Weekly signals
May 4 – May 10, 2026
96 connections drawn between subjects, across 45 pieces and 306 distinct subjects.
A connection is a relationship one piece asserted between two subjects, in that piece's words. It exists because somebody wrote it down, which is why this number has no equivalent anywhere else.
Where domains collided
- culture × tech 41
- business × tech 41
- business × culture 36
- academic × tech 35
- art × culture 32
- academic × culture 20
Volume by beat
| W12 | W13 | W14 | W15 | W16 | W17 | W18 | W19 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| culture | 31 | 41 | 43 | 28 | 18 | 31 | 40 | 32 |
| tech | 27 | 37 | 39 | 32 | 20 | 35 | 32 | 31 |
| business | 18 | 39 | 38 | 28 | 18 | 28 | 29 | 27 |
| art | 18 | 24 | 27 | 20 | 13 | 23 | 22 | 17 |
| academic | 13 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 18 |
| fashion | 7 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 10 |
Rising
- Sam Altman 3.5 → 9
- Aravind Srinivas 0 → 5
- Perplexity 0 → 5
- Venice Biennale 3.5 → 8
- Met Gala 0.3 → 4
- arXiv CS.CY 0.3 → 4
- David Sacks 0 → 3
- Coinbase 0 → 3