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S.H.O.P. – what’s in store for the store?

Intercom, Inc.

Retail is constantly changing: from stalls to malls, the way we shop is always evolving in tandem with cultural, economic, and technological shifts. We know that ecommerce has been steadily upending the way companies do business for years now, but once again, the current global situation is accelerating the inevitable. .

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Decentralizing the Electric Grid

Andreessen Horowitz

Currently, we face a critical challenge: our electricity demands — expected to nearly double by 2040 due to factors like AI compute, reshoring , and “electrification” — are soaring, but our grid infrastructure and operations struggle to keep pace. This is technologically and economically challenging for plants intended for constant output.

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SaaStr Podcast #342 with Zapier CEO Wade Foster

SaaStr

But I think you hit it on the head where web savvy, tech forward, technology oriented companies love Zapier today. Wade Foster: And then how do you go the next step further where it’s like, “I’m just an organization and technology is sort of being foisted upon me and I just got to catch up.”

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