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This founder was an AI layoff 9 months ago. Then he built an instantly profitable company with 2 partners and 12 agents
Nine months after being laid off from an AI company, this founder turned adversity into a lean, profitable venture — launching a business that hit $300,000 in annual recurring revenue just 10 weeks after going live. The secret weapon: a core team of two co-founders and 12 AI agents handling the workload of a much larger staff. It's a striking proof point that the next wave of startups may be built more with algorithms than headcount.
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Iran’s Hormuz whiplash highlights divide within regime as U.S. blockade tightens. ‘The fight between different factions has started’
Iran's internal fault lines are cracking under the pressure of tightening U.S. sanctions, with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps publicly breaking with Foreign Minister Araghchi over the Strait of Hormuz. The Institute for the Study of War flags the dispute as a sign of deepening factional rifts within the regime, not merely a policy disagreement. As economic pressure mounts, the power struggle between hardliners and pragmatists could shape how — and whether — Tehran negotiates its way out of the standoff.
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