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FUNDRAISING ANNOUNCEMENTS

  • Meridian founder raises $7M seed to build next-gen CRM for private equity firms
  • a16z's Bryan Kim on leading $15M investment in Cluely: viral distribution meets AI desktop assistant

GUEST INTERVIEWS

  • Steven Sinofsky on Microsoft's antitrust era, Apple's AI talent problem, and parallels to the dot-com boom
  • Roblox VP of AI on 25M concurrent users, 3D generation models, and safety at scale
  • Dash Fuel CEO on modernizing paper-based fuel logistics and Middle East conflict price spikes
  • Cluely founder Roy Lee on his $15M raise, BCI ambitions, and building a viral AI product
  • HF0 founder Dave Fontenot on building a distraction-free residency where repeat founders hit $3M ARR by demo day

NEWS

  • Derek Thompson leaves The Atlantic after 17 years for Substack
  • SoftBank's Masa plans $1T US robotics manufacturing hub to rival China's Shenzhen
  • Nvidia and Foxconn to deploy humanoid robots at Houston AI server plant in 2026
  • Microsoft plans to cut thousands more employees starting July as AI efficiency drive accelerates
  • Andreessen Horowitz leads $2B seed round for Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab at $10B valuation
  • US moves to revoke chip waivers for Samsung, SK Hynix, and TSMC operations in China

COMMENTARY

  • Bosworth's $45M hacienda, Meta tries to acquire SSI for $32B, and tech founder fame culture
  • OpenAI Codex merges 345K PRs in 35 days, dwarfing GitHub Copilot and other coding agents