OpenAI Secures $110B Funding, Targets $600B Compute
With backing from Amazon, Nvidia, Softbank -> OpenAI raised $110B at a $730B pre-money valuation, up from $500B in a secondary financing in Oct.; Amazon invested $50B, Nvidia and SoftBank invested $30B each $600B -> "OpenAI has been telling investors that it’s now targeting roughly $600 billion in total compute spend by 2030" Amazon: "In addition to its participation in the funding round, Amazon announced a multi-year strategic partnership with OpenAI. The companies will develop customized models that will help power Amazon’s customer-facing applications as part of the agreement, according to a release." https://t.co/AZwIb4wC6k
Automation Boosts Call Center Quality Without Sacrificing Trust
Modernizing call center operations can improve service quality and increase conversion opportunities. Automation doesn’t have to erode trust. We explore this with @zaygranet, CEO of @usebland. Watch the full episode: https://t.co/XXRymkLwFx https://t.co/lVvoajEUEM
Duolingo’s Free‑user Push Stalls as MAU Drops
In Q3, $DUOL management emphasized a strategic shift toward expanding the free-user base to strengthen long-term monetization. Experimentation was positioned around prioritizing DAU growth over short-term revenue optimization. However, Q4 trends show moderation. DAU growth is now expected to slow to...
60‑Second Value: The AI Growth Imperative
I’m running a 5-day intensive starting Monday for AI and SaaS founders. It’s called WARP Week. The premise: the fastest-growing companies in the AI era are getting users to value in 60 seconds or less. The ones that figured this...
AI Will Return Sales to Full‑Cycle Sellers
In the 80s and 90s, most sales reps were full-cycle. They found their own meetings. They ran the process. They renewed and expanded accounts. Then we specialized: --> SDRs (thanks to the “predictable revenue” era) --> CSMs and post-sale roles...
Obesity Accelerates Neurodegeneration, New NatMetabolism Study Shows
How does obesity catalyze neurodegeneration? Our paper just out @NatMetabolism https://t.co/kx25urgpJx free access https://t.co/aL1FBN9MyI Phenomenal work by @chen_bandy pulling this together
Clients Choose You: Accident or Earned Expertise?
The last client you closed, how did they find you? Was it by accident or did you put the work in to be the expert that they sought after?
Trial Failures Stem From Flawed Design Choices
“You can’t stand there after the fact and blame the open-label design,” he said. “You designed it. You designed a noninferiority margin. You picked the patients. And then the trial doesn’t work.” https://t.co/acS5i5s5NU
SEO Agencies Now Prioritize Profit over Client Success
There’s a new one. Right. Totally. SEO agencies suddenly stopped caring about their clients’ success. Yep. https://t.co/256DkiWsAT
Amazon Commits $50B, Makes AWS Exclusive OpenAI Cloud
.@amazon/@awscloud forges a multifaceted partnership with @OpenAI. Part of deal consists of: - Amazon will invest $50 billion in OpenAI - OpenAI to use AWS chips - Amazon will be exclusive 3P cloud distribution provider for OpenAl Frontier “Developers and companies of...
Alumni Dr. Leroy Versteeg Highlights Brown Talk at UTHealth
Great to see our former National School of Tropical Medicine @BCM_TropMed trainee Dr. Leroy Versteeg at my Brown Molecular Medicine talk at @UTHealthHouston in our @TXMedCenter https://t.co/F9IGkVNkfM
Google May Auto‑create AI Landing Pages for Weak Sites
Google Patent Info: If you thought AIOs angered people, just wait for AI-generated landing pages from Google. Yes, Google could create new landing pages from the SERPs if yours isn't good enough (based on this patent). Great catch from Joshua...
DuckDB Lets You Query 10GB Parquet Locally, Ditch Clusters
There's a moment in every data engineer's career when they discover they can query a 10GB Parquet file on their laptop in seconds. That's the DuckDB moment. It changes how you think about what requires a cluster and what doesn't. Spoiler: most...
Integrate Shared & Paid Media to Capture Fragmented Attention
In the first article in this series about the PESO Model Certification® , I shared what’s new and why it’s been rebuilt for how people find information today. In the second, we went deeper into how owned and earned work...
Cloud Promises Growth, but Risks Future Chaos and Rigidity
While cloud software guarantees future work for the tech industry, it brings future chaos and costs for buyers. Understand that you have less flexibility. Cracks in the cloud's foundation may appear in 10 years. #TechTrends #CloudComputing https://t.co/Lhc5GJmsbl
Chatting with AI Saves Hours of Data Crunching
A simple conversation with an AI can replace hours spent navigating dashboards and spreadsheets. https://t.co/qyinfRp62J
A/B Test LLM Prompts with Real Metrics, Not Ego
You tweak a prompt. It looks better. You ship it. A week later: - quality dips - costs rise - edge cases break Most teams “improve” prompts without proving anything. A/B testing for LLMs isn’t about ego. It’s about real users, real workloads, real cost. Here’s how to...
Security Must Account for All Human Actors
The farmers and the mercenaries: Rethinking the 'human layer' in security | CSO Online https://t.co/W4BglrjoFn
No Bad Offers—Pricing Reflects Risk, Fit Situation
I get questions about our home valuation every day. They usually sound like “they made a bad offer” - this is actually what’s happening: They selectively price low-risk homes aggressively. They keep wider spreads on higher-risk homes. When I look into bad offer...
Gemini Android Gets Cleaner UI with New Shortcuts
Gemini on Android is moving toward a decluttered UI with numerous small design changes across the board • Temporary chat shortcut on Gemini home • Shortcut for chat import • New ways to choose models ✅ Details and screenshots - https://t.co/mXe4A83cZo https://t.co/oBd9XnfFt1
Governments Will Counter AI-Driven Deflation Pressure
AI will not materialize into prolonged deflation as governments will be forced to act. A few weeks ago in my weekly Scouting the Tape piece I wrote the below. Give my presentation from last summer's Monetarium event a watch. https://t.co/FFulg5I5cg https://t.co/opgAb1hH2N
RAG Success Depends on Ecosystem, Not Just Model Choice
This is one of the cleanest visual summaries of a production-grade RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) stack I’ve seen. What it highlights clearly is an often-ignored reality: RAG is not a single tool — it’s an ecosystem. A solid RAG system spans multiple, interchangeable layers: LLMs...
Enterprise Networks Transform Into AI-Ready Intelligent Platforms
Enterprise networks are evolving from passive pipes into intelligent platforms. Integrated 5G, edge computing, and built-in security are enabling AI-ready infrastructure that supports intelligence at scale across distributed environments. Check out these use cases: https://t.co/4XYg87VcCI @TMobileBusiness Partner
Google Shares Key Insights on HTML Parsing & Search Experience
Google Videos (1) from Google Search team on parsing HTML and (2) from Google Ads team on search experiences - both worth listening to https://t.co/wD0y4Gz8yc https://t.co/rsldIPjJbz
Taming Agentic Chaos: The Biggest Tech Challenge
How to make tools like @openclaw behave is the biggest challenge (and opportunity) in tech right now. @lilyhnewman reports on an important new effort to tame agentic chaos: https://t.co/mKSiWh8Kr7
PAYX Leads AI-Driven HCM Shift, March‑April Puts Stall
$PAYX was one of the earliest poster childs for AI replacing HCM Some Mar. and Apr. puts holding still https://t.co/hKo3OHuqOM
Google Play Reveals Subscription Impact on Rewards Points
Google Play Starts Rolling Out a New Way to See Exactly How Your Subscriptions Are Fueling Your Rewards Points It also shows total count of your active subscriptions. ✅ Details - https://t.co/YnFlE1tujH https://t.co/xeqWeChVDC
FDA Grants Fast Track, Orphan Status to TSRA-196
1/@TesseraTx has announced that the U.S. FDA has granted Fast Track and Orphan Drug designations to TSRA-196 - its leading In Vivo Gene Editing program which is being jointly developed with $REGN, for the treatment of patients with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency...
Top Medical Specialties Poised to Thrive with AI
While every medical specialty will benefit from digital health and AI, some will especially thrive thanks to these innovations. Here, I listed the top medical specialties with the biggest potential for development in the future. Read on: https://t.co/KhId1Okqf2 https://t.co/rgvsDAjS1q
EU Carbon Prices Slip 20% Amid Reform Push
CHART OF THE DAY: The cost of European CO2 allowances has fallen ~20% in recent days after several key countries asked Brussels for a reform. Italy has gone as far as asking the Emissions Trading Syste to be suspended. CO2...
Build Trust with Data, Not Just Logos
"We only have one partner logo to show. How do we build credibility?" This came up in a call with a healthcare AI company. Early stage, incredible tech, but limited social proof. Here's what I recommended instead of the traditional logo wall: →...
Banks Miss AI Mark: Rethink Your Strategy
Excited to be speaking at the NextGen Payments & RegTech Forum in Zurich next week, exploring why many financial institutions are missing the mark in my keynote 'Your Bank’s AI Strategy Is Wrong.' Register here: https://t.co/xTKmiFTVt8 https://t.co/nY4oh47Y7A
Cold War Law Threatens AI Vendor Contract Protections
Question for Monday's meeting: "If the government invoked a Cold War-era law to access our AI tools, would our vendor contracts protect us?" This isn't hypothetical. The Pentagon did it this week. What would your team's answer be? https://t.co/3QPuHpodWP
Google Pixel Studio's Animation Tool: New Details Revealed
What to expect from Google Pixel Studio's upcoming animation tool Pixel Studio animation isn't here yet, but here are some new details ✅ Details - https://t.co/c9P4oeULMt https://t.co/VA6HGzunzI
India Cuts Coal Imports, Prioritizes Security Over Climate
India prioritizes national security and economic growth above aggressive, ideologically driven climate policies seen in some European countries. India seeks to cut power sector coal imports by 30% this year, sources say https://t.co/bA7W0ywe6Y
Clean Power Now Dominates Electricity in 25 European Nations
Europe’s energy transition is well underway but it is far from uniform. In 25 European countries, non-fossil fuel sources now generate the majority of electricity, a clear sign of how deeply clean power has penetrated the system. https://t.co/NjTmx157Rn
Verification Checks Claim, Recognition Finds Identity
🔍 Face Recognition vs Face Verification 🔑 Face Verification → Confirms if someone is who they claim to be (Yes ✅ / No ❌). 🧑🤝🧑 Face Recognition → Identifies who the person is by comparing against many faces 👥. #FaceRecognition #FaceVerification #AI...
Clean Power Fuels Prosperous Communities and Green Industry
With access to clean, reliable power, communities thrive, industries grow and people prosper. I welcome you to be part of #EmPowerGrowth, our global campaign to expand #energyaccess & unlock the full potential of green industrialization. Find out more: https://t.co/mSNgDa52aM https://t.co/Q6JzmtMdZ5
AI Today Mirrors 1870s Physics: Early Yet Transformative
If you ever feel like you're late to the game, consider that in the 1890s many scientists thought physics as a field was completely solved (quote below is from Albert Michelson in 1894). On the front of intelligence science, it feels...
Skills, Not Headcount, Drive HR Success in 2026
Podcast: Why Skills, Not Head Count, Matter Most to HR in 2026 @Conferenceboard https://t.co/C4eDvTLbom #HCM #HRM #HumanResources #HRTech #CHRO #CPO #Hiring #Recruitment #PeopleManagement #Culture #Change #FutureofHR #HRCurator
Chinese Clean‑energy Exports Cut Overseas CO2 by 1% in 2024
So @BradleyThomasUK wants to know about the CO2 impact of Chinese clean-tech manufacturing, having just asked a Q in parliament Which is lucky, cos we published detailed analysis on this last year: China’s clean-energy exports in 2024 alone will cut overseas...
Emerging Risks, Bank Consolidation, Quantum Computing Near Production
I've just released my weekly wrap-up. 1️⃣ A public view on Emerging Risks 2️⃣ Re-aggregating banks 3️⃣ Quantum Computing gets closer to production 👉 https://t.co/P2HDzCRgWS — fgtrends
Quantum Threat: Q-Day Could Cripple Global Financial Security
Quantum computers are coming — and in the next decade, could break widely used public-key encryption (RSA, ECC) that secures everything from bank transactions to crypto. Citigroup’s latest report on quantum calls it a trillion-dollar security threat, and they are not...
First Demo Flight Launches K2Space High-Power MEO Constellation
.@SES_Satellites: 1st demo flight for future multi-mission MEO constellation using @K2SpaceCo's big, high-power buses launches this spring. @defis_eu @esa.https://t.co/yVAGU89DCy https://t.co/sZUmRowhGb
2025: Satcom Gains, AI Losses Near End
.@space42ai in 2025: A good year for Al Yah fixed & @ThurayaTelecom mobile satcom offset by what co hopes is final year of losses for its AI/geospatial Smart Solutions business. Status of #Equatys D2D JV w/ @viasat should clarify this...
Switch Platforms, Save Money, Multiply Sales
Bombas crashed twice on Shark Tank and lost $15k in minutes. They switched platforms, saved $108k/year, and did $17.2M in sales the next year. Meanwhile you're on a cheap host praying it holds during a sale. That's the gap.
Anthropic Launches Free, Comprehensive AI Curriculum
Anthropic has quietly dropped a massive curriculum of free courses covering the entire AI ecosystem The syllabus is STACKED 🔥 → Claude Code: CLI automation for your workflow → MCP Mastery: building custom tools and resources in Python → API: a complete guide to...
Certifying Quantum Magic Proven Super‑Exponential Hard
The unbearable hardness of deciding about magic Identifying the boundary between classical and quantum computation is a central challenge in quantum information. In multi-qubit systems, entanglement and magic are the key resources underlying genuinely quantum behaviour. While entanglement is well understood,...
Clicker Training Boosts Surgeons' Knot‑Tying Success to 100%
Clicker training works on orthopaedic surgeons. A study taught surgical skills using a clicker for real-time feedback. 100% of that group nailed every step of a knot tie, vs 33% who learned by demonstration alone.
Hands‑On AI Tour Turns Ideas Into Impact
How do you prepare for the next frontier of transformation? For me, it’s learning by doing. The #MicrosoftAITour brings leaders & builders together to turn AI ideas into real impact through hands-on experimentation. This 20-second clip is a throwback to my favorite...