Happy Tuesday.
Bending Spoons already owns AOL, Evernote, WeTransfer, Vimeo, Eventbrite, and Airtable, and just last week acquired Miro.
Naturally, someone built a prediction app for what they’ll buy next 😅
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Enjoy today's news.
China dismisses AI CEOs' slowdown call as "fear mongering," warning it disrupts global AI governance.
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Apple releases iOS 27 and macOS Golden Gate 27, introducing advanced Siri AI and Liquid Glass design refinements.
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Superhuman acquires YC-backed notetaker Fathom, expanding its productivity suite toward proactive, agentic AI workflows.
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Netflix, Amazon, and YouTube form a streaming policy coalition, pushing back on regulators eyeing sports-rights rules.
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Amazon adds short-form news clips to Prime Video, aiming to attract younger audiences from social platforms.
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Anthropic pushes ahead with its 2026 IPO despite safety concerns, choosing Nasdaq for its listing.
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Reward AI introduces OM-1 robot foundation model, enabling skilled manipulation, multi-robot collaboration, and humanoid control.
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Volkswagen unveils its Mission Efficiency electric vehicle prototype, setting world records in aerodynamics and energy consumption.
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Nuance Labs raises $50M, funding a full-duplex model that powers real-time, emotionally intelligent audio and video interactions.
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University of California researchers test a novel brain implant, enabling paralyzed patients to speak and gesture simultaneously via avatars.
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Colossus publishes a profile on Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
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New All-In Podcast episodes: SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and COO Gwynne Shotwell discuss AI peer review, Starship, Terafab, and a potential SpaceX-Tesla merger.
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang discusses AI safety narratives, open source strategy, Nvidia's capital allocation, and a surprise call from President Donald Trump.
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New Sourcery episode: Molly O'Shea interviews Bending Spoons co-founders on their acquisition strategy, deal selection criteria, building their capital structure, and carving out AOL.
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New Dalton + Michael episode: Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel break down when startup founders should pivot, how to avoid "pivot hell," and how AI alters pivot dynamics.
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As promised, tech and startups in a minute.
See you tomorrow.
P.S. Gamers finally have the scientific excuse they’ve been waiting for 🙂
