FUNDRAISING ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Andreessen Horowitz backs Horowitz Andreessen Academy, a new for-profit SF school raising $42M to train the next generation of builders
• Snorkel AI raises $350M as demand for precision AI training data replaces high-volume data factories

GUEST INTERVIEWS

• Ben Thompson on why Amazon will win the agentic commerce war — and why personal agents misunderstand what consumers actually want
• Swarm Aero unveils Gamera, a low-cost autonomous aircraft designed to operate in swarms for Pacific theater conflicts
• Serial founder Daniel Petkevich on selling Fair Square Medicare and his Tesla Roadster flying car prediction

NEWS

• Harvey AI's gross margins swung from negative 50% to positive in a single quarter as agentic token use spiked 20x
• Meta tests human concierge workers behind its Muse AI agent, sparking debate over the future of agentic commerce
• McLaren rebrands with a softer wordmark, signaling a luxury pivot as the business struggles without a mid-market lineup