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Issue No. 35 · Week ending August 30, 2026AI · Tech · Business · Science · Culture · Private Equity · Archive
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AI ends the per-seat model, human irrationality, and the 48-hour pilot

Why AI agents are breaking the traditional SaaS pricing model, and how to use artificial constraints to move faster.

01Autonomous Agents Replace Human Software Operators
02Hyper-Rationality Fails to Capture Human Behavior
03Momentum Requires Drastic Artificial Bottlenecks
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Canva cofounder and COO Cliff Obrecht in conversation with John Collison

Canva co-founder and COO Cliff Obrecht speaks with Stripe president John Collison about Canva's evolution from a bootstrapped Australian yearbook tool to a global visual productivity platform. They explore the economics of running generative AI at scale, why Canva decided to tra…

John Collison6 articlesAug 30

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I built a $2,000,000,000 business on vibes

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Parker Gals: Caroline Carman, RallyDay Partners

In this episode of the Parker Gals segment, host Liz Xu speaks with former JPMorgan colleague Caroline Carman, Senior Associate at RallyDay Partners. They disc…

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