October 25, 2026

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Instacart reportedly discussed selling itself with DoorDash and Uber: Instacart might sell itself to a larger competitor. Read More

The hottest AI wearables and gadgets you should know about: We compiled a list of all the hottest AI wearables, including Muse Charm, Bee, Friend, Plaud, and more. Read More

VCs, Superhuman Mail founder share red flags about product-market fit: Top investors from Iconiq and Sapphire Ventures, along with Rahul Vohra, the founder of Superhuman Mail, share the do's and don'ts for building hit products. Read More

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Sunday Must-Reads

Starlink seems to be working normally again in Ukraine: Elon Musk reportedly ordered SpaceX to throttle Ukraine's Starlink access. Read More

Agent cloud startup Daytona hits $1B valuation backed by FirstMark and a who’s who of angels: Daytona is building a cloud for agents that's like giving every agent its own computer. It has attracted founders of Stripe, Perplextity, Datadog, Mercor, and others as angels, it says. Read More

The Boox Palma 2 Pro finally got me to stop reading on my phone: The $400 Boox Palma 2 Pro is a smartphone-sized e-reader designed for people who want to read books, articles, and documents on a small E Ink display. Read More

Carta and NewView partner, hoping to entice more startups to let employees sell shares early: A new program wants to encourage more startups to allow workers to cash out early by making it easier to transact tender offers. Read More

Startups don't need to go viral to win customers: At TechCrunch Disrupt last week, two founders and a VC discussed how to not just gain an early following but keep one. Read More

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