Fri. 09/27 – Sam Altman Declines To Go “Founder Mode”

Founder Mode? Not for me, says Sam Altman, but we will see. A few new gadgets from Samsung. Maybe ARM should buy Intel. Are AI startups hitting revenue traction faster than SaaS startups did? And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.
Founder Mode? Not for me, says Sam Altman, but we will see. A few new gadgets from Samsung. Maybe ARM should buy Intel. Are AI startups hitting revenue traction faster than SaaS startups did? And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.
Links:
- Sam Altman tells OpenAI staff there’s no plan for him to receive a ‘giant equity stake’ in company (CNBC)
- Samsung Galaxy S24 FE goes official starting at $649 – is it still a ‘Fan Edition?’ (9to5Google)
- Arm Is Rebuffed by Intel After Inquiring About Buying Product Unit (Bloomberg)
- Exponential growth brews 1 million AI models on Hugging Face (ArsTechnica)
- AI start-ups generate money faster than past hyped tech companies (FT)
Weekend Longreads Suggestions:
- McDonald’s touchscreen kiosks were feared as job killers. Instead, something surprising happened (CNN)
- Apple Rolls Back Its Big Plans to Release Movies in Theaters (Bloomberg)
- The 27-Year-Old Economic Adviser for Gen Z (WSJ)
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