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

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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Opinion

Brazil Declares IPO Market Open After One Successful Deal

Bradesco BBI celebrates the resurrection of equity capital markets with a single data point and infinite optimism.

💀💀💀💀  4/5 — Statistically Miraculous
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Opinion

JPMorgan Discovers $5 Gas While VCs Dream of Free Energy

Wall Street warns of petroleum crisis as venture capital pours billions into solutions that won't arrive in time.

💀💀💀💀  4/5 — Catastrophically Well-Timed
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Opinion

Venezuela Declares Economic Comeback While Grid Combusts

Nothing says 'recovery' like rationing electricity during peak consumption, a management strategy perfected over a decade.

💀💀💀💀  4/5 — Delusional Narrative Management
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Opinion

Study Demolishes Tech's Favorite Labor Arbitrage Myth

Immigration crackdowns don't create jobs for U.S. workers—they just make founders angrier at policy.

💀💀💀💀  4/5 — Ideology Meets Economics
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Opinion

AI Startups Announce Exciting 12-Month Expiration Dates

Founders celebrate business models with built-in obsolescence, joking nervously about foundation models eating their lunch.

💀💀💀💀  4/5 — Scheduled Obsolescence
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VC

AI Startups: Built for Obsolescence, Funded Anyway

Founders have admitted their entire business model expires the moment a large language model learns to do their job.

💀💀💀💀  4/5 — Preemptively Disrupted
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Opinion

Big Tech Doubles Down on Life-or-Death Decisions, Ignores Warnings

Nvidia, Microsoft, and Amazon are expanding classified military AI systems despite multiple groups flagging the existential risks of automating lethal judgment calls.

💀💀💀💀  4/5 — Liability? Never Heard Of Her
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Opinion

Musk: AI Safety Crusader (When Suing Former Friends)

The man who wanted to move fast and break things now claims he's civilization's AI conscience.

💀💀💀💀  4/5 — Caftan Energy
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M&A

SPAC Begs Shareholders Not to Leave Before Merger

GigCapital7 needs $19.3M in 'non-redemption agreements' to keep the lights on through Hadron Energy closing.

💀💀💀💀  4/5 — Redemption Panic Theater
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