3/ Then, I looked into which companies’ PM alumni go on to start the most companies, irrespective of how these companies do. @PalantirTech dominates. Over a third of their PMs have started a company. @Intercom comes in second, at over 18% (almost one in every five alumni
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Acquired FM Live: GTC25 Keynote Special with Industry Guests
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Wired leads tech and political coverage in 2026
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Wise move from Wired, which continues to lead the way this year with tech & political coverage.
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Llama Surpasses 1 Billion Downloads Milestone
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Llama has now been downloaded over 1 Billion times! A note to:
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Company Recognized in Fast Company 2025 Most Innovative List
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Google Gemini May Roll Out Canvas Feature for Document and Code Interaction
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BREAKING : Google may have started a rollout for its Canvas feature on Gemini to some users. So far, I've only seen one report from Japan. The Canvas feature will allow users to work with documents and code straight inside Gemini's response.
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Tesla’s EV Dominance Challenged by Competition and Market Turbulence
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Tesla has been a trailblazer in EVs, but 2025 has been turbulent—global sales have plummeted, and competition is rising. Some blame Elon Musk’s political ties and controversial comments, while others point to cheaper, more advanced rivals like #BYD. So, what do you think?
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Figure Launches BotQ Facility for Humanoid Robot Production
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Figure announced the launch of BotQ, a new automation-driven manufacturing facility
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) 18 mars 2025
It can churn out 12,000 humanoids a year—and will be scaled to build a fleet of 100,000 humanoids within four yearspic.twitter.com/lgTkq9HtQ2Figure announced the launch of BotQ, a new automation-driven manufacturing facility It can churn out 12,000 humanoids a year—and will be scaled to build a fleet of 100,000 humanoids within four years
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Baidu releases ERNIE 4.5 and X1 models at aggressive prices
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Chinese giant Baidu released two aggressively priced multimodal AI models
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) 18 mars 2025
— ERNIE 4.5 with enhanced EQ outperforms GPT-4.5 at just 1% of its price
—ERNIE X1 deep thinking model matches DeepSeek's R1 at half the price
China continues to cook!pic.twitter.com/FSrmEgiF8rChinese giant Baidu released two aggressively priced multimodal AI models — ERNIE 4.5 with enhanced EQ outperforms GPT-4.5 at just 1% of its price
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Perplexity Partners SoftBank Japan Enterprise Pro Growth
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Perplexity signed an agreement with SoftBank to grow Perplexity Enterprise Pro in Japan
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) 18 mars 2025
SoftBank will deploy its 7,000-member sales team to accelerate Perplexity's adoption within businesses.
They have also been using Perplexity internally!pic.twitter.com/IS4AeyXVowPerplexity signed an agreement with SoftBank to grow Perplexity Enterprise Pro in Japan SoftBank will deploy its 7,000-member sales team to accelerate Perplexity's adoption within businesses. They have also been using Perplexity internally!
