Founders report erratic sleep and an inability to stop working as AI agents accelerate the pace beyond what's sustainable. Plus: DOJ probes a16z board seats.

This week: international tech mafias reshaping Silicon Valley hiring, Apple's new EU App Store rates effective October 1, and why ARR misleads AI acquisition buyers.

Toronto startup Blueprint closed $1M USD in pre-seed funding from a16z speedrun and Founders Inc, with 175,000 users in three months. It turns text prompts into hardware prototypes.

SpaceX completed its $60 billion acquisition of AI coding assistant Cursor on August 14, 2026. The deal gives SpaceXAI a foothold in the fast-growing vibe coding market.

Cursor's new Origin code hosting platform launched Monday as a 6-hour GitHub outage hit 20% error rates. Here's what engineering teams need to know before touching it.

SpaceX has finalized its $60 billion purchase of AI coding tool Cursor. The deal brings GPU access for cheaper models and two joint Grok releases already shipped.

SpaceX completed its all-stock acquisition of Cursor parent Anysphere on August 14, 2026, at a $60 billion valuation. Here is what developers need to know.

The Stockholm-based vibe coding platform doubled its valuation in eight months. Here is what the numbers say about where AI coding is heading.

Swedish vibe-coding startup Lovable closed a $400M Series C at a $13.3B valuation, double its December figure, with ARR tracking toward $600M by end of August.

The vibe-coding platform closes a $400M round led by Menlo Ventures, adds Cerebras inference, built-in payments, and becomes the first AI coding tool to earn AIUC-1 security certification.

Stockholm-based vibe coding platform Lovable closed a $400M Series C at a $13.3B valuation, more than doubling its worth from December 2024. Menlo Ventures led the round.

Stockholm-based Lovable closed a $400M Series C at a $13.3B valuation, doubling in eight months on $500M ARR and 60 million user-built projects.