BRAND-STACKED VC FIRM RAISES $500M ON PEDIGREE ALONEMERCOR DOUBLES VALUATION TO $20B IN SIX MONTHS, DETAILS TBAMUSK REBRANDS CURSOR ACQUISITION AS 'PRODUCT INNOVATION'PARADIGM RAISES $1.2B TO REBRAND AWAY FROM CRYPTO STINKPARIS AI STARTUP IMMEDIATELY FLEES PARIS WITH $100M NVIDIA WINDFALLAI LAW STARTUP NORM JOINS UNICORN CLUB ON PURE FAITHANDREESSEN-BACKED STARTUP RAISES $33M TO TRADE COMPUTE LIKE OILBILLION-PERSON COMPANY NO ONE'S HEARD OF NOW TRADES PUBLICLYBRAND-STACKED VC FIRM RAISES $500M ON PEDIGREE ALONEMERCOR DOUBLES VALUATION TO $20B IN SIX MONTHS, DETAILS TBAMUSK REBRANDS CURSOR ACQUISITION AS 'PRODUCT INNOVATION'PARADIGM RAISES $1.2B TO REBRAND AWAY FROM CRYPTO STINKPARIS AI STARTUP IMMEDIATELY FLEES PARIS WITH $100M NVIDIA WINDFALLAI LAW STARTUP NORM JOINS UNICORN CLUB ON PURE FAITHANDREESSEN-BACKED STARTUP RAISES $33M TO TRADE COMPUTE LIKE OILBILLION-PERSON COMPANY NO ONE'S HEARD OF NOW TRADES PUBLICLY
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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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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

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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