FUNDRAISING ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Day.ai raises $20M from Sequoia to build an AI-native CRM that thinks like Claude, not a spreadsheet
• Shield Technology Partners raises $100M from Thrive Holdings to bring AI to SMB IT services via acquisitions

GUEST INTERVIEWS

• Matt Schlicht built Moltbook in a weekend — now investors are calling non-stop
• Alex Blania: social platforms face an existential bot threat — World's orb is the only real fix
• Anonymous AI commentator 'Nik': OpenAI is a big tech company now, AGI by 2029–2030
• Lexicon Branding's David Placek: the .com domain is overrated, and AI can't pick the right name for you
• OpenAI Codex launches macOS app: a companion to IDEs with adaptive thinking and multimodal input
• Chris Black on culture in 2026: guitar music is back, late night TV is dying, and podcasts are the new medium

NEWS

• Nvidia-OpenAI $100B investment talks stall as Jensen publicly walks back the commitment