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A16Z
Some Simple Economics of Open versus Closed AI
Christian Catalini argues that open-weights AI models won't reduce total innovation investment—only redirect it.
Kyle Harrison
We Made Bell Labs Illegal
Bell Labs achieved epochal breakthroughs because it combined patient capital from AT&T's monopoly rents, a concrete mission with bottomless technical depth,…
Pear
Request for Startups: Ideas from iconic founders & leaders
Pear VC solicited startup ideas from founders at Databricks, Uber, Oscar Health, Snowflake, Gusto, and DoorDash, identifying six high-potential startup…
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Monday, 17 August 2026

23 pieces
A16Z
Your Favorite Creator Isn’t Real—Does it Matter?Media · AI
Carried Away
The Rebuild, Part II: Outside the WallsMarket · AI
Carried Away
The Rebuild, Part I: A Museum of ItselfMarket
Peter G Schmidt · Peter G Schmidt
Episode 5: The Cincinnati OpenTravel
Saanya Ojha
Smarter by the Day, Cheaper by the MinuteAI · Infra
Acrew Capital
Why We Backed Wispr: The Interface That Finally ListensDevTools · Enterprise · AI
Climate Tech VC
🌎 Micro-reactor funding goes macro #309Climate · AI
The Micromobility Newsletter · Team M
🇺🇸Announcing the Official Afterparty of MMA 2026🥂🎊Mobility
Lenny's Newsletter
🎙️ How I AI: How a solo founder used Codex and ChatGPT to launch a fashion brand without engineersConsumer · Retail · AI
Pear
Our investment in Gravis RoboticsRobotics · Industrials · Built World
Continuations · Albert Wenger
Philosophy Mondays: Human Nature and Multiscale AnalysisMarket
Saastr
We Churned Notion After 7 Years. Our AI Agent Took Its Last Job.Enterprise · AI
Radical VC
Teaching AI to Ask the Right QuestionsAI
Turner Novak
🎧🍌 Rebuilding for the AI Era | Shensi Ding, MergeAI · DevTools · Enterprise
Deconstructor of Fun
The Man Who Advises on Gaming’s Biggest DealsGaming · Market
Jared Heyman
On Rebel Theorem 5.0Market
Lenny's Newsletter
How a solo founder used Codex and ChatGPT to launch a fashion brand without engineers | Yana Welinder Consumer · AI
Menlo VC
The Keyboard Is Dying on Schedule. The Text Box Is Next.AI · Enterprise · DevTools
A Wealth of Common Sense · Ben Carlson
Talk Your Book: The Most Important Thing Nobody OwnsClimate
Alex Lazarow · Alex Lazarow
Competition is for losers - the AI editionFintech · Market
A Wealth of Common Sense · Ben Carlson
Now THIS is a Bull MarketMarket
BIG by Matt Stoller · Matt Stoller
Monopoly Round-Up: What Happens When Oligarchs Stop Being PoliteGov
Tomasz Tunguz · Tomasz Tunguz
When Models LearnAI · Infra

Sunday, 16 August 2026

10 pieces
Alex Lazarow · Alex Lazarow
Competition Is For Losers In The AI Era: A Geographic PerspectiveFintech · AI · Market
Saastr
Jason’s Takes on This Week’s 20VC x SaaStr: The Agents Never Suggested Canva, The Meme You Can’t Outrun, and Why I Only Underwrite Founders NowAI · Enterprise
Saanya Ojha
🧾 Weekly Wrap Sheet (08/14/2026): Weights, Wall Street, Wrappers & WatermarksAI · Enterprise · DevTools
Chamath Palihapitiya · Chamath Palihapitiya
Anthropic’s $6B Push to Lower AI CostsAI · Infra · DevTools
Investing in AI · Rob May
Is There An Inference Glut Coming?AI
Saastr
The 0% Quota Club (And Why the Same Mediocre Rep Hits 70% at One Company and 0% at Yours)Enterprise
Jessie Harris
The Lost Art of HandwritingConsumer
Lenny's Newsletter
OpenAI’s Head of Design: This is the best time in history to be a designer | Ian SilberAI · Enterprise
Hunter Walk
AI is Changing South Korea Even Faster Than it’s Changing the US; Why Is The Fastest-Rising…AI
Hunter Walk
AI is Changing South Korea Even Faster Than it’s Changing the US; Why 🥀 Is The Fastest-Rising Emoji; How Robots Might Save Cherry Blossom Season; +++ [link blog]AI · Gov · Industrials

Saturday, 15 August 2026

7 pieces
Adrian Radu
The Cost of AI TalentAI · HR
Lenny's Newsletter
🧠 Community Wisdom: Recovering from burnout, what Airtable’s sale says about the ceiling on a startup, keeping architecture docs up to date, running competitor analysis, and moreMarket
A16Z Crypto
Before Bitcoin: The ideas that made blockchains possibleCrypto · AI
Kyle Harrison
The Unfalsifiable EconomyMarket
Saastr
Gamma’s CEO: Why Getting to $100M ARR Without A Sales Team Worked. And Why It Was a Mistake.AI · Enterprise
Stage 2
Do You Need a GTM Engineer? Market
Ed Sim
What’s 🔥 in AI/Infra/VC #511AI · Infra · Market
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