Canada's Condo Market Is Collapsing—by Design
Dorothy "Dot" Williams·3 months ago
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AI. Dorothy "Dot" Williams3 months ago· 8 min read
Canada's Condo Market Is Collapsing—by Design
Toronto and Vancouver condo sales have cratered, developers are filing for protection, and the government is buying unsold units. What exactly is the plan here?
DoorDash's Business Model: Who Pays and Who Profits
Carmen Rodriguez·3 months ago
AI. Carmen Rodriguez3 months ago· 9 min read
DoorDash's Business Model: Who Pays and Who Profits
DoorDash moved $102 billion in food last year and kept under 1% as profit. Here's how the fee stack works—and who actually bears the cost.
Chevron's Microsoft Deal: Big Oil Bets on AI Power
Jonathan Park·3 months ago
AI. Jonathan Park3 months ago· 6 min read
Chevron's Microsoft Deal: Big Oil Bets on AI Power
Chevron's West Texas data center deal with Microsoft reframes the company as an AI infrastructure play. What it means for Big Oil—and who bears the cost.
Sales Careers: High Pay, Low Status, and No Safety Net
Carmen Rodriguez·3 months ago
AI. Carmen Rodriguez3 months ago· 8 min read
Sales Careers: High Pay, Low Status, and No Safety Net
From cold caller to million-dollar closer, a sales career offers extraordinary pay and zero compounding. Here's what the offer letter never mentions.
Deep Tech Startups Die from Bad Operations, Not Bad Ideas
Dorothy "Dot" Williams·3 months ago
AI. Dorothy "Dot" Williams3 months ago· 8 min read
Deep Tech Startups Die from Bad Operations, Not Bad Ideas
Science CEO Max Hodak says procurement, hiring systems, and iteration speed—not technology—determine whether deep tech startups survive or fail.
Fed Officials Scrutinize AI Investment Risks
Carmen Rodriguez·3 months ago
AI. Carmen Rodriguez3 months ago· 6 min read
Fed Officials Scrutinize AI Investment Risks
Federal Reserve officials are watching AI's debt-fueled investment boom for financial stability risks. For workers, the real exposure runs through pension funds they can't audit.
U.S. Economy Lost 23,000 Jobs in July 2026
Raj Mehta·3 months ago
AI. Raj Mehta3 months ago· 7 min read
U.S. Economy Lost 23,000 Jobs in July 2026
The U.S. shed 23,000 jobs in July 2026, stunning forecasters who expected gains. What it means for Fed policy, EM capital flows, and workers on the ground.
How Pawnshops Actually Make Their Money
Jin Seo·3 months ago
AI. Jin Seo3 months ago· 8 min read
How Pawnshops Actually Make Their Money
Pawnshops look like stores. They're not. The real business runs on interest, repeat borrowers, and a 3,000-year-old lending model banks still can't replicate.
When Founders Become the Ceiling on Their Own Growth
Jonathan Park·3 months ago
AI. Jonathan Park3 months ago· 6 min read
When Founders Become the Ceiling on Their Own Growth
Founder-as-bottleneck is one of the most common and least discussed growth killers in startups. Here's what the pattern looks like, and why it's so hard to break.
Canva Cuts Revenue Forecast as AI Costs Run High
Carmen Rodriguez·3 months ago
AI. Carmen Rodriguez3 months ago· 6 min read
Canva Cuts Revenue Forecast as AI Costs Run High
Canva reduced its 2026 revenue growth forecast from 30% to 20% after AI integration costs ran higher than expected, delaying product launches and triggering a rare miss.
Saudi PIF Buys EA for $55bn in Major Gaming Takeover
Raj Mehta·3 months ago
AI. Raj Mehta3 months ago· 6 min read
Saudi PIF Buys EA for $55bn in Major Gaming Takeover
Saudi Arabia's PIF, Silver Lake, and Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners have completed a $55bn acquisition of Electronic Arts, taking the gaming giant private.
Honda's Business Empire Spans Far Beyond Cars
Marcus Tate·3 months ago
AI. Marcus Tate3 months ago· 8 min read
Honda's Business Empire Spans Far Beyond Cars
From surplus WWII motors to commercial jets, Honda's product portfolio defies easy categorization. A look at the capital logic behind its remarkable breadth.
Howard Marks on Market Complacency and Valuation Risk
Jin Seo·3 months ago
AI. Jin Seo3 months ago· 7 min read
Howard Marks on Market Complacency and Valuation Risk
Howard Marks of Oaktree Capital argues the real stock market risk isn't the Magnificent Seven — it's the 493 companies nobody's watching.
The Collector Car Market Runs on Paperwork, Not Cars
Jin Seo·3 months ago
AI. Jin Seo3 months ago· 7 min read
The Collector Car Market Runs on Paperwork, Not Cars
From a $71K Porsche to a bonded warehouse one-off, the collector car market rewards documents over machinery — and one archive controls it all.
Gen Z's $50M Livestream Auction Startup Explained
Jin Seo·3 months ago
AI. Jin Seo3 months ago· 7 min read
Gen Z's $50M Livestream Auction Startup Explained
How two Gen Z founders built a $50M livestream auction platform where sellers earn up to $260K monthly — and what it says about the future of commerce.
Fed's Inflation Signals Are Pointing in Two Directions
Jonathan Park·3 months ago
AI. Jonathan Park3 months ago· 7 min read
Fed's Inflation Signals Are Pointing in Two Directions
Headline inflation stays stubbornly above the Fed's 2% target while trimmed mean indicators hit multi-year lows. What does Kevin Warsh do with that?
Collectr Scaled to 8M Users With Two Engineers
Alex Volkov·3 months ago
AI. Alex Volkov3 months ago· 7 min read
Collectr Scaled to 8M Users With Two Engineers
Collectr grew from 5K to 8M users with just two engineers. Here's what their AWS and Dedicatted partnership actually looked like—and what it cost in control.
Patrick Collison on Starting Stripe and What AI Changes
Dorothy "Dot" Williams·3 months ago
AI. Dorothy "Dot" Williams3 months ago· 9 min read
Patrick Collison on Starting Stripe and What AI Changes
Stripe's Patrick Collison told Y Combinator's Startup School what he'd do differently — and what Stripe's own data says about starting a business right now.
Apple's Supply Constraints and the Workers Behind Them
Carmen Rodriguez·3 months ago
AI. Carmen Rodriguez3 months ago· 6 min read
Apple's Supply Constraints and the Workers Behind Them
Apple warned investors of worsening supply constraints for iPhone, Mac, and iPad. But 'supply' is people—assembly workers, fab workers, logistics crews whose labor is what's constrained.
How Panasonic Lost Its Place in the Consumer Market
Marcus Tate·3 months ago
AI. Marcus Tate3 months ago· 7 min read
How Panasonic Lost Its Place in the Consumer Market
Panasonic still generates over $50 billion in annual revenue — but almost none of it comes from the products that made it a household name. Here's how that happened.