Free Compute Is the New CAC: Why Cloud Giants Court Startups
What Changed and Why It Matters AI startups don’t need ads. They need GPUs. That single fact is reshaping how the biggest players win new customers. Cloud providers and Nvidia…
Why Founders Are Betting on Custom Chips to Finally Make AI Cheap
What Changed and Why It Matters Founders are moving from chasing bigger models to squeezing cost out of inference. The signal: custom silicon is back—this time purpose-built for AI workloads.…
The $62.5M Signal: AI Messaging Is Becoming Sales Infrastructure
What Changed and Why It Matters Respond.io raised a $62.5M Series B to expand its AI-powered messaging CRM into North America and Europe. The company unifies high-volume customer chats and…