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The Ultimate Guide to Codex. Go from “I should really learn this” to a working setup in a weekend, with the model wired into your actual files and pages instead of sitting in a chat tab. Every page is a copy-paste prompt, most needing zero code.

The startups trying to save you from sky-high AI bills are getting showered with cash

Venture funds boost AI routing startups like OpenRouter and Concentrate AI as they help companies avoid token panic.

Consumer AI has a cost crisis. This AI voice startup is trying to help.

Kylan Gibbs, CEO of Inworld, tackles AI model costs threatening startups. Inworld slashes prices to help consumer AI applications' profitability.

OpenAI backs Poetic to automate underwriting and compliance

Poetic, an AI startup that has been operating in stealth, has emerged with $50M in funding and a $500M valuation to automate some of finance’s most sensitive back-office work, from insurance underwriting to compliance and fraud checks. Its backers include OpenAI, Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, and Kleiner Perkins.

Tech Nation: AI Accounts for a Third of the UK Tech Ecosystem

The AI sector in the UK has surged to US$512bn, capturing 32% of the nation's US$1.6tn tech valuation and attracting record venture capital.

Two rival grocery delivery founders land Nvidia's backing with a bet on math

Corca, a startup by Oleg Shevlyagin and Anton Gladkoborodov, raises $7.8M from Nvidia and other investors to innovate math workspaces with AI tools.

Johnson Agogbua, Co-Founder and CEO of Kasi Cloud

Johnson Agogbua built internet infrastructure for three decades – and now the Kasi Cloud founder is bringing hyperscale, AI-ready data centres to Africa

Xbox exploring ‘radically different’ console business models

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As companies rethink AI ROI, Replit's AI chief calls token leaderboards 'very dystopian'

As Amazon and others rethink AI-use rankings, Replit's AI head said it was a poor measure of employee performance.

The Fight Over AI Is Really a Fight Over Who Governs

At the University of Arizona’s commencement ceremony last month, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt told the class of 2026 that they would shape AI’s future. The crowd booed him. Other commencements followed with a similar pattern: a hopeful line about AI, then rejection from the crowd.

Fear of the SaaSpocalypse is tormenting techland

While TYPING away at a WeWork in San Francisco recently, your correspondent spied a plane flying across the skyline trailing a banner. “SAAS IS DEAD,” it declared in huge letters. The software developers with whom he was sharing the co-working space also noticed. “Thanks for reminding us,” one groaned.

McKinsey consultants are using AI to end their dependence on PowerPoint

Louis-Charles Généreux, a McKinsey consultant, built an AI-assisted website to manage his consulting project and effectively replace PowerPoint.