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Quick Hits

Acquiring robots: Amazon snags Fauna Robotics.

Amazon phone: Alexa gets an upgrade.

Bye, Sora: OpenAI pulls the plug on short videos.

Modern fashion: Gap early adopts AI checkout.

Epic layoffs: Fortnite maker cuts 1k.

Layoff logic: Block blames AI for 40% trim.

More robotaxis: Zoox adds Austin and Miami.

Publisher bots: WP enables automated publishing.

Satellite surge: Blue Origin plans 50k data centers.

Texas chips: Musk plans Terafab plant.

Founder Tip: Work on problems you can't stop thinking about.

Devin Stein, founder of Dosu, is building something most technical teams know well: non-engineering teams in sales, support, and product can't get to answers that live only in engineers' heads. The problem is widespread. Nobody's solved it.

Dosu is his answer. When he hires, he looks for people who've felt that problem and are excited to be the ones who figure it out.

Job Seeker Tip: When you're applying to a startup, don't just show you can do the job. Show you understand the problem they're trying to solve — and why you're the right person to work on it.

They're hiring! See open roles here.

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Startups Hiring Now

Platform Science

Delivering the best in-cab experience for drivers, giving them complete control of your technology

See 48 open roles.

Metriport

Healthcare data access and management

See 18 open roles.

Tulip Interfaces

The Leader in Frontline Operations

See 61 open roles.

Photoroom

Remove background automatically and create professional images

See 10 open roles.

Job Search Tip: 10 to 20 applications are the sweet spot.

Sam Wright has reviewed over 1.6 million applications as Head of Career Strategy at Huntr.co. His data-backed best practice: apply to 10 to 20 jobs per week with a well-tailored resume, focusing on one target job title at a time.

• Pick one job title. Not three. Not "open to anything."
• Mirror the language in the job posting, not a general summary of your career.
• Make your LinkedIn match your resume. Inconsistencies are red flags.
• The data is clear: candidates sending 100+ applications take longer to get hired.

Watch the full 'Ask a Recruiter' episode with Sam Wright from Huntr on Wellfound here.

What We’re Reading

AI eats VC

AI startups took in 41% of last year’s venture capital haul—and now investors from Kleiner Perkins to Jeff Bezos are going all in.

‘I think we've achieved AGI’

Nvidia’s CEO claims AGI can already create and run a $1B company.

Accelerating India

Accel and Prosus picked startups—in healthcare, climate, space, and longevity—for their first India accelerator.

Startup creates ‘recycling enzyme’

London’s Epoch Biodesign has created a way to recycle nylon with a specially made enzyme and is scaling up.

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