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Startup news
Resy cuts off user whose AI assistant made 200 requests an hour
Reports of deactivations across Resy, Amex and Uber suggest platforms are starting to police automated agents that hit their systems at machine speed.
№ 215 · 10 September 2026
Platform risk
ServiceTitan cuts off Podium after nine years, with 30 days' notice
Roughly 1,000 shared contractors lost the integration in the middle of peak HVAC season. None of them were party to the agreement that governed it.
№ 117 · 22 August 2026
Onboarding
One vendor in 30 asked how the product went. It cost $50
Jason Lemkin signed up for more than 30 APIs this year. Exactly one company sent a question instead of a sequence, and got a 400-word product spec back for the price of some credits.
№ 13 · 8 August 2026