Andy Byron, the startup executive at the center of an extraordinary social media furor, has resigned as CEO of data operations startup Astronomer.
Read more When Vultron announced its $22 million funding round earlier this week, the AI startup made sure to highlight a key investor: Craft Ventures, the firm “co-founded by White House AI adviser David Sacks.” The announcement has raised questions about conflicts of interest in the Trump administration, where Sacks serves as both AI and crypto czar […]
Read more Days after AI coding startup Windsurf announced that it’s being acquired by Cognition, Windsurf exec Jeff Wang took to X to offer more details about the drama and uncertainty around the deal.
Read more 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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Bitcoiner Peter McCormack says the police “have failed” the town of Bedford and insists he can do a better job by deploying his own security team.

As of Wednesday, at least eleven IP addresses have actively tried to exploit the vulnerability, with thousands more addresses possibly doing reconnaissance work.
YC alum Greptile raises $30M Series A.
Read more Pig.dev was working on a problem that could have been revolutionary: agent tech for controlling Windows desktops.
Read more The probe into the acquisition, which was announced in March, began in June according to sources familiar with the matter.
Read more Cursor maker Anysphere is snapping up top talent from AI enterprise startups in an effort to compete with Microsoft’s GitHub Copilot.
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