2025-07-25
Walmart was early to the AI wave... First they built AI agents. Now they are building “super-agents” to manage their AI agents 👇
Wall Street Journal
Walmart consolidates its AI agents into four “super agents”, for customers, staff, engineers, and sellers/suppliers, using Anthropic's Model Context Protocol
So Why Are You Still Treating It Like One? Aiko Gao Ishida / Tech in Asia : Walmart deploys AI agents to assist shoppers, boost ecommerce Laurie Sullivan / MediaPost : Google, Walm...
2025-02-04
I was sad to learn that Dick Kramlich, one of the founding fathers of the venture capital industry passed away yesterday. Dick was the founder of NEA and was a mentor to many of us through the years. He was a true believer in the magic of Silicon Valley and the power of optimism [image]
Business Insider
Dick Kramlich, who co-founded NEA in 1977, died on February 1 at age 89; he was an early investor in Apple and led investments in Juniper Networks and others
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2020-01-19
We have all been trained to maximize shareholder value, largely on a quarterly basis. It is great to see @Airbnb evolve our thinking on how we measure success in the private sector https://twitter.com/...
Wall Street Journal
Airbnb to tie metrics like guest safety to employee bonuses, says it has created dedicated teams to serve all “stakeholders”, which include hosts and guests
except that everyone from customers to hosts to employees and others will be invited. https://news.airbnb.com/... @bchesky: “I think this is where the world is going.” https://twit...
2020-01-18
We have all been trained to maximize shareholder value, largely on a quarterly basis. It is great to see @Airbnb evolve our thinking on how we measure success in the private sector https://twitter.com/...
Wall Street Journal
Airbnb to tie metrics like guest safety to employee bonuses, says it has created dedicated teams to serve all “stakeholders”, which include hosts and guests
Ahead of plans to go public, home-sharing platform emphasizes serving ‘stakeholders’ that include hosts, guests, investors, employees
2019-10-15
In 2000 I got a candy bar for $0.99 delivered in one hour from a startup (Kozmo, RIP). After doing the math, my boss said “enjoy it now, this won't last”. 20 years later, @amazon has finally cracked the code! Their logistical scale and purchase frequency is unparalleled. https://twitter.com/...
Vox
Amazon turned off its Add-On program in recent months, making low-priced items, as little as $0.75, available to Prime customers with free one-day shipping
Jason Del Rey / Vox : Tweets: @stevecheney , @retailgeek , and @jonsakoda Tweets: Steve Cheney / @stevecheney : Amazon is 5-7 years ahead of everyone in distribution and logistics...