Silicon Florist links arrangement for September 19, 2025

Here’s a roundup of interesting startup links I came across today:

OMORPHO Makes Its Hollywood Debut in Jordan Peele’s “HIM”

The result? OMORPHO’s award-winning weighted G-Vest and G-Wear products are featured throughout the movie, worn by stars Marlon Wayans and breakout talent Tyriq Withers.

I think “agent” may finally have a widely enough agreed upon definition to be useful jargon now

I’ve been very hesitant to use the term “agent” for meaningful communication over the last couple of years. It felt to me like the ultimate in buzzword bingo—everyone was talking about agents, but if you quizzed them everyone seemed to hold a different mental model of what they actually were.

When Being Incorrect Became the Internet’s Best Business Model

Being wrong triggers something primal in us. The compulsion to correct, to engage, to prove our superior knowledge. It’s the digital equivalent of someone saying “actually” at a dinner party, except now that dinner party has millions of attendees, and every correction feeds an algorithm designed to amplify the conversation.

Hype is a Business Tool – Scott Jenson

I want to be clear, I’m not saying this tech is doomed. It clearly can do some impressive things. My point is that the hype is running too far ahead. Instead of a more nuanced discussion about how it can be used, polarized camps have formed yelling at each other.

AI Power Index 2025: 100 Most Influential Leaders in A.I. | Observer

Power in A.I. manifests in two forms, each capable of profoundly reshaping the industry. Increasingly, these forces reflect a fundamental tension between moving fast and moving responsibly. Capital dictates which projects live or die, where markets move and how whole industries pivot. Equally significant is the power of ideas—the research that establishes new paradigms, the frameworks that guide responsible development and the thought leadership that shapes collective understanding of what A.I. should become. Financial resources elevate certain voices and ideas, and intellectual contributions unlock access to capital and institutional support. Each feeds the other. Together, they write the script that the rest of us follow.

Context is King

We’ve been doing a crazy amount of work under the hood here at Graze. This week we rolled out a major update, fundamentally re-working of our internal infrastructure from the ground up. This re-working makes our system much more streamlined while adding some outstanding new features.

Anatomy of a Baby Unicorn: The Pre Seed Playbook for Breakout Growth

Pick a “hair‑on‑fire” problem and attack it with a tiny, founder‑led team that ships weekly, grows 5–7% MoM, and proves distribution before you overbuild. Keep the original problem sacred (soft pivots only), insist on a technical co‑founder, and exploit a fresh technology unlock in a big market. Then move faster than everyone else—especially on customer work and go‑to‑market.