There’s this Louis CK bit from 2008 that’s been stuck in my head lately. He’s on Conan, talking about how we live in an incredible time but everyone’s miserable. He talks about being on a plane with WiFi, literally flying…
Last week the Internet crossed a dubious record: AI-generated content now outnumbers human-written content on the internet. Research analyzing material published between 2020 and mid-2025 indicates that machine learning tools overtook human-written work late last year. This overwhelming volume means…
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I met an interesting startup founder yesterday. When he introduced himself, he said “I own a beauty salon”. His investor immediately chimed in and said “he’s being very humble. He is launching a tech enabled beauty salon chain and already…
It’s #Firgun time! The original version of Firgun was published on LinkedIn. Subscribe to get the next edition in your inbox. In case you’re new here, the word “Firgun” (pronounced ‘feer-goon’) is an informal modern Hebrew term and concept in Israeli…
“When people get very excited, as they are today about AI for example, **every experiment gets funded, every company gets funded — the good ideas and the bad ideas — and investors have a hard time, in the middle of…
This newsletter was originally published on Linkedin. Subscribe to get the next edition in your inbox. In case you’re new here, the word “Firgun” (pronounced ‘feer-goon’) is an informal modern Hebrew term and concept in Israeli culture (originally Yiddish), which describes…
“How many meetings did you have this year? And how many do you remember?” That question came from my old manager at a team offsite a few years ago. For most people in the room, the answer to the first…
The conversation in Silicon Valley is shifting. While Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT have dominated the digital sphere, delivering incredible utility for white-collar tasks, the consensus among AI pioneers is that these models are approaching a ceiling. The true…
Israel is home to 1,400 VC-backed Deep Tech startups, including 5 AI unicorns and 6 in semiconductors. Israeli Deep Tech Report 2025 This impressive statistic opens the newly released Israeli Deep Tech Report 2025 published by the Israel Innovation Authority…
