Steven’s Substack

Thinking Fast and Cheap

Faster CPUs enabled the last 50 years of computing. Faster LLMs will unlock the next 20.

Dec 2, 2024 • Steven Liss

September 2024

The riskiest startups to found, from an AI analysis of YC's entire portfolio

I built an app to compare any startup idea to its most similar YC companies

Sep 3, 2024 • Steven Liss

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August 2024

The great unbundling

Generative AI's most transformative effect will be the unbundling of information from its original content.

Aug 13, 2024 • Steven Liss

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March 2024

Reddit, AI, and advertising - the IDK IPO 🤷

AI and search have become mere wrappers around Reddit, the internet's de facto source of truth. Licensing its content to Google for $60M/yr is…

Mar 12, 2024 • Steven Liss

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October 2023

RAG to riches – how publishers adapt to AIs scraping their content

Generative AI is killing advertising as a publisher business model. Here's how they'll adapt.

Oct 26, 2023 • Steven Liss

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March 2023

The end of hypertext

The old internet was like reading a book. AI-enabled internet will be like talking with its authors.

Mar 20, 2023 • Steven Liss

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Ads don't have to suck

AI will remake ads as features, not distractions.

Mar 8, 2023 • Steven Liss

January 2023