🌶️ Hot Fudge Sunday for 2025-08-31

Last Week

Last week saw a new NexusTek Winners Circle episode dropped, I joined the NC TECH Board of Advisors, and more NexusTek Insights.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/north-carolina-technology-association_nctechadvisors-activity-7367262400196005889-d8Gb

https://www.nexustek.com/insights/winners-circle-episode-4-resilient-technology-foundation

https://www.nexustek.com/insights/modern-hotel-technology-guest-experience

https://www.nexustek.com/insights/the-grok-wake-up-call

This Week

I have no travel plans and I’m looking forward to tuning up more automation.

📈 Markets Monday for 2025-08-25

My screener is getting closer!

SymbolCompany Name% Change
ASTSAST SpaceMobile, Inc.+5.88%
RBLXRoblox Corporation+5.84%
NNNextnav Inc.+5.36%

Wackyparse RetCon Thesis: AST SpaceMobile and Nextnav are focused on new connectivity and precision location infrastructure to… play Roblox? 🤣

Yahoo Screener

🔥 Hot Takes Tuesday for 2025-08-26

💰 AI continues to attract huge amounts of capital

  • Casca (AI-powered loan origination tools): $29M
  • Blue Water Autonomy (AI-powered unmanned defense ships): $50M
  • Attio (Agentic AI-powered CRM service): $52M

🤪 Wacky Wednesday for 2025-08-27

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRtyMCeDw8o

🔙 Throwback Thursday for 2025-08-28

Goole data centers articles over the years paint an interesting picture.

2025

https://www.techmeme.com/250828/p14#a250828p14

2020

https://www.techmeme.com/200226/p11#a200226p11

2016

https://www.techmeme.com/160322/p7#a160322p7

✅ Final Thoughts Friday for 2025-08-29

📶 🗼 🛜 I believe biggest story of the week was the sale of spectrum licenses.

Addition of spectrum can increase competitiveness and ORAN could (should?) expand.

https://www.techmeme.com/250826/p11#a250826p11

🔮 Sneak Peak Saturday for 2025-08-30

🌮 + 🍔 + 🍟 + 🥤 + 🗣️ + 🤖 = 🤔

When it works, you’ll know — eventually. In some use cases, there are reasons for tactile knobs, dials, and buttons are better than touch screens.

The same might be said for humans and mobile apps being better than the current imagination for AI powered fast-food ordering in a drive-thru.

In 2025, voice ordering from a standard drive-thru fast food menu connected to AI is still challenging.

https://www.techmeme.com/250829/p27#a250829p27

In 2024, the challenge was just as stark.

https://www.techmeme.com/240617/p5#a240617p5

In 2023, the learning curve was steep.

https://www.techmeme.com/230509/p13#a230509p13

In 2019, the aspirational goals were just starting to form.

https://www.techmeme.com/191023/p19#a191023p19

#OpenToWork Weekly

I participated in a #NeverSearchAlone #JSC after rebooting Cuthrell Consulting and joining NexusTek.

I added those #OpenToWork from my LinkedIn network to this newsletter. Over time, we’ve grown an Alumni 🎉 section for those that transitioned to their next career adventure.

Alumni 🎉

Those in my network that are #OpenToWork:

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