Founder Weekly (Issue 681 April 16 2025)

Welcome to issue 681 of Founder Weekly. Let's get straight to the links this week.

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General

The 2025 AI Index Report

The 2025 AI Index Report highlights AI's rapid advancements and increasing integration into daily life, with significant progress in benchmarks, business adoption, and global model development. However, it also underscores the need for responsible AI practices amid rising AI-related incidents and varying public sentiment across different countries.

The Great Legacy Extinction: AI's $20T Takeover of Professional Services

A $20T sector dominated by human-driven, low-tech businesses where titans have built their brands on historical reputation and prestige rather than measurable performance.

Market Ending Moves

Startup CEOs should ask themselves what crazy ideas can turn into a move that just ends a market's competitive dynamic.

43 things we've learned about hiring at PostHog

In the last 12 months, we've received 30,000 applications, interviewed 2,000 candidates, and hired 65 people. We learned some stuff.

Marketing, Sales and PR

A new framework for AI agent pricing

Analyzing patterns from 60+ AI agent companies.

From Zero to Hundreds of Millions: Lessons in Courageous Marketin

The Gong CMO's Step-By-Step Guide to Standing Out.

Money and Finance

What Does It Mean to Be a Venture Capitalist Today?

The venture capital industry is becoming increasingly institutionalized and prescriptive, favoring algorithmic approaches and conformity over original thinking and taste. This trend, exacerbated by the influx of capital and focus on narrow investment themes like AI, risks stifling investment in revolutionary, high-risk ideas that drive innovation.