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GTMfund urges founders to prioritize distribution over product in the AI era — Techcrunch.com

GTMfund urges founders to prioritize distribution over product in the AI era

Paul Irving, partner and COO at GTMfund, told TechCrunch’s Build Mode season finale that distribution—not product—is the “final moat” in the AI era and that startups should focus on distribution excellence. Irving said the traditional one-size-fits-all go-to-market playbook that worked for enterprise SaaS won’t cut it

Meta acquires AI startup Manus in deal valued at over $2 billion — S.yimg.com

Meta acquires AI startup Manus in deal valued at over $2 billion

Meta has acquired AI startup Manus in a deal valued at more than $2 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal. The purchase is reported to be among the largest involving a startup nurtured in China’s AI ecosystem. Manus arrived in March 2025, shortly after fellow newcomer DeepSeek. The

Start-ups Embrace No‑Shoes Office Culture, From Rugs to Branded Slides — Static01.nyt.com

Start-ups Embrace No‑Shoes Office Culture, From Rugs to Branded Slides

Some start-ups are asking employees and visitors to leave shoes at the door, covering offices with soft rugs or offering free slippers as part of a growing “no shoes” trend. Ben Lang, an employee at the shoes-off start-up Cursor, created the website noshoes.fun, which lists a dozen-plus start-ups with

AI Boom Produces a New Class of Paper Billionaires — Static01.nyt.com

AI Boom Produces a New Class of Paper Billionaires

The recent artificial intelligence boom has not only made established tech billionaires richer but has also created a wave of new, largely paper, billionaires from smaller start-ups. Founders who have reached nine-figure and billionaire paper valuations include Alexandr Wang and Lucy Guo of Scale AI (after a $14.3 billion

After the hype: How AI settled into tools and trade-offs in 2025 — Cdn.arstechnica.net

After the hype: How AI settled into tools and trade-offs in 2025

After two years of sky-high claims about imminent superintelligence, 2025 felt like a reality check for the AI industry: models proved useful but imperfect, and hype increasingly gave way to pragmatism. Open-source surprises and commercial responses punctuated the year. Chinese startup DeepSeek released an R1 simulated reasoning model under an

Meta acquires AI startup Manus in deal topping $2 billion — S.yimg.com

Meta acquires AI startup Manus in deal topping $2 billion

Meta has acquired AI startup Manus in a deal valued at more than $2 billion, The Wall Street Journal reports. Manus arrived in March 2025 shortly after Chinese startup DeepSeek. The company, originally called Butterfly Effect, described itself as "the first general AI agent" able to perform complex

Campus and Fizz founders outline audience-growth tactics at TechCrunch Disrupt — Mezha.net

Campus and Fizz founders outline audience-growth tactics at TechCrunch Disrupt

Tade Oyerinde and Teddy Solomon, founders of the online school Campus and the college social app Fizz respectively, spoke at TechCrunch Disrupt about practical approaches to building long-lasting communities and retaining user engagement. Both leaders described product decisions and business model choices shaped by direct feedback from users and partners.

VCs Expect 2026 to Bring Concentrated AI Spending as Enterprises Cut Experimentation — Assets.bwbx.io

VCs Expect 2026 to Bring Concentrated AI Spending as Enterprises Cut Experimentation

Venture capitalists who focus on enterprise software expect the era of broad AI experimentation to wind down in 2026, with companies increasing overall AI budgets but directing more of that spend to a smaller set of vendors. TechCrunch surveyed 24 enterprise-focused venture capitalists and found a strong consensus: enterprises will