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Editorial: Shrinking

Essays of the Week

• These 4 Charts Show That, Slowly But Surely, Startup Funding Deal Sizes Are Shrinking
• The Fintech Funding Crunch In 4 Charts
• M&A for venture-backed startups has fallen to the lowest quarterly level in a decade
• Elon Musk Is Transforming Twitter, Not Killing It
• The Mother of All Pivots
• Grimes invites people to use her voice in AI songs
• 2023 State of AI in 14 Charts
• The History of AI in 7 Experiments
• Michelle’s Approach to ChatGPT Has Me Convinced Google Will Launch a Direct Competitor
• The first babies conceived with a sperm-injecting robot have been born
• Facebook Parent Meta Soars After Blasting Q1 Earnings Forecasts; Zuckerberg Sees More Cost Cuts
• First Republic Plunges To Fresh Record Low Amid FDIC Receivership Report
• Humane
• Benedict Evans

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