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Week of AI breakthroughs: superintelligence, batteries, CRISPR, IPO

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01 August 2025 15h03

Zuck's Personal Superintelligence.
First iron-air battery connected to grid.
Profluent Bio releases OpenCRISPR-1 model.
Figma crushes IPO, currently trading at 4 Linas.
Abundance x Jason Carman drop Zipline video. + Means & Meaning What a week for the optimists.

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AI Leaders Launch Open Model, Expand Infrastructure Amid Surge

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01 August 2025 12h30

Top stories in AI today: – BFL, Krea tackle ‘AI look’ with new open model
– OpenAI expands Stargate to Europe
– Automate presentations with ChatGPT Agents
– Anthropic takes AI lead amid spending surge
– 4 new AI tools & 4 job opportunities Read more: https://
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Gurley criticizes underpriced IPOs benefiting underwriters

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01 August 2025 1h37

Gurley does not like when IPOs are underpriced. Underwriters and friends making money at the expense of the company.

Figma IPO closes at $69 billion valuation milestone

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31 July 2025 22h02

Did Figma just close its first day of trading at $69 billion? Nice.

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Investor Backing Cline AI Agent Development Next Growth Phase

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31 July 2025 21h58

You all know how big of a fan of @cline I am. After using it obsessively and telling everyone I could about Cline, recently, I was lucky enough to be asked to invest. Of course I said yes. Thrilled to support the @sdrzn @nickbaumann_ + team through their next phase of growth!

Where Would Anduril Launch If It Went Public Tomorrow?

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31 July 2025 21h12

Where does Anduril open if it went out tomorrow?

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US LLM Models Struggle Against Chinese Competition in AI Race

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31 July 2025 19h53

USA is Meta (Llama series – it was going great till Llama 3 but Llama 4 seriously fucked it up) Mistral is good but not enough to catch up with the speed that china is shipping. We need smaller players like Kimi to come out of the US and amaze the world.