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Big congrats to @tryramp, @cursor_ai, @glean, and @TrustVanta for being recognized on this year’s @CNBC Disruptor 50 list 👏 We’re proud to work with the teams building and shaping what’s next across finance, AI, and enterprise software.

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New Briefing Notes from our Media Hub 👀 Some fast PR advice from our team on why: - most PR metrics are theater - shorter pitches win - reporters are the brand now - AI-written pitches are painfully obvious - speed matters in a crisis Read the full piece on our Substack 👇 open.substack.com/pub/briefingno…

Cimento launches with a platform that tracks employee behavior in real time and runs multi-stage phishing simulations designed for an era when AI makes attacks cheaper and harder to spot. thenewstack.io/cimento-human-…

@FazeshiftHQ, a startup that uses AI agents to automate accounts receivable, has raised $17M in a Series A round led by @FPrimeCapital. After launching at the start of the Summer 2024 @YCombinator cohort, Fazeshift has seen its revenue grow 12x in a single year, attracting dozens of enterprise customers, including eight unicorns and its first public company, according to CEO @0xCaitlin (Caitlin Leksana). Read more in the @crunchbasenews article link in the comments.

Loft Orbital expands into full-service constellation deals spacenews.com/loft-orbital-e…

Happy Tuesday. On today's show: - @ryancohen (GameStop) - @harleyf (Shopify) - @stephenbalaban (Lambda) - @MichelCombes (Lambda) - @scottstrazik (GE Vernova) - Brian Elliott (Blitzy) See you on the stream.

AI cloud-computing provider Lambda named Sprint veteran Michel Combes as its next CEO, part of a management overhaul aimed at positioning the startup for growth bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Kicking off May with some standout coverage in @TIME, @WSJ,@Forbes, @Inc, @tbpn, @axios + more 💥

Braze launches agentic AI tools and Creative Studio, adds EU hosting for Decisioning Studio ift.tt/ZsegABa

ALL IN Talks West Brings AI Focus to Vancouver #bctech techcouver.com/2026/04/16/all…

CEO predicts ‘next golden era’ for content amid legacy media destruction semafor.com/article/04/17/…

Student loans and the Bay Area’s staggering cost of living are pushing physicians out of the hospital and into lucrative AI-training gigs. 📝: @AlmostZara sfstandard.com/2026/04/17/sf-…

Loop raises $95M to build supply chain AI that predicts disruptions techcrunch.com/2026/04/17/loo…

DeepL, known for text translation, now wants to translate your voice techcrunch.com/2026/04/16/dee…

Big congrats to @cursor_ai, @glean, and @mercor_ai for landing on this year’s @Forbes AI 50 👏 and shoutout to @amilabs for being recognized on the AI 50 Brink list! A huge recognition for the teams building what’s next in AI 🔥

AI isn’t slowing down—it’s accelerating. Meet the AI 50 Brink List: 20 early-stage startups building what comes next. forbes.com/sites/sofiachi… #ForbesAI50 📸: Nectar Social, Resolve AI, Periodic Labs, Ashley Maxwell, Giga, Jim Vetter, Studio B Portraits, Axiom

Visa, Stripe and Zodia Custody by Standard Chartered become validators on Tempo's payments blockchain theblock.co/post/397286/vi…

👀 In case you missed it… recent coverage from The Brew Crew in @TechCrunch, @CNBC, @semafor, @theinformation, @Adweek, @Bloomberg, @BusinessInsider, @Inc, @UpstartsMediaCo, @VentureBeat, @WSJ, @FastCompany, and more 👇

Cloudflare fast-tracks post-quantum rollout as new research puts encryption on notice ift.tt/NBaESM1