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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Opinion

Corporate America's AI Buyer's Remorse Just Arrived

After billions in frantic spending, executives discover that transformative technology requires, shockingly, actual strategy.

💀💀💀💀  4/5 — Catastrophically Premature
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Opinion

Bond Markets Discover Gravity Still Works, Shocked

After three decades of fiscal stimulus cosplay, lenders remember that money isn't actually free.

💀💀💀💀  4/5 — Physics Denial Crumbles
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Opinion

Tech Leaders Discover Surveillance Is Bad, But Only in Canada

A growing coalition warns Bill C-22 will trigger mass exodus—conveniently ignoring where their companies actually operate.

💀💀💀💀  4/5 — Selectively Principled
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Opinion

Tech Leaders Discover Surveillance Is Bad, But Only in Canada

A growing coalition warns Bill C-22 will trigger mass exodus—conveniently ignoring where their companies actually operate.

💀💀💀💀  4/5 — Selectively Principled
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Opinion

Trump's Golden Economy Turns Brass, Even Republicans Notice

When your core Series A investors start asking hard questions about unit economics, it might be time to revisit the pitch deck.

💀💀💀💀  4/5 — Promissory Note Economics
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VC

Fragrance Startup Raises $2M to Solve Problem Nobody Had

Betaworks and True Ventures bet that centuries-old industry just needed a Series Seed and better branding.

💀💀💀💀  4/5 — Aromatically Delusional
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VC

Easier to Raise Millions Than Land an Internship, Stanford Study Finds

After four years of investigation, researcher discovers the entire ecosystem is upside down.

💀💀💀💀  4/5 — Backwards Economics
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Opinion

Easier to Raise Millions Than Land an Internship, Stanford Study Finds

After four years of investigation, researcher discovers the entire ecosystem is upside down.

💀💀💀💀  4/5 — Backwards Economics
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Unicorn

Bumble Discovers Dating Apps Boring, Considers Becoming Something Else

CEO admits the novelty has worn off while publicly betting the company's future on a pivot only she understands.

💀💀💀💀  4/5 — Structurally Exhausted
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Opinion

Goldman Admits It's a Factory. Promises AI Won't Fire Anyone.

Wall Street's president describes the bank as a 'human assembly line' while insisting the robots will merely 'restructure' the organization—a masterclass in having your layoffs and denying them too.

💀💀💀💀  4/5 — Honestly, We're Confused
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