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AI News Digest is a weekly publication for founders, operators, and professionals who want to understand the business of AI. I’m Rome Thorndike. I cover what changed, who benefits, and what it means for the companies and careers affected.
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Calls I Nailed 🎯
The SaaSpocalypse and Salesforce’s fundamental AI problem before the $285B selloff (December 2025, confirmed February 2026).
Apple picking Google Gemini over Anthropic for Siri (October 2025, confirmed January 2026).
Nvidia’s strategy of investing across every competing AI lab to commoditize its complements (October 2025, confirmed repeatedly through 2026).
OpenAI’s Nvidia partnership was a letter of intent, not a contract (November 2025).
Anthropic overtaking OpenAI in enterprise revenue (October 2025, confirmed March 2026).
Nvidia acquiring Groq signaled an ASIC consolidation wave (December 2025, Intel-SambaNova and Meta-Rivos followed).
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About Rome Thorndike
I’m the founder and writer of AI News Digest, read by over 3,000 subscribers. I’m also the CEO & Founder of Provyx, which helps healthcare companies find the right practices and decision-makers through GTM intelligence and data validation. Clients include EngagedMD and BTL Industries.
Before Provyx, I sold enterprise software at Microsoft and Salesforce and led sales at Datajoy, a managed analytics infrastructure company acquired by Databricks. At Snapdocs, I joined as employee 21 and worked there from Series A through Series D; the company had grown to more than 600 employees by the time I left. I later led revenue at Firmograph.
I hold an MBA from UC Berkeley Haas. That mix of enterprise sales, growth-stage companies, and data businesses shapes the questions I bring to AI coverage: who will pay, how the economics work, and which companies have an advantage.
I also publish AI Market Pulse, covering AI skills, jobs, and compensation.
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