Spellbook Hires Former Shopify CTO

Shopify's shift from volume to utility metrics highlights the need for outcome-focused AI adoption strategies to prevent resource misuse. The post Shopify’s head of engineering calls token leaderboards a mistake appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Anthropic has joined Frontier, the carbon removal collective founded by Stripe, Google, and Shopify, becoming the first pure-play AI company to participate in the group. The move is part of a new $915 million funding tranche that nearly doubles Frontier’s total pledges to $1.8 billion. The announcement marks Anthropic’s first climate-related commitment, arriving at a […]

This week’s AL TV Product Walk Through is all about LawVu Draft, an AI-powered contract drafting and review toolbox embedded inside Microsoft Word. It’s built ...

Because AL is in SF this week here’s a collection of news all in one go. First up, Claude Fable and how Mark Pike, who ...

TapTools will shut down within 2 weeks after announcing closure on X. All 5 senior executives, including both co-founders, COO, and CTO, left this year. Rising operating costs and leadership collapse made operations unsustainable. The decentralized finance landscape is seeing some fresh turbulence, with TapTools, a major analytics platform, shutting down.  This sudden departure triggered […] The post Cardano Founder Issues Stark Warning as TapTools Exits appeared first on Live Bitcoin News.

A good time with old maps. | Image: Past Maps Craig Campbell walked away from the river of investor money flowing into AI to create, of all things, a website. Sure, Campbell probably could have started an AI company. He's a former engineer at Meta and an experienced tech founder who in 2022 sold his last venture - an e-commerce tool for businesses that use Shopify - right as the AI boom was booming. "I had my prior VC investors breathing down my neck, going 'start something else. We'll write you a blank check.'" He had other ideas. People generally aren't rushing to get into the website business, what with the Google Zero event horizon approaching. Campbell was undeterred and has gro … Read the full story at The Verge.

Inflated ARR practices in AI startups could erode investor trust, leading to stricter scrutiny and potential reevaluation of company valuations. The post Spellbook CEO Scott Stevenson exposes inflated ARR practices among AI startups appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Text, the company behind LiveChat, ChatBot and HelpDesk, is revealing details of its strategic shift aimed at turning customer service into a profit engine with the help of new features powered by AI Agents. Text announces the release of Shopify-native AI selling agents, designed to move customer service teams beyond answering questions to actively […]