... built it. Most startup validation tools were designed in Silicon Valley, for Silicon Valley. They assume you have access to clean market data, that your benchmarks come from the US, and that your competitive landscape looks like TechCrunch. That works great if you're building in San Francisco. It doesn't work if you're building in Santiago, Bogot , or Mexico City where market data is fragmented, currency fluctuates, regulation changes faster, and the cost of getting it wrong ... ... sequence: Scout (real market signals) Forge (3 versions of your idea at different investment levels) Validate (cross-referenced against 199 documented startup failures) Map (financial projections with Monte Carlo simulation) Localized for 20+ Latin American markets local currency, local competitors

... video being too early, or about Sora specifically being the wrong product for OpenAI to own? And if you're building in the AI space, how are you thinking about your own "is this compute worth it?" question? https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/24/openais-sora-was-the-creepiest-app-on-your-phone-now-its-shutting-down/ Comment from Rohan Chaubey(@rohanrecommends): Totally agree. Some apps burn incredibly bright and then vanish just as fast. @Periscope Producer back in the day, and more recently @Clubhouse , are perfect examples of how hype alone doesn t translate into ...

... caught the latest news about AI from: trend topics in the Bluesky or X feed . (Eg. Amazon Layoffs ) or from Product Hunt forums ( @fmerian posted today about OpenAI just acqui-hire Cline ) or larger media , such as TechCrunch The Information Wired Yesterday discovered this AI subreddit   Codex HackerNews What other sources would you recommend to me? It can be an official online magazine or personalities across social media. :) Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @andreitudor14  I am here ... ... hack, silence starts looking like the luxury. Comment from Zypressen(@zypressen): Same, and I'd like to follow builders , not just commentators. The signal is sharper. Comment from Brad Shannon(@bradshannon): @busmark_w_nika I used to be on TechCrunch

... www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhhYa8geAKI From TechCrunch : Video editing app VSCO

... successful. ---------- Conducted from April 30 to May 14, 2025, with teens age 13 to 17 from the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. Involved 1,060 teens. Source links: https://www.commonsensemedia.org... https://www.socialmediatoday.com... https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/21/groks-ai-companions-drove-downloads-but-its-latest-model-is-the-one-making-money/ I am attaching interesting pic stats: Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @jordansvision  Of course, there is that trend. Even AI avatars earn way more than "regular" people. Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @fancsiki  You spot opportunity ... ... right? :) and it just puts me off mostly. Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @aleksandra_trueme  We've gotten so comfortable that it's hard for us to even be friends in real life. :) Comment from vishal pandey(@vshpandey96

... read in TechCrunch today that Perplexity is trying to dominate the Indian market, which could potentially increase the number of users (and thus compete with OpenAI). Perplexity is trying to attract more users by offering a free 12-month Perplexity Pro subscription normally worth $200 to all 360 million Airtel subscribers. (That is the cost for them.) Do you think @Perplexity is doing it right? Because the catch is monetisation the purchasing power of India is simply not the purchasing ... ... power of the American market. What strategy do you think would help them increase not only the number of users but also their profit? I am attaching the current revenues for both (OpenAI vs

... News of Facebook's cryptocurrency Libra was announced today: https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/18/facebook-libra/ In Europe, some members of government are already voicing their concern: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/a... ...