Autore: alessandro.erba@nanabianca.it

From a new iPhone to a budget-friendly MacBook, Apple announced a series of new products this week.

Does a consumer hardware company need to get on the VC treadmill to succeed? Eleven years and 290 million products sold across 115 countries later, PopSockets has proven that the bootstrapped, low-dilution path more viable than the industry gives it credit for. The global consumer hardware brand was built on less than $500k, no institutional capital, and a philosophy professor’s determination.  Watch as founder and former CEO… Continua a leggere His house burned down. He used the insurance money to build PopSockets.

The label or distributor has to opt in to tagging their music as AI, so it’s unclear how effective this intervention will be.

Google has dropped its commission, charging a 20% service fee and an optional 5% to use its billing services. It will also offer a new process for third-party app stores.

Anthropic gave up its contract with the Pentagon over AI safety disagreements — then, OpenAI swooped in.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said Wednesday that his company’s investments in OpenAI and Anthropic will likely be its last — but his explanation may not tell the whole story.

AI procurement startup Lio announced a $30 million Series A in a round led by Andreessen Horowitz.

On this episode of Build Mode, David Park joins Isabelle Johannessen to discuss how he and his team are intentionally iterating, fundraising, and scaling Narada.

If Rivian reaches its R2 sales target in 2026, it will be one of the fastest ramp-ups ever of a new EV in the United States.