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Car tires (and the soles of your shoe) are made of plastic that we call synthetic rubber. You can buy shoes made of real rubber/latex, but I’m not sure if you can buy tires that don’t put plastic in the air and land.

Today, Ramp reached a new valuation: $16 billion. A testament to saving 40,000 businesses $10 billion and 27.5 million hours.

THE CASE FOR @CLUELY: Gen Z chooses to tear down a gatekeeping system rather than reform it. - Up to one third of students at elite high schools abuse disability policies to unfairly get extra time on exams. - The Wall Street Journal reported a 10th-grader at a private high school estimates that

Last year, a startup founder chartered a jet to recruit a 22-year-old software engineer friend of mine. This pushed me to reflect on the valuations of AI companies

Example of how carbon and human environmentalism are at odds: carbon-efficient building materials are often toxic. The New York Times on homes that survived the LA fires: "Everyday items become poisons when they are set on fire. A plastic shower rod releases formaldehyde. Burning rubber,

"In the first quarter of 2025, as per the Bureau of Labor Statistics, productivity is decreasing, even with superintelligent AI allegedly right around the corner." 🤔

Congrats to the Moment team on the Series B and amazing LPL partnership! Moment is one to watch!

Removing the costly friction of day-to-day ops is not just a nice feature: it's essential when businesses get squeezed by increasing rent, labor costs, and regulatory requirements. Ramp Dynamism! 🇺🇸

Why can Elon automate PhDs but not the DMV? Politics is much harder and more important to society than Silicon Valley will admit!

An under-discussed reason we should move AI and data to the edge: centralized cloud providers are physically vulnerable. I’ve long worried that organized disruption at just a handful of data centers locations would completely devastate national IT. Exciting news from Armada:

Today, Ramp raised $500M at a $22.5B valuation. Finance is at an inflection point. How does an industry change? Gradually, then suddenly. Decades where nothing happens; months where decades happen. Now, we’re teaching software to think like people. Exciting times

High Variance Generation The Internet taught some kids how to incorporate tech startups on their 18th birthday, while exposing other kids to an average of 113 minutes of TikTok per day. Expect more people at both the right and left tails of the distribution

Sourcing era of VC ➡️ Winning era of VC

I'm excited to announce our $22M Series A here at Orchard!🍎 Here @Orchard_Robots, we’re securing America’s food supply by building the AI farmer that automates our nation’s farms. Our mission is to make farming profitable, efficient, and sustainable again.

IN NEWS: @DualEntry raises a $90M Series A Santi Nestares (co-founder) says accountants want to be forward-looking advisors to the CEO, not bogged down in repetitive tasks. DualEntry automates the busywork to unlock that shift.

India's Zepto raises $450 million at $7 billion valuation amid quick commerce boom 😈 reuters.com/world/india/in…

We've just closed this financing, although it still feels like Day 1. We have a lot more execution to go before we build a generational company for our customers and shareholders. Back to work :) P.S. - We have built an excellent selection of Gold and Silver coins for customers