Team USA takes 1,2,3 in both the 100 and 200-meters, the first such sweep at a global championship since the 1904 Olympics wsj.com/articles/noah-… via The Wall Street Journal

Software automation company UiPath has acquired artificial-intelligence startup Re:infer as demand increases for automating more workplace tasks wsj.com/articles/autom… via The Wall Street Journal

The NOAA has awarded contracts to Spire Global and GeoOptics, but it expected more satellite companies to jump into the market wsj.com/articles/u-s-g… via The Wall Street Journal

A special treat if you are reading this story in the office today (Friday) like I am wsj.com/articles/frida… via The Wall Street Journal

Your friendly neighborhood cafe, now "with global ambitions backed by private equity financing" nytimes.com/2022/08/29/din…

Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard is giving away the multibillion-dollar outdoor apparel business he founded nearly 50 years ago, with a goal of helping to fight climate change wsj.com/articles/patag… via The Wall Street Journal

We spoke to ⁦David Wadhwani⁩ and ⁦Dylan Field⁩ about how ⁦Adobe⁩ ‘s $20 billion acquisition of ⁦Figma⁩ reflects a new paradigm in which creation and design are more easily collaborative #CIO #VC ⁦Jake Saper⁩ #design #software wsj.com/articles/adobe…

In a connected, hybrid-work world, collaboration is ubiquitous wsj.com/articles/adobe… via The Wall Street Journal

"The coding for the search bar that triggered the secret messaging software was labeled 'password'" reuters.com/investigates/s… Joel Schectman

Moscow now the biggest supplier of Ukraine heavy weaponry: “We started off as an infantry battalion, and now we are sort of becoming a mechanized battalion” wsj.com/articles/ukrai… via The Wall Street Journal

Funding for internet-connected tools used by retailers is on pace to drop 65% this year, PitchBook says wsj.com/articles/inves…

“One of its ethoses is decentralization, and what’s more centralized than a board?” wsj.com/articles/ftx-c… via The Wall Street Journal

Curious: Any startups out there with cash stuck in SVB mulling over these offers of 70 cents on the dollar for their deposit claims? Or have you found other emergency resources for immediate cash needs? Hit me up: [email protected]

So good. “Think about what makes humans human,” Loh said, “and lean into that as hard as possible.” wsj.com/articles/chatg… via The Wall Street Journal

#FreeEvan … it’s an outrage

"Mixing a taste for Dadaism and Nietzsche with a cyclone-force howl, Butthole Surfers proved audacious even by punk standards" nytimes.com/2023/06/22/art…

Companies must be ready to adjust quickly as they invest in the rapidly shifting technology landscape wsj.com/articles/pro-t… via The Wall Street Journal

"Today is a poignant milestone in our ongoing fight to free Evan Gershkovich." Read the full statement from Emma Tucker and Almar Latour marking 100 days since The Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was wrongfully detained by Russia #IStandWithEvan dowjones.com/press-room/jul…

#FreeEvan #FreeEvan #FreeEvan It has been 100 days since The Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was wrongfully detained by Russia and falsely accused of espionage. His unjust arrest is a brazen violation of press freedom. Journalism is not a crime. #IStandWithEvan

“Since the ChatGPT excitement, I must have had at least 20 to 25 vendors in my portfolio reach out to me saying, ‘Hey, let us tell you about our generative AI co-pilot strategy’” wsj.com/articles/compa…