Why this VC thinks 2026 will be ‘the year of the consumer’
AI adoption in enterprise is stalling as companies don't know where to start. Vanessa Larco of Premise VC thinks 2026 will be the year of the consumer.
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Hands on with a prototype of Clicks’ Communicator, a new BlackBerry-like smartphone
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I’ve said this many times: the products we see on the market are rarely visionary leaps. Most of the time, they are mirrors. They reflect people’s habits, shortcuts, fears, and small daily behaviours. Design follows behaviour. Always has. Think about it. You probably know at least one person who already uses ChatGPT for health-related questions. Not occasionally. Regularly. As a second opinion. As a place to test concerns before saying them out loud. Sometimes even as a therapist, a confidant, o
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JPMorgan Chase becomes the new issuer of the Apple Card
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Waymo is rebranding its Zeekr robotaxi
It sounds like "Oh hi."
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