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Windsurf CEO opens up about ‘very bleak’ mood before Cognition deal

Days after AI coding startup Windsurf announced that it’s being acquired by Cognition, Windsurf startup Jeff Wang took to X to offer more details about the drama and uncertainty around the deal. Windsurf was previously reported to be in acquisition … Continue reading

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The perfect pitch: This NEA partner says every founder should answer these 5 questions

Tiffany Luck, a partner at NEA, outlined what she looks for in a pitch, during a presentation at TechCrunch’s All Stage event in Boston.

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How a Video Studio Embraced A.I. and Stormed the Internet

The Dor Brothers are indie filmmakers whose viral videos are generated entirely by artificial intelligence.

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How a Sequoia Capital Partner’s Mamdani Posts Dragged the Firm Into Politics

Sequoia Capital, which backed Nvidia, Google and Apple when they were start-ups, has long stayed above the fray. But one partner’s post about Zohran Mamdani set off a chain reaction.

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These are our favorite cyber books on hacking, espionage, crypto, surveillance, and more

These are our favorite cybersecurity books, both by fiction authors, as well as journalists and researchers. 

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For privacy and security, think twice before granting AI access to your personal data

AI tools are increasingly asking for gross levels of access to your personal data under the guise of needing it to work.

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Benchmark in talks to lead Series A for Greptile, valuing AI-code reviewer at $180M, sources say

YC alum Greptile raises $30M Series A.

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Peter Thiel-backed cryptocurrency exchange Bullish files to go public on NYSE

Bullish, the cryptocurrency exchange that counts Peter Thiel as an investor, is going public under the ticker symbol “BLSH.”

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Why a Y Combinator startup tackling AI agents for Windows gave up and pivoted

Pig.dev was working on a problem that could have been revolutionary: agent tech for controlling Windows desktops.

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Microsoft stops relying on Chinese engineers for Pentagon cloud support

The change follows a ProPublica report that outlined how Microsoft’s use of Chinese engineers left U.S. defense clients vulnerable to cybersecurity risks.

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