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The Bookstore Wasn't About Books

Plus: Altman's new tone, physical AI rules emerge, Spotify's magazine push.

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The Data Moat Myth

Plus: SpaceX storms the market, ClickUp's SaaS warning, AI regulation tightens.

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Firing The Future

Plus: Google's AI security scramble, hackers move to chatbots, HSBC's AI ultimatum.

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The AI Monoculture Problem

Plus: Zuck taunts staff, SpaceX files to go public, HSBC tells the truth on AI.

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The Other AI Economy

Plus: Google Search transforms, Gen Z pushes back, geopolitics meets AI.

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The Foundation Eats Up

Plus: chatbot politics, Eclipse's Cerebras moment, and Alexa's agentic upgrade.

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May 19, 2026

Revenge of the Nerds

Why Every Enterprise Still Has 10k Dashboards Nobody Trusts

An interview with Ethan Ding, CEO of TextQL, on building an AI analyst that skips the data cleanup and starts answering business questions from the mess enterprises actually have.

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Why Translation Is Becoming A Background Service

An interview with Bryan Murphy, CEO of Smartling, on using AI to automate enterprise localization at a global scale

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Why ARC Is Still One Of The Hardest Tests for AI

An interview with Jeremy Berman, Founding Team at humans& and two-time ARC champion

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Why The Future Of AI Agents Is Taking Real Actions

An interview with Fergal Reid, Chief AI Officer at Intercom

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Why The Future Of Coding Isn’t About Typing

An interview with Zach Lloyd, Founder & CEO of Warp

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February 28, 2026