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This Week in Startups · 2026-09-11 · 73 min · 13,323 words

The Pentagon Wants Equity in AI Startups | E2336

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Apple has launched the $1,999 iPhone duo. Cheaper models are reportedly being pushed through spring 2027. Apple took an existing product category that was very popular for a very long time and they reinvented it. If Siri becomes an open source LLM and everything on my phone that's powered by AI is using a local model, that could be very interesting to me. This week in Startups is brought to you by Upwork.

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