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I’m a venture capitalist since 2008. I was a PM on the Ads team at Google and worked at Appian before.
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Defending Against AI-Powered Attackers

2026-06-24 08:00:00

Sunil Agrawal, CISO at Glean, joins Office Hours to discuss what security readiness looks like when attackers use frontier models for reconnaissance, phishing, deepfakes, and exploit generation.

The Quietest Part of Startupland isn't so Quiet

2026-06-23 08:00:00

Stablecoins hold $165b in US T-bills, more than China or Switzerland. Hyperliquid generates $610m annualized fees. Gold, oil, & stocks trade 24/7 on crypto perpetual markets.

So You Want to Sell Inference

2026-06-22 08:00:00

Reselling inference at cost is a zero-margin business. The margin question is cost-plus vs. value-based pricing. Optimization is a cost lever under either, with distillation defensible for a while. BYOK breaks cost-plus & spares value-based.

Databricks Widens the Lead on the Yellow Brick Token Path

2026-06-17 08:00:00

Databricks runs at $6.9b ARR growing 80% YoY versus Snowflake's 34%, a $1.6b gap. Its AI products run at $1.7b, ~25% of ARR & growing faster than the company, the token-path pattern that drove Salesforce's $3.6b Fin acquisition. Companies on the token path grow explosively, even at massive scale.

5x for Free : The Local Coding Stack

2026-06-16 08:00:00

A 500+ comment HN discussion reveals the current state of local AI coding - Qwen 3.6 35B dominates model mentions while Pi leads agents.

The Golden Age of AI Applications

2026-06-15 08:00:00

Three weekend developments confirm the golden age of AI applications : the Fable retraction exposed model dependency risk, Satya's thesis defined the learning loop, & Salesforce's $3.6B Fin acquisition priced the harness.