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GitLab Spurs 12.8% Rally, SaaS Index Up 3.
SocialJan 23, 2026

GitLab Spurs 12.8% Rally, SaaS Index Up 3.

📊 https://t.co/D1x4RaX5t7 Market Pulse - Thu, Jan 22 The https://t.co/D1x4RaX5t7 Index delivered a strong performance on January 22, 2026, with an average gain of 3.47% as 23 out of 25 stocks advanced. GitLab led the rally with a remarkable 12.82% surge,...

By Jason Lemkin
Capital One's $5.15B Brex Deal: Bargain or Blunder?
SocialJan 23, 2026

Capital One's $5.15B Brex Deal: Bargain or Blunder?

Capital One Acquires Brex: A $5 Billion Bargain Or Mistake? Capital One announced it’s acquiring small business banking fintech Brex for $5.15 billion. Is it a good deal? There are pros and cons from both firms' perspectives. https://t.co/n39JbjXMYS

By Ron Shevlin
Control Claude Code with Voice, Screenshots, No Typing
SocialJan 23, 2026

Control Claude Code with Voice, Screenshots, No Typing

Steal my process 👉 Here is exactly how I talk to Claude Code via voice and screenshots and keyboard shortcuts. Almost no typing. 🗣️ Prompting: download Wispr Flow, set Fn hold key as shortcut, allow across all displays, get a dedicated mic if...

By Allie Miller
Everyone Can Build AI Tools to Reclaim Time
SocialJan 22, 2026

Everyone Can Build AI Tools to Reclaim Time

🎤 Talk recap: How VCs & Teams Can Leverage AI and Automation I shared how AI can be used not in theory, not as hype — but as everyday leverage ⚙️ 📑 Slides from my talk at AI Skills’2026 Virtual...

By Benjamin Joffe
Prompting Game Yields Concise, Creative Solutions Without Emojis
SocialJan 22, 2026

Prompting Game Yields Concise, Creative Solutions Without Emojis

finally starting to see some longer solutions in KISS (prompting game), after disabling emojis and special characters. solutions still aren't quite like in the taboo game where you have to speak the hints, there are still a lot of acryonym/hacky solutions...

By Yohei Nakajima
Growth Trumps Efficiency in AI Era IPOs
SocialJan 22, 2026

Growth Trumps Efficiency in AI Era IPOs

A tough truth: getting more efficient, getting profitable, might have been necessary the past few years for many. But it also got you … nowhere. The markets still reward growth far more than efficiency. You do need both now when...

By Jason Lemkin
KSAT Appoints Marte Indregard as New CEO
SocialJan 22, 2026

KSAT Appoints Marte Indregard as New CEO

Global satellite ground network operator @KSAT_Kongsberg names Marte Indregard as new CEO, replaceing Rolf Skatteboe, who after being CEO for 25 years is moving to a new position at @KOGDefence. Indregard has been head of KSat ground segment. https://t.co/6l7fq7ICK5

By Peter B. de Selding
Shopify Partners Record In‑person Podcast Episode Next Month
SocialJan 22, 2026

Shopify Partners Record In‑person Podcast Episode Next Month

Two smart @Shopify partners coming to the studio next month to record in person for The Unofficial Shopify Podcast. IRL hits different. https://t.co/F9J0BU4qre

By Kurt Elster
Try Pulse: AI‑Curated Tech News Beta Launch
SocialJan 22, 2026

Try Pulse: AI‑Curated Tech News Beta Launch

Keeping track of AI and SaaS news and deals can be challenging. That's why we developed Pulse, our AI-curated technology news platform. We are seeking beta feedback this week before we launch widely. Please create a free account and share...

By Ryan Allis
Decision-Time Guidance Boosts Replit Agent Reliability
SocialJan 22, 2026

Decision-Time Guidance Boosts Replit Agent Reliability

You might’ve noticed a massive reliability jump in Replit Agent late last year. This wasn’t merely the result of frontier models getting better, but also a new method we call Decision-Time Guidance.

By Amjad Masad
Hallway Chats, Not Panels: Spryng Matches Marketers
SocialJan 22, 2026

Hallway Chats, Not Panels: Spryng Matches Marketers

I've attended 89 marketing conferences over the years. Almost all of them had the same problem. The best conversations happened in the hallway. At the bar. Never during the actual sessions. So I built Spryng differently. We hand-match attendees before the event. Similar...

By Peep Laja
UCP Proxy Connects Any E‑commerce System to Shopping Agents
SocialJan 22, 2026

UCP Proxy Connects Any E‑commerce System to Shopping Agents

We build UCP Proxy to take any ecommerce system and expose it via UCP to shopping agents. Make commerce better for everyone.

By Tobi Lutke
7 Essential Marketing Metrics You Should Actually Track
SocialJan 22, 2026

7 Essential Marketing Metrics You Should Actually Track

Most marketers track a lot of metrics. Very few know which ones actually matter. Here are 7 worth paying attention to, plus how to improve each one: (bookmark this) https://t.co/fPpNrpzoB1

By Chase Dimond
Swarm Garden Robots Enable Living‑Like Architecture Through Human Interaction
SocialJan 22, 2026

Swarm Garden Robots Enable Living‑Like Architecture Through Human Interaction

A new Science #Robotics study highlights Swarm Garden—robotic modules with #swarm intelligence that can respond to human interaction to enable “living-like” architecture. Learn more: https://t.co/0zas9GijHE https://t.co/1OtE4Eui3C

By Science Robotics
Consistent, Realistic AI Video Ads Transform Ecommerce
SocialJan 22, 2026

Consistent, Realistic AI Video Ads Transform Ecommerce

How To Create Viral AI Video Ads In 2026 (this feels illegal) Watch Here 👉 https://t.co/W58gL5fDW9 In this video, I break down how to create freakishly realistic AI video ads using Kling 2.6 Motion. This is a game-changer for ecommerce because it...

By Kamil Sattar
Open Cosmos Poised to Meet ITU Ka‑band Deadlines
SocialJan 22, 2026

Open Cosmos Poised to Meet ITU Ka‑band Deadlines

Can @Open_Cosmos field a viable Ka-band brdbnd constellation in time to meet @ITU 2026 and 2028 deadlines? Liechtenstein regulator says yes. 2 smallsats to preserve ITU priority launched Jan 21 by @RocketLab. Countdown to 50% deployment deadline begins.https://t.co/o3sakwcdsK https://t.co/LNgAwUkvic

By Peter B. de Selding
Leadership Risk: Balancing Fast Innovation with Slow Adoption
SocialJan 22, 2026

Leadership Risk: Balancing Fast Innovation with Slow Adoption

Why does innovation move fast while adoption crawls? Because transformation forces leaders to redirect capital, talent, and attention away from what still works toward what is not yet proven. That tension defines the messy middle. This conversation with Tina Vatanka...

By Geoffrey Moore
Deep Dive: AI Trends and Investment Strategies with Nathan Benaich
SocialJan 22, 2026

Deep Dive: AI Trends and Investment Strategies with Nathan Benaich

Fun convo going deep on all things AI and how to invest in it with the 🐐 @nathanbenaich

By Turner Novak
ACIP Chair Calls for Reassessing Polio Vaccine Necessity
SocialJan 22, 2026

ACIP Chair Calls for Reassessing Polio Vaccine Necessity

So we are the point of questioning polio vaccines. The chair of ACIP: “I think also, as you look at polio, we need to not be afraid to consider that we are in a different time now than we were then....

By Matthew Herper
Winning Robotaxi Market Depends on Experience, Not First‑Mover
SocialJan 22, 2026

Winning Robotaxi Market Depends on Experience, Not First‑Mover

I've been covering autonomous vehicles for decades now (had the first ride in Mercedes autonomous vehicle, and the first video of a Waymo on a freeway here in Silicon Valley). Waymo beat Tesla by three years. Some of my friends take...

By Robert Scoble
The Term “Seed Round” Is Officially Retired
SocialJan 22, 2026

The Term “Seed Round” Is Officially Retired

We are now officially retiring the term "seed round". Thank you for your attention to this matter. https://t.co/NzL2sy9dUJ

By Alex Johnson
Generative AI Promises Personalized, Pocket‑sized Insight Despite Hurdles
SocialJan 22, 2026

Generative AI Promises Personalized, Pocket‑sized Insight Despite Hurdles

There will be mistakes, regulations, and challenges. But generative AI will make us more informed, better served, and more personalized than ever, all from a device in our pocket. https://t.co/7pJLU4gZ91

By Jim Marous
AI Forgetfulness Explained: Context Windows Limit Memory
SocialJan 22, 2026

AI Forgetfulness Explained: Context Windows Limit Memory

Ever noticed how an AI suddenly forgets what you were talking about? That’s not a mistake. It’s the context window. A model can only see a limited amount of text at once. Once that window fills up, older context drops out. Inside that window, prompting decides...

By Louis Bouchard
Phone AI Soon Replaces Cloud for Everyday Reasoning
SocialJan 22, 2026

Phone AI Soon Replaces Cloud for Everyday Reasoning

using @runanywhereAI, I have Mistral 7B running on a 5 year old phone (iPhone 13 pro) given phones getting more powerful and models getting smaller, how much longer til we have sufficient reasoning capacity on our phones that we don't rely...

By Yohei Nakajima
Honest Board Management Beats Optimistic Theater
SocialJan 22, 2026

Honest Board Management Beats Optimistic Theater

Here are a few take-aways from the early days of scaling at Okta with their co-founder, Frederic Kerrest . 1. Managing the board: Demonstrated control over the business versus optimistic theater Early in my career, I thought my job with...

By Mark Roberge
Simulation Quality, Not Solvers, Drives Embodied AI Success
SocialJan 22, 2026

Simulation Quality, Not Solvers, Drives Embodied AI Success

🎙️ Steve Xie, Ph.D. is the founder and CEO of Lightwheel , building the simulation and synthetic data layer powering the next generation of embodied AI and humanoid robotics. In this episode, Steve shares a rare founder journey that starts...

By Ilir Aliu
New ACIP Chair Questions Polio Vaccines, Rejects Established Science
SocialJan 22, 2026

New ACIP Chair Questions Polio Vaccines, Rejects Established Science

The new chair of the #ACIP was on the Why Should I Trust You? podcast. The interview was ... enlightening. Among other things, Kirk Milhoan seemed to question whether kids still need to be vaccinated against polio & said he...

By Helen Branswell
Own Your Money: Monthly Spot-Checks Prevent Financial Disasters
SocialJan 22, 2026

Own Your Money: Monthly Spot-Checks Prevent Financial Disasters

Financial Commandment #1: Your money, your responsibility. Running @ecomfuelco for 12+ years, I've watched hundreds of store owners behind the scenes. The ones who blow up often have one thing in common: they're mentally checked-out financially. Not the work. The ownership. Big...

By Andrew Youderian
400+ Tax Rate Changes Demand New Compliance Checklist
SocialJan 22, 2026

400+ Tax Rate Changes Demand New Compliance Checklist

The first week of 2026 brought over 400 sales tax rate changes across the U.S. That alone should tell you something: whatever setup worked last year probably isn’t enough anymore. Here’s the checklist I’d use to make sure compliance doesn’t become a...

By Chase Dimond
Adoption Speed, Not Code, Is New Development Bottleneck
SocialJan 22, 2026

Adoption Speed, Not Code, Is New Development Bottleneck

Here’s what often gets missed when people think about AI coding. The code may now be free, but the learnings of what to build (and what to build *next*) and how to build it are bottlenecked by the same set...

By Aaron Levie
Agency's Year-Long Shopify Migration Finally Completed
SocialJan 22, 2026

Agency's Year-Long Shopify Migration Finally Completed

The cobbler's children have no shoes. Our agency site re-migration to Shopify has taken over a year because client work keeps jumping the queue. Finally crossing the finish line. https://t.co/Gq4c1fQJKU

By Kurt Elster
AI-Native B2B Apps Are Redefining the Software Landscape
SocialJan 22, 2026

AI-Native B2B Apps Are Redefining the Software Landscape

Will B2B software survive the AI era? The last platform shift, on-prem to cloud, created a wave of new category winners. Salesforce, Workday, NetSuite, HubSpot, and GitHub were all native-cloud companies. But the signals are different this time. Foundational models...

By Mark Roberge
Blue Origin Counts Down New Shepard‑38, Launch Imminent
SocialJan 22, 2026

Blue Origin Counts Down New Shepard‑38, Launch Imminent

Blue Origin has picked up the count for New Shepard-38, launch in just over 1 minute.

By Marcia Smith
Scale Expertise with Tools, Not Years of Training
SocialJan 22, 2026

Scale Expertise with Tools, Not Years of Training

Stop trying to train your team into experts. Build tools that make them experts faster. One of the ListKit cofounders, Christian , is an absolute cold email genius. Took him 4+ years to get there. That expertise is incredibly valuable....

By Lincoln Murphy
Claude Extension Serves as Fallback when Browsers Blocked
SocialJan 22, 2026

Claude Extension Serves as Fallback when Browsers Blocked

When you don't have an Skill/MCP, a headless browser is blocked, curl and fetch are blocked... the Claude extension is a slow but serviceable backup.

By Jason Haddix
U.S. Exit From WHO Undermines Global Pandemic Preparedness
SocialJan 22, 2026

U.S. Exit From WHO Undermines Global Pandemic Preparedness

The US withdrawal from #WHO became official today, leaving the world less prepared for dangerous disease outbreaks. “When that will bite us in the ass, it’s impossible to predict. But there is a 100% certainty that it will bite us...

By Helen Branswell
Mandating AI Skill Up: Training, Hackathons, Hiring
SocialJan 22, 2026

Mandating AI Skill Up: Training, Hackathons, Hiring

Right when we got back into the office this year we mandated that everyone becomes Claude Code proficient in the next few months. We have mandatory weekly office hours, half-day (moving to two full day) hackathons, and consistent showing and telling. It...

By Eric Siu
Quantum Phase Space Holds Real Computational Power
SocialJan 22, 2026

Quantum Phase Space Holds Real Computational Power

I am very excited to share my latest paper from the quantum computing summer https://t.co/opr4pp9EVc In collaboration w/ Luke Coffman, @Nahuel_L_Diaz, @MartinLaroo, and the one and only Maria Schuld from @XanaduAI The punchline: quantum phase space isn’t just a pretty...

By Marco Cerezo
SMBs Trade Higher Volume for Lower NRR than Enterprises
SocialJan 22, 2026

SMBs Trade Higher Volume for Lower NRR than Enterprises

In theory, SMB > Enterprise More customers, much faster sales cycles, faster PLG and viral cycles But even 100% NRR is tough to hit with SMBs, While 120%-140% common in Enterprise Most SMB SaaS goes at least bit enterprise or at least into more...

By Jason Lemkin
Treat Generative AI as Intelligence, Not Deterministic Software
SocialJan 22, 2026

Treat Generative AI as Intelligence, Not Deterministic Software

We often talk about LLMs as another tool to tack onto a workflow, but that framing isn't quite right. In this clip, Naeem Abraham (Senior Director of Product Strategy at C&R) presents a ... better perspective. Generative AI doesn't behave like a...

By Alex Johnson
Most Series A Founders Overestimate Their $50M Worth
SocialJan 22, 2026

Most Series A Founders Overestimate Their $50M Worth

I talk to delusional Series A founders every day. I now just send them this post. If your company does under $10m ARR, burns over $200k/mo and has low Gross Retention, you are not worth $50-100m dollars to ANYONE despite...

By Adam Robinson
KNN in scRNA‑seq: More Art than Science
SocialJan 22, 2026

KNN in scRNA‑seq: More Art than Science

Everyone talks about KNN (K nearest Neighbor) like it’s a simple algorithm. But in practice, especially in single-cell RNA-seq—it’s art, not science. https://t.co/BCreDmtKwZ

By Ming Tang
Elon Musk Praises Lemonade's Tesla‑FSD Insurance Offering
SocialJan 22, 2026

Elon Musk Praises Lemonade's Tesla‑FSD Insurance Offering

Exciting to read @elonmusk highlighting the recent InsurTech offer Lemonade unveiled, targeting Tesla cars with a specific insurance offer (which leverages the FSD feature). https://t.co/sVKEyHPgn3

By Florian Graillot
B2B Success Requires Humanity Over Pure Logic
SocialJan 22, 2026

B2B Success Requires Humanity Over Pure Logic

For years, B2B marketing has leaned heavily on the comfort of logic to win the day. And I get it. When the stakes are high, logic feels safe. The assumption is simple: present enough facts, stats, and proof points, and...

By Linda Boff
Progress in Cancer Fight, Yet GBM, Colorectal, Liver
SocialJan 22, 2026

Progress in Cancer Fight, Yet GBM, Colorectal, Liver

Great progress update on the war on cancer “GBM, colorectal and liver still look very challenging...” See below for detail point down 👇🏼 https://t.co/UTFZSsDVcX

By BowTiedBiotech
CORT Shows 30% Pre‑market
SocialJan 22, 2026

CORT Shows 30% Pre‑market

$CORT +30% pre-market Still room to run? >OS met: HR 0.65 (-35% death risk), mOS 16.0 vs 11.9 mo (+4.1) >PFS (prior): HR 0.70 (-30%) >n=381, safety ≈ control, no biomarker needed What’s next: full dataset at a med meeting; FDA PDUFA Jul 11, 2026...

By BowTiedBiotech
Comprehensive AI Marketing Tools Directory with Ratings
SocialJan 22, 2026

Comprehensive AI Marketing Tools Directory with Ratings

The best directory of AI marketing tools anywhere continues to expand. Tools recently added include GWI Spark, Kyutai SST, FLORA , Rime , SocialBee , SketchPro.ai , SharedChat, StepFun , Signal AI , Fish Audio , Photoroom , Repurpose.io ,...

By Tom Pick
SearchAPI Sued for Stealing SerpApi's Proprietary Tech
SocialJan 22, 2026

SearchAPI Sued for Stealing SerpApi's Proprietary Tech

🚨 The lawsuit nobody saw coming: SearchAPI vs. SearchAPI (!) SerpApi filed suit against Zilvinas Kucinskas and his company, SearchApi, for systematically stealing SerpApi’s proprietary technology and using its trade secrets to build a product that directly copies and competes with...

By Aleyda Solis
Rethink Dispute Processes to Turn Fraud Into Advantage
SocialJan 22, 2026

Rethink Dispute Processes to Turn Fraud Into Advantage

Banks can turn first-party fraud from a hidden vulnerability into a competitive advantage if they rethink dispute processes. Join our conversation with @shanthi_peace, CEO of Casap. Watch the full episode: https://t.co/aCTj9YH63K https://t.co/vmuPbei31q

By Jim Marous