Episode 113: AI Model Advances, Startup GTM, and Data Center Growth

AI's evolving! Claude Sonnet 4 boasts a 1M token context window, rivaling Gemini and GPT-4.1. Google's Gemini adds personal context features, while research questions whether longer context equals accuracy. Startups face higher Series A hurdles: $2.9M ARR needed, emphasizing GTM strategies. Data center spending surges, driven by AI, sustainability, and hyperscale demand, while cooling tech takes center stage. MIT uses AI to design novel antibiotics, combating drug-resistant bacteria. HTC enters the AI glasses arena, and Ulta Beauty's partnership with Target ends in 2026. The PPI report indicates rising business prices, signaling possible future consumer inflation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.