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title: 'Silicon Florist links arrangement for November 6, 2025'
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# Silicon Florist links arrangement for November 6, 2025

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

[About The Other Night… – Graze Newsletter](https://graze.leaflet.pub/3m4yjmbnyec2c)
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How Graze is defining the next era of a decentralized, open social attention economy. Case study: the NYC mayoral election.

[The Benefits of Bubbles – Stratechery by Ben Thompson](https://stratechery.com/2025/the-benefits-of-bubbles/)
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It’s funny to remember that a decade ago there were enough people convinced we were in a bubble that I felt compelled to write an Article entitled It’s Not 1999; that was right then, and it’s obviously right now, when we have a clear counter-example: this is a bubble.

[Thoughts by a non-economist on AI and economics – Windows On Theory](https://windowsontheory.org/2025/11/04/thoughts-by-a-non-economist-on-ai-and-economics/?utm_source=tldrai)
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In this blog, just to make things simple, I will assume doubling time is 6 months, so the length of time horizon quadruples every year. (All numbers here are very rough.)

[Inside OpenAI Chairman’s $10 Billion AI Customer Service Startup Sierra](https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardnieva/2025/11/05/sierra-bret-taylor-clay-bavor/?utm_source=tldrai)
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Bret Taylor and Clay Bavor have sterling Silicon Valley pedigrees, with leadership roles at the biggest tech companies in the world. Now they’re in the startup trenches, on a quest to make AI agents the primary way companies interact with their customers.

[FAA plans flight cuts at 40 major airports amid shutdown – Portland Business Journal](https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2025/11/06/flight-cuts-faa-shutdown-major-airports.html?utm_source=st&utm_medium=en&utm_campaign=BN&utm_content=PO&ana=e_PO_BN&j=42399693&senddate=2025-11-06)
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At Portland International Airport, a 10% reduction could result in 1,297 canceled flights in November and December, according to data compiled by the Business Journals.

[New Expensify: Product Updates, Team Benefits & What’s Next](https://use.expensify.com/blog/new-expensify-updates)
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If you’ve been hearing more about New Expensify lately, it’s no coincidence. After years of development and real-world testing, it’s ready to take center stage. And it’s changing the way teams manage expenses, travel, and corporate cards forever.

More Portland startup stories
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