Articles Tagged "Startups"

Inside GitHub's Fake Star Economy

Inside GitHub's Fake Star Economy

Six million fake stars, $0.06 per click, and a VC funding pipeline that treats GitHub popularity as proof of traction. We ran our own analysis on 20 repos and found the fingerprints.

Lovable Hits $400M ARR With 146 Employees

Lovable Hits $400M ARR With 146 Employees

Swedish AI app builder Lovable crossed $400 million in annual recurring revenue in February, adding $100 million in a single month with a headcount that wouldn't fill a mid-sized office.

Etched Sohu - Transformer-Only Inference ASIC

Etched Sohu - Transformer-Only Inference ASIC

Full specs and critical analysis of the Etched Sohu - a transformer-specific ASIC claiming 500K+ tokens/sec on Llama 70B, built on TSMC 4nm with 144GB HBM3E. Bold claims, but no independent benchmarks yet.