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The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov · No. 40 in the world

Startups and building things

New companies, founders and what they make.

Share of the world’s attention
0.2%
Change
–
12 weeks

A third what people search for on Google, a third what they read on Wikipedia, a third what the news covers: attention, not market size. Games, for one, are played far more than they’re searched for or read about. How it’s measured

The leading theme in 2 countries:Burkina FasoMali

Where it splits peopleProgress Job security

Startups and building things · this week

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Breakdown

What its reading is made of this week, part by part

58.9%Startups

Total100.0%

Select a part to open it or see what people read in it

Most read in Startups

  1. Anthropic

    No. 1 · 84.4k views
  2. 2

    Skydance Corporation

    No. 2 · 57.7k viewsEpicgenius, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. 3

    OpenAI

    No. 3 · 43.4k viewsHaeB, CC BY-SA 4.0
  4. Hugging Face

    No. 4 · 22k views
  5. CoreWeave

    No. 5 · 12.6k views

Share of Wikipedia reading in the world, 7 – 13 Nov · 705.9k page views · Open in the explorer

Inside Industry & economy

Every area’s share of its reading this week; this theme’s in colour

61.4%Other Industry & economy
  1. Everything else3.3%Manufacturing & materials 0.9% · Food & farming business 0.9% · Energy & utilities 0.7% · Advertising & marketing 0.4% · The economy 0.2% · Professional services 0.2%

Total100.0%

In colour: counted in this theme

Share of Wikipedia reading in the world, 7 – 13 Nov · 27.8m page views · Open in the explorer

Companies people read about

The most-read companies in it on Wikipedia this week

  1. Anthropic
  2. Skydance Corporation
  3. OpenAI
  4. Hugging Face
  5. CoreWeave
  6. Siemens

Startups people read about

Backed by Y Combinator, a16z, Sequoia and other well-known investors · by Wikipedia views in this theme this week

  1. Anthropicfounded 2021 · Backed by Spark Capital84.4k
  2. OpenAIfounded 2015 · Backed by a16z, Sequoia +243.4k
  3. Anduril Industriesfounded 2017 · Backed by Founders Fund6.9k
  4. Perplexity AIfounded 2022 · Backed by Accel, NEA5.8k
  5. Scale AIfounded 2016 · Backed by Y Combinator3.7k
  6. Neuralinkfounded 2016 · Backed by Founders Fund2.5k
  7. Bambu Labfounded 2020 · Backed by IDG Capital969
  8. Reflect Orbitalfounded 2021 · Backed by Sequoia, Lux Capital350
  9. Reflection AIfounded 2024 · Backed by Sequoia, Lightspeed183
  10. The Athleticfounded 2016 · Backed by Y Combinator106
The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov · Backers according to Wikidata

Where it’s biggest

Its share of each country’s attention this week

0 to 0% or moreNo data

Reading and news · 231.7m · Indicative

New and growing

Phrases new or growing in this week’s English-language headlines, against the 8 weeks before

  1. Caledonia Mining · Mining Corporation

    New

    7 headlines · 6 outlets

    Caledonia Mining Corporation Plc: Caledonia Group Signs US$150 Million ...pr-inside.com

  2. coal mining

    New

    6 headlines · 6 outlets

    Turkish Villagers Urge COP31 Leaders to Visit Coal-Mining Areaeconotimes.com

  3. Fortuna Mining · Hecla Mining

    New

    5 headlines · 4 outlets

    Head-To-Head Contrast: Fortuna Mining (NYSE:FSM) versus Mako Mining (NASDAQ:MAKO)themarketsdaily.com

  4. Meta

    New

    5 headlines · 4 outlets

    Meta's chief strategy officer Dave Wehner is leaving the company for four-year-old AI startup; sends 'right mission'…indiatimes.com

  5. Cipher Mining · CIFR

    New

    5 headlines · 3 outlets

    Cipher Mining Inc. (NASDAQ:CIFR) Stock Has Average Target Price of $24.25dailypolitical.com

  6. Million Series · Titan OS

    Rising

    7 headlines · 5 outlets

    Humble Robotics Raises $51 Million Series A to Scale Its Unified Approach to Autonomous and Electric Freightai-online.com

  7. mining crackdown

    Rising

    5 headlines · 5 outlets

    J&K Police Intensify Public Welfare and Enforcement Drives Across Kashmir, Seize Five Vehicles in Illegal Mining…kashmirreader.com

  8. critical minerals

    Rising

    5 headlines · 5 outlets

    How China is tightening its grip on critical minerals with $16 billion mining push in Africa amid US rivalrylivemint.com

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Emotions

How its news sounds

Its tone against its usual, and each feeling against the average news

Brighter than usual

Tone +1.34 · usual +0.83

Calmer than the average news, no feeling stands out

  • Anxiety0.7×
  • Fear0.4×
  • Anger0.4×
  • Sadness0.9×

Each bar compares a feeling with the average news here; the tick marks the average.

News · 3.5k · Solid
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