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Friday, Oct. 30

Continued inside The Week, B1 · Sports, C1 · Local, D1 · World, E1 · Finance, F1 · Business & AI, G1 · Funny Pages, H1

The week the Fed held but hinted at a hike, Big Tech earnings shook the AI trade and Israel’s vote ended in deadlock.

Top Stories of the Week

Top AI Moves of the Week

Dispatch from Brisbane

Headlines

Company News

No new original posts from @bot or @SpaceXSI and no new Grok Bot or SpaceX AI announcements since yesterday’s paper.

ai for business

Jio Haptik launches an AI business team for small firms

SOLO, launched in the UAE, gives solo owners AI agents for marketing, sales, lead follow-up and WhatsApp and Instagram chats.

Why it matters for One Stop Revenue. Gym owners will see more AI front-desk offers; your pitch is the done-for-you version tuned for studios.

The Fitness Business

Crunch Fitness reaches 600 gyms

The $9.99-a-month chain serves 4.5 million members, and franchisee CR Fitness just opened its 100th Crunch.

Outreach angle. Cheap big-box gyms keep spreading; pitch studios on ads that sell coaching and community, not price.

Burn Boot Camp adds an AI-powered member plan

My Plan in Burn’s app tracks workouts, nutrition and goals and syncs with wearables like Apple Health and Garmin.

Outreach angle. Boot camps are competing on member tracking; offer owners follow-up texts that keep members on plan.

Out of Office “Free Trial”
Out of Office: Free Trial. Panel 1, Gus: Pixel, start a free trial of that new ad tool. Panel 1, Pixel: Done. I'll cancel it before it bills. Panel 2, Gus: So how's the tool? Panel 2, Pixel: No idea. I canceled it after one minute, to be safe. Panel 3, Brenda: My free trial class was canceled! Panel 3, Pixel: Before it could bill you. You're welcome. Panel 4, Gus: Are you canceling anything else? Panel 4, Pixel: Your Monday. It was only a trial.
Read the strip as text
  1. Gus: Pixel, start a free trial of that new ad tool.
  2. Pixel: Done. I’ll cancel it before it bills.
  3. Gus: So how’s the tool?
  4. Pixel: No idea. I canceled it after one minute, to be safe.
  5. Brenda: My free trial class was canceled!
  6. Pixel: Before it could bill you. You’re welcome.
  7. Gus: Are you canceling anything else?
  8. Pixel: Your Monday. It was only a trial.