Here’s a roundup of interesting startup links I came across today:
Intel has cut 35,500 jobs in less than two years — more than 20,000 let go in in recent months as Lip-Bu Tan continues drastic recovery journey | Tom’s Hardware
Intel cut 20,500 jobs under new CEO Lip-Bu Tan — totaling 35,500 in two years — and reduced R&D spending by over $800 million per quarter as it streamlines operations, cancels lower-priority projects, and concentrates investment on strategic projects.
Aris
Heat, cool, and enjoy limitless hot water— all from one high-performance, ultra-efficient hydronic system.
How this startup found product-market fit in the fintech industry
Words do not really do the post-PMF experience justice. Working at a company that’s recently found PMF is truly one of the most life and career-changing experiences one can have.
192 Weeks
I joined when I was still in college, as a “founding engineer,” which as a job title means the startup was tiny and needed to grow a lot. And it grew—the company recently raised at a $1 billion valuation, and I left as one of the key engineers in a team of 70 people.
The AI Wildfire Is Coming. It’s Going to be Very Painful and Incredibly Healthy.
AI won’t crash—it will burn. Like every tech cycle, the fire will clear the brush, redistribute talent, and leave infrastructure to power what comes next.
Bsides Security Conference
I attended the kickoff keynote (pictured) and it was a little odd sitting with hundreds of people in a giant auditorium with the speaker on a virtual presentation – not sure if there were some logistical difficulties this year getting the speaker to appear in person.
How to Keep Winning
Replit founder: “And while I love winning, there are very few things I dread more than losing. It just feels awful. This meant that I had to get good at constantly not losing. Here are six tactics and principles I learned along the way to protect against failure and keep winning.”
Laika’s Latest ‘Wildwood’ Footage Is a Technical Marvel
‘Wildwood’ doesn’t have a trailer yet, but Laika’s got a new behind-the-scenes video showing off the film’s majestic eagle.
Surviving the AI Capex Boom
With the AI arms race transforming Big Tech from asset-light to asset-heavy, a model we find associated with inferior returns, our value-based playbook suggests rotating toward a broader set of AI beneficiaries with lower capital requirements and valuations.
How To Found A Startup Inside A Scale-Up
The old cliché says startups are born in garages and dorm rooms. That’s still true, but there’s a newer path: founding a startup inside a scale-up.
Portland Linux/Unix Group General Monthly Meeting: OpenTelemetry: A Primer with Jason Plumb » Calagator: Portland’s Tech Calendar
OpenTelemetry is a collection of open standards and industry-tested components that facilitates observation of software systems. Let’s dissect this vague jargon and discuss what that actually means for Linux practitioners and how it can be used to understand software interactions and performance.
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