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From CIA cash to local police: How Palantir got its start
The low point in Palantir’s very first quest for investors came during a pitch meeting in 2004 that CEO Alex Karp and some colleagues had with Sequoia Capital, which...
If you’re not helping employees with AI-xiety, you’re not leading
In the modern working world, employees have a lot on their minds. From stressing about high costs of living and pressing political issues, there are no shortage of worries...
What’s your wabi-sabi?
A snaggle tooth. A gap in someone’s smile. A birthmark or mole. What do each of these facial features have in common? They all have wabi-sabi. That’s according to...
Zillow just revised its home price forecast for 400-plus housing markets
Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. Zillow economists just published their updated 12-month forecast, projecting that U.S. home...
When AIs become consumers
As best I can tell, the über-wealthy believe the world as we know it is ending, that there won’t be enough to go around, and that this means they...
The Pop-Tarts mascots are about to die again—from trying too hard
In 2023, Pop-Tarts changed the world of brand mascots forever when it sacrificed the life of a Strawberry Pop-Tart and fed its remains to the Kansas State football team...
This week in business: A housing plateau collides with an AI reality check
This week, politics, memes, and protest movements kept colliding with the economy, turning everything from Black Friday shopping to stock charts into a referendum on power and attention. Investors...
The housing market is still passing through a home insurance shock, Cotality says
Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. John Rogers, the chief data and analytics officer of Cotality (formerly known as...
How one couple turned a few found golf balls into the booming live-selling site Stacked Golf
Jon Armstrong never intended to create the booming live-commerce platform Stacked Golf. All he wanted was to join the local golf club, but his wife, Ashley, gave him an ultimatum:...
This free, privacy-focused summarization tool is AI at its best
Sometimes, a simple summary is all you need. Me? I’m a man of many words. (Understatement of the century, I know.) I appreciate interesting writing, where language matters and...
