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Big Tech & Startups

OpenAI touts Amazon alliance in memo, says Microsoft has ‘limited our ability' to reach clients (4 minute read)

OpenAI's revenue chief, Denise Dresser, recently sent a memo to staff saying that the company's alliance with Amazon was a key growth driver for its enterprise business. The memo said that OpenAI's partnership with Microsoft was foundational to its success, but it limited the startup's ability to meet enterprises' needs. OpenAI's enterprise business makes up 40% of its revenue and is expected to meet parity with its consumer business by the end of the year. The company has been trying to convince investors of its strengthening position as it is gearing up for an initial public offering as soon as this year.

Meta Expected to Unseat Google as World's Largest Digital-Ad Player (3 minute read)

Meta is projected to surpass Google in net ad revenue this year. The company is seeing a lift in ad revenue thanks to new offerings and the broader boost that AI has provided. It invested significantly in establishing substantial user habits for its products before eventually introducing advertisements. Google's global growth is projected to remain flat this year.

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Science & Futuristic Technology

Amazon Leo Shows Off In-Flight Wi-Fi Antenna That Will Take on Starlink (3 minute read)

Amazon's Leo Aviation Antenna is a satellite dish designed specifically for in-flight Wi-Fi in planes. The flat, low-profile antenna is designed to be installed on the exterior of the plane to receive radio signals from orbiting low-Earth satellites. Amazon promises a single-day installation for its antenna - SpaceX's terminals require a downtime of 10 to 14 days. Amazon's airline satellite service promises to deliver up to 1 Gbps in downloads and 400Mbps in uploads simultaneously.

Video: China's humanoid robot reaches 10 m/s sprint, edges closer to Usain Bolt's record (4 minute read)

Unitree Robotics' H1 humanoid robot can sprint up to 10 meters per second. The robot weighs around 136 pounds and features a combined height and calf length of 80 centimeters. A video of the robot's record-breaking run is available in the article. Unitree recently revealed plans to launch its sport-ready R1 humanoid globally via AliExpress for $4,000.

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Programming, Design & Data Science

The top 25% of newsletter ads get 4x higher CTRs. (Sponsor)

We analyzed 400+ TLDR campaigns to find out why. Ads that lead with the payoff actually underperform.See what the top performers do instead.

GitHub Stacked PRs (3 minute read)

GitHub Stacked PRs break large changes into small, reviewable pull requests that can be merged together in one click. Users can navigate between PRs in the stack and check the status of every layer at a glance. The CLI makes it easy to create stacks, perform cascading rebases, push branches, create PRs, and navigate between layers. There is AI agent integration, so agents can work with stacks.

A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Tokens (4 minute read)

The best way to design with AI is to give it unique visual references. AI should be able to generate sections that match whatever style it is presented with. This is much more effective than prompting over and over to achieve a result.

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Miscellaneous

Meta spins up AI version of Mark Zuckerberg to engage with employees (3 minute read)

Meta is building an AI version of Mark Zuckerberg that can engage with employees in his stead. Zuckerberg is personally involved in training and testing the animated AI. The character was being trained on the billionaire's mannerisms, tone, and publicly available statements. It is designed to make employees feel more connected to him through interactions with it.

Beyond the Sky (62 minute read)

Hyperliquid, a blockchain and cryptocurrency trading exchange, was created by Jeffrey Yan, who believes that all of finance needs to be rebuilt from scratch. Before Hyperliquid, Yan ran one of the largest anonymous trading operations in crypto, Chameleon Trading. This resulted in impressive returns, but for Yan, it's not about the money. This article discusses Yan's past, how he built Hyperliquid into the most profitable startup per employee on earth, and Yan's plans to shape the future of finance.

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Stanford report highlights growing disconnect between AI insiders and everyone else (3 minute read)

There is a growing negative sentiment about AI, especially among those who are not in the AI industry.

The AI Revolution in Math Has Arrived (30 minute read)

AI's abilities in mathematics are growing at a rapid pace, but mathematicians don't think that the subject will become obsolete.

The Economics of Software Teams: Why Most Organizations Are Flying Blind (20 minute read)

Decision-makers are rarely given the financial context to understand what their decisions actually cost.

Building a CLI for all of Cloudflare (6 minute read)

Cloudflare has been rebuilding its Wrangler CLI to make it the CLI for all of Cloudflare.

Configuration flags are where software goes to rot (4 minute read)

Configuration flags are often just a polite way to ship uncertainty.

A note from the Softwars (9 minute read)

AI labs are winning the perception and influence war, but the real war is still just getting started.

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