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🗞️In this edition
SpaceX Acquires xAI Ahead of $1.75T IPO
OpenAI Discovered Which Companies Will Win in the AI Era
The Future of Software Engineering Has Arrived
⚡ YOUR MOVE For people building the life they want, now.
In other AI news –
Brian Armstrong Declared the Era of the Pure Manager Over
The Difference Between the 2% and Everyone Else Is Not What You Think
A DeepMind Scientist Just Raised $22M to Make Your CV Irrelevant
4 must-try AI tools
Elon Musk just erased one of his own companies. OpenAI published data that shows exactly which companies are pulling ahead, and why most aren't. And Google changed something about its hiring process that every software engineer needs to know.
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If he fails, he's left with nothing. Now, what happens if he succeeds?
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They call them "Frontier Firms." These companies are using 3.5x more AI per worker, proving the AI adoption gap is widening, not closing.
This means not using AI in your daily efforts represents a liability that will exit you from the market.
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Brian Armstrong Declared the Era of the Pure Manager Over – Coinbase didn't just cut people. It redefined what a leader is allowed to be, and the memo is making every manager uncomfortable.
The Difference Between the 2% and Everyone Else Is Not What You Think – A former Meta engineering manager talked to dozens of CTOs. What they all told him about their own teams should concern every developer.
A DeepMind Scientist Just Raised $22M to Make Your CV Irrelevant – A DeepMind scientist and a McKinsey exec built an AI that ignores your CV and reads your actual work instead. a16z just backed it.
Pluto — The personal investment AI that Robinhood acquired to change how people research stocks.
SynthMind — AI scans Reddit and TikTok daily and sends you people actively asking for what you sell.
Runway — Filmmakers and creators use Runway to generate, edit, and transform video with AI.
KiloClaw — Deploy a secure AI agent connected to Slack, Discord, or Telegram in under 60 seconds.
The companies winning with AI aren't just using it more. They're using it differently. Google figured that out and changed what it tests for in interviews.
The question is whether your company, and your career, have caught up.
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