The NIMBY War Against MicronFeb 27
a chip company wants to bring 50,000 jobs to syracuse. but mountains of paperwork, 'endangered bats,' and nimbys from literally california have added years to the timeline
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Dawn of the Shell-qui-hire
big tech's newest weapon, the partial acquisition, threatens to violate the social contract that makes startups work
Jake Cooper
Jul 17, 2025
Definition
shell-qui-hire (noun). A pseudo acquisition in which a company is “acquired” by partially poaching the team.
Recent examples: Scale (Meta poached its founder). Windsurf (Google poached its brain trust and licensed its IP, with Cognition acquiring the rest). Character AI (Google licensed its IP and hired its cofounders).
The NIMBY War Against Micron
How Claude (Maybe) Went to WarFeb 24
inside anthropic’s supposed discomfort with a pentagon operation, and why you should probably stop tweeting about it
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The Sound of FuryFeb 23
inside anduril's race to build america's first autonomous fighter jet — and the pentagon's bet that robotic airpower will redefine warfare in the decades to come
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