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Michael Fauscette

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Technology analyst (CX, AI, DX), host Disambiguation, co-host In the Hot Seat, startup advisor, board member, consultant, CEO Arion Research

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Michael Fauscette @mfauscette.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The Enterprise AI Atlas is live. A market map of 400+ enterprise AI products, classified by how they work, not how they market themselves. Native vs Embedded, plus an agentic rating. Explore the Atlas: zurl.co/NJbXW
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Michael Fauscette @mfauscette.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
New show: AI at 10. The AI news that matters for your business, with the analyst's read, in ten minutes. Live on The Arion Brief, Tue + Thu, 10 AM ET. First episode June 9th. Come watch → www.youtube.com/channel/UCfH... #AI #EnterpriseAI
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The Arion Brief
The Arion Brief delivers Enterprise AI news, decoded by an analyst. The day's biggest AI stories and what they mean for your business. Hosted by Michael Fauscette, founder and chief analyst at Arion...
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Michael Fauscette @mfauscette.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
New - "Building the Agentic Enterprise" Part 2: Agents, Copilots, and Automation; A Business Leader's Guide. The biggest obstacle to good agentic AI decisions isn't the tech. It's the vocabulary. 🧵 zurl.co/F5RyU
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Building the Agentic Enterprise, Part 2: Agents, Copilots, and Automation; A Business Leader's Guide — Arion Research LLC
The agentic AI conversation is full of terms that everyone uses but not everyone means the same way. When your CIO, your operations lead, and your vendor's sales team each have a different mental model of what "agent" means, the result is strategic misalignment that shows up in every decis
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Michael Fauscette @mfauscette.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
New series: "Building the Agentic Enterprise": 11 articles on what it takes to move from AI copilots to AI agents that plan, decide, and execute across enterprise workflows. Part 1 is live now. 🧵 zurl.co/TrWIN
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Building the Agentic Enterprise, Part 1: Why the Agentic Enterprise, Why Now — Arion Research LLC
The enterprise AI conversation has shifted from 'how do we help people work faster' to 'how do we work differently.' This article explores why agentic AI marks a new inflection point for business, traces the convergence of forces making this the moment to act, and outlines the strategic readiness qu
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Michael Fauscette @mfauscette.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Your infrastructure works fine for traditional apps. It's probably not ready for autonomous agents at enterprise scale. Find out in 15 minutes: zurl.co/gMm4x #agenticai #enterpriseai #aigovernance
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Michael Fauscette @mfauscette.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Your infrastructure works fine for traditional apps. It's probably not ready for autonomous agents at enterprise scale. Find out in 15 minutes: zurl.co/gMm4x #agenticai #enterpriseai #aigovernance
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Michael Fauscette @mfauscette.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Most "Human-in-the-Loop" AI governance is broken. When humans become passive observers, they lose situational awareness. When the agent fails, they can't react. The fix isn't more oversight. It's better design: zurl.co/8miLn #agenticai #enterpriseai #aigovernance
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From Chatbots to Workforce: The Senior Executive’s Guide to Agentic AI — Arion Research LLC
The Big Shift is Here. We are moving from Generative AI (systems that create content) to Agentic AI (systems that execute work). The difference is categorical: AI that answers versus AI that does.
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Michael Fauscette @mfauscette.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
An AI that explains your refund policy is useful. An AI that processes the refund, updates the CRM, and flags the pattern that caused it? That's agentic AI. Our new report for senior leaders: zurl.co/CinDX #agenticai #enterpriseai #aigovernance
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From Chatbots to Workforce: The Senior Executive’s Guide to Agentic AI — Arion Research LLC
The Big Shift is Here. We are moving from Generative AI (systems that create content) to Agentic AI (systems that execute work). The difference is categorical: AI that answers versus AI that does.
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Michael Fauscette @mfauscette.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Most "Human-in-the-Loop" AI governance is broken. When humans become passive observers, they lose situational awareness. When the agent fails, they can't react. The fix isn't more oversight. It's better design: zurl.co/8miLn #agenticai #enterpriseai #aigovernance
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From Chatbots to Workforce: The Senior Executive’s Guide to Agentic AI — Arion Research LLC
The Big Shift is Here. We are moving from Generative AI (systems that create content) to Agentic AI (systems that execute work). The difference is categorical: AI that answers versus AI that does.
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Michael Fauscette @mfauscette.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
An AI that explains your refund policy is useful. An AI that processes the refund, updates the CRM, and flags the pattern that caused it? That's agentic AI. Our new report for senior leaders: zurl.co/CinDX #agenticai #enterpriseai #aigovernance
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From Chatbots to Workforce: The Senior Executive’s Guide to Agentic AI — Arion Research LLC
The Big Shift is Here. We are moving from Generative AI (systems that create content) to Agentic AI (systems that execute work). The difference is categorical: AI that answers versus AI that does.
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Michael Fauscette @mfauscette.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
You can't deploy Level 4 AI autonomy on top of Level 1 data infrastructure. That gap is where most agentic AI projects fail, and most executives don't see it until the budget is spent. New research: zurl.co/ROlN1 #agenticai #enterpriseai #aigovernance
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From Chatbots to Workforce: The Senior Executive’s Guide to Agentic AI — Arion Research LLC
The Big Shift is Here. We are moving from Generative AI (systems that create content) to Agentic AI (systems that execute work). The difference is categorical: AI that answers versus AI that does.
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Michael Fauscette @mfauscette.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Three eras of enterprise AI: Predictive AI analyzed your data. Generative AI created your content. Agentic AI does your work. Most companies aren't ready for the third one. Our new report explains why and what to do about it: zurl.co/26wTh #agenticai #enterpriseai
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From Chatbots to Workforce: The Senior Executive’s Guide to Agentic AI — Arion Research LLC
The Big Shift is Here. We are moving from Generative AI (systems that create content) to Agentic AI (systems that execute work). The difference is categorical: AI that answers versus AI that does.
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Michael Fauscette @mfauscette.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
"We saved 200 hours last quarter" is the wrong AI metric. Agentic AI doesn't save time. It completes work. The KPI shift from efficiency to output is one most leadership teams haven't made yet. Our new research: zurl.co/o6dnp #agenticai #enterpriseai #aigovernance
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From Chatbots to Workforce: The Senior Executive’s Guide to Agentic AI — Arion Research LLC
The Big Shift is Here. We are moving from Generative AI (systems that create content) to Agentic AI (systems that execute work). The difference is categorical: AI that answers versus AI that does.
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Michael Fauscette @mfauscette.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
You can't deploy Level 4 AI autonomy on top of Level 1 data infrastructure. That gap is where most agentic AI projects fail, and most executives don't see it until the budget is spent. New research: zurl.co/ROlN1 #agenticai #enterpriseai #aigovernance
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From Chatbots to Workforce: The Senior Executive’s Guide to Agentic AI — Arion Research LLC
The Big Shift is Here. We are moving from Generative AI (systems that create content) to Agentic AI (systems that execute work). The difference is categorical: AI that answers versus AI that does.
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Michael Fauscette @mfauscette.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Three eras of enterprise AI: Predictive AI analyzed your data. Generative AI created your content. Agentic AI does your work. Most companies aren't ready for the third one. Our new report explains why and what to do about it: zurl.co/26wTh #agenticai #enterpriseai
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From Chatbots to Workforce: The Senior Executive’s Guide to Agentic AI — Arion Research LLC
The Big Shift is Here. We are moving from Generative AI (systems that create content) to Agentic AI (systems that execute work). The difference is categorical: AI that answers versus AI that does.
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Michael Fauscette @mfauscette.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
"We saved 200 hours last quarter" is the wrong AI metric. Agentic AI doesn't save time. It completes work. The KPI shift from efficiency to output is one most leadership teams haven't made yet. Our new research: zurl.co/o6dnp #agenticai #enterpriseai #aigovernance
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From Chatbots to Workforce: The Senior Executive’s Guide to Agentic AI — Arion Research LLC
The Big Shift is Here. We are moving from Generative AI (systems that create content) to Agentic AI (systems that execute work). The difference is categorical: AI that answers versus AI that does.
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Michael Fauscette @mfauscette.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Most agentic AI pilots fail because organizations aren't ready to deploy them. Not because the technology doesn't work. Assess your readiness before you pilot: zurl.co/AzQHD
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Readiness Assessment — Arion Research LLC
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Michael Fauscette @mfauscette.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Quick question: Is your organization actually ready to deploy autonomous AI agents? Not interested. Not exploring. Ready. Free 15-minute assessment: zurl.co/Qa1To
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Readiness Assessment — Arion Research LLC
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Michael Fauscette @mfauscette.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
89% of enterprises are exploring agentic AI. Less than 10% have deployed successfully. The gap isn't technology. It's readiness. Find out where your organization stands in 15 minutes: zurl.co/PucEK
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Michael Fauscette @mfauscette.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Most agentic AI pilots fail because organizations aren't ready to deploy them. Not because the technology doesn't work. Assess your readiness before you pilot: zurl.co/AzQHD
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Michael Fauscette @mfauscette.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Quick question: Is your organization actually ready to deploy autonomous AI agents? Not interested. Not exploring. Ready. Free 15-minute assessment: zurl.co/Qa1To
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Michael Fauscette @mfauscette.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
89% of enterprises are exploring agentic AI. Less than 10% have deployed successfully. The gap isn't technology. It's readiness. Find out where your organization stands in 15 minutes: zurl.co/PucEK
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Michael Fauscette @mfauscette.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Stop managing apps. Start orchestrating work. 🎻 The future isn't about more SaaS tools; it's about AI agents that bridge the gaps between them.nSee how leading enterprises are making the shift: zurl.co/PC11e #AgenticAI #WorkforceOrchestration #SaaS #EnterpriseTech
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Stop Managing Apps. Start Orchestrating Work.
Why leading enterprises are ditching application-first thinking and what they're building instead
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Michael Fauscette @mfauscette.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
The "Model Wars" are a distraction. 🛑 The real battle for enterprise AI is data quality. If your data is messy, a smarter model just fails faster. We explain why in this edition of The Digital Workforce newsletter: zurl.co/uqsJ8 #AI #AgenticAI #TechStrategy #Data
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The Model Wars are a Distraction
Why the real battle for AI advantage is being fought over data quality
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Michael Fauscette @mfauscette.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Why do agentic AI pilots stall? Usually not the tech. It's readiness gaps in infrastructure, data quality, governance, or team capability. Our new assessment guide helps you identify YOUR specific constraints before you invest. zurl.co/qHvA3
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Amazon.com: The Complete Agentic AI Readiness Assessment: Strategies for Navigating the Autonomous Future eBook : Fauscette, Michael: Kindle Store
Amazon.com: The Complete Agentic AI Readiness Assessment: Strategies for Navigating the Autonomous Future eBook : Fauscette, Michael: Kindle Store
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Michael Fauscette @mfauscette.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
ServiceNow in talks to acquire cybersecurity startup Armis in potential $7 billion deal, Bloomberg reports zurl.co/x0J77 #acquisition #M&A #servicenow
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ServiceNow in talks to acquire cybersecurity startup Armis in potential $7 billion deal, Bloomberg reports
Software company ServiceNow is in advanced discussions to acquire Armis, a cybersecurity startup last valued at $6.1 billion.
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Michael Fauscette @mfauscette.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
New newsletter: The Digital Workforce; Agentic AI for executives. Weekly insights from POC to production. Subscribe at zurl.co/bnyTl #agenticai #ai #newsletter
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The Digital Workforce
Weekly insights on enterprise agentic AI transformation
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Michael Fauscette @mfauscette.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Building a digital workforce isn't rocket science. But it does require the right approach guided by effective frameworks. Our new newsletter provides exactly that. #agenticai #digitalworkforce zurl.co/liau5
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Managing AI That Manages Itself
The more independent and capable your agents become, the harder they are to manage with traditional approaches.
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Michael Fauscette @mfauscette.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
The digital workforce transformation is accelerating. Don't fall behind. Our new book, "Building the Digital Workforce" provides the strategic frameworks and practical guidance to lead this transformation successfully. zurl.co/8SXDj #ai #agentiai #digitalworkforce
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Building the Digital Workforce
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Michael Fauscette @mfauscette.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Anthropic valued in range of $350 billion following investment deal with Microsoft, Nvidia zurl.co/UB627 #ai #startups #funding
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Anthropic valued in range of $350 billion following investment deal with Microsoft, Nvidia
Microsoft announced new strategic partnerships with Nvidia and the AI startup Anthropic.
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Michael Fauscette @mfauscette.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Google launches Gemini 3 with new coding app and record benchmark scores zurl.co/mkwH7 #ai #genai #google
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Google launches Gemini 3 with new coding app and record benchmark scores | TechCrunch
Google released Gemini 3, its latest and most advanced foundation model, to be made immediately available through the Gemini app and AI search interface.
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Michael Fauscette @mfauscette.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Salesforce Completes Acquisition of Informatica #ai #data #agenticai #acquisition zurl.co/IiTmd
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Salesforce Completes Acquisition of Informatica
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — November 18, 2025 — Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), the world’s #1 AI CRM, today announced it has completed its acquisition of Informatica, a
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Michael Fauscette @mfauscette.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Jeff Bezos Creates AI Start-Up Where He Will Be Co-Chief Executive zurl.co/3IUEq #ai #startups #funding
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Jeff Bezos Creates A.I. Start-Up Where He Will Be Co-Chief Executive
Called Project Prometheus, the company is focusing on artificial intelligence for the engineering and manufacturing of computers, automobiles and spacecraft.
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Michael Fauscette @mfauscette.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
New newsletter alert: The Digital Workforce 🚀 AI is getting more autonomous. But how do you actually build a reliable digital workforce? No fluff. No vendor pitches. Just clear thinking about making AI agents work. #ai #agenticai #newsletter Sign up: zurl.co/SCjvD
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The Digital Workforce
Weekly insights on enterprise agentic AI transformation
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Michael Fauscette @mfauscette.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
AI data startup WisdomAI has raised another $50M, led by Kleiner, Nvidia #ai #startups #funding zurl.co/76nkX
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AI data startup WisdomAI has raised another $50M, led by Kleiner, Nvidia  | TechCrunch
WisdomAI is offering AI-driven data analytics that can answer business questions from structured, unstructured, and even “dirty” data, meaning data not cleaned of typos or errors.
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Michael Fauscette @mfauscette.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
6G Phones Won't Just Be Fast. They'll Plug You Into an 'Always-Sensing Network' #6g #innovation zurl.co/eYk9j
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6G Phones Won't Just Be Fast. They'll Plug You Into an 'Always-Sensing Network'
We're edging closer to yet another technology transformation. "6G will provide context" to help AI agents get things done, says Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon.
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Michael Fauscette @mfauscette.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Baidu just dropped an open-source multimodal AI that it claims beats GPT-5 and Gemini #ai #llm #multimodalai zurl.co/uUgO9
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Vercel Security Checkpoint
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Michael Fauscette @mfauscette.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Cisco to acquire Seattle-area AI startup NeuralFabric, expanding push into enterprise generative AI #ai #startups #acquisitions zurl.co/sD96P
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Cisco to acquire Seattle-area AI startup NeuralFabric, expanding push into enterprise generative AI
Cisco is acquiring NeuralFabric, a Seattle-area AI startup founded by former Microsoft engineers that builds back-end software for companies to develop and deploy their own generative AI models. The deal strengthens Cisco’s push into enterprise AI; terms weren’t disclosed.
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Michael Fauscette @mfauscette.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Anthropic to spend $50 billion on U.S. AI infrastructure, starting with Texas, New York data centers #ai #aiinfrastructure #datacenter zurl.co/XWe2C
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Anthropic to spend $50 billion on U.S. AI infrastructure, starting with Texas, New York data centers
Anthropic rival OpenAI has secured more than $1.4 trillion worth of deals with Nvidia, Broadcom, Oracle and the major cloud providers.
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Michael Fauscette @mfauscette.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Anthropic says Chinese hackers jailbroke its AI to automate a 'large-scale' cyberattack #ai #agenticai #cybersecurity zurl.co/ofRIA
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Anthropic says Chinese hackers jailbroke its AI to automate 'large-scale' cyberattack
Anthropic said the hackers used Claude to conduct "80-90%" of the attack and that some efforts were successful.
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Michael Fauscette @mfauscette.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
AI startup Cursor raises $2.3 billion funding round at $29.3 billion valuation #ai #startups #funding zurl.co/oqlg0
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AI startup Cursor raises $2.3 billion funding round at $29.3 billion valuation
Cursor built a popular AI coding tool that helps software developers generate, edit and review code.
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Michael Fauscette @mfauscette.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
LinkedIn adds AI-powered search to help users find people #ai #search zurl.co/WrVMz
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LinkedIn adds AI-powered search to help users find people | TechCrunch
LinkedIn's AI-powered people search is rolling out to premium users in the U.S.
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Michael Fauscette @mfauscette.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
ChatGPT Pulse — A new AI feature that turns chats into custom morning briefs zurl.co/vEGWP #ai #chatgpt #agenticai
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ChatGPT Pulse — A new AI feature that turns chats into custom morning briefs
With ChatGPT Pulse, the AI chatbot initiates the conversation with your daily updates, sourced directly from your past chats, feedback, and apps.
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Michael Fauscette @mfauscette.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Google Search AI Mode adds images zurl.co/FBbTs #ai #aisearch #google
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Google's AI Mode adds images as search giant tries to keep pace with rivals
Google's AI Mode launched as a primarily text-based tool that could answer questions using natural language.
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Michael Fauscette @mfauscette.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
India’s Industrial AI Moment: Why VCs Need to Partner with Universities and Startups Now zurl.co/uUurj #ai #industrialai #startups
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India’s Industrial AI Moment: Why VCs Need to Partner with Universities and Startups Now | AIM
Structured collaboration offers a defensible sourcing advantage, providing access to proprietary technologies before they enter the open market.
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Michael Fauscette @mfauscette.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
China’s DeepSeek launches next-gen AI model. Here’s what makes it different zurl.co/OiEr6 #ai #llms #deepseek
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China's DeepSeek launches next-gen AI model. Here's what makes it different
The Chinese artificial intelligence startup has now released DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp, an experimental version of its current model DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus.
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Michael Fauscette @mfauscette.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Google "Learn Your Way": A New Research-backed AI Learning Tool That Turns PDFs into Interactive Lessons zurl.co/j67UW #ai #agenticai #google
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Google "Learn Your Way": A New Research-backed AI Learning Tool That Turns PDFs into Interactive Lessons
Google Learn Your Way is an experimental AI learning tool that takes your boring textbooks and PDFs and turns them into interactive lessons.
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Michael Fauscette @mfauscette.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Anthropic to triple international workforce in global AI push zurl.co/uQKo5 #ai #agenticai #llms
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Anthropic to triple international workforce in global AI push
Anthropic is accelerating its global enterprise expansion, tripling its international headcount and pushing deployment of Claude’s AI models across industries.
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Michael Fauscette @mfauscette.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Nvidia’s $100 billion OpenAI deal showcases chipmaker’s growing investment portfolio zurl.co/wgZ3i #ai #partnerships #openai
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Nvidia's $100 billion OpenAI deal showcases chipmaker's growing investment portfolio
The sheer number of Nvidia's venture and public equity investments shows how central the company has become to the Silicon Valley and AI ecosystems.
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Michael Fauscette @mfauscette.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
ChatGPT Pulse works overnight to produce personalized morning updates for you - how to try it zurl.co/TTmXT #ai #agenticai #chatgpt
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ChatGPT Pulse works overnight to produce personalized morning updates for you - how to try it
It uses your chat history, feedback, and connected apps to deliver daily updates.
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