Kunal Shah WhatsApp CEO: Reports, Who He Is and What It Means
CRED founder Kunal Shah is reportedly WhatsApp's new CEO. His background, why Meta chose him, and what this means for India and global tech leadership.
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Zepto IPO Closes: At 23, Aadit Palicha Is India Youngest Listed CEO
At 23, Zepto co-founder Aadit Palicha became India youngest listed company CEO. How the Stanford dropout built India fastest quick commerce at a $5B valuation.
·8 min read
Cursor at $50 Billion: Why an AI Code Editor Is Worth a Fortune 500
Cursor hit a $50B valuation in 2026, worth more than 400 Fortune 500 firms with under 100 employees. Here is the market logic and competitive reality.
·8 min read
Higher for Longer: June 5 Jobs Shock and What It Costs AI Startups
Jobs shock June 5 ended rate cut hopes. Here is what higher for longer rates actually do to AI startup runway, GPU costs, and developer hiring budgets.
·8 min read
ChatGPT and Claude Did Not Fix SaaS: PMF and Retention Still Win
ChatGPT and Claude speed SaaS builds, but PMF and retention pick winners. Code debt, skipped validation, and weak distribution still sink startups.
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OpenAI Hits $25B Revenue and 900M Users — The IPO Math Is Getting Uncomfortable
OpenAI crossed $25B in annualized revenue and 900M weekly active users in early 2026. At $852B valuation that is a 34x revenue multiple. Here is what the numbers say about the IPO.
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OpenAI Cap Table Leaked: Microsoft Turned $13B Into $228B — Sam Altman Owns Zero
The leaked OpenAI cap table at $852B valuation: Microsoft up 1,656%, SoftBank gains $50B, Ashton Kutcher 43x — and the CEO who built it all owns nothing. Full breakdown.
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SoftBank's $40B Loan to OpenAI Is the Clearest IPO Signal Yet
SoftBank borrowed $40 billion from JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs to fund its OpenAI stake. The loan is unsecured, 12-month term. That structure is a direct bet on an OpenAI IPO within 12 months.
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OnlyFans Owner Dead at 43: What Happens to the $5.5B Acquisition Deal
Leonid Radvinsky, OnlyFans majority owner, died March 20 at 43 from cancer. His death puts a $5.5B Architect Capital acquisition in legal limbo with no named successor.
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Travis Kalanick's New Startup ATOMS Is Building Industrial Robots
Travis Kalanick launched ATOMS, a robotics company targeting food, mining, and transportation. Here's what the Uber founder is building and why the timing matters.
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Yann LeCun Raises $1B for AI That Understands the Physical World
Meta's chief AI scientist Yann LeCun raised over $1 billion to build AI that understands physical space, not just language. What spatial intelligence means for developers.
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Yann LeCun Raised $1.03 Billion to Prove the Entire LLM Industry Is Wrong
Ex-Meta AI chief Yann LeCun's startup AMI Labs raised $1.03 billion in the largest-ever seed round by a European startup. He is betting that large language models are a dead end and that world models via JEPA architecture will win instead.
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Netflix Buys Ben Affleck's AI Filmmaking Startup: Hollywood's AI Moment Is Here
Netflix acquired the AI filmmaking startup co-founded by Ben Affleck, who will serve as an advisor. The deal signals Hollywood's move from experimenting with AI to acquiring the companies building it.
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Anthropic vs OpenAI Pentagon Deal: Dario Amodei Called It a Lie
Dario Amodei called OpenAI DoD messaging mendacious and safety theater in an internal memo. Why Anthropic refused and OpenAI accepted the Pentagon deal.
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Cursor Cloud Agents Code, Test, and Ship PRs Without You. 35% of Their PRs Already Do.
Cursor launched Cloud Agents on February 24: autonomous AI that runs in isolated VMs, builds software, self-tests, records video proof, and opens merge-ready PRs. 35% of Cursor internal PRs now come from agents.
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Leopold Aschenbrenner: Fired by OpenAI at 22, Now Manages $5.5 Billion
Leopold Aschenbrenner graduated Columbia at 19, got fired by OpenAI at 22, published a 165-page AGI manifesto, and built a $5.5B hedge fund in one year betting on Bitcoin miners, not AI models.
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MyFitnessPal Just Acquired CAL AI — the Calorie App Two Teenagers Built That Went Viral. Here Is What Happened.
MyFitnessPal acquired CAL AI, the viral AI-powered calorie tracking app built by teen founders Zach Yadegari and Henry Langmack. Here is the acquisition story and what it means for health tech and indie developers.
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OnlyFans Has 44 Employees and $7.2 Billion in Revenue. It Is Now the Most Revenue-Efficient Company on Earth.
OnlyFans generates $37.6 million in revenue per employee — 10x NVIDIA, 15x Apple. With 44 staff and $7.2B GMV, it is the most operationally efficient company ever documented. Here is how the business model actually works.
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