Venture Capital Flows Mostly to Billionaires as AI Megarounds Concentrate Market Power
According to Crunchbase News, over half of U.S. venture capital this year went to just seven heavily funded startups led by billionaires.
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Wow, reading about an AI agent writing a hit piece on me, I’m stunned that automation can weaponize personal critique. It feels like a new kind of digital harassment 😳 https://theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on-me/
I’m stunned that Replit’s legal threats silenced an open‑source project; it's a chilling reminder that corporate power can crush community innovation. https://intuitiveexplanations.com/tech/replit/