AI companies are raising at valuations that require them to grow at rates that are only achievable by chasing the broadest possible market with the most generic possible product.
A company that raises at a $500M valuation needs to show a path to billions in revenue,
which means it can't afford to be a niche tool that does one thing brilliantly for a specific audience.
It has to be a platform, horizontal, aimed at enterprise, built for no one in particular.
Ever…
Sources: AI chipmaker Cerebras confidentially files for a US IPO after withdrawing a previous IPO last year, and a listing could take place as soon as April (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/exclusive-cerebras-files-confidenti…
Blues with a Feeling - The Official Podcast
With a dedicated following both locally and internationally as a radio show of 27 years, Shaun Bindley is now working on producing Blues with a Feeling as a Podcast...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/blues-
With YIMBYs like this, who needs NIMBYs?
*yes, SF YIMBY endorsed the two sponsors of this ordinance, Matt Dorsey and Bilal Mahmood
https://missionlocal.org/2026/01/sf-soma-store-ban-drug-crime-deterrence/
Urban Demons IV 👻
城市鬼魂 IV 👻
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🎞️ Ilford HP5 400 Plus, expired 1993
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It occurred to me that I have not expressed this in a while or quite this way…
I truly appreciate almost* every one of my followers. I don’t lock my account for various neurotic reasons but I do *curate* my followers for humanness and other vibes. I don’t “follow back” much, as my firehose is already too much. I block or at least soft-block most new followers.
*: except for the handful who seem to keep {un,re}-following as some dumb engagement farming.
Damn, New Jersey…
“Panic is the appropriate response to the passage and signing of a new law in New Jersey that requires all e-bike riders 17 and older to have driver’s licenses, registration and insurance (which may not even be available and proof of which they must carry with them while riding) and wear a state-approved motorcycle helmet.”
@… Shiny!
Are you just following the reference circuit from the J1772:2001 spec?
Aka, this is a handful of voltage-drop resisters (and one diode) in the CP-PE loop on the kettle-side, and switching one more in for ready/boiling?
Did you bother with any PWM signalling?
RED (Ocassionally) II 🔴
红 (有时) II 🔴
📷 Zeiss IKON Super Ikonta 533/16
🎞️ Harman Red 125 (6x6)
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Twitter founder Jack Dorsey is running into some serious issues while overhauling his financial services company, #Block.
Earlier this month, the company started laying off its staff as part of what Bloomberg characterized as an “efficiency push,”
potentially affecting up to ten percent of the company’s workforce.
It’s been a painful, drawn-out process that could drag on for weeks, sources to…