ManyChat Raises $140M to Supercharge AI in Business Messaging
New funding set to fuel global expansion and AI-driven innovation for the fast-growing chat automation platform. In a strategic move…
Category: Startups
OpenAI May Acquire Windsurf for $3B—Its Own Portfolio Could Pay the Price
OpenAI is in advanced negotiations to acquire Windsurf, the maker of a fast-growing AI coding assistant, in a deal valued…
10 AI Startups Going Global in 2025
“A computer would deserve to be called intelligent if it could deceive a human into believing that it was human,”…
5 common mistakes by first-time startup founders and how to avoid them
The following is a guest post by Arjun Moorthy, founder of The Factual. Arjun and I have known each other…
Agent AI: Connecting The Dots With New Newsletter
tl;dr: Earlier this week, I launched a new, A.I. focused newsletter on agent.ai. Why Another Newsletter? I’ve been digging into…
Sorry, Must Pass
The following is an iteration of a blog post I wrote 15+ years ago. Version 1 of that post markedly…
Why I Built FirstWord, The Unofficial Wordle Trainer
Last weekend, just for fun, I hacked together a simple web application called FirstWord. Not exactly sure how to describe…
An Alternative To Freemium That Worked For HubSpot [video]
In the early days of HubSpot, I somewhat accidentally ended up discovering a new approach to freemium that wasn’t really…
Lean Startup at TracFone: Redefining Product Management
Ieasha Taitano is an executive leader, practitioner, and facilitator who builds shared service practices in innovation, design thinking, and product…
How to Avoid Groupthink in 5 Steps
When you’re lean, the momentum and success of your organization rely on a small group of people capable of designing…