2026-08-03
The best startup ideas may be hiding in sales rejection data
Founders ask customers what they want. Sales teams hear what they will not pay for. The first answer is useful. The second may contain more information. A customer interview can reveal frustrations, preferences, and imagined future behaviour. A real sales process introduces something interviews often lack: consequences. There is a budget. There are competing priorities. […]<br /> This stor [...]
2026-08-03
Reddit just beat its numbers. Its stock fell 20% anyway, because of Google.
Reddit just had a blockbuster quarter. Revenue rose 61% to $805 million. Profit more than doubled. Daily users climbed 18%. Then the stock fell more than 20%. The numbers were not the problem. Google was. Investors looked past the beat and fixed on one line from CEO Steve Huffman: search referrals had been “choppy.” Reddit’s […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-08-03
A 25-year-old just tripled his London chip startup to $3.3bn, betting against Nvidia and the shortage.
A London startup two years old has just become one of Britain’s boldest bets against Nvidia. Olix has raised $312m and tripled its valuation to $3.3bn in six months. Its founder, James Dacombe, is 25. And its pitch has a timely twist: a chip that skips the very parts the rest of the industry is […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-08-03
Interpol says AI has become the "core operational driver of cybercrime" across Africa
AI is involved in 55 percent of reported cybercrimes in Africa, according to a new Interpol report. Financial losses more than doubled from $192 million to $484 million, and about 600,000 cases of digital extortion involving deepfakes were recorded.<br /> The article Interpol says AI has become the "core operational driver of cybercrime" across Africa appeared first on The Decoder. [...]
