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Engineers, scientists, and most of all, businesses are looking for the right answer.

It’s such a common quest that we take it for granted, but it’s new, and it continues to cause stress.

The right answer is productive. It’s resilient. And it’s a powerful ranking tool. The right play wins the game, the right production method cuts costs, and the right theory explains what’s going to happen next.

The right answer doesn’t care about how you feel. It’s still the right answer.

One reason we resist engagements where there might be a right answer is that right answers also determine who is wrong. And we’ve been trained not to be wrong.

Another is that a right answer puts us on the hook. It requires responsibility. It’s easier to simply let someone else announce that they’re right, and do what they say. No assertions, no responsibility.

For ten thousand years, though, the dominant way of thought was the vibe. How does this make you feel? That’s subjective, transient, and up to us. Many ways to spell a word, many explanations for illness, many points of view, each as worthy as the next.

[Status plays many roles when it comes to belief. Those seeking (or possessing) status might celebrate the right answer, because it’s a path toward better. Others might reject the idea of proof, realizing that when subjective ideas collide, those in power can usually dictate what happens next. And for those who struggle in a role of less status, a reliance on belief can offer solace when the right answer lets them down.]

When fear arises, some people grasp for the right answer. The double-blind study, the proven medical intervention, the explained path forward. Others, though, run away from the stark possibilities provided by the right answer and take shelter in “it depends.”

Feelings have a huge evolutionary head start on facts.

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Fund VI ($720M) targets early-stage companies in robotics, manufacturing, and energy. Early Growth Fund III ($591M) supports companies scaling toward Series A. Total AUM is now approximately $10 billion. Eclipse, the Palo Alto-based venture firm that backs companies rebuilding physical industries, has closed $1.3 billion across two funds simultaneously. Eclipse Fund VI has raised $720 […]

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The Bristol-based company, parent of Narwhal AI, is building an operating system for autonomous customer conversations across voice, SMS, email, and WhatsApp. CEO Luke Sartain has previously led the Narwhal Media Group. Narwhal Labs, a Bristol-based AI infrastructure company, has raised €22.9 million and simultaneously launched DeepBlue OS, its autonomous communications platform. The company operates […]

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The Dutch company, founded in 2016, has grown from a €1M seed in 2024 to a €4.4M follow-on as government and security operators accelerate drone fleet deployments across Europe and the Middle East. AirHub, a Dutch drone operations software company, has raised €4.4M in a new round led by Keen Venture Partners. The company’s software is […]

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The case for AI prescription renewals is real. So is the case against trusting a state sandbox to catch the risks. In January, a security research firm called Mindgard sat down with a chatbot. The chatbot had been built by Doctronic, a health technology startup that had just become the first company in American history […]

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In short: The Trump administration’s FY2027 budget proposes cutting $707 million from CISA, eliminating the agency’s election security programme entirely and shedding 860 positions, a dramatic escalation that would reduce the country’s primary civilian cybersecurity agency to a $2 billion operation after a year already defined by DOGE-driven layoffs and mass departures. The United States’ central […]

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In short: Google Maps now uses Gemini to suggest captions when users share photos of places, launching on iOS in the U.S. and expanding globally to Android in the coming months, the latest step in a six-month campaign to weave AI into every layer of Maps. Sharing a photo on Google Maps has always required a […]

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