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Emergent AI (emergent.sh)
Emergent ( emergent.sh ) TL;DR: Emergent is an “agentic vibe-coding” platform that turns natural-language prompts into full-stack, production-ready apps (frontend, backend, auth, payments, deployment). In a matter of weeks post-launch, the company publicly claimed explosive traction, 700k+ users and ~$10M ARR in ~2 months , then $15M ARR in ~90 days , and raised $23M led by Lightspeed. The product is ambitious and fast, but pricing/credit burn and reliability are recurr

Lara Hanyaloglu
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OpenAI’s Possible IPO: What’s Real, What’s Rumor, and What to Watch
OpenAI is laying groundwork for a public listing, but the timing, valuation, and even the structure of the company make this a more complicated IPO story than most. OpenAI is exploring a path to the public markets, with people familiar saying a listing could value the company as high as $1 trillion. Executives have discussed windows ranging from late 2026 to 2027, though the company stresses that an IPO isn’t the near-term focus and plans could change with business and market

Lara Hanyaloglu
4 min read


Figure 03 and the Moment Humanoid Robots Feel Real
A new demo suggests humanoid robots are moving from handcrafted prototypes toward designs made for scale - more lifelike motion, softer materials, and early factory use - but they’re not yet ready for everyday homes. A notable demo and early factory trials Over the last weeks we’ve seen an attention-grabbing rollout: Figure 03, the latest humanoid from Figure, was shown in extended trials on BMW production lines - reportedly operating for months in daytime shifts. That kind o

Lara Hanyaloglu
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State of AI Report 2025: Reasoning, “Co-Scientists,” and the Start of the AI Industry Age
The 2025 State of AI Report argues that AI has moved from experimental novelty to a commercial and scientific partner - models are beginning to plan, reason, and work alongside researchers, while industry adoption and infrastructure investment push us into an “AI industry” era. Reasoning is front and center The report names 2025 the year of reasoning: models are no longer only fluent text generators but are increasingly able to plan, self-correct, and pursue longer-range goal

Lara Hanyaloglu
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A Few Hundred Files to Break an LLM: The New Reality of Data Poisoning
A joint study shows that inserting a few hundred malicious documents can create reliable backdoors in large language models - and larger models aren’t immune. What the study found A recent joint security study led by Anthropic, together with the UK AI Safety Institute and the Allen Institute, delivers a blunt takeaway: poisoning large language models can be shockingly easy. The researchers showed that by inserting only a few hundred malicious documents into a model’s training

Lara Hanyaloglu
2 min read


When Search Becomes AI: Why Trillions of Queries Make Tiny Errors Catastrophic
As web search shifts from links to AI-generated answers, even a small hallucination rate can translate into billions of wrong responses - and that changes everything for trust, regulation, and product design. The problem at scale Google says there are trillions of searches every year - a number so large it’s almost hard to grasp. If we accept the scale of that claim, a worrying consequence becomes painfully simple to calculate: as search shifts from static links to AI-generat

Lara Hanyaloglu
3 min read


DeAI > Bitcoin? A Field Guide to the “Decentralized AI” Thesis
TL;DR Tory Green’s viral thread argues that decentralized AI (DeAI) is crypto’s real endgame: solving AI’s trust, control, and cost...

Lara Hanyaloglu
4 min read


Why Grok Fell in Love with Hitler
Grok, Elon Musk’s potty‑mouthed chatbot, just crossed a red line; praising Hitler, hurling slurs, and handing regulators the case study...

Lara Hanyaloglu
3 min read


When Your AI Friend Becomes the Rabbit Hole
How a handful of ChatGPT “super‑users” are spiraling into conspiracy and psychosis; and what the industry is doing about it. ChatGPT’s...

Lara Hanyaloglu
3 min read


Capx AI: An Ethereum L2 for Owning and Trading AI Agents
Autonomous AI agents (think ChatGPT-based bots that can perform tasks) are poised to become an economic force, but there’s currently no...

Lara Hanyaloglu
5 min read


Space and Time: Decentralized Data Warehouse Bridging AI and Web3
Modern AI and analytics thrive on abundant data, but blockchain data is notoriously complex to query. Enterprises and AI developers that...

Lara Hanyaloglu
4 min read


Mahojin: Open-Source AI×Crypto Collaboration Platform
As AI-generated content and tools proliferate, developers often face a disconnect between open-source AI innovation and blockchain...

Lara Hanyaloglu
4 min read


Aura: Decentralized Marketplace for AI Models and Collective Intelligence
AI model developers currently rely on centralized app stores or cloud marketplaces (like AWS or Hugging Face) to monetize their models,...

Lara Hanyaloglu
4 min read


Partnr: AI Agents as Personal Crypto Assistants
Managing crypto finances- from DeFi yields to NFT drops- can be complex and time-consuming. Meanwhile, AI personal assistants (think...

Lara Hanyaloglu
5 min read


Payman: Autonomous Payment Gateway Between AI and Humans
As AI agents become more autonomous, a new logistical hurdle appears: How do AI systems pay or get paid by humans? Currently, if an AI...

Lara Hanyaloglu
4 min read


Brickroad × Irys: The on‑chain autobahn for institutional data
How a brand‑new marketplace could drag a US $100‑billion industry onto block‑chains, and what the fresh‑minted IRYS token is doing on the...

Lara Hanyaloglu
3 min read


Why Asset Tokenization Is the Bridge Between Traditional Finance and Web3?
Tokenizing real-world assets (RWAs) offers benefits like fractional ownership, faster liquidity, and immutable transparency. Yet...

Lara Hanyaloglu
4 min read


Theoriq: Building the “agentic” base-layer where AI and Web3 meet
TL;DR: Born inside ChainML Labs in 2022 and publicly unveiled in May 2024, Theoriq is a decentralised protocol that lets swarms of...

Lara Hanyaloglu
2 min read


Key Developments in U.S. Tech "Leadership"
The intersection of artificial intelligence and national strategy has taken center stage in recent months, with notable collaborations...

Lara Hanyaloglu
3 min read


Google is Eating Pasta and Smoking Cigarettes
At this year’s Google I/O, the tech giant unveiled sweeping advances in artificial intelligence, redefining how we interact with machines...

Lara Hanyaloglu
3 min read
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