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Perplexity: Disrupting Search
From Search to an Answers Machine
Aug 3 • 
Anthony Tan

June 2025

Anthropic: The Volvo Strategy
Why the safest AI company might win the AI race
Jun 29 • 
Anthony Tan
Granola: The AI Note-Taker with Big Plans
Inside the hottest AI tool with plans far beyond note-taking
Jun 22 • 
Anthony Tan
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Circle — Is This How Money Goes Digital?
The Story of Circle and the rise of the stablecoin economy
Jun 15 • 
Anthony Tan
Welcome to Over the Anthill
Weekly analysis of companies shaping the world
Jun 3 • 
Anthony Tan
Worldcoin and the Proof of your Humanity
In a world where AI can fake anything, Sam Altman's World promises to verify what's real.
Jun 1 • 
Anthony Tan

May 2025

OpenAI’s $6.5bn bet
The push into consumer hardware and the platform power it could unlock.
May 25 • 
Anthony Tan
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Chime: Inside America’s Neobank for the Masses
Turning the under-served, over-looked majority into a growth engine
May 18 • 
Anthony Tan
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Lovable: Everyone is a Builder
The Last Software Anyone Has To Write.
May 10 • 
Anthony Tan
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Swipe, Spend… and Now Call?
Why Fintechs Are Dialing Up to Disrupt Telcos
May 3 • 
Anthony Tan
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January 2025

💡 Crocs' Great Simplification
All in on the ugly shoes
Jan 19
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March 2024

💡Duolingo's Edge
The key is having fun
Mar 31, 2024 • 
Anthony Tan
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