DIGITAL MARKETING AGENCY DECLARES VICTORY AT FOOD SHOW PARTNERSHIPHELIUM EVOLUTION RAISES $25M; MARKETS REMAIN UNIMPRESSEDHUANG: CHINESE AI GREAT, PLEASE DON'T BAN ITKALANICK RAISES $1.7B ON INDUSTRIAL AI 'GAUZE,' UBER BETS AGAINMENLO'S MURPHY: AI STARTUPS MUST ACHIEVE IMPOSSIBLE GROWTH, LIKE ANTHROPICSPAC HIRES ITSELF TO FIND ITSELF DEALSTESLA DUMPS BILLIONS INTO ROBOTS, ASSURES INVESTORS IT'LL EVENTUALLY WORKTRUMP DEFENDS OPEN AI WHILE ACCUSING CHINA OF STEALING ITDIGITAL MARKETING AGENCY DECLARES VICTORY AT FOOD SHOW PARTNERSHIPHELIUM EVOLUTION RAISES $25M; MARKETS REMAIN UNIMPRESSEDHUANG: CHINESE AI GREAT, PLEASE DON'T BAN ITKALANICK RAISES $1.7B ON INDUSTRIAL AI 'GAUZE,' UBER BETS AGAINMENLO'S MURPHY: AI STARTUPS MUST ACHIEVE IMPOSSIBLE GROWTH, LIKE ANTHROPICSPAC HIRES ITSELF TO FIND ITSELF DEALSTESLA DUMPS BILLIONS INTO ROBOTS, ASSURES INVESTORS IT'LL EVENTUALLY WORKTRUMP DEFENDS OPEN AI WHILE ACCUSING CHINA OF STEALING IT
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VC

Sequoia VC: Real AI Winners Won't Sell AI (We'd Know)

A venture capitalist with billions riding on AI companies announces that actual winners won't be selling AI—presumably to someone else.

💀💀💀💀  4/5 — Recursively Self-Aware
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Unicorn

Amazon Kills Anthropic's Model in Days. Peak VC Theater.

A billion-dollar AI company discovered Friday night that shipping products requires permission slips from people who don't use them.

💀💀💀💀  4/5 — Government-Grade Whack-a-Mole
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Opinion

Musk Hits Trillion-Dollar Mark; Reality Still Loading

Axios celebrates a number so divorced from cash that even venture capital is blushing.

💀💀💀💀  4/5 — Pure Valuation Theater
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VC

AI Will Fix Healthcare Costs, VC Insists, Despite All Evidence

PwC estimates medical costs rising 9% as investors continue funding efficiency theater.

💀💀💀💀  4/5 — Technologically Tone-Deaf
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Opinion

AI's Expensive Problem: It Costs Too Much to Do Too Little

After three years of 'this changes everything,' the market discovers that paying billions for AI doesn't actually replace workers.

💀💀💀💀  4/5 — Expensively Useless
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VC

Trump Discovers Socialism, Calls It a 'Beautiful Partnership'

The president pitches Uncle Sam as a limited partner in AI, proving even dealmakers eventually reinvent the wheel.

💀💀💀  3/5 — Accidentally Socialist
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Opinion

AI Industry Blames Beijing for Noticing Its Power Bills

When your business model faces legitimate scrutiny, the solution is apparently to claim foreign sabotage.

💀💀💀💀  4/5 — Blame It On Beijing
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Opinion

Google Drafts Water Guidelines While Communities Drown Its Permits

Nothing says 'we hear your concerns' like writing the rulebook you're about to break.

💀💀💀💀  4/5 — Self-Regulating Genius
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VC

Age is now a business model, apparently

Top VCs admit that being a teenager in San Francisco with an AI pitch is literally a funding qualification.

💀💀💀💀  4/5 — Reverse Age Discrimination
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Opinion

Box CEO Diagnoses Industry's AI Delusion, Ironically

Aaron Levie coins 'AI psychosis' to describe C-suite behavior he is presumably exempt from.

💀💀💀💀  4/5 — Self-Aware Delusion
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