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2026's Top Five Tech Trends Shaping Business
SocialJan 16, 2026

2026's Top Five Tech Trends Shaping Business

The Top 5 Technology Trends for 2026 From AI and sustainability to connectivity and automation, these five technology trends will guide what businesses invest in next. Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/eBzpfeNt #TechTrends #Innovation #FutureTech #BernardMarr

By Bernard Marr
Open Models Turn Research Into Scalable Startup Opportunities
SocialJan 16, 2026

Open Models Turn Research Into Scalable Startup Opportunities

During last month’s NeurIPS 2025 conference, YC’s @sdianahu sat down with @Thom_Wolf, co-founder and CSO of Hugging Face to discuss his unconventional journey from physics and law to building one of the most influential open-source AI platforms. They discussed why open...

By YCombinator
AI Multiplies Productivity, Creates Jobs, Not Layoffs
SocialJan 16, 2026

AI Multiplies Productivity, Creates Jobs, Not Layoffs

“AI is the new boogeyman” - every single person after seeing Cowork. Respectfully, that is the dumbest thing I’ve heard. I let AI run my $6.6M ARR business for a week, and we grew faster than we did in MONTHS. And...

By Adam Robinson
Humanoid Robots Run Modular Store Serving Coffee, Ice Cream
SocialJan 16, 2026

Humanoid Robots Run Modular Store Serving Coffee, Ice Cream

Modular Retail Store Where Humanoid #Robots Serve Coffee, Ice Cream, and Chat with Customers via @ZappyZappy7 #AI #Robotics #Innovation #Technology https://t.co/kHZxzXwwXR

By Ronald van Loon
Solve Real Problem First, Then Exit Becomes Simple
SocialJan 16, 2026

Solve Real Problem First, Then Exit Becomes Simple

I see this pattern over and over in great exits. Founders don’t start by trying to sell. They start by solving a real problem well. Arman Iranpour (@ArmanIranpour) and Matt Aleali (@aleali_mahdi) were real estate investors frustrated by how slow and...

By Andrew Gazdecki
Ask Better Questions First, Then Let AI Scale
SocialJan 16, 2026

Ask Better Questions First, Then Let AI Scale

Most organizations are sprinting toward “faster answers,” but almost no one stops to ask whether they posed a meaningful question in the first place. AI makes answers cheap. Priorities make answers useful. When your team treats questions as strategic assets,...

By Cassie Kozyrkov
Build AI‑agnostic Infrastructure to Hedge Platform Pivots
SocialJan 16, 2026

Build AI‑agnostic Infrastructure to Hedge Platform Pivots

Every integration and prompt library you build is a structural investment in a platform you do not own. Whether you use ChatGPT or Gemini, you are making a high-stakes bet. When these companies pivot, your entire workflow is at risk....

By Neil Patel
Bots Now Dominate Web Traffic, Malicious Bots Rising
SocialJan 16, 2026

Bots Now Dominate Web Traffic, Malicious Bots Rising

Here's what makes up a website's traffic today. It used to be mainly humans, but now bots make up the majority of website traffic. In addition, more malicious bots have been visiting sites than in the past. Check out the data. https://t.co/fpsvUqwlhE

By Neil Patel
OpenAI's Dilemma: No Core Product, Competing Everywhere
SocialJan 16, 2026

OpenAI's Dilemma: No Core Product, Competing Everywhere

The strategic problem for openAI is that if the input box isn’t the product, then either the product is dozens of new apps or dozens of features in existing apps, and that means they’re competing with every startup on earth...

By Benedict Evans
Beihang Unveils 2 Cm Microbot Achieving Ultrafast Untethered Speed
SocialJan 16, 2026

Beihang Unveils 2 Cm Microbot Achieving Ultrafast Untethered Speed

Beihang University Unveils 2 cm Microbot with Ultrafast Untethered Speed via @WevolverApp #AI #Robotics #MachineLearning #ArtificialIntelligence https://t.co/pAe0yPIBka

By Ronald van Loon
2026 Marks AI's Leap to Real‑Time Understanding
SocialJan 16, 2026

2026 Marks AI's Leap to Real‑Time Understanding

2026: The Year #AI Catches Up To Time by @ashoktreddy @Forbes Learn more: https://t.co/MElxzngh4O #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #ML https://t.co/r9PkBk6P2k

By Ronald van Loon
Add AI to Inbound for Instant Deal Qualification
SocialJan 16, 2026

Add AI to Inbound for Instant Deal Qualification

"Which AI Agent vendor should you pick?" with @kylecnorton CRO @owner "The lowest hanging fruit is adding AI to Inbound. To instantly qualify deals, instantly answer customer querstions, and instantly set up a meeting with a human AE." https://t.co/TUcLRTLEiB

By Jason Lemkin
HexRunner Reaches Stable 30 MPH Through Speed‑Focused Design
SocialJan 16, 2026

HexRunner Reaches Stable 30 MPH Through Speed‑Focused Design

Designing for Speed: How HexRunner Achieved Stable 30 MPH Locomotion by @lukas_m_ziegler #EmergingTech #Engineering #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Technology https://t.co/8JGp4rOlYa

By Ronald van Loon
Machine Learning Shows Knowledge Is Built, Not Discovered
SocialJan 16, 2026

Machine Learning Shows Knowledge Is Built, Not Discovered

Machine learning is a reminder that knowledge is built, not found. Each model is a version of understanding, never the final word

By Iain Brown
One Line of Text Creates Evolving, Memory‑rich Virtual Worlds
SocialJan 16, 2026

One Line of Text Creates Evolving, Memory‑rich Virtual Worlds

What if a single line of text could generate an entire virtual world, one that remembers what you did, reacts to it, and keeps evolving in real time? Not a video. A world with memory, physics, and consequences. This is what @GoogleDeepMind is pushing...

By Ronald van Loon
New Dev Tools Promise End‑to‑End Encryption for Open‑Source L
SocialJan 16, 2026

New Dev Tools Promise End‑to‑End Encryption for Open‑Source L

Are there any other developer tools that let you encrypt your workflow? I met with the founders, video coming tomorrow, and they claim that everything is encrypted on open source LLMs even in and out of the LLM.

By Robert Scoble
Wheeled Humanoid Robot Trains to Serve Plates
SocialJan 16, 2026

Wheeled Humanoid Robot Trains to Serve Plates

Hubei GuangGuDongZhi wheeled humanoid #Robot is practicing serving plates by @CyberRobooo #Robotics #RPA #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Technology https://t.co/Hr1Nex0OwQ

By Ronald van Loon
Davos 2026 Leaders Face AI Trust, Geopolitics, Growth Trade‑offs
SocialJan 16, 2026

Davos 2026 Leaders Face AI Trust, Geopolitics, Growth Trade‑offs

What Are The Real Questions Leaders Will Be Asking At Davos 2026? As #Davos 2026 convenes global leaders under the banner of dialogue, the most important debates focus on deeper tensions around #AI #trust , #geopolitics , #growth , #jobs...

By Bernard Marr
MIT's Origami Robot Self-Folds Into Multi‑Terrain Machine
SocialJan 16, 2026

MIT's Origami Robot Self-Folds Into Multi‑Terrain Machine

MIT’s Self-Folding Origami #Robot Transforms from Flat Sheet to Crawling, Climbing, Swimming Machine by @tweetciiiim #Robotics #MachineLearning #ArtificialIntelligence #ML https://t.co/rHB7zcocoP

By Ronald van Loon
Seeking Beta Testers for AI‑Curated Tech News Platform
SocialJan 16, 2026

Seeking Beta Testers for AI‑Curated Tech News Platform

Looking for people to give quick product feedback on a new AI-curated technology news reading platform we’ve built. Comment if you’re up for giving beta feedback.

By Ryan Allis
SIMA 2: AI Explorer Redefines Virtual 3D Worlds
SocialJan 16, 2026

SIMA 2: AI Explorer Redefines Virtual 3D Worlds

Meet SIMA 2 — The Ultimate #AI Explorer for Virtual #3D Worlds by @GoogleDeepMind #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #ML #Technology https://t.co/lRG4EKh1B6

By Ronald van Loon
AI-Created Sensors Pave Way for Early Cancer Detection
SocialJan 16, 2026

AI-Created Sensors Pave Way for Early Cancer Detection

#AI-generated sensors open new paths for early cancer detection by Anne Trafton @MIT Learn more: https://t.co/udkbd5V4cP #MedTech #Healthcare #HealthTech #Tech #TechForGood https://t.co/0SpKlYQsVA

By Ronald van Loon
Kling AI 2.6 Beats Seedance, Delivers Real Rap
SocialJan 16, 2026

Kling AI 2.6 Beats Seedance, Delivers Real Rap

I'm still catching up after CES and a raft of meetings this week. In between answering emails, I was doing some fun rap videos.  Compared to Seedance 1.5 Pro, @Kling_ai 2.6 clearly wins in both audio and visuals — and yes, it...

By Robert Scoble
AgiBot Launches Lingxi X2 Humanoid with Near‑human Mobility
SocialJan 16, 2026

AgiBot Launches Lingxi X2 Humanoid with Near‑human Mobility

AgiBot Unveils Lingxi X2: Humanoid #Robot with Near-Human Mobility and Versatile Skills via @WevolverApp #Robotics #Engineering #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Technology https://t.co/IdFWxv92ID

By Ronald van Loon
Make AI Drafts Sound Like Your Own Voice
SocialJan 15, 2026

Make AI Drafts Sound Like Your Own Voice

Let's finally make LLMs work for you instead of against you, so your drafts stop sounding generic and start sounding like you. We’ll break down how to spot and remove “AI slop,” fix the generated-looking structure that gives it away, and...

By Louis Bouchard
Robots Building Robots: Humanoid Assembly Line Advances
SocialJan 15, 2026

Robots Building Robots: Humanoid Assembly Line Advances

Humanoid robot assembling humanoid #Robots for factory work via @ZappyZappy7 #Robotics #Engineering #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Technology https://t.co/b2ClEryVoi

By Ronald van Loon
NAUT Enables Scalable Plug‑Play Ocean Autonomy
SocialJan 15, 2026

NAUT Enables Scalable Plug‑Play Ocean Autonomy

NAUT Brings Scalable, Plug-and-Play Autonomy to the Oceans via @WevolverApp #EmergingTech #Technology #Innovation #Tech https://t.co/cG7uUBfixg

By Ronald van Loon
Controllable 4D Video World Models via Gaussian Trajectories
SocialJan 15, 2026

Controllable 4D Video World Models via Gaussian Trajectories

This is some quietly impressive work on making video world models actually controllable in 4D space. VerseCrafter lets you take an input image, use something like Blender to animate the 3D camera path and object trajectories, then uses that to condition...

By Bilawal Sidhu
Mixture of Experts Boosts AI Power, Cuts Cost
SocialJan 15, 2026

Mixture of Experts Boosts AI Power, Cuts Cost

Understanding Mixture Of Experts: Scaling #AI Capability Without Scaling Cost Or Risk by @davidwsilva_ @Forbes Learn more: https://t.co/5Rr1mQdG3g #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #ML https://t.co/EWjt6DtUSo

By Ronald van Loon
AI Influencers Drove Higgsfield’s Explosive Growth
SocialJan 15, 2026

AI Influencers Drove Higgsfield’s Explosive Growth

Higgsfield built itself by having a lot of AI influencers talking about them. It was a brilliant marketing move, and it's paying off.

By Robert Scoble
Robot Demos Accelerate: From Marathon Pace to Sprint
SocialJan 15, 2026

Robot Demos Accelerate: From Marathon Pace to Sprint

All year long, the robot demos are going to get better and better and better. The world models are starting to come together and, here we go, running in the world model. I used to run marathons at about this pace....

By Robert Scoble
Google Dominates AI Search; ChatGPT Left with Silver
SocialJan 15, 2026

Google Dominates AI Search; ChatGPT Left with Silver

Why Google Will Win the AI Search War (And ChatGPT Will Have to Be Content With Silver) - Interesting analysis from @gfiorelli1 going through data: * Google processes 373 times more searches than ChatGPT, controls 90%+ of mobile search, and...

By Aleyda Solis
No‑code Tools Now Let Anyone Launch Mobile Apps
SocialJan 15, 2026

No‑code Tools Now Let Anyone Launch Mobile Apps

AI revolutionized building web apps, but not so much mobile... until today. In 2013, I joined Meta because I was excited about the potential for mobile and the internet to connect the world. I quickly found that building mobile, being a closed...

By Amjad Masad
Hermes Subnet Adds Agentic AI to 50k+ Projects
SocialJan 15, 2026

Hermes Subnet Adds Agentic AI to 50k+ Projects

New launch from the @YumaGroup subnet accelerator: @SubQueryNetwork and @graphprotocol already power 50k+ projects Hermes (SN82) brings agentic AI built on Bittensor $TAO to all of them

By Barry Silbert
Make Your Site LLM‑Ready with Concise Checklists
SocialJan 15, 2026

Make Your Site LLM‑Ready with Concise Checklists

This is why I have been sharing this (and other) checklists in all my talks about AI search. So much of it is just saying the things that you’d want an LLM to say about you, directly and concisely on your...

By Lily Ray
AI Turns Daily Scale Data Into Personalized Health Roadmap
SocialJan 15, 2026

AI Turns Daily Scale Data Into Personalized Health Roadmap

Just had Claude Code build me a full health projection based on one year's worth of daily scale data. I have hundreds of data points on my weight, body water, skeletal muscle, metabolic age, and a whole bunch of statistics...

By Allie Miller
Robot Dogs Gain Speech Through AI Innovation
SocialJan 15, 2026

Robot Dogs Gain Speech Through AI Innovation

When #Robot Dogs Learn to Speak: #AI Gives Machines a Voice by @HiwonderSteam #Robotics #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #ML #MI #Innovation https://t.co/8w2bf5AFrV

By Ronald van Loon
Replit's AI Agent Now Delivers 99% Accurate Code
SocialJan 15, 2026

Replit's AI Agent Now Delivers 99% Accurate Code

When I started using @Replit last summer, agent v1, you didn’t really know if anything you told the agent to do … would really work in practice when it created the code. You hoped. But you just didn’t...

By Jason Lemkin
Skip Slides, Build and Show in Minutes
SocialJan 15, 2026

Skip Slides, Build and Show in Minutes

“Why would you spend weeks building a presentation to explain your idea to leadership, when you can now spend 10 minutes ‘vibe coding’ it and just SHOW them the working product?”

By Amjad Masad
Multimodal AI Promises Patient‑centric Mental Health, Needs Validation
SocialJan 15, 2026

Multimodal AI Promises Patient‑centric Mental Health, Needs Validation

New @ScienceMagazine A thoughtful and comprehensive review on how multimodal AI can transform mental health, with emphasis on a patient-centric approach "The successful translation of AI into clinical practice will require robust validation" https://t.co/xSACrFI0tW https://t.co/8jiV6P1vdj

By Eric Topol
AI Analyst Rori Automates Risk Audits, Saves Millions
SocialJan 15, 2026

AI Analyst Rori Automates Risk Audits, Saves Millions

Roe AI (@try_roe_ai) is building Rori, a Cursor-like tool for risk and compliance. Rori acts like a senior analyst. It pulls data from internal tools and public records, connects people, companies, transactions, and behaviors, and produces audit-ready evidence, saving teams millions...

By YCombinator
AI's Five Pillars: Connect, Control, Govern for Resilience
SocialJan 15, 2026

AI's Five Pillars: Connect, Control, Govern for Resilience

This diagram nails it. Modern AI isn’t one thing — it’s 5 interacting pillars: GenAI • LLMs • RAG • Agents • Agentic systems The edge isn’t tools. It’s how you connect, control, and govern them. Miss one layer → fragile AI. https://t.co/N16xAu6RwO

By Giuliano Liguori
GPU‑Only Cloud: The New Rackspace for AI
SocialJan 15, 2026

GPU‑Only Cloud: The New Rackspace for AI

Cloud computing for the AI world. I visited @gmi_cloud's headquarters on Monday. This is a company that only hosts GPUs for many companies building, and running, AI models. I worked for Rackspace for seven years back when it was a hot...

By Robert Scoble
Context, Not Prompts, Drives Consistent AI Answers
SocialJan 15, 2026

Context, Not Prompts, Drives Consistent AI Answers

Your Prompts Aren’t the Problem❌ A full guide to getting consistently better answers from AI👇 When you use an AI assistant and think “Why is it suddenly confused?” Or “Why did this work 5 minutes ago but not now?” It’s rarely about wording. It’s about context. What the...

By Louis Bouchard
Cultivate AI Fluency by Fostering Workplace Curiosity
SocialJan 15, 2026

Cultivate AI Fluency by Fostering Workplace Curiosity

How To Create #AI-Fluent Employees Through A Culture Of Curiosity by Bryan Gernert @Forbes Learn more: https://t.co/xyDtdHqF8g #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #ML #MI https://t.co/9qfA9Q00mh

By Ronald van Loon
Blueprint for Integrating AI Data Into U.S. Statistics
SocialJan 15, 2026

Blueprint for Integrating AI Data Into U.S. Statistics

Christos Makridis and I have a new article published by The Brookings Institution on "Counting AI: A blueprint to integrate AI investment and use data into U.S. national statistics". Christos has a great summary below. What do you think?

By Erik Brynjolfsson
AI Agent Auto‑Updates Docs From PRs, Slack, Tickets
SocialJan 15, 2026

AI Agent Auto‑Updates Docs From PRs, Slack, Tickets

.@promptlessai just launched Promptless 1.0: the first AI agent that automatically updates your customer-facing docs, including screenshots and code snippets. It listens to PRs, Slack channels, tickets, and more & drafts proactive updates wherever your docs live. https://t.co/s5GwMtd69V

By YCombinator
Most Companies Mismanage AI Adoption—Here's Why
SocialJan 15, 2026

Most Companies Mismanage AI Adoption—Here's Why

"You're Likely Screwing Up AI Adoption..." & more in today’s Operator Links, full post + sources in the comments.

By Hiten Shah
AI Drives Next-Gen Defense Innovation and Industrial Revitalization
SocialJan 15, 2026

AI Drives Next-Gen Defense Innovation and Industrial Revitalization

AI: Future of Defense & Warfare w US Under Secretary of War Emil Michael @emilmichael for @NoPriorsPod *Innovation Priorities for the DoW *Autonomous Defense Technologies *Architecting https://t.co/NVUvKPe1OY *Future of Warfare *Rebuilding the US Industrial Base https://t.co/Z1LbVotQeO

By Elad Gil