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makers + buildersParul Singh
7 Days to $100M, 5 Days to Free ↗
Decision models—a new AI category that makes bounded choices rather than generating text—launched at $100M revenue in a week, then got replicated for $95 in…
Obvious
From Software to Science: Venture Capital’s New Frontier is Atoms↗
Venture capital is shifting from software to physical technologies as AI collapses software development costs and the SaaS model loses defensibility; the…
Akash Bajwa
Capital Stacks For Atoms↗
A deep analysis of how capital structures evolve for hard-asset businesses (energy, manufacturing, space, robotics).

Friday, 16 October 2026

17 pieces
Lowercarbon
The Fourteen Cent Fire Drill↗Insurance · Climate
Net Interest · Marc Rubinstein
Me and My Agents↗Banking · AI
99% Derisible · Yoni Rechtman
Venture’s chivalric myths↗Market
Feld Thoughts · Brad Feld
Zero Knowledge: 116 Chapters In↗Media · Market
Earnest Sweat
You're Not Ready↗Market
A16Z
This Week in Charts: Agents Denied↗AI · Retail · Semis
Sammy Abdullah
Cold Emailing VC↗Market
Clouded Judgement · Jamin Ball
Clouded Judgement 10.16.26 - The Diffusion Gap↗AI · Enterprise
Not Boring · Packy McCormick
Weekly Dose of Optimism #215↗AI · Robotics · Semis
Antler
Why we invested in Marco↗Robotics · Infra
Erik de Stefanis · Erik de Stefanis
AI, Owning the OpCo, Who will capture the value?↗AI · Enterprise · Market
General Catalyst · Jeannette zu Fürstenberg
Building Europe's Hypersonic Deterrent↗Defense

Thursday, 15 October 2026

20 pieces
Lightspeed Venture Partners Blog
doubleAI↗AI · Infra
A Wealth of Common Sense · Ben Carlson
Hedging the AI Trade↗Market
Saanya Ojha
The Call Will Come From Inside the House↗AI · Security · Enterprise
Simran Suri · Simran Suri
Call Your Own Plays↗Market · Consumer
Casey Accidental
How PM Work Is Changing in the AI Era ↗Market · AI
Meera Clark · Meera Clark, Partner @ Redpoint
Selling the Work: What Mission Bay Keeps Missing About Main Street↗AI · Enterprise
A16Z
Wallet Wars↗AI · Fintech
The Sociology of Business · Ana Andjelic
In the spotlight: Cargo Crew↗Retail · Consumer
Amir Kabir
Edition 67 | 2026 — The Autonomous Factory↗Industrials · AI · Security
BIG by Matt Stoller · Matt Stoller
How Expedia Rigs Travel Markets and Raises Your Hotel Prices↗Marketplace · Travel

Wednesday, 14 October 2026

3 pieces
Antler
Why we invested in Plenex↗Insurance · Built World · Industrials
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