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Silicon Smokers: Meet the tech founders who think that cigarettes are their edge

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David Butow/Corbis via Getty Images Stephen Campbell knows the cigarettes didn't land him one of his biggest deals, but they certainly lit the match. The cofounder of the startup Revamp AI was in Shenzhen, meeting with what he calls an "enormous" Chinese tech company. (He's under NDA with them.)…

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Silicon Smokers: Meet the tech founders who think that cigarettes are their edge

In the noise of optimization, some techies say smoking has become the new signal.

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BizToc broke the news on Thursday, September 17, 2026.
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