2026-07-09 08:00:00
Ollama makes open models effortless to run locally on a laptop or in the cloud with the same experience. 8.9m developers, 67,000 integrations, & partnerships with every major model lab & hardware vendor. Theory led the Series B.
2026-07-08 08:00:00
A working memory architecture for AI agents : preflight retrieves the right skill from a long-term library, a local model executes, & a watchdog reads the trail overnight to update the library.
2026-07-07 08:00:00
AI companies have committed $9.75b in 12 months to build forward-deployed engineering teams. The post analyzes three structural models, the talent math, & whether FDEs create a moat or a toll booth.
2026-07-06 08:00:00
The Economist scored 25 frontier AI models on the World Values Survey. Lab of origin is a weaker predictor than training & alignment choices : Gemini & Qwen are neighbors, GPT-4o & DeepSeek R1 are near-twins, & DeepSeek R1 & DeepSeek V4 Flash are strangers. Worldview is invisible in code generation. In business analysis, forecasts, hiring, & policy work, it is a live input.
2026-07-03 08:00:00
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2026-07-01 08:00:00
Prioritize routing over model choice. Most AI work runs on cheap local models.