A little over a month ago, Anthropic and AI infrastructure provider Nscale announced a $45 billion compute deal. Now, the duo may be about to do it again. Bloomberg reports that the two companies are said to be on the verge of announcing yet another $45 billion compute deal, citing people familiar with the matter. … Read more
You Must be a Genius I asked a leader I coach, “What do you want?” He shared three ideas. I followed with, “If you saw these things happening, what would you see.” He struggled for an answer. It’s challenging to translate ideas into behaviors. Ironically, this leader is already great at what he wants others … Read more
The players sometimes change. I sat down with four of Benchmark’s partners three years ago, and three of those individuals are no longer with the firm. The capital commitments have changed, too. This summer, Benchmark announced $2 billion across two funds, marking only the second time in its 31-year history that it has veered from … Read more
Automated content creation is the use of software or AI to complete a repeatable sequence of content-production tasks. When people hear “automated content creation”, I imagine they picture something like this: Enter a keyword, click a button, and poof! An article is made. From there, they’ll generate 500 articles before the day ends and publish … Read more
After chatbot startup Character.AI filed for bankruptcy earlier this week, many of its employees will have the opportunity to take jobs at Disney. Character.AI’s former CEO Karandeep Anand recently became the entertainment giant’s first CTO, and the startup previously said that Disney had agreed to acquire some of its assets for $20 million. A legal … Read more
Boundaries Concentrate Energy Don’t waste yourself on urgent trivialities. Addiction to busyness leads to fatigue. You deserve boundaries. Deadlines energize action. Budgets force choices. Priorities eliminate distractions. Healthy constraints make achievement possible. Unrestrained freedom becomes frantic drift. Boundaries concentrate energy. How Boundaries Concentrate Energy #1. Boundaries eliminate options. Decide what you won’t do: We won’t … Read more
Meta recently updated its commercial terms of use, declaring that the company can “use any content from [a business account’s] domains, web pages, or URLs to provide, develop, improve, research, train, and maintain the integrity of” Meta products and services. According to legal experts interviewed by Nieman Lab, this looked like a “remarkable provision” that … Read more
Leading Thoughts for October 15, 2026 IDEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives. Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with: I. Dave Rossi on living with purpose: “Without this sense of purpose, emotion and rumination can take over, acting like a thick fog that distorts … Read more
Replit, the AI coding platform that has become a favorite of startup founders and developers, is no longer working with Anthropic, the company’s CEO and co-founder Amjad Masad said Thursday while onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt. Masad said the decision was made for a number of different reasons, including cost. Replit announced a partnership with OpenAI … Read more
Your best knowledge leaves with your people Say a new SEO or AEO hire takes six months to onboard. They compound everything they learn in their head. Then they leave, all that compounding is gone, and the team starts over. Panopto’s research puts a number on it: 42% of institutional knowledge is unique to the … Read more