Book Talk Featuring Dr. Robert Strand Join us at the UC Berkeley Library to hear Dr. Strand read from his new book Nordic Capitalism Lessons for Realizing Sustainable Capitalism.

Robert Strand talking about his new book Nordic Capitalism

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A $1 Billion Commitment to Build What’s Next in Health and Life Sciences Launching UT Austin's new advanced research campus, an AI-native medical center, expanded scholarships, and greater computing power.

Michael and Susan Dell committing $750 million to a Campus for Advanced Research and a new Medical Center at UT Austin.
www.onedell.com/utaustin/

Faith in the Possible Silicon Valley has a God complex. The critics are not wrong about that. They are just wrong about which god.

Silicon Valley is a religious movement. Its central doctrine: no force in history has done more to improve human life than technology. Technology represents roughly a tenth of the U.S. economy and has driven a third of its growth over the last decade.
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Ilkka Paananen, Founder & CEO of Supercell - Aalto Founder Talks #7 YouTube video by Aalto University

Aalto Founder Talks with Ilkka Paananen live today at Aalto University and streamed on youtube and YLE starting 16:00 Finnish time.
www.youtube.com/live/WpuvBV8...

Almost every AI-native company we visited runs the same core: Slack, Claude Code, GitHub. Codex for code review and Linear. - Ann Miura-Ko (on twitter)

Prime minister of Canada, president of Finland. Ready to skate to where the puck is going to be.

Seed round valuations are going up, and for the top 10% they are skyrocketing. These are not capital-efficient startups.

Finnish founder survey Lovable Generated Project

What's holding Finnish startup founders back?
finnish-founder-survey.lovable.app

Hint: The risk averse culture in the country, and a few other things.

All the reasons why a US president would support Orban count as reasons not to vote for either of them.

The Math Says Jack Clark Might Be Right Jack Clark said something in September 2025 that most people either celebrated or dismissed, but very few actually sat down and did the math on. He said he continues to believe that the sort of powerf...

The AI progression math says Jack Clark of Anthropic might be right
www.linkedin.com/pulse/math-s...

Vibe Coding - Part Deux A new approach to software development is disrupting the industry

How to vibe code.
How to vibe code an app that composes music.

buildtoscale.substack.com/p/vibe-codin...

Help is Not Coming AI is different from other technology step-changes like internet, cloud, and mobile that evolved how we access information; AI is a revolution in computation. It changes what a computer can do.

Help is not coming, says Cack Wilhelm, general partner at IVP:

You must figure out how to benefit from AI.
You need to find your edge and define what makes you unique.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/help-c...

Global shipping chokepoints. Ships carry about 85% of the world’s exports by volume.

www.economist.com/briefing/202...

Kirjassa esitän ajatuksia siitä. En ole kuitenkaan kansantalouden asiantuntija, joten ne ovat lähinnä periaatteita ja yleisiä ajatuksia. Varmaa on, että valtionhallinnon täytyy tehdä kymmeniä muutoksia ja parannuksia jotta kasvu taas alkaisi.

Suomalaisena Piilaaksossa – arviossa Kasvun kaava, Mårten Mickosin opaskirja startup -yrityksen johtamiseen - Kulttuuritoimitus KIRJAT | Kasvun kaava on sympaattinen omaelämäkerta, jossa Mårten Mickosin omakehu pysyy aisoissa tietyistä amerikkalaisista piirteistä huolimatta.

Kirja Kasvun kaava (2025) on hämmästyttävän hyvin kirjoitettu.

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Aalto Founder Talks with Peter Sarlin sharing his entrepreneurial journey.

Hemant Taneja of General Catalyst on powerful 2nd mover advantages:

Opinion | I Predicted the 2008 Financial Crisis. What Is Coming May Be Worse.

Our financial system has attached itself to the vulnerabilities of our physical world.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/o...

Exhibit 1 – #34, Att. #1 in Anthropic PBC v. U.S. Department of War (N.D. Cal., 3:26-cv-01996) – CourtListener.com ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION LEAVE TO FILE BRIEF OF AMICUS CURIAE filed by Microsoft Corporation. Responses due by 3/16/2026. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1, # 2 Proposed Order RE ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION FOR LEAV...

Microsoft’s position is that AI should be focused on lawful and appropriately guarded use cases. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Legaltech Legora raises $550M Series D at $5.55B valuation to accelerate US expansion The collaborative AI platform now supports tens of thousands of lawyers across more than 800 customers in 50 markets as adoption of legal AI accelerates globally.

Swedish legaltech Legora raises $550M Series D at $5.55B valuation to accelerate US expansion.
tech.eu/2026/03/10/l...

I'm thrilled to announce that I'll be joining Bluesky as interim CEO. I deeply believe in what this team has built and the open social web they're fighting for. More here: toni.org/2026/03/09/c...

That's great news!

Impact of AI on labor markets.

www.anthropic.com/research/lab...

Kuusi askelta kulttuurin muutokseen – ja kasvuun - Ellun Kanat Yrityskulttuurien muotoilija Sonja Strömsholm summaa, mitä jokaisen johtoryhmän olisi hyvä tehdä kulttuurin muutosta tavoiteltaessa.

Yrityskulttuurin kehittäminen avaa liiketoiminnan kasvun polut.

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Don't miss Peter Sarlin.

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At last, reasons to be cheerful about European tech One of which is Donald Trump

Trump is one of the few leaders who have gotten Europe to unite and act.
www.economist.com/business/202...

AaltoAI Accelerating Finnish Artificial Intelligence: Join the largest AI student community in Finland!

These students are driving AI forward in Finland:
www.aaltoai.com/team

Ben Horowitz On What Makes a Great Founder

Listen to Ben Horowitz interviewed on founders, sales, and culture. And why entrepreneurship is much harder than VC work.
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Statement on the comments from Secretary of War Pete Hegseth Anthropic's response to the Secretary of War and advice for customers

Statement by Anthropic
www.anthropic.com/news/stateme...

Here you go! Startup business ideas provided to you by early-stage venture investor Conviction:
www.conviction.com/startups.html