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Sequoia breaks VC taboo by backing Anthropic at $350B despite OpenAI ties

Jan 19, 2026

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15 min read

Sequoia breaks VC taboo by backing Anthropic at $350B despite OpenAI ties

PLUS: Runpod hits $120M ARR from Reddit post, ClickHouse reaches $15B valuation, Threads surpasses X in mobile users, and Nvidia taps pirated libraries

Jelani Abdus-Salaam
Jelani Abdus-Salaam
Wikipedia's $65M content monetization as OpenAI commits $10B to Cerebras

Jan 15, 2026

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14 min read

Wikipedia's $65M content monetization as OpenAI commits $10B to Cerebras

PLUS: WhatsApp caves to Brazil on chatbot ban, Apple battles Nvidia for TSMC capacity, and biotech tackles copper shortage with probiotics

Jelani Abdus-Salaam
Jelani Abdus-Salaam
Bill Gates-backed fusion startup raises $87M for AI power

Jan 14, 2026

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21 min read

Bill Gates-backed fusion startup raises $87M for AI power

PLUS: PLUS: Skild AI hits $14B valuation, Gemini reads your Gmail and photos, Tesla goes subscription-only for FSD, and New York legalizes robotaxis everywhere except NYC

Jelani Abdus-Salaam
Jelani Abdus-Salaam
Brazil forces Meta to open WhatsApp to rival AI chatbots

Jan 13, 2026

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18 min read

Brazil forces Meta to open WhatsApp to rival AI chatbots

PLUS: PLUS: Meta launches AI infrastructure initiative, Apple-Google Gemini deal explained, Slackbot becomes an AI agent, and OpenAI buys health records startup for $100M

Jelani Abdus-Salaam
Jelani Abdus-Salaam
Meta hires Trump's deputy NSA as first-ever president

Jan 12, 2026

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17 min read

Meta hires Trump's deputy NSA as first-ever president

PLUS: French defense unicorn Harmattan AI hits $1.4B valuation, Google's new commerce protocol turns AI assistants into checkout counters, and SpaceX gets approval for 7,500 more Starlink satellites

Jelani Abdus-Salaam
Jelani Abdus-Salaam
a16z raises $15B, capturing 18% of all 2025 US venture capital

Jan 9, 2026

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14 min read

a16z raises $15B, capturing 18% of all 2025 US venture capital

PLUS: GTMfund rewrites AI distribution playbook, OpenAI acquires Convogo team, Cyera hits $9B valuation, and X paywalls Grok after CSAM scandal

Jelani Abdus-Salaam
Jelani Abdus-Salaam
VCs bet consumer AI saves stalled enterprise adoption in 2026

Jan 8, 2026

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15 min read

VCs bet consumer AI saves stalled enterprise adoption in 2026

PLUS: Gmail's AI Inbox replaces traditional email, Character.AI settles first teen death case, and ChatGPT Health targets 230M weekly users

Jelani Abdus-Salaam
Jelani Abdus-Salaam
Meta's $2B Manus deal becomes geopolitical chess

Jan 7, 2026

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13 min read

Meta's $2B Manus deal becomes geopolitical chess

PLUS: McKinsey declares "learn once, work forever" dead, xAI raises $20B at $230B valuation, and LMArena hits unicorn status in 4 months

Jelani Abdus-Salaam
Jelani Abdus-Salaam
Commonwealth Fusion lands Nvidia deal as AI's energy hunger rewrites clean tech economics

Jan 6, 2026

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17 min read

Commonwealth Fusion lands Nvidia deal as AI's energy hunger rewrites clean tech economics

PLUS: Nvidia's robotics Android play, Rubin chips hit production, Boston Dynamics gets DeepMind DNA, and AWS hikes GPU prices on Saturday

Jelani Abdus-Salaam
Jelani Abdus-Salaam
Meta's $2B Manus buy converts 3B users into an AI agent marketplace

Dec 31, 2025

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15 min read

Meta's $2B Manus buy converts 3B users into an AI agent marketplace

PLUS: AI's trillion-dollar bets face reality check, electrical grid software becomes critical bottleneck, and ChatGPT embeds as transaction layer across consumer platforms

Jelani Abdus-Salaam
Jelani Abdus-Salaam
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