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Small Business Daily Podcast 12/07/2025
Today’s podcast episode was created from the following stories: a mix of cutting-edge AI, fundraising milestones, and lessons in long-term strategy that matter for entrepreneurs and operators.
‘World’s first scalable DNA data storage offering’ announced offering a staggering 60PB in 60 cubic inches, enough to hold 660,000 4K movies — Atlas Data Storage claims its solution is 1000x denser than LTO-10 tape
By Mark Tyson | December 6, 2025
Atlas Data Storage unveiled Eon 100, a DNA-based archival service claiming extreme durability and density, with up to 60PB stored in roughly a liter of space. The company positions DNA as a lower-maintenance alternative to tape, touting millennia-long retention without refresh cycles and simpler duplication. Pricing is not yet public, but the pitch targets long-term archives, AI model preservation, and high-value content storage.
Meta buys AI wearables startup Limitless
Author not specified | December 6, 2025
Meta is acquiring Limitless, maker of an AI pendant that records and summarizes conversations, as it doubles down on AI-enabled wearables. Financial terms were not disclosed, but the move aligns with Meta’s push toward personal superintelligence and follows high-profile AI talent hires. For builders, this signals accelerating competition in ambient AI devices and a growing platform opportunity around privacy, consent, and productivity use cases.
How a 24-year-old Stanford Ph.D. dropout lured some of Meta’s brightest minds to join her AI math startup
By Geoff Weiss | December 6, 2025
Axiom Math, founded by Carina Hong, has recruited veterans from Meta FAIR and Google Brain to build an AI mathematician and raised a 64 million dollar seed round. The company is targeting provably correct reasoning with potential applications in verification, finance, and cryptography. The talent shift underscores how mission clarity and technical ambition can outcompete big-company retention packages.
Bill Gates’s daughter is raising 30 million dollars for her AI shopping startup — but her parents haven’t invested
By Chris Morris | December 6, 2025
Phia co-founders Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni are seeking 30 million dollars to build an AI-driven shopping experience, notably without investment from Gates’s parents. The raise highlights ongoing investor appetite for consumer AI even as founders emphasize independence and clear governance optics. For consumer startups, strong narratives around trust and product differentiation remain essential.
Read the 12-slide pitch deck a fintech firm focused on family offices used to raise 4.2 million dollars
Author not specified | December 6, 2025
Asseta AI, a software platform for the growing family office segment, raised 4.2 million dollars after identifying gaps in outdated tooling. The pitch emphasizes operational efficiency and modern workflows for an underserved market niche. Takeaway for founders: narrow customer focus and clear pain-point articulation can unlock capital even in crowded fintech terrain.
CopilotKit × Strands Agents on Bedrock AgentCore configuration review
By shuntaka | December 6, 2025
This technical deep dive shows how to wire CopilotKit with AWS Strands Agents on AgentCore, fronted by API Gateway and Lambda to support longer streaming responses. The author migrates from OpenAI to Amazon Bedrock models, adds infrastructure as code, and clarifies streaming behavior via GraphQL incremental delivery. Practitioners get a practical blueprint for deploying agentic apps with production-ready authentication and networking.
From a rejected startup laughed at by many to a 426 billion dollar giant now reportedly buying Warner Bros — the Netflix story you did not know
By Shreya Biswas | December 6, 2025
Netflix’s origin story revisits early turbulence, including a rejected acquisition offer from Jeff Bezos, a pivotal 30 million dollar lifeline from Bernard Arnault, and Blockbuster passing on a 50 million dollar buyout. Fast forward, the company has grown into a 426 billion dollar powerhouse and is reportedly preparing a major deal with Warner Bros. The lesson for operators is enduring: disrupt yourself before a rival does it for you.
Closing thoughts
Across today’s lineup, one theme stands out: ambition paired with execution. Whether it is next-gen storage, AI wearables, researcher-led startups, or disciplined fintech focus, the opportunities favor builders who solve real problems, control their infrastructure choices, and keep a long view. Take a page from these stories and aim for compounding advantages in your product, team, and capital strategy.
