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Q&A with Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi on his plan to make Uber an everything app, Uber’s AI integrations, investing in autonomous cars, and more (Nilay Patel/The Verge)
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Q&A with Evan Spiegel on why distribution is the most important moat in consumer tech, investing in Specs, 2026 as a “crucible” moment for Snap, and more (Lenny Rachitsky/Lenny’s Newsletter)
Featured Podcasts Cheeky Pint: What comes after smartphones, with Snap CEO Evan Spiegel Stripe cofounder John Collison interviews founders, builders, and leaders over a pint. Subscribe to Cheeky Pint. Lenny’s Podcast: Snapchat CEO: Why distribution has become the most important moat | Evan Spiegel Interviews with world-class product leaders and growth experts to uncover actionable advice to help you build,…
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A look at EU efforts to cut reliance on US tech; study: Amazon, Microsoft, and Google hold ~70% of EU cloud and US vendors get 80% of enterprise software spend (Politico)
Politico: A look at EU efforts to cut reliance on US tech; study: Amazon, Microsoft, and Google hold ~70% of EU cloud and US vendors get 80% of enterprise software spend — Thanks to Trump, EU governments are trying to break their overreliance on U.S. technology. It won’t be cheap or easy. Source link
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A profile of Jeffrey Yan and his startup Hyperliquid, a $10B crypto exchange that never took VC money and generated $900M+ in profit in 2025 with 11 employees (Dom Cooke/Colossus)
Featured Podcasts Channels with Peter Kafka: Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz on Sam Altman’s Trust Problem Media and tech aren’t just intersecting – they’re fully intertwined. To understand how those worlds work, Peter Kafka talks to industry leaders, upstarts and observers. Subscribe to Channels with Peter Kafka. Acquired: Ferrari Learn the playbooks that built the world’s greatest companies – and…
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A look at the gold rush for firms claiming to help brands get cited by AI search tools, via tactics like hiding instructions behind “Summarize with AI” buttons (Mia Sato/The Verge)
Featured Podcasts Big Technology Podcast: More OpenAI Executive Drama, Is Siri Seriously Broken?, Meta’s Elusive Next Hit The Big Technology Podcast takes you behind the scenes in the tech world featuring interviews with plugged-in insiders and outside agitators. Subscribe to Big Technology Podcast. Grit: How Kevin Mandia Built the Most Trusted Name in Cybersecurity Grit explores what it takes to…
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Official data shows India's smartphone exports hit $11B in H1 FY2026, up 55% YoY; analysts warn the Iran war could trigger a 22% to 25% drop in the coming weeks (Quratulain Rehbar/Nikkei Asia)
Quratulain Rehbar / Nikkei Asia: Official data shows India’s smartphone exports hit $11B in H1 FY2026, up 55% YoY; analysts warn the Iran war could trigger a 22% to 25% drop in the coming weeks — NEW DELHI — India’s fast-growing smartphone export sector is facing its first geopolitical test, as tensions … Source link
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Filing: OpenAI petitions the UK CMA to include AI chatbots with search function in Google's mandated default search engine choice screen for Chrome and Android (James Titcomb/Telegraph)
James Titcomb / Telegraph: Filing: OpenAI petitions the UK CMA to include AI chatbots with search function in Google’s mandated default search engine choice screen for Chrome and Android — ChatGPT maker pushes for browser ‘choice screen’ with alternative engine options — OpenAI is seeking to muscle … Source link
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Open models will largely lose if they keep chasing closed frontier AI models; instead, open models should serve as complementary tools to closed agents (Nathan Lambert/Interconnects AI)
Featured Podcasts BG2 Pod: ChatGPT – The Super Assistant Era Open-source podcast on all things tech, markets, investing, and capitalism, hosted by Brad Gerstner. Subscribe to BG2 Pod. Lenny’s Podcast: The tactical playbook for getting 20-40% more comp (without sounding greedy) | Jacob Warwick (Executive Negotiator) Interviews with world-class product leaders and growth experts to uncover actionable advice to help…
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How AI may disrupt venture capital, from making it easier and cheaper to start software companies, to agentic investors analyzing startup pitch decks and teams (Arielle Pardes/Wired)
Arielle Pardes / Wired: How AI may disrupt venture capital, from making it easier and cheaper to start software companies, to agentic investors analyzing startup pitch decks and teams — VCs are betting that artificial intelligence will disrupt nearly every industry in the world. Are they prepared for it to disrupt their own? Source link
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Sam Altman says the DOD affirmed that OpenAI’s tools wouldn’t be used by agencies like the NSA, and services to them would need a further contract modification (Dylan Butts/CNBC)
Featured Podcasts Acquired: Formula 1 Learn the playbooks that built the world’s greatest companies – and how you can apply them as a founder, operator, or investor. Subscribe to Acquired. Big Technology Podcast: Dario’s Choice and Anthropic’s Future, Apple’s AI Devices, Netflix Loses WBD The Big Technology Podcast takes you behind the scenes in the tech world featuring interviews with…
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