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In This Edition:
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29 AI
Investors You
Should Know
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29 Angels &
VCs Funding AI
Startups Right
Now
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As the AI sector
rapidly advances,
early-stage
funding has become
more specialized,
strategic, and
competitive. A
curated list of 29
influential
investors is
making waves in
2025—funding
pre-seed to Series
A startups pushing
the frontiers of
AI.
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Key
Highlights:
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Backers
include AI
leaders like
Andrew Ng,
Anna
Patterson,
and Shruti
Gandhi
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Most
investors
bring deep
technical
expertise in
AI, ML, NLP,
and deep
tech
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Ideal
partners for
founders
building
high-impact,
scalable AI
solutions
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Strong
networks
offer more
than
capital—think
talent, GTM
support, and
partnerships
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Covers
enterprise
AI,
open-source,
dev tools,
and next-gen
infrastructure
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Founders
building in
AI: this is
the network to
know. Explore
the full list
and see which
investor fits
your startup’s
trajectory.
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How to
Segment Your
Email List
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How To Approach
Email List
Segmentation
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Email creators
often struggle
with stagnant open
rates and poor
engagement—yet
overlook one of
the most powerful
tools available: email list
segmentation.
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A recent case
study of a
2,000-subscriber
local newsletter
reveals how
segmenting by
behavior and
source can uncover
trends that
directly impact
growth and reader
loyalty.
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Key
Takeaways:
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Segmenting
by
acquisition
source
revealed
which
subscribers
were most
engaged.
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Dynamic
segments
allowed
real-time
targeting
based on
user actions
and
location.
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Poor
engagement
trends
were traced
back to
specific
traffic
channels.
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️ Subscriber
tags
made it
easier to
monitor and
optimize for
loyalty.
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Targeted
campaigns
led to
improved
open rates
and more
meaningful
engagement.
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Learn how to
apply these
strategies
inside beehiiv
(even on the
free plan) to
level up your
email game in
2025.
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10 Free AI
Guides
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10 Free AI
Guides Smarter
Than Paid
Courses
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The leading AI
players—Google,
OpenAI, and
Anthropic—have
quietly released high-value AI
guides
that rival paid
courses. These
expert-level
resources cover
everything from
prompting
strategies to
enterprise
deployment and
agent
frameworks.
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Here’s what
stands out:
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Prompt
Engineering
— Real use
cases,
prompt
structures,
LLM
integration
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AI
Agents
—
Architecture,
iteration
logic,
enterprise-ready
flows
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Enterprise
AI
— Strategic
adoption,
use case
filters,
deployment
checklists
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AI
Safety
— Prompt
injection
prevention,
secure
coding,
clean
output
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Deep
Tech
— A 200+
page AI/LLM
research
guide
included
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Explore all
10 free
resources
(with direct
links) — and
see what the
top AI
companies
aren’t
charging.
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Learn AI in 5
minutes a
day
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What’s the secret
to staying ahead
of the curve in
the world of AI?
Information.
Luckily, you can
join 1,000,000+
early adopters
reading The Rundown
AI
— the free
newsletter that
makes you smarter
on AI with just a
5-minute read per
day.
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Sign up to
start
learning.
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OpenAI’s o3
Model Just Got
80% Cheaper
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OpenAI Drops o3
Prices by 80% —
Game Changer for
AI Developers
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OpenAI has
announced a major
price cut for its
most advanced
reasoning model,
o3, making
high-end AI more
accessible than
ever:
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80% Price
Slash: Input now
$2/M and
output $8/M
tokens (down
from
$10/$40).
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Caching
Discount: Cached
input tokens
drop to just
$0.50/M.
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⚔ Competitive
Edge: Undercuts
rivals like
Claude Opus
4 and Gemini
2.5
Pro.
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Flex Mode
Available: Optional
synchronous
processing
for
demanding
workloads.
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Cost
Efficiency
Proven:
Independent
benchmarks
show o3 far
more
affordable
for
large-scale
tasks.
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This bold pricing
shift is set to
reshape the
competitive
landscape,
lowering barriers
for startups,
researchers, and
enterprise
developers
alike.
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Explore how
OpenAI's
aggressive
pricing
could
redefine AI
economics.
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The Future of
AI Agents
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How Startups
Can Use AI to
Navigate Global
Rules
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AI is
transforming
startups, but
global expansion
brings complex
regulatory
challenges. At
TechCrunch
Sessions: AI,
experts from
Global Innovation
Forum, EU, and UK
Business &
Trade share how
startups can
leverage AI for
digital trade,
compliance, and
cross-border
scaling.
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Discover key
insights to turn
AI into a global
advantage. Full
session details
here.
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Anthropic's
Jared
Kaplan
on
the
Future
of
AI
Agents
l
TechCrunch
Sessions:
AI
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Google’s AI
Overviews Are
Killing
Publisher
Traffic
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Is Google AI
Killing Your Traffic?
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Google’s AI
Overviews and
chatbots are
cutting deep into
publisher traffic
by answering
queries directly,
often using
content without
attribution. Major
outlets like The
New York Times and
The Atlantic are
seeing sharp drops
in search
referrals, forcing
many to seek
licensing deals
with AI firms to
offset
losses.
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See how AI
is reshaping
online
journalism
and draining
publisher
traffic.
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Apple
Integrates
ChatGPT into
Xcode
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Apple Brings
ChatGPT and AI
Models to
Xcode
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At WWDC 2025,
Apple unveiled
major AI upgrades
to Xcode 26:
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ChatGPT
Integrated:
AI-powered
coding,
documentation,
and
debugging.
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Open AI
Access:
Developers
can connect
external AI
models via
API
keys.
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On-Device
AI:
Foundation
Models
framework
supports
local models
on Apple
Silicon.
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Swift
Assist
Previewed: Apple’s
own coding
assistant
remains
limited for
now.
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Explore how
Apple is
reshaping
app
development
with AI.
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WEB PICKS
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OpenAI
Delays
Its
First
Open
Model
Release
OpenAI’s
first
open-weight
model has
been
delayed to
late
summer,
according
to CEO Sam
Altman.
The model
aims to
rival
leading
open
reasoning
models
like
DeepSeek
R1 and
Mistral
Magistral.
Additional
advanced
features
may be
included
to boost
its
competitiveness,
though
final
specs
remain
unconfirmed.
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Sam
Altman
Predicts
AI
Will
Unlock
'Novel
Insights'
in
2026
OpenAI’s
CEO shares
his vision
of AI
bringing
groundbreaking
discoveries
within the
next year,
reshaping
how
humanity
solves
complex
problems.
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iPadOS
26
Brings
Mac-Like
Power
to
the
iPad
Apple’s
biggest
iPadOS
update
adds
desktop-style
multitasking,
advanced
file
management,
and
AI-powered
features,
blurring
the line
between
iPad and
Mac.
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How
AI
System
Prompts
Could
Hide
the
Next
Unicorn
Startup
Superblocks
CEO Brad
Menezes
reveals
how
studying
the
massive
system
prompts
behind
today’s AI
apps can
inspire
billion-dollar
business
ideas.
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⚰️
AI
Is
Replacing
the
Marketing
Agency
Overnight
LLMs like
ChatGPT,
Gemini,
and
DeepSeek
can now
handle
everything—from
campaign
planning
to ad
creation—in
a single
prompt.
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Your
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Workflow
Instantly
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