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Welcome to Episode 50! We haven't shied from talking about how brutal the startup market is right now. But that doesn't mean there aren't great things to build. So, this week we shared some thoughts on what WE would build, starting with a sector close to our hearts: media.
Plus, Brit on the Life360 US IPO and my attempt to up my merch game.
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Studies show that people who commit mass shootings aren't more likely to be taking antidepressants. But is RFK Jr. paying any attention? Read more āŗ
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Apple plans to release a second-generation iPhone Air and a 20th-anniversary iPhone at separate times in 2027, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. In his Power On newsletter today, Gurman said the next iPhone Air will likely be released around March 2027, alongside the standard iPhone 18 and a lower-end iPhone 18e. The 20th-anniversary iPhone will likely follow in September 2027, with Gurman expecting the device to feature a curved glass... Read more āŗ
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Tech entrepreneur/blogger Anil Dash has been critical of AI browsers like ChatGPT Atlas. (He's written that Atlas "substitutes its own AI-generated content for the web, but it looks like it's showing you the web," while its prompt-based/command-line interface resembles a clunky text adventure, and it's true purpose seems to be ingesting more training data.) And at the Mozilla Festival in Spain, "Virtually everyone shared some version of what I'd articulated... Read more āŗ
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The first-ever price drop on the JBL Grip is just one of several great offers in JBL's early Black Friday sale. Read more āŗ
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In his Power On newsletter today, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reiterated that Tesla plans to add Apple CarPlay support to its vehicles "in the coming months." This is easily the biggest news for the regular version of CarPlay in years, should Tesla actually follow through with offering the system in its vehicles. As noted by Gurman, this would be a stunning reversal for Tesla and its CEO Elon Musk, who have... Read more āŗ
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Andy Rubin, creator of Android and a former Google executive, has launched a new startup focused on humanoid robots, said a person with direct knowledge of the venture. His venture is the latest addition to the red-hot and frothy humanoid space, crowded with companies ranging from Tesla to startups such as Figure AI. Rubinās startup, Genki Robotics, is based in Tokyo, where he is currently living, according to the person.... Read more āŗ
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Chinese companies are launching open-source AI models built to power coding assistants as cheaper alternatives to those available from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google.Ā Late last month, Shanghai-based AI startup MiniMax launched M2, a new open-source large language model developed primarily for coding and AI agents. In a post on X, MiniMax noted that the price of M2 is just 8% of that of Anthropicās Claude Sonnet model. (M2 costs $1.20... Read more āŗ
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Apple is delaying the release of the second-generation iPhone Air to work on a redesign of the device and make it more appealing to consumers, according to two people with knowledge of the matter. The redesign could include a second camera lens, an attempt to address one of consumersā main ... Read more āŗ
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Walt Disney Co. reported flat revenue and slightly lower operating income in the September quarter, as a sharpĀ slump atĀ most of its TV networks offset growth in its streaming business and theme parks operation. Disney stock was trading down 8% on Thursday. Disneyās entertainment ... Read more āŗ
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OpenAI is trying to turn public opinion against The New York Times in their legal battle. As part of the Timesā copyright infringement lawsuit against the ChatGPT creator, the Times has asked for access to 20 million conversations between users and ChatGPT, a request OpenAI said Wednesday was ā ... Read more āŗ
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Blue Owl Capital, one of Wall Streetās biggest private lenders, is ramping up its big bet on artificial intelligence with a roughly $3 billion investment in a New Mexico data center thatās part of OpenAIās Stargate project, said a person with knowledge of the deal. Blue Owl, which has nearly $300 billion in assets, has emerged as a crucial investor in AI infrastructure, taking on the riskiest slices of big... Read more āŗ
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Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:ā¢ The Big Read: Inside Grindrās boardroom feudĀ ā¢ Plus, our Recommendations: āHarry Potter and the Sorcererās Stone,ā āA Biography of a Mountainā and āMaterialistsāA bit of housekeeping: The Informationās Weekend section is looking for a reporter for a beat weāre calling ātech wealth and culture.ā This person will cover how Silicon Valleyās moguls live largeātheir pursuits, their pastimesāand how they spend their money. Hereās a... Read more āŗ
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Two longtime vehicle manufacturing leaders at Tesla said separately on Sunday that theyāre leaving the company. One of the executives, Siddhant Awasthi, worked as program manager for Cybertruck and oversaw the production ramp of the electric truck. Awasthi, an eight year Tesla veteran, also ... Read more āŗ
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TeraWulf was limping along as a publicly traded bitcoin mining business until AI companies suddenly wanted access to its data centers. Now the cloud startup is at the center of one of the hottest meme-stock trades. Shares in TeraWulf and competing crypto miners have soared in recent months after they struck deals with tech companies desperate for data centers and energy resources to power their AI bets. Anthropic, maker of... Read more āŗ
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Investors are rushing to back a new generation of research-focused AI startups. In just over a month, theyāve made or discussed $2.5 billion of investments into five of these startups, called neolabs, despite the high costs and risk of failure. The neolab startupsā founders say they hope to exploit new approaches to developing AI models and research they say major developers like OpenAI and Anthropic may have overlooked. Read more āŗ
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