Industry insiders say DeepSeek's focus on research makes it a dangerous competitor as it's willing to share breakthroughs rather than protect them for profits
China is pulling the same trick. — www.ft.com/content/747a... Mastodon: Brian Kung / @briankung@hachyderm.io : “There's a pretty delicious, or maybe disconcerting irony to this, given OpenAI's found...
Sources: Flexport is in talks to acquire collapsed digital freight startup Convoy's tech, a move that would expand Flexport's push into the US trucking market
https://lnkd.in/eF58482E Brittain Ladd : FLEXPORT IN DISCUSSIONS TO ACQUIRE CONVOY — Many people on LinkedIn have been reaching out to me since the news broke that Convoy was going out of business …
Documents and sources undermine Flexport founder Ryan Petersen's claims that CEO Dave Clark overspent, overhired, and overpromised before being forced to resign
Peterson decides to return as CEO, unceremoniously ousts Clark, rescinds offers to a bunch of new hires then blames Clark for overhiring. … Jenn Schiffer / @jenn@pixel.kitchen : a real “read all the w...
A look at Amazon Fresh's challenges, including lawsuits, layoffs, and halted projects; a former employee says staff were told 2023 could be “make or break”
Lawsuits and layoffs now litter Amazon's years-long path to conquering the brick-and-mortar grocery store. Bluesky: @glinden.bsky.social . LinkedIn: Brittain Ladd Bluesky: Greg Linden / @glinden.bsky....
In 2018, Oculus' Jason Rubin sent a paper to Facebook executives laying the foundation for Meta's ambitions and detailing the need to own the VR market
- In 2018, an Oculus executive named Jason Rubin wrote a 50-page document headlined “The Metaverse” that he sent to a Facebook board member and some top execs. Tweets: @kevinroose , @charliefink , @su...