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Q&A with Stratechery's Ben Thompson on aggregation theory, AI, TikTok, ByteDance, AI agentic commerce, SaaS stocks, running Stratechery, TSMC, Stripe, and more (John Collison/Cheeky Pint)
https://cheekypint.substack.com/p/ben-thompson-from-stratechery-on…

Ben Thompson from Stratechery on AI ads, the end of SaaS, and the future of media
Ben Thompson, the internet’s premier tech analyst, joins John for a wide-ranging conversation on the mechanics of the internet economy.

Apples KI-Strategie: Auch Datenschutz sorgt für Verzögerungen
Auch nach dem Beginn der Kooperation mit Google für Gemini-basierte Sprachmodelle ändert sich an Apples Strategie wenig. Die Ansage kommt von ganz oben.

Japan investiert weitere 4 Milliarden US-Dollar in Chip-Startup Rapidus
Der erst 2022 gegründete Chiphersteller Rapidus erhält weitere Investitionen für 2-Nanometer-Chips und eine eigene Packaging-Fabrik.

Trump says US to start blockading the Strait of Hormuz immediately (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/trump-says-us-start-blockading-strait-hormuz-2026-04-12/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260412/p15#a260412p15

from my link log —
The SOC2 starting seven.
https://latacora.micro.blog/2020/03/12/the-soc-starting.html
saved 2020-03-13 https://…

Chinese brain-computer interface startup Gestala raised $21.6M co-led by Guosheng Capital and Dalton Venture at a $100M to $200M valuation, per CEO Phoenix Peng (Kate Park/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/11/bci-startu…

Chinese brain interface startup Gestala raises $21M just two months after launch | TechCrunch
This is the largest early-stage funding in China’s brain computer interface industry.

Bemannte Mondmission der NASA: Artemis-2 soll jetzt am 1. April starten
Im April soll es jetzt so weit sein: Zum ersten Mal seit mehr als einem halben Jahrhundert sollen wieder Menschen zum Mond fliegen.

from my link log —
How David Kindersley’s serifs lost the road war but won the streets.
https://thebeautyoftransport.com/2021/11/03/how-serifs-lost-the-road-war-but-won-the-streets/
saved 2026-02-12

How Serifs Lost the Road War but Won the Streets
It is 1961. At Benson Airfield in south Oxfordshire, a test car driver employed by the Roads Research Laboratory is revving the engine of his Morris Oxford and preparing to release the handbrake. W…

A look at Higgsfield, an AI video startup that grew to $300M ARR within 11 months, as it faces a creator backlash over aggressive and shocking marketing tactics (Rashi Shrivastava/Forbes)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/rashishriva…

Racist Videos And Payment Problems: The Dark Side Of This AI Startup’s Super-Fast Growth
Influencer marketing helped AI video company Higgsfield hit $300 million in annual revenue run rate in just 11 months. But misleading marketing tactics and a shock-based social media strategy has led to backlash.

Tel Aviv-based Bold, which uses AI agents to secure enterprise devices like laptops from cyberattacks, emerges from stealth with $40M in funding (Robert Scammell/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/bold-cybersecurity-startup-funding…

This Israeli cyber startup is launching with $40 million in funding during the Iran war: 'It's part of our reality and part of our strength'
Tel-Aviv-based startup Bold is keenly familiar with both AI and war in the Middle East, two of the most disruptive forces for businesses.