First, some context: 1. This analysis is based on data from @trueupio
, one of my favorite collaborators and sources of data. They track job openings at tech companies and top startups around the world (over 9,000 companies) and make it easy to browse open gigs. Their data looks
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Tech Job Market Analysis: 9000+ Companies Hiring Data
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Higgsfield AI Launches Original Series Platform With $1M Creator Prize
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Is it a gimmick? The $1M payment to Adil says otherwise.
— Linus ✦ Ekenstam (@LinusEkenstam) 24 mars 2026
The "Original Series" platform is live, using AI-generated pilots where the audience votes on what gets a full season.
The creator economy just hit warp speed.
Full Video → https://t.co/96M0XCkjuQ pic.twitter.com/D1Ru1LyLp7Is it a gimmick? The $1M payment to Adil says otherwise. The "Original Series" platform is live, using AI-generated pilots where the audience votes on what gets a full season. The creator economy just hit warp speed. Full → https://
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AI Video Slashes Studio Costs as Likeness Becomes Licensable Asset
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The Implications:
— Linus ✦ Ekenstam (@LinusEkenstam) 24 mars 2026
Likeness as an Asset: Your face is now a licensable asset class, similar to a domain name in 1999.
Economic Collapse: Studios spent $50B on content this year. Higgsfield just proved you can hit the same quality for a fraction of the cost. pic.twitter.com/FIFLFHLwD1The Implications: Likeness as an Asset: Your face is now a licensable asset class, similar to a domain name in 1999. Economic Collapse: Studios spent $50B on content this year. Higgsfield just proved you can hit the same quality for a fraction of the cost.
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Higgsfield Soul Cinema Ships Ahead of AI Video Predictions
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Higgsfield’s "Soul Cinema" tech handles character consistency, cinematic lighting, and professional sound.
— Linus ✦ Ekenstam (@LinusEkenstam) 24 mars 2026
The industry predicted we were 5–10 years away from this. It shipped last week. pic.twitter.com/MeEwnWezJ4Higgsfield’s "Soul Cinema" tech handles character consistency, cinematic lighting, and professional sound. The industry predicted we were 5–10 years away from this. It shipped last week.
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AI Startup Higgsfield Pays $1M to License Employee Likeness for AI Series
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Adil was a regular employee who appeared in a few IG reels.
— Linus ✦ Ekenstam (@LinusEkenstam) 24 mars 2026
Higgsfield just licensed his likeness for over $1,000,000.
He didn't act. He didn't audition. He was rendered into "Arena Zero"—the first full-length series produced entirely by AI. pic.twitter.com/RyhZTzOq0HAdil was a regular employee who appeared in a few IG reels. Higgsfield just licensed his likeness for over $1,000,000. He didn't act. He didn't audition. He was rendered into "Arena Zero"—the first full-length series produced entirely by AI.
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Higgsfield AI Lets Creators Monetize Their Face as Product
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A 22-year-old bartender from New Brunswick just out-earned the average Silicon Valley founder.
— Linus ✦ Ekenstam (@LinusEkenstam) 24 mars 2026
His product? Not an app or a startup.
His face.
Here is how Higgsfield AI just broke the entertainment industry’s cost model. pic.twitter.com/18tTgt9HQlA 22-year-old bartender from New Brunswick just out-earned the average Silicon Valley founder. His product? Not an app or a startup. His face. Here is how Higgsfield AI just broke the entertainment industry’s cost model.
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Brett Adcock Launches Hark AI Lab With $100M Personal Investment
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The AI hardware race just got a very well-funded new player.
— The Rundown AI (@TheRundownAI) 24 mars 2026
Brett Adcock spent 8 months in stealth and $100M of his own money building Hark, a new AI lab targeting what he calls "the most advanced personal intelligence in the world."
The team: 45+ engineers and designers… pic.twitter.com/56oPro9K51The AI hardware race just got a very well-funded new player. Brett Adcock spent 8 months in stealth and $100M of his own money building Hark, a new AI lab targeting what he calls "the most advanced personal intelligence in the world." The team: 45+ engineers and designers
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Five Head Fakes in AI-Driven Startup Landscape Changes
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The startup landscape has changed dramatically in the last 2 years with AI's rise. But there are 5 specific changes that have been absolute head fakes for many people. Here's what I'm seeing: 🧵
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Arena Physica Builds EM Foundation Model for Physics
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@PratapRanade
's argument is that humans didn't evolve to intuit EM fields, but machines can be taught to. His company, @arenaphysica
, is building an EM foundation model (like an LLM but for physics instead of language) that learns the relationship between shapes and fields
