It’s the tech world’s messiest open relationship, and everybody just got new partners. Monday, Microsoft and OpenAI quietly renegotiated their landmark deal, ending Microsoft’s exclusive cloud lock on OpenAI’s models — and less than 24…
Turns out burning through $25 billion a year is only fun if the revenue keeps up — OpenAI is having a rough Tuesday. Also: China said ‘no thank you’ to Meta buying one of their…
Welcome back to another installment of “Is This Real Life?” — the series where we document the absolute state of artificial intelligence news so you don’t have to. Buckle up.
If you’ve been paying attention to AI news lately, you’ve probably noticed it’s gotten… a little unhinged. Here are some recent stories that made me laugh, cringe, and question reality — sometimes all at once.
Another perfectly normal week. Amazon throws $25 billion at a chatbot company. Snap fires 1,000 people and thanks AI. A lawyer loses his job for lying to the Supreme Court about a robot doing his…
There are business pivots… and then there’s whatever Allbirds just did. This is a company that built its entire personality around being the Patagonia of your feet. Wool shoes. Sugarcane soles. Carbon footprint labels that…
Robots, revenue projections, and one guy who used Claude to outsmart his mom’s doctors. Totally not made up.
The thing about data is it can tell a story. You can say that the PepsiCo drink portfolio is not completely owned by the company itself. And, that’s true. But there’s a lot more to…
JAB’s combined portfolio generates an estimated $40+ billion in annual revenues, making it one of the most influential, yet least recognized, forces in global consumer goods.
PepsiCo’s portfolio tells a story not just of a beverage giant, but of a company that has spent sixty years systematically buying, partnering, and investing its way into virtually every corner of the snack and…
In my efforts to learn how to use Claude Cowork and code, I’ve created a dynamic dashboard centered around the 2026 planned layoffs.
Brands like Wendy’s (~320 closures) and Pizza Hut (~250) aren’t collapsing, they’re pruning. Underperforming locations are being cut so the rest of the business can run leaner and more efficiently. Fast food, in particular, looks…