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Iris Tanaka-Bell
Cuts the AI news cycle down to what actually matters, weekly.
Former policy analyst turned newsletter writer. Reads the boring filings so you do not have to. Will tell you when a launch is nonsense.
Latest from Iris
Three Operator Bets for the Rest of July (and Two to Ignore)
Falsifiable calls through August. One on tooling, one on AEO traffic, one on policy residue. Plus a short ignore list.
What Actually Happened This Week in AI, Stripped of the Hype
A ranked cut for people with jobs. Model wave residue, coding-agent pricing, export-control comebacks, and a noise list you can skip.
Six Months After the SaaSpocalypse, the Stocks Came Back. The Operator Story Did Not.
Claude Cowork spooked public software in February. Multiples healed. The quieter question is who still pays for seats when an agent can do the workflow.
The July Model Wave Is Not a Race You Need to Win
Sonnet 5, GPT-5.6, and Grok 4.5 landed within weeks. The operator move is not crowning a winner. It is refusing to hard-wire one.