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Adeel Khan, founder of MagicSchool AI.

‘Nobody Wanted to Give A Former Principal Money’: How An Educator Built An Edtech AI Startup With $63M From VCs

Editor’s note: The following is the first profile in a series of articles in coming weeks about startup founders from non-technical backgrounds who have launched successful venture-backed companies. In November 2022, Adeel Khan was doing something rare for a longtime educator: taking time off. Having launched his career as a teacher in Atlanta Public Schools,

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Your AI Strategy May Be Destroying Your Exit Value

It seems that more and more boards and founders view AI as a valuation enhancer and future-proof strategy. While I agree that for some companies this may be true, in other cases I think it may actually be destroying the company’s value. It is difficult to define the extent to which a specific company should

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The marketing AI gap: Making AI work is the hard part

There is no question that AI in marketing is here to stay. According to DemandSage, “56% of brands now actively use AI to tailor every customer interaction (content, recommendations and support), while 96% of companies report AI has significantly improved their personalization ROI.” And it does pay off: DemandSage research […] The post The marketing

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Why is Anthropic destroying books? | Kathryn James

The AI company apparently found destructively scanning ‘all the books in the world’ easier than dealing with copyright in its quest for training dataShould we destroy all the books in the world?An answer to this question can be found in the court documents of Bartz v Anthropic PBC. The northern California district court case, decided

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Experts used ‘Judas goats’ to hunt down their own kind, eliminating over 140,000 invasive goats in a $10.5 million mission

In a remarkable ecological initiative, over 140,000 invasive goats have been eradicated from three areas of the Galapagos Islands. This operation, costing $10.5 million, aims to rejuvenate the habitat for native wildlife. Using judas goats fitted with transmitters, conservationists pinpointed the remaining invaders. Following their removal, the area’s native plants are thriving once again, supported

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Scientists accidentally discovered a way to recycle plastic using only water and oxygen

In a groundbreaking study, researchers found that water and oxygen can effectively break down everyday plastics, removing the need for costly metal catalysts. This innovative approach harnesses the unique chemical properties as water droplet breaks down tough plastic molecular chains, paving the way for a sustainable circular carbon economy.

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