Sources: Cursor in talks to raise $2B+ at $50B valuation as enterprise growth surges
Returning backers a16z and Thrive are expected to lead the round.
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Claude Code is coming to Slack, and that’s a bigger deal than it sounds
Anthropic launches Claude Code in Slack, letting developers delegate coding tasks from chat threads. It’s part of a shift toward AI-embedded collaboration that could reshape software workflows.
‘Chad: the Brainrot IDE’ is a new Y Combinator-backed product so wild, people thought it was fake
Chad: the Brainrot IDE is an actual product that pairs vibe coding with brainrot activities like gambling, Tinder and games.
The Reinforcement Gap — or why some AI skills improve faster than others
AI tasks that work well with reinforcement learning are getting better fast — and threatening to leave the rest of the industry behind.
Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 4.5, its best AI model for coding
Anthropic says its new AI model is robust enough to build production-ready applications, rather than just prototypes.
How Google’s dev tools manager makes AI coding work
Google PM Ryan Salva is responsible for tools like Gemini CLI, giving him a front-row seat to the ways AI tools are changing software development.
OpenAI upgrades Codex with a new version of GPT-5
OpenAI’s AI coding agent, Codex, can now spend anywhere from a few seconds to several hours on a task, thanks to a new, customized version of GPT-5.
Cognition AI defies turbulence with a $400M raise at $10.2B valuation
Founders Fund, the Peter Thiel-backed VC, led Cognition’s latest round, with participation from existing investors like Lux Capital, Joe Lonsdale’s 8VC, Elad Gil, Definition Capital and Swish Ventures.