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Congrats to the Kalshi team on the raise! As an early advisor, so impressed to see how far you guys have come. Prediction markets have gone mainstream and people today don't just consume news, they trade on the outcome of events. They are becoming a second screen for when

“He only hangs out with models now” means a very different thing in SF

New Anthropic Research: How people use Claude for emotional support. From millions of anonymized conversations, we studied how adults use AI for emotional and personal needs—from navigating loneliness and relationships to asking existential questions.

We’re baaaack!! Sally Shin, Helen Min, Ashley Mayer and Angela Du are kicking off season two of Great Chat with AI M&A, the mechanics behind company leaks, Labubus, cats on diving boards, and more. Shout-out to our headline sponsor Mercury and our Q&A partner Perplexity!

Fascinating nugget from Stripe AI report "In 2024, Midjourney sold to more than 200 countries and territories—more countries than any other Stripe user." 🤯 AI companies are rewriting playbook and going global from day 1 vs startups have expanded internationally in stages.

Sam Altman does so many interviews but this one from Casey Newton Kevin Roose is hilarious and also hits some important topics. Plus find you a man who will so enjoyably talk about his disclosures and conflicts (that’s a teaser for the video 😘) youtu.be/cT63mvqN54o?si… via

“Think about the pressure that is on this very young person to save Meta’s AI strategy.” In our first episode of the season, Helen Min, Sally Shin, Ashley Mayer and Angela go deep on the acquihire of the summer: Meta's purchase of Alexander Wang...er, Scale AI.

This guy built an AI basketball coach using Gemini 2.5, providing real-time feedback on every shot

on future of AI interfaces: future interfaces flow like water — meeting people how they actually think, not how we assume they should some of us think in bullet points, some in conversations, others need to see everything mapped out visually. the magic happens when the

For this week's Great Chat, we're talking about the summer slowdown - is it still a thing? Or have AI advancements set a new and blistering pace for the startup ecosystem (new deals, hires, etc), seasonality be damned. Please participate in this highly scientific survey.

Recently heard on a podcast a term Sequoia Capital's James Flynn coined: "GX: generative experiences" ... gone are they days of thinking about UX design, how humans interact with technology is fundamentally changing

The first thing I appreciated in Figma’s S-1 was right at the start of Dylan Field's letter: “When Evan and I started Figma…” Too often, companies write departed founders out of a company’s story. Dylan did the opposite — and that says a lot.

Fun fact I learned recently is that Alexandr Wang doesn’t have a second e in his name so it would have 8 characters, meaning good fortune in Chinese culture. Will Mark Zuckerberg give him that 8 character handle in his new role?

Late to the news but did Cloudflare's new tool blocking ai crawlers kill a bunch of startups overnight? I've seen bunch of companies trying to be solutions for publishers trying to monetize/block AI scraping, none that could scale a marketplace product to the level of Cloudflare

We regret to inform you on the eve of a holiday weekend: there will be no summer slowdown. Blame Covid era zoom fundraising, AI, and Zuck's hiring spree. This week, we have the whole crew: Helen Min, Sally Shin, mac bohannon, Ashley Mayer and Angela. Happy Fourth! 🇺🇸