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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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Monday, 31 August 2026

14 pieces

Adrian Radu

The Great AI Talent ConcentrationAI · Market

Lenny's Newsletter

🎙️ How I AI: How this PM uses Claude to handle 70% to 80% of his workdayAI · Enterprise · DevTools

Madrona Ventures

Introducing the 2026 Intelligent Applications 40AI · Market

A16Z

Expanding the a16z Growth Fund and PlatformMarket

Climate Tech VC

🌎 How founders are raising in 2026 #311Climate · Market

Saastr

We’ve Been Running Salesforce Headless for 6 Months on Our Own “Claudeforce.” We’re Never Going BackEnterprise · MarTech

The Micromobility Newsletter · Team M

Nextbike Adds 1K E-Bikes to its Berlin FleetMobility

Lenny's Newsletter

How I turned Claude into a self-improving PM assistant | Daniel Blum (PM, Melio)AI · Enterprise

A Wealth of Common Sense · Ben Carlson

Talk Your Book: Cash Was Easy…Now What?Banking

Deconstructor of Fun

Mattel Wants Studios to Pitch the UncomfortableMedia · Gaming

BIG by Matt Stoller · Matt Stoller

Monopoly Round-Up: Did America Just Set Up an FDA for Big Tech?AI · Gov

A Wealth of Common Sense · Ben Carlson

Jerry Seinfeld’s Evergreen Career AdviceMedia

Tomasz Tunguz · Tomasz Tunguz

The Price of Entry to the FrontierAI

Kenneth Auchenberg

Build the damn best product.Market

Sunday, 30 August 2026

11 pieces

Kevin Stevens

Every Overbuild Ends the Same WayAI · Climate

Steven Sinofsky

242. Armageddon by Anthropomorphism: On Security and the FrontierAI · Security

Hunter Walk

Does Your Startup Have an AI Writing Policy Yet? Here’s One from Clay.Market · Enterprise · AI

Hunter Walk

Does Your Startup Have an AI Writing Policy Yet? Here’s One from Clay.Market

Saanya Ojha

🧾 Weekly Wrap Sheet (08/28/2026): Weights, Watts, Whodunits, Windfalls & WorkflowsAI · Infra · Enterprise

A16Z Crypto

In Argentina, buying crypto means buying dollarsCrypto · Fintech

Chamath Palihapitiya · Chamath Palihapitiya

Anthropic’s $30 Trillion MoonshotAI · Enterprise

Jessie Harris

Fourth and Long: How Football Season Feeds the Consumer EconomyConsumer · Retail · AgFood

Lenny's Newsletter

AI’s third era: the rise of persistent AI coworkers | Tara Seshan (Product Lead ChatGPT Work)AI · Enterprise · DevTools

Investing in AI · Rob May

How To Think About The Negative ROI on AI InvestmentAI · Infra

Below the Line by Kevin LaBuz · Kevin LaBuz

#173 – E-commerce Looks Like Itself AgainRetail · AI

Saturday, 29 August 2026

4 pieces

Lenny's Newsletter

🧠 Community Wisdom: Building without clear PM requirements, selling a product before building it, pricing fast-moving B2B SaaS, a year of job hunting, and moreMarket

Kyle Harrison

Humility Hard HatsMarket

Stage 2

How Is AI Changing the Way We Hire?HR

Ed Sim

What’s 🔥 in AI/Infra/VC #513Enterprise

Friday, 28 August 2026

11 pieces

A Wealth of Common Sense · Ben Carlson

My Most Contrarian Opinion Right NowBanking

Janelle Teng

AI/Data infra + dev tools M&A is having a momentAI · Infra · DevTools

Vickram Pradhan

Is Healthcare a Safe Haven if the AI Trade Unwinds?Health · AI

Saanya Ojha

The Claudeforce AwakensEnterprise · AI

Sammy Abdullah

Increases in ACV are not freeEnterprise · Fintech

Climate Tech VC

🌍 2026 Founder Survey by CTVC and Elemental Impact!Climate · Market

Kevin Stevens

The Interface Was Never the MoatAI · Enterprise · Industrials

Saastr

When Agents Take Over the System of Record: 40GB Nobody Typed, a Renewal Agent Built in Half a Day, and Why Our Agents Love Clay: The Agents #013Enterprise · AI · MarTech

Net Interest · Marc Rubinstein

Untangling GuggenheimInsurance · Banking

Newcomer · Eric Newcomer

Nvidia Is Carrying the AI Economy. Is That a Problem? AI · Infra · Enterprise

Chamath Palihapitiya · Chamath Palihapitiya

Deep Dive: Will California Go Broke?Gov · Market · Fintech