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Town Square: Raising, AI Spam & 'Mogging'
In Town Square, the hosts react to Signal's tweet that early-stage fundraising is narrative compression 'closer to stand-up comedy than finance,' plus the viral jester-dancing-for-the-queen VC meme. They revisit Growing Daniel's scheduled 90-day-old tweet predicting AI agents would flood iMessage, calls, and Gmail — which hasn't happened — and Alex Yablon's claim that LLMs will always sound like millennials, sparking a debate over 'mogging' versus 'maxing.'
Henri Delahaye on RAISE Summit: Versailles & the Louvre
RAISE Summit co-founder and CEO Henri Delahaye explains the event's pillars — global from day one, French art de vivre, uncompromising curation, and tangible ROI — ahead of July 7-9, with an opening at the Château de Versailles and the main event at the Louvre. He argues Europe must be obsessed with building its AI value chain across Jensen Huang's five layers, describes the CXO summit matchmaking CIOs from firms like Goldman Sachs, FedEx, and Verizon with AI CEOs, and details RAISE week: a 5,000-dev hackathon, the Makina physical-AI event with US and Chinese founders, and a 600-guest VIP dinner at Versailles.
RAISE Summit Wrap-Up: Versailles Gala & Orangerie Dinner
Henri Delahaye details the RAISE Summit gala: a visit to the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles and a 600-guest dinner at the Orangerie, built by Louis XIV. The hosts announce on air that they will live-stream the summit from the Louvre and attend the Versailles dinner. Delahaye says activations are at capacity, stresses his obsession with ROI for partners, and invites them to reach out directly.