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Analysis of how AI and technology reshape company strategy, organizations, markets, and capital.
2026
Six AIs Claimed Perfect IMO Scores, Only Two Were Graded
When six AI systems claimed top marks at the same math olympiad, only two submissions actually went through official grading.
BusinessSame Day Korea's Chips Crashed, China Wanted More Nvidia
Two distinct fears — falling AI demand and China's chip self-sufficiency — collapsed into one selloff, and they hit different businesses.
BusinessHow a 33K-Follower Creator Earns $140,000 a Year
A closer look at the payout breakdown behind one micro-influencer's six-figure income.
BusinessThe Phone on the Table Nobody Asks About Anymore
AI recording has quietly become the default in meetings, and asking for consent is no longer part of the conversation.
BusinessWhy a Freelance Coder Delivers Food Every Night
A Chengdu developer's delivery earnings match his rent to the yuan—a window into freelance wages and Korea's platform labor data.
BusinessHousehold Wealth Rose $40T—Only 20% From Real Investment
MGI's global balance sheet update shows most of this year's wealth gain was paper markups, not new factories or homes.
BusinessDeepSeek's First Funding Round: The Founder Keeps Control
Liang Wenfeng answered 118 questions in four hours, insisting he wanted no more—yet control defined every deal term.
BusinessHuang Defends Chinese AI Models Hours After Bessent's Warning
The same day Bessent threatened sanctions, Nvidia's Huang praised China's open models—read why their stakes differ.
BusinessChina Completes 1GW Chip-Only Data Center, Weighs Export Ban
Beijing weighs blocking AI model and chip IP exports as a local firm powers a 1GW data center entirely on domestic chips.
BusinessHow Aging Strains Pension Funding in Europe and Korea
As populations age, the ratio of contributors to retirees is shifting fast—here's how Europe's and Korea's pension systems differ.
BusinessGemini 3.6 Flash: Why Cost-Per-Task Beats Price-Per-Token
The real competition now is which model finishes the same job using fewer tokens, not which one charges less per token.
BusinessAI Took the Grunt Work—So Juniors Lost Their Classroom
As AI absorbs entry-level tasks, the informal apprenticeship that once trained juniors is quietly disappearing.
BusinessNewspaper Stocks Fell Years Before Profits Did
A 2002-2007 newspaper stock chart shows how investors can price in a decline long before earnings confirm it.
BusinessEU Levies €3 Per Item Type on Small Parcels
From shirts to sunglasses, each item category adds €3 — here's how the math works and what it means for Temu and Shein.
BusinessWhy Palantir Declared 'SaaS Is Dead' After 85% Growth
Palantir's blunt claim points to a deeper shift from seat-based subscriptions toward outcome-based software pricing.
BusinessWhy Transformer Shortages Are Stalling AI Data Centers
Moratorium bills, grid bottlenecks, and community pushback are turning announced data center capacity into a much murkier real-world timeline.
BusinessMeta Weighs Selling Its Spare AI Cloud Capacity
Bloomberg reports Meta may rent out surplus AI computing power to outside customers for the first time.
BusinessThe 'AI Screens Resumes' Claim Traces to a Game-Based Tool
A study of 4.2 million job applications was about a game-based hiring tool—not resume-screening AI in general.
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Amazon Cuts 30,000 Jobs While Hiring Interns, Grads
Layoffs and entry-level hiring aren't contradictory at Amazon—an internal AI-usage race exposes what's really being measured.
BusinessTesting and Security Tools That Caught Investors' Eye at YC
Four YC Spring 2026 startups building testing, security, and DevOps tools for AI agents show what enterprises need before deploying them.
BusinessSalesforce's $3.6B Fin Deal: Buying Customers, Not Just AI
Salesforce agreed to acquire Fin for about $3.6 billion, and I look at what its customer base and rollout playbook add beyond Agentforce.
BusinessSakana AI's Fugu and the Race for Self-Improving AI
I look at how Sakana AI and Recursive Superintelligence are pursuing self-improving AI, and where Fugu's model-combining approach fits in.
BusinessHow Railway Picked Which Signups to Target for Sales
Railway contacted under 1% of 21,000 qualified accounts—here's how it chose whom to reach first.
BusinessApple's Five New AI Models, Explained
Apple's WWDC 2026 reveal shows how on-device and cloud models split the work, with Google's tech quietly powering part of the stack.
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