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The Early Scale: Wednesday, July 8, 2026
Uber burned its AI budget in four months. Starbucks killed an AI system after nine. Toyota moved a factory. And YC just flooded construction with a dozen new startups. Here's what sharp operators do with all of it.
Pursuing the Impossible: The New Space Race with Firefly Aerospace Co-Founder Eric Salwan
Many companies set out to do something hard. Firefly Aerospace set out to do the impossible. After 10 years and several existential moments, Firefly did what no private company ever had: in 2025, it successfully landed on the Moon. Before Firefly, only countries had ever landed on the Moon—and it took extraordinary national effort…
Debt Doesn’t Have to be a Four-Letter Word: The Venture Debt Alternative to Equity Financing (Part 2)
Strategic investors can shape company growth differently than traditional equity backers, making debt financing a powerful lever for maintaining operational ind