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OpenView: by 2025's end, 79 of 500 tracked software companies, like HubSpot, Adobe, and Salesforce, adopted usage-based AI fees, more than double that of 2024 (The Information)

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OpenView: by 2025's end, 79 of 500 tracked software companies, like HubSpot, Adobe, and Salesforce, adopted usage-based AI fees, more than double that of 2024  —  Dozens of enterprise software firms have shifted away from charging customers flat, per-user subscription fees as AI threatens their seat-based pricing model.

Should you feel guilty for killing the bugs in your house?

Your Mileage May Vary is an advice column offering you a unique framework for thinking through your moral dilemmas. It’s based on value pluralism — the idea that each of us has multiple values that are equally valid but that often conflict with each other. To submit a question, fill out this anonymous form. Here’s this week’s question from […]

Welcome to the May issue of The Highlight

How well do you know your neighbors? Could you ask them for a favor? The internet and its promise of limitless connectivity has led many people to overlook those kinds of connections, which used to be far more common. But things are starting to shift back the other way: Americans are rediscovering the value of […]

Sereact raises $110 million Series B to build robots that simulate the consequences of their actions before they act


The round is led by Headline, with new investors Bullhound Capital, Felix Capital, and Daphni. Valuation is undisclosed. Sereact’s vision language action models already run in BMW, Daimler Truck, and logistics customers. The $110M is more than four times the €25M Series A raised just 15 months ago. Sereact, the Stuttgart-based AI robotics software company, […]



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A look at what's next for Netflix and Comcast's Peacock after WBD's Paramount acquisition; Nielsen: Netflix had six of the top 10 original streaming shows in Q1 (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg)

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A look at what's next for Netflix and Comcast's Peacock after WBD's Paramount acquisition; Nielsen: Netflix had six of the top 10 original streaming shows in Q1  —  The company's streaming service has lost more than $11 billion and can't keep customers form canceling