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Add preferred source Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke, in a wide-ranging conversation on The Knowledge Project, lays out a surprisingly operational view of the AI-native company. The headline number: roughly 50% of Shopify’s pull requests now originate from Slack conversations with a persistent AI agent named River, not from engineers typing code. But Lütke’s real argument…

Trade and commerce are critical to the functioning of society. Commerce has undergone a remarkable transformation, from barter and commodity-based exchange to today’s sophisticated ecosystem of digital payments, financial instruments, and global trade platforms. Progression is a constant. Recent advancement in digital technologies means commerce is moving online in unprecedent manner. E-commerce is fast growing…

Mira Murati’s AI startup is about to get a whole lot richer. Accel is reportedly in talks to lead a $1 billion round for Thinking Machines Lab that would value the company at a staggering $40 billion The kicker: the startup’s annual revenue run rate has already crossed $100 million, a number that’s turning heads…

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 11, 2026 — Elemental Machines, a pioneer in life sciences operational intelligence, today announced the launch of Resources Manager, its asset intelligence platform, designed to enable life sciences teams to move beyond simple asset monitoring and manage the operational context around their equipment, locations, schedules, and records. Resources is designed to work alongside…