A profile of Mercor CEO Brendan Foody, who says Mercor is building a “new category of work”; Mercor hit a $500M ARR in September and pays contractors ~$1.5M/day
Plus, perimenopause apps, Musk's mammoth pay package … X: Kevin V. Nguyen / @kevinnguyen_89 : There are a lot of young people in their early 20s running around in San Francisco rn making fortunes and ...
Watchdogs say fraudsters are extorting small businesses for hundreds of dollars each by posting or threatening to post phony one-star reviews on Google Maps
Movers, roofing companies and others are being bombarded with phony one-star reviews on Google Maps. Then they're asked to pay up. X: @dealbook . LinkedIn: Kay Dean and Naina Hiranandani . Bluesky: @...
A profile of Mercor, a Scale AI rival valued at $2B in February, which hires domain experts to train models; it had a $100M run rate in March and $6M H1 profit
Mercor, debuting on the Forbes Cloud 100 list, built an AI recruiter to interview job candidates. X: @richardjnieva . LinkedIn: Sundeep Peechu and Peter Fenton . Bluesky: @dannygroner X: Richard Nieva...
A look at newsletter platform Beehiiv, which has a $30M ARR and fees starting at $43/month for 1,000 subscribers, unlike Substack, which takes a 10% revenue cut
Not for the first time, the newsletter platform Substack … Bluesky: Danny Groner / @dannygroner : “The scheme seems to be working: The Media Collective currently supports 20 to 25 independent publishe...
Analysis: US and UK entry-level graduate job listings have plunged since 2022, but there's only tentative evidence of AI-related disruption in some occupations
www.ft.com/content/99b6... #ai #entryjobs Christopher Mims / @mims : Great piece, data do not support “AI is taking all the jobs” — “AI may be part of the picture but other factors, including econom...
Companies like Etsy and eBay are emulating tactics popularized by Instagram, TikTok, and Pinterest, like algorithm-based personalization, to claw back relevancy
Companies are starting to emulate some of the tactics popularized by Instagram, TikTok and Pinterest to help boost sales Bluesky: @theopriestley.com and @dannygroner Bluesky: Theo / @theopriestley.com...
A look at the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park, a planned project aiming to make Chicago a quantum computing hub with PsiQuantum as the anchor tenant
An industrial park taking shape on an old steel mill site provides a glimpse into the quantum future Bluesky: @dannygroner . X: @psiquantum , @wsj , and @alexmmmack LinkedIn: Steve Rosenbush , Alex Ma...
Some creators move from unpredictable algorithm-driven platforms to subscription services; YouTube group The Try Guys launched 2nd Try, a $5/month streamer
The Try Guys, one of YouTube's most established creator groups, have successfully abandoned their reliance on Google's algorithms … X: @dannygroner . Forums: r/TheTryGuys X: Danny Groner / @dannygrone...
A profile of former Tinder CEO Renate Nyborg and her new startup Meeno, which provides an AI-powered chatbot for relationship advice on iOS and has raised $4.9M
Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times : X: @tobywalsh , @katejopling , @ronivey , @andrewyng , @chloeautio , @tfadell , @madhumita29 , and @dannygroner X: Toby Walsh / @tobywalsh : The loneliness cure: ...
A profile of YC's Garry Tan, whose combative online persona has sparked controversies as he tries to shift SF politics from idealistic progressivism to centrism
discussing his increasing local political presence just as Demo Day is about to kick off in the city. 🎁 https://www.nytimes.com/... Mastodon: Glenn Fleishman / @glennf@twit.social : My life likely tu...