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OpenAI COO says 'we have not yet really seen AI penetrate enterprise business processes': There is a lot of talk around AI agents taking over business processes and claiming that "SaaS is dead." While these predictions have moved SaaS stocks at times, they haven't really come true. Read More

More startups are hitting $10M ARR in 3 months than ever before: AI has brought the startup world the rise of startups that instantly hit multimillion-dollar ARR. Stripe revealed some data that shows how common this has become. Read More

Spotify and Liquid Death release a limited-edition speaker shaped like … an urn?: Spotify and Liquid Death launched what might be the wildest product of the year: a speaker shaped like a urn. Read More

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Afternoon Must-Reads

Anthropic won't budge as Pentagon escalates AI dispute: The Pentagon has given Anthropic until Friday to loosen AI guardrails or face potential penalties, escalating a high-stakes dispute that raises questions about government leverage, vendor dependence, and investor confidence in defense tech. Read More

It's time to pull the plug on plug-in hybrids: Plug-in hybrid vehicles are rarely charged, according to a new study. Why are automakers still producing them? Read More

Discord delays global rollout of age verification after backlash: The company added that 90% of users won't need to verify their age and will be able to keep using Discord as usual. Read More

Stripe's valuation soars 74% to $159 billion: Stripe has conducted another tender offer, where employees sell shares. Investors include Thrive Capital, Coatue, a16z, and Stripe itself. Read More

Conduent data breach grows, affecting at least 25M people: The number of people affected by a data breach at government contractor giant Conduent is growing, as millions of people continue to receive notices warning them that hackers stole their personal data. Read More

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Last but Not Least

Treasury sanctions Russian zero-day broker accused of buying exploits stolen from US defense contractor: The U.S. Treasury announced it was imposing sanctions against a Russian broker of zero-day exploits, its founder and two affiliates, citing a threat to U.S. national security. Another affiliated zero-day broker in the United Arab Emirates was also sanctioned. Read More