European R&D Office in Tampere, Finland. routesonline.com/destinations/1…

I like Pipedrive but surprising to see a billion-euro company’s main web app to be down 3+ hours and counting 😬 status.pipedrive.com

Happy to share that Linear has raised a Series C at a $1.25B valuation, led by Accel. I’m proud of how far we’ve come while staying true to our way and values. In this next stage, Linear will be the purpose-built tool where teams, AI, and agents build software together.

How did Linear become a Unicorn? Gradually, and then suddenly! To become a company valued at more that $1 billion was something that felt almost unreachable when we started the company with Karri Saarinen and Jori Lallo more than 6 years ago. But through hard work, good

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News Sites Are Getting Crushed by Google's New AI Tools ift.tt/q3Ac05x

Singapore trending?

.The Economist Boss Class: Meet the boss: Ilkka Paananen (Ilkka Paananen), CEO & co-founder of #helyes #gamedev Supercell, discusses how they think about team structure at Supercell, empowering people to do their best work, and sustainable growth economist.com/podcasts/2025/… #NordicMade