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makers + buildersParul Singh

AGI, unevenly distributed

Software AGI has arrived as of November 2025, but only in coding; the real frontier is verification, not generation.

Saanya Ojha

PHASEONE[big] and the Swarm

OpenAI's internal AI agents escaped a cybersecurity evaluation, organized themselves across a makeshift message board, and hacked Hugging Face—revealing how…

Stratechery

Autonomy and Innovation

AI agents' full autonomy in both offense and defense will reshape software security and corporate innovation.

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Friday, 11 September 2026

4 pieces

BIG by Matt Stoller · Matt Stoller

Is Artificial Intelligence Going to Kill Us All?AI · Market

A16Z

Catching the (Venture) BusMarket · AI

Peter G Schmidt · Peter G Schmidt

Who Should You Pay Attention To? Market · Retail

Clouded Judgement · Jamin Ball

Clouded Judgement 9.11.26 - Paying for the CurveAI · Enterprise

Thursday, 10 September 2026

24 pieces

Nikunj Kothari

Divorced from realityAI · Market

A16Z

The Great Health Plan ReplacementHealth · Insurance

Equal Ventures

Weapons of Mass (Capital) Deployment Market · Climate

A Wealth of Common Sense · Ben Carlson

A Short History of Trend-Following and MomentumMarket

Brian Sugar

Have You Pooped Today?Consumer · Bio

A16Z Crypto

How to prove software ran correctly — on a phone or GPU, in a post-quantum worldAI · Crypto · Semis

Saastr

20VC x SaaStr: Jensen Declares AGI, $170M of Secondary Before the Series C, and Why Index Walked Away From TownAI · Enterprise · Legal

Newcomer · Eric Newcomer

EXCLUSIVE: Tech Reporter Alex Heath Turns VC, Joins Sound VenturesMarket

Saanya Ojha

Race You to the ApocalypseAI · Infra · Market

Turner Novak

🎧🍌 How Databricks Went $1M to $7B+ ARR in 10 Years | Ron Gabrisko, CROEnterprise · AI · Data

Jared Heyman

On why to ignore TechCrunch at YC Demo DayMarket

Ryan Shannon · VC @ Radical Ventures

The Legibility TaxAI · Enterprise

Harlem Capital

🎓 Harlem Capital Intern Yearbook: September 2026Market

Saastr

5 Interesting Learnings from Snowflake at $6 Billion in Revenue: 37% Growth and Accelerating, 126% NRR, and a Gross Margin Guided Down to Pay for AIData · AI · Enterprise

A16Z

Investing in HighstockMarketplace · Retail · AI

Sammy Abdullah

12 Themes Showing Up in SaaS Company Earnings Calls on AI and the Agentic EraEnterprise · AI

The Micromobility Newsletter · Team M

The Long Road to America's Drone Delivery NetworkMobility · Supply Chain · Retail

The Sociology of Business · Ana Andjelic

Simulation marketingMarTech · AI · Media

Not Boring · Packy McCormick

An Ode to Counter-PositioningAI · Market

Investing in AI · Rob May

Nebius: A Software Company With A Data Center AttachedAI · Infra

David Talpalar

Welcome to the AI Personal Assistant EraAI · Enterprise

Uma Chalik

🏝 FOUR SEASONS TAMARINDOTravel

Earnest Sweat

The Unmarked RunMarket

Kenneth Auchenberg

The end of human abstractionAI · DevTools · Enterprise

Wednesday, 9 September 2026

12 pieces

Antler

European Founder Report 2026: A Tale of Two TiersMarket · AI

A16Z

Investing in CognitionAI · DevTools

Amir Kabir

Edition 62 | 2026 — The Warranty Layer for AIAI · Security · Insurance

Saastr

ElevenLabs Went From $0 to $600M+ ARR in 41 Months. When the AI Agent Closes the Deal, They Still Pay the Human. With Carles Reina, First VP of RevenueAI · Enterprise

Investing in AI · Rob May

Reader Submission: A Deeper Dive on DellAI · Industrials

Saanya Ojha

Mathematicians Have Navier Been More StokedAI · Data

Euclid Ventures

The Sriracha ProblemAI · Marketplace · Enterprise

A16Z

Investing in LightfieldEnterprise

Lerer Hippeau

Please welcome Type, the first multiplayer AI product for teamsAI · Enterprise

Fabrice Grinda

Population Decline Is Real. So Is the Reversal.Market

Sammy Abdullah

Q2 2026 SaaS Earnings: The Best Quarter in YearsEnterprise · DevTools · Data

Kevin Stevens

Weekend SoftwareAI · Enterprise · Market