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Sunday, 4 October 2026

a16z finds very few companies track and disclose AI impact over time

a16z 3 weeks ago 1

a16z published its second “State of Markets” report and found most companies do not track and disclose AI’s business impact over time. About 30% of S&P 500 companies report some quantifiable AI impact, but only ~2% track any metric. The report argues this means AI adoption is still early and that compute demand is likely to keep rising even as firms lack longitudinal measurement.

This founder made millions when LinkedIn bought his start-up—but the stress landed him in the hospital. Now he’s built another $825 million brand

Fortune 21

Rahul Vohra was hospitalized in 2011 after stress from running his startup Rapportive for a potential LinkedIn acquisition culminated in gastrointestinal reflux disease. The LinkedIn deal for Rapportive was reportedly valued at $15 million in February 2012, and Vohra later launched Superhuman. He rebuilt his work routine around diet, exercise, and transcendental meditation, then went on to build a new $825 million business that was acquired by Grammarly in 2025.

The Sequence Radar - Issue 944 — Last Week in AI: Last Week in AI: OpenAI Connects the Dots, Gemini Levels Up, and Agents Cash In

TheSequence 3 weeks ago 19 ● 16 sources

OpenAI, Google, and other companies announced new AI agents, models, and enterprise offerings, alongside related research and tooling for recursive self-improvement, agentic search, and safer agent execution. Gemini 4 Argon was set with a 1,000,000-token output limit. As a result, persistent delegation tools for everyday and enterprise tasks expand, while model and agent research shifts toward longer-horizon work with lower cost, better verification, and tighter safety controls.

Wall Street’s IPO Drought: Everyone Is Waiting for Anthropic

Trending Topics 3 weeks ago 27 ● 12 sources

Wall Street’s IPO market slowed as multiple companies postponed listings, with investors focusing on Anthropic. Anthropic is expected to go public in mid-November after the U.S. midterm elections, later than previously anticipated. The result is more canceled or delayed deals across the US and internationally, including several large non-AI IPO plans.

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