OpenAI is acquiring io, Jony Ive’s hardware company. Is the company actually focused on displacing Apple? Apple needs to spend big in response.

Microsoft is putting forth compelling proposals for the Open Agentic Web. However, the proposal needs digital payments, which will be key to creating a new content marketplace for AI.

Airbnb has a new app with new offerings for experience and services; I’m not sure the economics make sense for either.

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