July Readings ... Continued
- Author
- Keith Teare
- Published
- Fri 01 Aug 2025
- Episode Link
- https://www.thatwastheweek.com/p/july-readings-continued
Contents
Venture Capital
Data is actually not a great VC-backed business
Why Every International Founder Should Spend Three Months in the U.S.
Why Seed Rounds Are Growing as Startups Shrink
On 9 data-driven tips for YC startup founders
Ultra-Unicorn Investors: These Firms Have Amassed The Largest Portfolios Of $5B+ Startups
Essays
A Summer of AI in San Francisco
The Satya of Satya’s Layoff Memo
Ads are inevitable in AI, and that's okay
The Slow Death of Social Networks
10 Things I Wish I Knew Before Vibe Coding
European Weakness
Wise shareholders back plan to move listing from the UK to the US
AI
As Anthropic goes, so goes the generative AI trade, says Big Technology's Alex Kantrowitz
a16z GP, Martin Casado: Anthropic vs OpenAI & Why Open Source is a National Security Risk with China
Balaji Srinivasan: How AI Will Change Politics, War, and Money
Iconiq set to lead $5bn funding round for AI start-up Anthropic
What will it take for robotaxis to go global?
The AI SDR Reality Check: How To Actually Make It Work
OpenAI’s IMO Team on Why Models Are Finally Solving Elite-Level Math
Google Lands $1.2 Billion Cloud Contract From ServiceNow
Pew Study: Google Users Click Less When AI Summaries Appear in Search Results
New AI architecture delivers 100x faster reasoning than LLMs with just 1,000 training examples
Tesla signs a $16.5 billion chip contract with Samsung Electronics
Chinese Tech
China’s AI Gambit: Code as Standards
How Hangzhou Spawned Deepseek and Unitree
Xi Jinping is the main thing holding China back
China Prepares to Unseat US in Fight for $4.8 Trillion AI Market
Media
New Media: Podcasts, Politics & the Collapse of Trust
IPO
Figma’s Auction-Like IPO Set Up to Capitalize on Strong Demand
Education
Why You Should Still Study Computer Science
Interview of the Week
"AI Is Too Busy to Take Your Job: The Electrifying Truth about our AIgorithmic Future
Regulation
Boston city council members introduce a bill to require drivers in Waymos
M & A
Palo Alto Networks agrees $25bn takeover of CyberArk
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