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🗞️In this edition

  • The Shift From "Tokenmaxxing" to Efficiency Could Break the AI Giants

  • OpenAI Blinked on Its IPO. SoftBank Lost $38 Billion in a Day.

  • The US Government Just Became the Most Powerful Player in AI

  • ⚡ YOUR MOVE For people building the life they want, now.

  • In other AI news –

    • The Cost of Intelligence Is Falling. The Cost of Using It Is Exploding.

    • The Man Running the World's Biggest Payment System Just Named His Next Weapon

    • The Boring Chip Company That Quietly Became Wall Street's Next Nvidia

  • 4 must-try AI tools

The two companies about to go public just watched their most loyal users start looking for the exit. The IPO that was supposed to happen this summer just got quietly delayed. And the two-horse race that defined the AI era is showing its first real cracks.

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⚡️YOUR MOVE For people building the life they want, now.

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Companies are slashing AI spending the moment they realize they don't have to pay premium prices anymore. Altman delayed his IPO because the market wasn't ready to believe the story. And the US government banned both leading models, leaving the door wide open for whoever is next.

The AI era's first chapter is closing. Nobody agrees on what the second one looks like.

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