Sequoia Capital just led a $35M Series B into Profound. Why? Because AI search has quietly become a $2T market. And until now, it’s been a complete black box.
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AI Drivers: Assuming Human-Level Performance with New Operational Costs
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Here I'm assuming we'll have AI so good it will be able to do what a human driver can do, with no new downsides. In practice, there will be various new unit costs, including the labor cost of remote monitoring/operation.
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Labor costs represent only 20-40% of ride prices, not 90%
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You seem to assume that labor cost is 90% of the price of a ride. In reality it's 20-40%. Ride price won't drop much (there are also new costs centers that arise). In fact Waymo is currently more expensive than Uber in SF.
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Global Leaders Deploy Agentic AI Agents into Production with North
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Global leaders are putting agentic AI into production with North. Integrated AI agents Real productivity gains Private, secure deployments See how RBC, LG CNS, and Dell are scaling with North: http://
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Billionaire Tech CEOs Battle on Social Media: Reality Show Drama
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There's no better reality show than watching billionaire CEOs fight with each other on social media!
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Marketing Teams Must Urgently Pivot Strategy for AI Era
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If your company has not had a red alert all-hands among your marketing/ads/search team to pivot and make a new plan for the AI era, you are extremely – and I mean extremely – behind. Do it in the next 2 weeks. Read my recent newsletter on AI SEO as prep:
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Musk vs Altman: Legal Battle Over Apple App Store Favoritism
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C’est la guerre sur X entre Elon Musk et Sam Altman ! Voici ce qu'il se passe : 1. Ce matin, Musk annonce qu’il attaque en justice Apple, affirmant qu’ils privilégient OpenAI sur l’App Store. (En gros, l'app #1 sur le store est OpenAI, hors c'est impossible si on se fie aux
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Ford’s $5B EV Push, GitHub Leadership Change, Tech Headlines
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Top stories in tech today: – Ford invests $5B to build affordable EVs
– Github’s CEO quits, Microsoft takes over
– Secretive startup Periodic nabs millions
– SpaceX now controls a city’s water supply
– Quick hits on other tech news Read more: https://
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Scaling Digital Transformation: Standardization and AI in IIoT
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Standardization is the foundation of scalable digital transformation.
Learn from Cybus CEO Peter Sorowka how to scale from blueprint to global rollout. https://
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Federal Government Removes Cost Barriers to Claude AI
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Federal workers deserve access to the most capable AI tools to better serve the American people. Today, we’re removing cost barriers to Claude for all three branches of the U.S. government.