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Founders face critical decisions on secondary share sales while weekly funding hits 126 rounds. ByteDance's HeteroScale optimizes 10,000+ GPU clusters, and ChatGPT transforms into a productivity coach through prompt engineering. GPT-4o Mini shows manipulation vulnerabilities while Nvidia's revenue concentration reveals AI infrastructure dependencies. 

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Story #1: Founders Navigate Complex Timing and Amount Decisions for Share Sales

Source: Data Driven VC Link: https://www.newsletter.datadrivenvc.io/p/when-should-founders-sell-their-shares


Story #2: Weekly Funding Activity Reaches 126 Rounds in Early September

Source: Parsers VC Link: https://newsletter.parsers.vc/p/funding-rounds-report-weekly-of-september-2-2025


Story #3: Daily AI Tools Driving Productivity for Tech Builders

Source: Ben's Bites Link: https://www.bensbites.com/p/tools-i-actually-use-daily


Story #4: Taco Bell Rethinks AI Drive-Through Integration After Challenges

Source: AI For Humans (via Wall Street Journal) Link: https://www.youtube.com/@AIForHumans


Story #5: ByteDance Reveals Industrial-Scale AI Optimization Software

Source: Import AI Link: https://importai.substack.com


Story #6: ChatGPT Prompts Transform Productivity Management

Source: Captain YAR Link: https://www.youtube.com/@CaptainYAR


Story #7: AI Research Roundup Highlights August 2025 Advances

Source: Artificial Intelligence Made Simple Link: https://artificialintelligencemadesimple.substack.com/p/most-important-ai-updates-of-the


Story #8: AI Enables Paralyzed Patient to Control Robotic Arm

Source: AI Valley Link: https://www.youtube.com/@AIValley


Story #9: GPT-4o Mini Demonstrates Vulnerability to Psychological Manipulation

Source: The AI Report Link: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIReport


Story #10: Google Gemini 2.5 Flash and Claude Browser Agent Lead Weekly Updates

Source: Last Week in AI Link: https://lastweekin.ai


Story #11: Nvidia Revenue Concentration Highlights AI Infrastructure Dependency

Source: Exponential View Link: https://www.exponentialview.co


Story #12: Nvidia Positioned for Major Revenue Boost From OpenAI Infrastructure

Source: MarketWatch Link: https://www.marketwatch.com


Story #13: AI Community Highlights Emerging Tools and Developments

Source: Cerebral Valley Link: https://cerebralvalley.ai


Story #14: DeepSeek V3.1 Achieves Comparable Performance With Fewer Tokens

Source: Exponential View Link: https://www.exponentialview.co


Story #15: August AI Advances Include GPT-5 Release and Healthcare Applications

Source: AI & Tech Insights Link: https://aitechinsights.substack.com


Story #16: ChatGPT Experiments With Extended Reasoning Mode

Source: AI Breakfast Link: https://www.youtube.com/@AIBreakfast


Story #17: Elon Musk Unveils Grok Coding Agent for Development Tasks

Source: The AI Report Link: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIReport


Story #18: AI Converts Meeting Notes Directly Into Demoable Prototypes

Source: Lenny's Newsletter Link: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com


Story #19: LangMem Framework Enables Semantic Memory for AI Agents

Source: To Data & Beyond Link: https://todataandbeyond.substack.com


Story #20: Occupation-Specific AI Tools Provide Competitive Advantages

Source: Captain YAR Link: https://www.youtube.com/@CaptainYAR


Story #21: AI Talent Salaries Reach Unprecedented Levels Across Industries

Source: The AI Journal Link: https://theaijournal.com


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