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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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Wednesday, 19 August 2026

1 pieces

Sequoia

Own Your Intelligence: A How-To GuideAI

Tuesday, 18 August 2026

22 pieces

Earnest Sweat

The Barrel Gets a PriceAI · Data · Fintech

Lenny's Newsletter

I tested Grok Bot, Grok 4.6, and Cursor Origin - here’s my honest takeAI · DevTools

Saanya Ojha

Damned If You Diffuse, Damned If You Don’tAI · Market

Meritech

Meritech Software Pulse | 14-August-2026Enterprise

Annelies Gamble

America’s Role in the Next Golden Age of Chemical SynthesisAI · Bio · Industrials

A Wealth of Common Sense · Ben Carlson

Getting Ahead Has Never Been EasyMarket

Continuations · Albert Wenger

Signing the Statement on SuperintelligenceAI · Market

OpenVC.app

How to Build an Investor Pipeline for Startup FundraisingMarket

Simon Wu

Gross Margin Isn’t Telling You What You Think It IsAI · Enterprise

Adrian Radu

The “Permission Gap” opportunity for startupsMarket

Lenny's Newsletter

Announcing Lenny’s Jobs: The best place in the world to find, vet, and land your dream jobMarket

Harlem Capital

The Anti-Portfolio: What Missing a $2 Billion Deal Teaches You About Winning the Next OneMarket

Harlem Capital

Why the Best VC Deals Start Outside the OfficeMarket

Sammy Abdullah

What Publicly Traded SaaS CEO’s are saying about AIEnterprise · AI

Saastr

Rippling Ran 2,100 Scored Agent Runs Per Model on Real Payroll Data. The Cheapest Model Tied the Most Expensive One.Enterprise · AI · Infra

On My Mind · Michael Dempsey

Dear VCs, Just Give UpMarket

Collaborative Fund

Why we're investing in TomoAI · Consumer

Ben Yoskovitz

How I Use AI Without Outsourcing the ThinkingAI · Enterprise

Deconstructor of Fun

The Man Behind Most Gaming DealsGaming · Market

Glasswing VC

Glasswing named one of America’s Top Venture Capital Firms of 2026 by TIME and StatistaMarket

Tomasz Tunguz · Tomasz Tunguz

Birds Don't Fly Like Planes. Neither Does AI.

Tomasz Tunguz · Tomasz Tunguz

Birds Don't Fly Like Planes. Neither Does AI.AI · Infra · DevTools

Monday, 17 August 2026

17 pieces

Radical VC

Teaching AI to Ask the Right QuestionsAI · Infra

A16Z

Your Favorite Creator Isn’t Real—Does it Matter?Media · AI

Carried Away

The Rebuild, Part II: Outside the WallsMarket · AI

Carried Away

The Rebuild, Part I: A Museum of ItselfMarket

Peter G Schmidt · Peter G Schmidt

Episode 5: The Cincinnati OpenTravel

Saanya Ojha

Smarter by the Day, Cheaper by the MinuteAI · Infra

Acrew Capital

Why We Backed Wispr: The Interface That Finally ListensDevTools · Enterprise · AI

Climate Tech VC

🌎 Micro-reactor funding goes macro #309Climate · AI

The Micromobility Newsletter · Team M

🇺🇸Announcing the Official Afterparty of MMA 2026🥂🎊Mobility

Lenny's Newsletter

🎙️ How I AI: How a solo founder used Codex and ChatGPT to launch a fashion brand without engineersConsumer · Retail · AI

Pear

Our investment in Gravis RoboticsRobotics · Industrials · Built World

Continuations · Albert Wenger

Philosophy Mondays: Human Nature and Multiscale AnalysisMarket

Sammy Abdullah

Hiring B2B Sales Reps According to Lee SalzHR

Saastr

We Churned Notion After 7 Years. Our AI Agent Took Its Last Job.Enterprise · AI

Radical VC

Teaching AI to Ask the Right QuestionsAI

Turner Novak

🎧🍌 Rebuilding for the AI Era | Shensi Ding, MergeAI · DevTools · Enterprise

Deconstructor of Fun

The Man Who Advises on Gaming’s Biggest DealsGaming · Market