Founders Fund’s outlier bet on humanely killed fish
Shinkei makes a refrigerator-sized robot called Poseidon to kill fish quickly and humanely.
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Shinkei makes a refrigerator-sized robot called Poseidon to kill fish quickly and humanely.
Il venture capital con progetti a 4-5 anni incarna perfettamente la tensione tra la teoria di Manso e la filosofia di Taleb. È un orizzonte temporale che suona contro-intuitivo: troppo lungo per la logica del "fail fast" da incubatore, troppo corto per la pazienza della ricerca fondamentale. Eppure è proprio qui che si gioca la partita dell'innovazione dirompente. Il problema strutturale I fondi VC operano tipicamente su cicli di 10 anni. Un progetto a 4-5 anni occupa il cuore del fondo: non è un esperimento rapido da liquidare, ma nemmeno un investimento da tenere per un'intera generazione. Manso ci dice che il contratto ottimale per l'innovazione richiede tolleranza nel breve termine e ricompensa nel lungo. Ma cosa significa "breve" e "lungo" quando il progetto stesso dura 4-5 anni? Qui emerge un paradosso. Il VC tollerante — quello che Manso celebrerebbe — potrebbe essere tentato di mantenere vivo un progetto che sta fallendo, perché il fallimento prematurato distruggerebbe il valore dell'opzione. Ma Taleb ci avverte: l'antifragilità non è la persistenza a oltranza, è la capacità di trarre beneficio dallo stress. Un progetto che assorbe risorse per 5 anni senza generare informazioni utili non è antifragile: è semplicemente costoso. La soluzione di Manso: il contratto come orologio Per Manso, la risposta sta nella struttura contrattuale. Il contratto ottimale per un progetto a 4-5 anni non è lineare: non è un flusso costante di finanziamento legato a milestone arbitrarie. È qualcosa di più sofisticato. Il principale (il VC) deve commettere a un livello di finanziamento iniziale che copra la fase esplorativa — i primi 12-18 mesi — senza richiedere risultati misurabili. Questa è la fase di "tolleranza eccezionale per il fallimento" di cui parlava Holmström. Poi, a intervalli predeterminati, il VC ha l'opzione — non l'obbligo — di continuare. Ma la soglia di abbandono deve essere più bassa del livello ottimale ex-post. In altre parole: il VC deve essere disposto a co
Everyone optimizes the buying experience. Almost nobody builds for what happens after checkout. Every appliance, device, and tool you buy comes with records that matter later: the receipt, purchase date, model number, serial number, the manual, and the warranty terms. Most people have no system for keeping those together — they're scattered across email, a kitchen drawer, screenshots, and random cloud folders. So when something breaks, the warranty claim dies on a single question: "Can you send proof of purchase and the serial number?" That's the gap we're building SnapRegisters for. The simple version of the fix (works with any notes app) The day anything substantial arrives, capture four things: The product The receipt The model / serial label (it fades — grab it early) The warranty card or manual Organize them by product, not by document . Instead of "where's that receipt," it becomes "open the dishwasher record." When support asks for details, it's a 10-second lookup instead of a 20-minute hunt. Where AI actually helps after the purchase The interesting part for builders: the post-purchase layer is a great fit for AI. Point a camera at a receipt and you can extract the model, serial number, and purchase date, then track the warranty automatically — turning a tedious filing chore into a 5-second snap. It's not flashy AI, but it's the kind that quietly saves people money (most warranty coverage goes unused simply because the paperwork is gone). If you've ever eaten a repair bill for something that was technically still covered, you've felt this problem. Curious how other builders think about the "boring but valuable" software gaps like this one. 📲 SnapRegisters is free on iOS: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6757603213
CMF by Nothing won't be able to release a follow-up to the Phone Pro 2 this year.
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I can't remember the last time I got excited about a fan. Normally, I just buy whatever Vornado or Dreo model fits my budget, but that was before I started testing the battery-powered Standing Circulator Fan from SwitchBot. As the name indicates, the SwitchBot fan is a 3D circulator - a fancy way of saying […]
Why I built GigVorx, a SaaS tool to help freelancers and agencies manage client briefs and invoices more professionally. Freelancers and small agencies often have one messy problem: Client details are everywhere. Some requirements come through WhatsApp. Some come through calls. Some are sent as voice notes. Some are inside Google Docs. Some are buried in old messages. At the start, this feels normal. But later, it creates problems. You forget important requirements. You ask the client the same question again. Invoices are created manually. Project details are not organised. The whole process looks less professional. That is the problem I wanted to solve with GigVorx . What is GigVorx? GigVorx is a client intake and invoicing tool for freelancers and small agencies. It helps users: Collect client requirements professionally use ready-made brief templates organise client details create professional invoices avoid scattered WhatsApp chats, calls, and docs The goal is simple: Help freelancers and agencies manage client intake and invoicing from one dashboard. Who is it for? GigVorx is mainly for: web designers developers graphic designers video editors SEO freelancers social media agencies digital marketing agencies small service businesses These people usually talk to many clients and need a better way to collect requirements before starting work. Why I built it I noticed that many freelancers lose time before the project even starts. They ask questions manually. They collect details in random chats. They create invoices separately. They do not have one organised place for client information. This makes the work slower and sometimes confusing. So I wanted to create a simple tool that gives freelancers a more professional workflow. Current status GigVorx is already live in early access. Right now, I am not focusing on making it perfect. I am focusing on getting real users' feedback and improving the product based on what freelancers actually need. What I am learning Bui
French serial entrepreneur and open-source legend Jean-Baptiste Kempf has been building Kyber, an infrastructure layer to control remote devices in real time.
For the last 30 years, stopping the flow of cybersecurity-related software has proven to be ineffective. It's unclear why it would work now with Anthropic’s cybersecurity model Mythos.
Whether you are building SaaS, running an agency, some shop, and struggling with your hard work - you have my highest respect. The ups and downs of working on your own is a killer man, it feels great on some days and just crazy on others. It's not for every one - if someone told me about this side of building startups 12 years ago (when I started my agency), I would have given it a bit more thought tbh. Keep building and shipping, and hopefully all your work will be rewarded in a way that feels rewarding to you.
Smart lighting company Philips Hue has launched its first wired wall modules. Installed behind existing wall switches, the new devices bring non-smart lights into the Hue ecosystem for the first time. Hue also announced new Play table and floor lamps that are more affordable versions of its Signe series, along with upgrades to its E14 […]
Fusion startups have raised $7.1 billion to date, with the majority of it going to a handful of companies.
You don’t have a naming problem. You have a 40‑minute decision problem. Here’s a practical, timer-based method to name your SaaS in 2026, without spiraling into a 3‑week Notion rabbit hole. Ground rules for 2026 A few constraints you can’t ignore: .com is crowded. There are around 157 million .com domains registered globally as of 2026, so the obvious one-word .com you want is almost certainly taken or expensive. What is .com domain Domains cost real, recurring money. Typical 2026 guides put standard TLDs at about $10–18/year to register and $14–20/year to renew for .com , and $12–18 / $14–20 for .net/.org . Domain name statistics How much does a domain name cost? Good .coms are often not $10. Clean, short, brandable .com resales routinely land in three to five figures , which is why many early SaaS founders default to modified names or non-.com extensions. How much does a domain name cost? AI-era TLDs are legit now. Investors report 69% positive sentiment toward .ai and 64% toward .io , so those are no longer “hacky” domains; they read like normal startup brands. A look at who invests in domain names .ai is basically a global startup extension. It’s widely described as a “global AI branding extension” and used by SaaS far beyond Anguilla now. .ai TLD explainer The domain space is huge. Roughly 386.9 million domains were registered worldwide by end of 2025, up ~6.2% YoY. Most popular TLDs Your first idea is probably used somewhere. Prices are drifting up, not down. ICANN raised its per-domain fee from $0.18 to $0.20 in mid‑2025, and that cost is now baked into 2026 retail pricing. Domain name market trends So: stop hunting for a perfect single-word .com at $12. Optimize for speed and defensibility , not romance. Set a timer for 40 minutes. Follow this. Minute 0–5: Positioning, not poetry Open a blank doc. In 5 minutes, write three bullets : Who you’re for (ICP in one line). What painful outcome you fix. What “shape” of product you are (API, analytics tool, ops dashb
Let's poke at the differences between scroll- driven and scroll- triggered animations. A First Look at Scroll-Triggered Animations originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks . You should really get the newsletter as well.
OpenAI’s Bonnie Xu discusses Kepler, an internal AI data analyst agent built to query 600+ petabytes of data. She explains how they overcome context window limits using MCP, automated code crawling, and RAG. Xu also shares how their team leverages scoped semantic memory for self-learning and utilizes AST-based LLM grading to build a robust, regression-free evaluation pipeline. By Bonnie Xu
CircleCI has launched Chunk Sidecars, a new capability designed to bring CI-style validation directly into an AI coding agent's inner development loop By Craig Risi
Forget about patchy internet connections and dead spots in the house. These WIRED-tested multiroom mesh systems will get you online in no time.
Miami-based AI startup Subquadratic came out of stealth mode last month with a huge claim. It announced that it had solved a mathematical bottleneck that had been holding back large language models for almost a decade. The details were thin, and many people were unconvinced. But Subquadratic has started to bring the receipts, sharing the…
DeductiveAI, a startup that uses AI to catch and resolve bugs in software, was founded just three years ago.
Every startup idea looks perfect... until you start building. The first version of PixoraCloud looked amazing on paper. Then reality hit. We discovered: Some features weren't necessary Some APIs were too complicated Some ideas solved our problem, not the user's problem So we changed them. A lot. That's where we are today. Not chasing perfection. Chasing simplicity. Building in public means admitting your first idea isn't always your best one. What's one thing you've completely changed after starting a project?