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Pleased to announce the early lineup for Axios BFD. Nov. 17 in NYC: @DonaldJTrumpJr @RealOmeedMalik @AROD @sacca @RFS_Vista @blackstone's Joan Solotar @GoldmanSachs' Kim Posnett More to come Request an invite: axiosbfd2026interest.splasht…
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Leaving aside the pathetic pandering, "artificial intelligence" is just a better term than "superintelligence" -- because it tacitly reminds us not to anthropomorphize chatbots, agents, etc.
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The importance of this accord is akin to that of the annual turkey pardons.
Trump, tech executives sign 'morally binding' AI document reut.rs/4hwTI7F reut.rs/4hwTI7F
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I'm told the group he's in talks with is the Foley/Colangelo group. @FOS
Dana White says that he could potentially be part of the ownership group of a Las Vegas-based NBA team
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What if we just call it Happy Fun Ball?
Trump to sign order renaming AI as ‘superintelligence’ thehill.com/policy/technolog…
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This also is a situation that can be addressed via a telephone.
Instinct CEO Noah Shinn says agents will let restaurants give tables to birthdays and anniversaries over whoever clicks first "And traditionally, because of the way that the internet has worked, at least for reservations, it's been first come first serve. So anyone that comes in, no matter how important or how not important it might be, whoever gets in first gets the reservation." "But what if you had the ability for the agent to be able to communicate on both sides, communicate, hey, this is important. This is actually the person's spouse's birthday, the 30th birthday, a very special event is coming up." "And the restaurant too can say, let's actually prioritize birthdays or major decade birthdays or major anniversaries or these certain people, I don't know, whatever it might be, right?" "So now with the ability, with all of the logistical burden of having to describe exactly what your case is and what's happening and why it's important. Now we have the ability to perfectly match what does the restaurant want? What does the user want?" "And that will result in more special events for the users being able to actually have a spot in the restaurant."
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Thanks to everyone who came out this morning to our "AI Across America" event. Always great to have a full house in Boston!
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🚨Big Wall Street SCOOP: Piper Sandler has been in talks to buy advisory firm Perella Weinberg Partners. w/ @AAndriotis wsj.com/business/deals/piper…
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Where does this piece go?
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I still think Anthropic is going public before Thanksgiving. But the market is handing it an excuse if it changes its mind.
Smart-ring maker Oura delays $2 billion IPO axios.com/2026/09/29/oura-ip…
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Good morning from @Axios “AI Across America” event in Boston. Just across the “road” from Fenway. Livestream begins at 8:30am
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Oura postpones IPO due to “market conditions.” This is becoming a trend.
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X should not allow Keith Richards to trend if he's still alive. Causes undue stress.
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Payton Tolle explaining job experience is what I needed on this Monday.
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Is there a point in doing next year’s Midas List? Just give Martin a trophy and move on.
I don’t normally write these things. But this one hits a bit different. Nearly three years ago I told a16z I wanted to spend part time outside the firm helping @drfeifei start and build a frontier model company. And what followed were some of the most remarkable moments of my career. From being at the founding table. To watching the first git commits. Seeing the very early very rough results that hinted at something much greater. Contributing to the open source. Watching the creation of new model architectures that pushed the state of the art in multiple areas. I saw the team spin magic from nothing again and again. And I was very privileged to be within the walls. I’m very proud of what was accomplished, and am so excited for what lies ahead. So congratulations to AMD for entering into an agreement with the leading spatial intelligence frontier lab. And congratulations to the World Labs team on a partner that has the vision, ambition and leadership to be the top AI technology provider globally. Also congratulations to Dr. Su and Dr. Li. Two world class CEOs with a common vision. The both of you working together is unimaginably legendary. Arguably the smartest leaders in tech with the shared goal of building the world's leading AI capabilities. I know you both share an optimistic view of AIs ability to aid humanity. We need far more of that. As everyone knows. I’m World Lab’s biggest fan. And will remain so. Thanks to @drfeifei , @BenMildenhall , @jcjohnss and the entire team for letting me tag along. What a crazy fucking ride. You stood at the frontier, and moved it. And will continue to. Again, many congratulations to everyone involved. The future of AI will be so much brighter with this partnership. I can’t wait to see where it leads. Here’s to new worlds!
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Everyone is convinced that consumers are gonna be very excited about agents. A lot surely will; but the tasks that really consume a lot of people’s time remains manual (picking up the kid, making a meal, fixing the thing,etc)… the chief-of-stuff concept is invaluable for certain white collar professionals. Not everyone.
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