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AI hearing aids: Fortell’s $163M bet against a monopoly
Fortell raised $163M to build AI hearing aids that filter noise in real time, challenging…
AI-Generated Content Is Losing the SEO Race
AI-generated content now fills over half the web, yet earns just a sliver of its…
Voice Agent Failures: What Breaks After the Demo
Voice agent failures kill most AI phone deployments before they scale. Here's what Plivo's CEO…
AI slowdown: why tech’s biggest names want a pause
AI slowdown calls from Amodei, Altman, Hassabis and Musk collide with Trump's China race and…
Before AI agents negotiate, define the handover
An AI agent that can ask another agent for help sounds like a natural extension…
A company knowledge base needs an editor, not just AI
A shared AI assistant can answer a question quickly and still make company knowledge harder…
Column: A sales reply is information, not applause
The most dangerous reply to a founder's sales email may be a friendly one. Somebody…
Editorial: Hard tech needs customers who share the risk
A machine can perform beautifully in a demonstration and remain almost impossible to buy. The…
AI regulation fight erupts as Trump calls AI risk a hoax
Trump calls AI risk a hoax while adviser David Sacks defends AI regulation without new…
Career Peak: Why Your Best Years May Come Later
Career peak isn't a young founder's game. A Harvard professor explains why fluid intelligence fades,…
Supply Chain Risk: A New Red Sea Chokepoint Emerges
Supply chain risk just spiked as Houthi rebels seize a Red Sea island near a…
Software Factory: How Founders Ship AI Code Fast
A software factory turns AI coding agents into a reliable pipeline: isolate, build, prove, and…
Business storytelling: why proof beats pitching
Chris Do says clients don't buy louder pitches—they buy proof. Here's how business storytelling turns…
Million-Token Context Window: Why AI Agents Need It
A million-token context window is reshaping AI agents. MiniMax's Thomas Wolf and Olive Song explain…
Housing Downturn: What Falling Prices Mean for Business
A housing downturn is reshaping property markets in China, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and the…
AI and jobs: Who gets a stake in the future?
AI and jobs are reshaping America's economic debate. Explore Pete Buttigieg's questions about worker ownership,…
US-Canada trade war: how the feud began and how it ends
The US-Canada trade war has turned the world's longest peaceful border into a fault line.…
John Ternus Era: What Apple’s New CEO Faces
John Ternus enters Apple's top job under AI pressure, with Tim Cook still close. What…
ChatGPT workflow: Lessons Beyond the Hype
ChatGPT workflow turns AI from a clever chatbot into a repeatable business tool. Learn how…
AI slop: Rewriting Ancient Egypt Online
AI slop is reshaping how ancient Egypt appears online. Learn how expert fact-checking can help…
Geopolitical risk is now a business variable
Geopolitical risk now shapes energy, markets and technology. Here is how founders can turn a…
When to quit: A smarter decision in the AI age
When to quit is a strategic question, not a failure. Learn how founders can escape…
Meta trial: What Founders Should Watch
The Meta trial puts platform accountability, product design, and regulatory risk in focus—and shows founders…
Startup Infrastructure: Why Average Is Not Enough
Startup Infrastructure determines how fast a company can learn. Max Hodak explains why hiring, purchasing…
AI marketing and the rise of one-person teams
AI marketing is shifting from campaign execution to agent orchestration. Learn why judgment, brand taste…
AI Agent Design Needs Taste, Not Just Better Models
AI Agent Design improves when teams codify taste, collect visual references, and treat generated interfaces…
Iran sanctions reshape global business risk
Iran sanctions are tightening the link between geopolitics, oil, debt and technology. What should founders…
Postliterate: What Happens When We Stop Reading
A postliterate culture reads more words than ever but finishes fewer books. What that shift…
Marketing Agents: What Actually Counts as One
A marketing agent needs unified data, a cadence, and a feedback loop. Here's the real…
Niching Down: Why Most Creatives Stay Broke
Niching down feels like turning away money, but serving everyone means serving no one. Why…
Stanford GSB Application Tips: A Founder’s Guide
Applying to Stanford GSB? We're breaking down the top myths and sharing Stanford GSB application…
Reading a 70-minute Amodei interview as a supplier briefing
Bloomberg's extended interview with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei runs seventy minutes, and two thirds of…
The ceiling has never been higher. Your floor has not moved.
Sam Altman closed Startup School 2026 with the claim that there has never been a…
Investing and the economy: four English-language YouTube channels that explain the mechanism, not the mood
Four of the 18 English-language investing and economy channels in our register, chosen because they…
Society and politics: four English-language YouTube channels that tell a small business what changed, not who is right
Four of the 11 English-language society and politics channels in our register, chosen because they…
Leadership, growth and business development: four English-language YouTube channels that also speak to a company of one
Four of the 19 English-language leadership and growth channels in our register, chosen because they…
Sales and marketing: three English-language YouTube channels worth a small business owner's time — and why there is no fourth
Three of the 14 English-language sales and marketing channels in our register, picked because a…
Technology and AI: four English-language YouTube channels that earn a small company's time
Four of the 29 English-language technology and AI channels in our register, chosen for method…
Startups and entrepreneurship: four English-language YouTube channels for companies with no fund behind them
Four of the 28 English-language startup channels in our register, picked so that the bootstrapper,…
Editorial: Musk expects AI to overtake humans within five years — what is Europe's role in the race?
Europe's most valuable listed company is worth less than one American's personal fortune. You can…
How VCs actually decide at seed in 2026 — four signals that open the door
On the Startup Grind stage a16z, GV and True Ventures open what makes them say…
The Finnish school holds back the gifted — what it means for Finland's next founders
Bängeri asks bluntly: does the Finnish school hold back the gifted? Heidi unpacks what it…
The dangerous comfort of AI — a growth founder's guide to when AI weakens rather than strengthens
At Nordic Business Forum, Shawn Kanungo names AI's big blind spot: the illusion of progress.…
The two-sentence pitch — how billion-dollar companies are actually explained and why you should practise yours
Mercury's founder Immad Akhund teaches the two-sentence pitch that took the company from zero to…
Why most AI tools fail in enterprise sales — and what it teaches the B2B founder
A Startup Grind panel opens why most AI tools fail with enterprise customers. Heidi's guide…
Column: AI crushes every moat except one — and Finland has it in abundance
Razorpay's Harshil Mathur tells YC plainly: AI is compressing every moat. Except the one Finland…
The new geometry of trade — where global flows go next
McKinsey describes how the geometry of global trade is being redrawn. What does that mean…
The Finnish household's interest picture — where a 10 000-euro annual burden structurally leads
Bängeri podcast's discussion of Finnish debt opens a deeper structural question: if a household pays…
Editorial: when US platforms write reality, where are Europe and the EU's own platforms?
Stanford GSB's Power to Truth episode reminds us: when a handful of platforms control information…
Technology promised better — Perttu Pölönen's reminder for the founder who builds "solutions"
Perttu Pölönen on Ilmiö: tech promised better lives but thinned human connection. What should founders…
The boring road to a million — a finance professor's lesson for the founder who can wait
Finance professor Vesa Puttonen on Ilmiö: 700 €/month + time + patience = a million.…
AI is more than a chatbot — what Tero Ojanperä wants Finnish founders to hear
On Sijoituskästi, Tero Ojanperä unpacks where the real AI shift is happening — from hallucinations…
Finland on top by 2050 — the vision politicians won't paint
On Heikelä & Koskelo, a citizen-led report asks how Finland gets back on top by…
When politics and business get tangled — a founder's reminder
Spain's Pedro scandal asks every founder: what happens when politics and business get tangled —…
Editorial: Russia's troubles are real — and they don't free Europe but enlarge its responsibility
Russia's troubles are real. But a weakening Russia does not free Europe — it enlarges…
No spot is ever safe — Jussi Jokinen's NHL lessons for the long-game founder
Jussi Jokinen's NHL career took him through eight teams and a decade at the top.…
Trump's China visit and a new global order — what the structural shift means for Europe
Trump's China visit is a geopolitical structural shift whose effects reach into the 2030s. What…
A £200 million no — what Bruno Fernandes' choice teaches the personal-brand builder
Bruno Fernandes turned down a reported £200m offer. What does Manchester United's captain's choice teach…
Cheap is over — what the end of budget tourism teaches sales and marketing
The end of budget tourism isn't just a travel story. It's a lesson for every…
What buying sports teaches about building a lasting brand — Sixth Street's deals
Sixth Street bought a stake in the Patriots and paid a historic NWSL expansion fee.…
When the founder keeps all the power — what the SpaceX IPO teaches investors and founders
Patrick Boyle's read of the SpaceX IPO prospectus captures what every investor should see in…
The Refounder — Notion's Ivan Zhao's playbook for the AI era
Notion's Ivan Zhao refounded his company twice — last in 2023 around generative AI. What…
AI and the Historical Layers of Public Administration: Who Dares Dismantle the Past?
AI offers a once-in-a-generation chance to redesign Finnish public administration — if we dare dismantle…
How Finland Rises as a Startup Powerhouse: Tesi's Piia Santavirta on the Numbers
Tesi CEO Piia Santavirta on Finnish startup hunger, growth and the risk of losing top…
AI Is the Public Sector's Biggest Opportunity — and Threat
AI in government: the biggest productivity opportunity of our generation, or a costly disaster —…
🚀 Finland on the AI Playing Field: Are We Just Paying Customers?
Finland buys a lot of AI. But are we building enough of it ourselves?
Why Does Finland Burn Hundreds of Millions on IT Projects When AI Could Do It Better?
Finnish public IT projects regularly run over budget. AI offers a different model — if…
When the World Shakes, Many Seek Safety in Walls — But the Real Answer Is Different
When the world shakes, the instinct is to build walls. But resilience comes from openness,…
Editorial: AI Is the New Electricity, but Finns Have a Specific Job
AI is becoming infrastructure. Finland's specific job is not to build the foundation, but to…
Forget Traditional Knowledge Work: AI Is Turning All of Us Into Editors
AI does not replace knowledge work — it transforms it into editing. Judgment, framing and…
Space Is the New Silicon Valley — and Finland Needs to Claim Its Spot
Space is the new Silicon Valley. Finland has the talent. The question is whether we…
🚀 AI Takes Your Tasks but Not Your Purpose — How to Survive the Work Transition and Scale Your Impact
AI takes your tasks but not your purpose. The future belongs to those who can…