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LucidLink Corp. launched LucidLink Connect, a feature that lets enterprises mount S3‑compatible object storage as a live file system, enabling real‑time collaboration without data migration. The platform streams files on demand, using byte‑range reads, caching and parallel TCP streams to mimic local drive performance. By eliminating the need to copy or duplicate massive datasets, the solution cuts operational costs and simplifies workflows for media, entertainment, and other data‑intensive sectors. LucidLink, backed by $115 million and managing over 90 petabytes, now offers this capability to more than 100,000 users worldwide.
Domino’s is rolling out a social‑first campaign that showcases influencer‑crafted pizza combos ahead of March Madness, promoting its under‑$10 “Best Deal Ever.” The initiative pairs creators like Jesser, Trisha Paytas and Courtney Cook with college basketball players, and includes a partnership with...
Netflix has acquired InterPositive, the AI filmmaking startup founded by Ben Affleck, integrating its team and appointing Affleck as an advisor. The stealth‑mode company built a proprietary video model that trains on raw footage to assist post‑production tasks such as...
OpenLens remains a favorite IDE for developers exploring a single Kubernetes cluster, but its single‑cluster focus limits its usefulness as organizations adopt multi‑cluster, RBAC‑heavy, GitOps‑driven environments. 2026 visibility demands tools that span clouds, enforce granular permissions, and integrate with CI/CD...
Further to what we said about the impact that the closing of the Strait of Hormuz has on the sulphur market… and therefore African copper production… Craig Tindale maps out that this is only one small piece of a giant...
GenFlux announced a $4.2 million seed round led by Symbolic Capital to scale its AI‑search optimization platform. The startup monitors brand visibility across eight generative answer engines, including ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude, and provides tools for Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) and...
Software bill of materials (SBOM) are moving from best‑practice guidance to regulatory baseline worldwide. In the U.S., Executive Order 14028 and sector‑specific mandates such as the FDA’s medical‑device rule push SBOM adoption, while the White House’s recent shift to a...
Psychedelic antidepressants are poised for FDA review this year, driven by strong investor and patient interest. William Blair analysts note that while Johnson & Johnson’s Spravato generated $1.7 billion in 2025 sales, psychedelics are unlikely to capture the entire treatment‑resistant depression market. Companies...
If 1,000 people land on your website… How much revenue do you actually generate? Kyle Poyar , ChartMogul and ProductLed analyzed 200 SaaS & AI companies for our 2026 Funnel Report. Here’s what happens with 1,000 visitors: Freemium 1,000 visitors...
Most startups fail at hiring, not product. They scale headcount faster than they scale training. Lean teams stay small, ship MVPs, track metrics, and fix root issues with Five Whys before adding people. Amazon runs teams small enough to feed with two pizzas...
Federal and provincial governments collected $15.5 billion from alcohol and cannabis in FY 2024/25, marking a 2.0% drop in total alcohol earnings – the steepest decline since 2004/05. Alcohol sales fell 1.6% in value and 3.0% in volume despite a 1.6%...
Kevin O’Leary’s O’Leary Digital announced a joint venture with West GenCo to build the Wonder Valley data‑center campus in Utah, targeting up to 7.5 gigawatts of power. A sister campus in Grande Prairie, Alberta, will mirror the capacity, creating an initial 15‑gigawatt...
If the only way to get promoted at your company is to "advocate for yourself," congrats, you just built a popularity contest. 💅🏻
Today’s podcast discusses a theory of mine on why #mortgagerates are near 6%, with hotter inflation data and the war with Iran driving up oil prices. @housingwire @sarahteresa6 #economics #realestate #housing #chartdaddy
Ryan, a leading tax and software provider, announced the acquisition of Hucke and Associates, a boutique New York City property‑tax firm. The deal adds Hucke’s expertise in hospitality, office, retail, industrial and multifamily tax appeals to Ryan’s commercial real‑estate services. Hucke’s...
Maritime leaders face a perfect storm of geopolitical turmoil, regulatory uncertainty and shrinking investment, threatening the sector’s ability to meet decarbonisation and infrastructure goals. Intent Communications CEO Namrata Nadkarni urges a single, data‑driven voice through the 2025‑26 ICS Maritime Barometer Survey...
More tankers were hit in the Gulf as the US‑Iran conflict intensified, with a Bahamas‑flagged vessel attacked by an explosive‑laden boat and another tanker suffering a port‑side explosion and oil spill. Since the war began Saturday, nine civilian ships have...
Search is shifting from clicks to AI‑generated answers, with Google’s AI Overviews delivering roughly 49% more impressions while click‑through rates fall about 30%. Assistants such as ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity cite only ~1% of listed sources, favoring high‑trust domains like...
Synergy Sports Capital, a newly launched private‑equity firm, announced its debut focusing on the lower‑middle‑market segment. The firm targets companies valued between $10 million and $100 million, with a particular emphasis on sports‑related businesses. Its leadership blends investment expertise with deep industry...
Rep Cap, a B2B content consultancy for work‑tech, insurance and financial services, announced a dedicated Analyst Relations practice aimed at boosting HR and work‑tech firms' visibility with industry analysts. The new service offers three engagement models—a continuous retainer, a short‑term...
VR developer nDreams announced a sweeping restructuring that could eliminate 78 positions and shut two internal studios, Near Light and Compass. The Elevation studio, housing roughly 120 staff, will become the nucleus of the leaner organization, while a smaller XR...
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals has signed a deal with Tenaya Therapeutics, providing $10 million upfront and the potential for up to $1.13 billion in milestones to discover up to 15 new genetic targets for heart disease. Tenaya will apply its modality‑agnostic platform to validate...
BJ Wholesale Club reported adjusted earnings of $0.96 per share for Q4 2025, up from $0.93 a year earlier and ahead of analyst expectations. Net income rose to $125.9 million, while membership fee revenue climbed 10.9% YoY to $129.8 million. Net sales increased 5.5%...
Former Sony PlayStation and Xbox Game Studios talent leader Fiona Cherbak has founded Rocket Game Talent, a boutique fractional talent firm. The company targets indie developers, startups, and growing studios that lack the hiring infrastructure of major publishers. It will...
Container freight rates on the Asia‑to‑North‑Europe lane have jumped sharply after the outbreak of war in the Middle East. Spot rates are up roughly 20%, while forward contracts for the next weeks and months are priced 20‑30% higher. The surge...
A new Sprout Social report shows just 56% of social users think brands deliver truly original content. Meanwhile, about one‑third find trend‑jacking embarrassing and only 27% consider it effective if executed within 48 hours. Marketers are prioritizing AI‑generated assets, yet...
The latest Forrester Wave™ for Merchant Payment Providers reveals that uptime is no longer a competitive edge; instead, strategic factors dominate. Five of nine evaluated vendors have recently undergone leadership or ownership changes, prompting potential shifts in pricing, packaging, and...
We're bringing back the @Ahrefs DR80+ Club. 👑 ...and we need your vote for the best t-shirt design. *Why does DR80+ matter?* DR (Domain Rating) is Ahrefs' metric for a website's link popularity. Essentially, how many high-quality sites are linking to it. This metric...
Rank tracker tools monitor keyword positions across search engines, offering daily updates, SERP‑feature insights, and competitor analysis. The article reviews twelve leading solutions—from Surfer and Ahrefs to Nightwatch and AccuRanker—highlighting each platform’s unique capabilities such as local‑level tracking, AI‑driven overviews,...
I was talking with a designer at a large heritage organization recently. He's the only UX person on the team, and he's been struggling with something I see all the time: getting product owners and business analysts to see the...
Circuit & Chisel, a New York startup founded by former Stripe crypto executives, raised $19.2 million to launch ATXP, an agent transaction protocol that enables AI agents to navigate and execute payments autonomously. The company’s backers include Stripe, Polygon Labs, and Samsung Next, signaling strong...
Controllers Council hosted a webinar, sponsored by AvidXchange, on building a data‑driven ROI case for accounts‑payable (AP) automation. Speakers highlighted the hidden costs of paper‑based AP, from lost invoices to error‑driven delays, and outlined six ROI categories such as labor...
Everyone is talking about ECB rate hike odds by Dec spiking to 60% from 20% BUT Fed Fund futures show less chance of 25bp cut in June than a week ago (before the Iran strikes) When do you think the Federal Reserve...
Investcorp has closed its second general‑partner (GP) staking fund, raising more than $1.25 billion from a diversified investor base. The vehicle will acquire minority equity positions in private‑equity and hedge‑fund managers, offering them liquidity and strategic support. Compared with the firm’s...
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will hold a public roundtable on April 16, 2026, to examine the structure of listed options markets. The discussion will address competition in a quote‑driven environment, the retail investor surge, and the overall customer...
If you found my latest blog post about AEO/GEO vs SEO interesting, you should check out the companion YouTube video I just published. I cover everything in detail and provide some additional context. My video covers all of the information...
SONAR introduced two platform enhancements—a Geopolitical Alert on its Executive Dashboard and a Fuel Dashboard within Truckload Insights—to give logistics professionals real‑time visibility into Iran‑related conflict risks and energy price swings. The Geopolitical Alert supplies immediate context, curated resources, and...
Hot take that's actually not that hot: Your customers can’t tell you what to build. I know. You've been collecting feature requests. You've got a Notion doc or a Monday board full of them. You send surveys. You read every...
Holy shit... I built an entire startup last night in one session. No team. No developers. No investors. Just me, a dinner idea, and Spine AI. Here's the full breakdown: 👇 The idea hit at dinner: What if you typed "show me all customers who...
Michael Seibel’s 14‑slide conversation, now viewed over 934,000 times, distills Y Combinator’s core startup playbook into nine actionable rules. The talk emphasizes building a small, technically capable founding team before chasing an idea, solving frequent user problems, and limiting market research...
In 1999-2000 Craig McCaw asked me to spend a lot of time working in the Benchmark offices on Sand Hill Road to find areas where co-investment was possible. I never learned so much, as Yogi Berra famously said, "just by...
This is exactly the type of deal I discuss in today's newsletter ... will a Paramount/WBD merged company do these smaller sports rights deals anymore? The calculus will definitely change for TNT ... https://t.co/DvKzUkqcDr
7shifts announced a wave of enterprise rollouts, adding marquee franchise partners such as IHOP and HCI Hospitality while expanding its payroll and compliance suite. The company introduced Multi‑EIN payroll, ADP Workforce Now integration, and the Clair Earned Wage Access feature...
NASA may soon get a deputy administrator. Matt Anderson is before a Senate committee today. Barring surprises his confirmation in the coming weeks should be non-controversial.
September 2, 2025: Russia and China sign major new gas pipeline deal March 4, 2026: Putin says Russia may halt gas supplies to Europe https://t.co/kEjAnIqyrP
Codenotary unveiled Codenotary Trust, a SaaS platform that leverages artificial intelligence to detect, prioritize, and autonomously remediate security, configuration, and performance issues across Linux, containers, VMs, and applications. The solution is built for junior and mid‑level administrators, addressing the talent gap...
After Hollywood turned on David Zaslav for being too much of a bean counter/financier, I’m sure The Town will appreciate David Ellison’s answer to being asked how many layoffs are coming w/ merging w/ WBD: “We absolutely need to rationalize the...
If you feel like you’re working harder than ever but your close rate isn’t reflecting it, this one’s for you. There’s a simple shift that can completely change your sales results — and most salespeople resist it. https://t.co/5Fwvx5SvKs
The impact of the Iran war on container shipping is reaching well beyond the Persian Gulf, creating ripple effects upstream at ports around the world. 1/ 🧵
China’s lithium supply dominance is hardly being “locked in.” Over the next decade their #1 position over demand will remain but their control over supply will diminish as assets in North America and non Chinese owned assets in South America...
