A16Z LAUNCHES SCHOOL AFTER DROPOUT STRATEGY IMPLODESMORPHOTONICS RAISES €40M ON DISPLAY TECH 'ROADMAP'OURA'S $2.2B IPO: A MASTERCLASS IN FOUNDER EXIT TIMINGTRUMP'S AI FORCE: BUREAUCRACY SOLVES COMPETITIONWSP GRACEFULLY EXITS ARCADIS COURTSHIP AFTER 'CAREFUL CONSIDERATION'BAIN CAPITAL RAISES $1.6B TO FUND COMPANIES THAT DON'T EXIST YETCOMP AI RAISES $34M TO BE 'CONTINUOUSLY AGENTIC' ABOUT COMPLIANCECONGRESS DISCOVERS ELECTRICITY BILLS EXIST, ACTS SHOCKEDA16Z LAUNCHES SCHOOL AFTER DROPOUT STRATEGY IMPLODESMORPHOTONICS RAISES €40M ON DISPLAY TECH 'ROADMAP'OURA'S $2.2B IPO: A MASTERCLASS IN FOUNDER EXIT TIMINGTRUMP'S AI FORCE: BUREAUCRACY SOLVES COMPETITIONWSP GRACEFULLY EXITS ARCADIS COURTSHIP AFTER 'CAREFUL CONSIDERATION'BAIN CAPITAL RAISES $1.6B TO FUND COMPANIES THAT DON'T EXIST YETCOMP AI RAISES $34M TO BE 'CONTINUOUSLY AGENTIC' ABOUT COMPLIANCECONGRESS DISCOVERS ELECTRICITY BILLS EXIST, ACTS SHOCKED
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Opinion

AI Labs Hire Consultants to Prove Nobody Actually Minds Data Centers

Milltown Partners discovers that opposition to massive power infrastructure is largely theoretical, announces this as victory.

💀💀💀💀  4/5 — Consultant Cope
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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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