This AI-powered startup studio plans to launch 100,000 companies a year — really

This AI-powered startup studio plans to launch 100,000 companies a year — really

Henrik Werdelin has spent the last 15 years helping entrepreneurs build big brands like Barkbox through his startup studio Prehype. Now, with his new, New York-based venture Audos, he’s betting that AI can help him scale that process from “tens” of startups a year to “hundreds of thousands” of aspiring business owners. The timing certainly … Read more

Redwood Materials launches energy storage business and its first target is AI data centers

Redwood Materials launches energy storage business and its first target is AI data centers

Tucked between two massive buildings in the hills of the Nevada desert, 805 retired EV batteries lie in neat formation, each one wrapped in nondescript white tarps — and hiding in plain sight.  A passerby might not realize this unassuming array is the largest microgrid in North America, that it’s powering a 2,000 GPU modular … Read more

Meta’s recruiting blitz claims three OpenAI researchers

Meta’s recruiting blitz claims three OpenAI researchers

In the fight for top AI talent, Meta just reportedly snagged a win, poaching three OpenAI researchers despite rival Sam Altman’s public mockery of Mark Zuckerberg’s lavish hiring tactics. The latest victory in Zuckerberg’s widely-reported recruiting blitz: Lucas Beyer, Alexander Kolesnikov, and Xiaohua Zhai – who established OpenAI’s Zurich office – have joined Meta’s superintelligence … Read more

Don’t Build an Organizational Culture They Like. Build One They Won’t Leave

Don’t Build an Organizational Culture They Like. Build One They Won’t Leave

Don’t Build an Organizational Culture They Like. Build One They Won’t Leave ORDINARY doesn’t cut it in organizations. It never did. But today, the market punishes average. Leaders who cling to comfort, who delay bold decisions, who tolerate mediocrity—these leaders don’t manage growth. They direct decline. The top 5% of your people create 95% of … Read more

Court filings reveal OpenAI and io’s early work on an AI device

Court filings reveal OpenAI and io’s early work on an AI device

Legal filings submitted earlier this month from lawyers representing OpenAI and Jony Ive’s io reveal new details about the companies’ efforts to build a mass-market AI hardware device. The filings are part of a trademark dispute lawsuit filed this month by iyO, a Google-backed hardware startup developing custom-molded earpieces that connect to other devices. Over … Read more