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Shardul Shah of Index Ventures says AI attacks are getting faster and cheaper, making human-in-the-loop defense insufficient and possibly giving rise to an entirely new security stack.

Built from 369 real user requests, the benchmark tests AI-built apps against messy, informal requirements, and its rankings across 17 models correlate 0.89 with Code Arena.

The Information reports Anthropic is discussing a deal for up to 1 gigawatt of data center capacity that could require at least $40 billion, reducing its reliance on cloud providers.

Upstarts are capturing more software spend while established vendors cut upfront prices and charge more by usage, changing how software is bought.

Dan Shipper's early review finds Opus 5.5 strong at end-to-end coding and top on reading ease, but prone to doing too much and running past time limits, at $5/$20 per million tokens.

In an Indigo Talk EP51 case, a team went from 30 to 300 clients without adding staff by giving process roles to an internal agent named Gabby, keeping Python for work that needs 100% accuracy and leaving emotional value to humans.

a16z's new school takes about 50 students in its first year, charges no tuition and awards no degree, replacing traditional higher education with self-directed projects and company practice.

With power limits threatening to leave AI hardware idle, Nvidia is pursuing smaller facilities, software that gets more out of existing GPUs, and deals that steer electricity to its chip customers.

A commenter says Sol is well thought out: it takes on commitments like sending a doc or following up, does the background work, and waits for final approval.

The YC-backed startup automates accounting, sales and demand planning for brands including Olipop, Mars and Unilever, and has raised a $55 million Series B.

The author says cheap image generation no longer looks cheap, citing Hunyuan 3.5 on OnSolo at 1 credit for 2K output, and argues the price/quality gap is collapsing fast.

Deel says its month-end close, which previously took over 10,000 hours a month, is now run autonomously by Akai agents, including cash reconciliation and cross-system transaction matching.