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Replit's Vision: Companies Run Themselves While Humans Provide Judgment

Amjad Masad argues that AI agents will handle execution while people focus on taste, architecture, and decision-making in what he calls the self-driving company.

By Marcus Halloran·Oct 19, 2026·5 min read
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Ramp's $60 Billion Valuation Signals a Bet on AI-Native Finance Operations

The expense management platform has raised $1.85 billion in four months, pivoting from corporate cards to an AI-first infrastructure play th…

Hana Park ·   · 5m
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TSMC Insists on Full Factory Control in Texas Terafab Talks with Musk

The world's leading chipmaker confirms it is exploring Elon Musk's ambitious semiconductor proposal, but only if it retains complete operati…

Wei Zhang ·   · 6m
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Netflix Cuts 1,000 Jobs as Streaming Battles Social Platforms for Screen Time

The Los Gatos giant is trimming six per cent of its workforce while pouring resources into live events, gaming, and AI-driven features to co…

Daniel R. Whitfield ·   · 5m
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Jio Platforms Targets $3.2 Billion in India's Largest-Ever Public Debut

Mukesh Ambani's telecom-to-cloud giant seeks a valuation nearly double what Google and Meta paid in 2020, testing whether public markets wil…

Mei-Lin Tan ·   · 5m
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Can AI-Designed Chips Break the Data Centre Bottleneck?

Ricursive Intelligence argues recursive learning in chip layout could meet surging compute demand without sprawling infrastructure, challeng…

Hana Park ·   · 6m
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OpenAI Accuses Former Staffer of Leaking Unreleased Product Files to Apple

A court filing alleges the ex-employee transferred over 100 internal documents containing device images and supplier data to Cupertino leade…

Linh T. Pham ·   · 4m
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Netflix Cuts 1,000 Roles as Streaming Giant Refocuses Growth Bets

The 6 per cent workforce reduction follows a failed Warner Bros. bid and marks the company's largest headcount trim in three years, even as …

Daniel R. Whitfield ·   · 4m
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How One Sydney Startup Turns Scammers into Data Sources

Apate deploys AI agents to infiltrate fraud operations, wasting criminals' time whilst extracting actionable intelligence for banks and telc…

Sofia M. Reyes ·   · 6m
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The Liquidators Turning Startup Corpses into Training Data

A new end-of-life industry is harvesting code, Slack histories, and email archives from failed ventures to feed AI labs hunting for real-wor…

Priya Nair ·   · 5m
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SoftBank Leans on Energy Subsidiary to Power Its AI Infrastructure Pivot

SB Energy builds power plants and data centres as Masayoshi Son shifts from venture bets to capital-intensive AI hardware…

Sofia M. Reyes ·   · 4m
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Doug Field Joins Rivian CEO's Robotics Venture After Years Navigating Auto and Tech Giants

The executive who led Tesla's Model 3 programme and Apple's car ambitions now takes the helm at Mind Robotics, signalling fresh ambition in …

Marcus Halloran ·   · 5m
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Finance Teams Drive Most AI Security Risks as Pluto Exits Stealth with $42M

Non-developer departments now account for 60 per cent of enterprise AI vulnerabilities, with finance leading the exposure…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 6m
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Singapore Battery Recycler Closes Oversubscribed Round as Lithium Recovery Gains Investor Traction

NEU Battery Materials raises USD 7.6 million to scale recycling operations, backed by climate-focused funds and Singapore's state-backed ven…

Mei-Lin Tan ·   · 4m
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Memory Chipmakers Face Investor Scepticism as AI Boom Meets Pricing Pressure

Samsung, SK Hynix and CXMT shares tumbled this week despite record quarterly results, signalling doubt over the sustainability of AI-fuelled…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
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Harvey Plans Japan Expansion as Legal AI Reaches Asia's Largest Economy

The San Francisco legal AI firm will launch operations in early 2027, targeting major law firms and corporate legal departments in a market …

Kenji Watanabe ·   · 5m
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WindBorne Secures $49 Million Air Force Deal for Balloon-Sourced Weather Intelligence

The Redwood City startup's 700-balloon constellation feeds both government operations and its own deep-learning forecast model, marking a sh…

Linh T. Pham ·   · 6m
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AI Agent Architecture Comes to Wealth Management as Equora Targets Mass Affluent

A former HSBC managing director is building a platform that deploys multiple specialised agents to handle portfolio decisions, betting that …

Mei-Lin Tan ·   · 5m
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Three Dismissed OpenAI Researchers Say the Company Is Chilling Internal Safety Debate

Jasmine Wang, Mikita Balesni and Tomek Korbak contest their terminations and warn that the episode may deter employees from engaging with ex…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 6m
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Firmus Withdraws From $5.5 Billion Australian IPO After Investor Pushback

The Nvidia-backed AI data centre operator faced criticism over its $30.7 billion valuation as investors grow more selective about infrastruc…

Daniel R. Whitfield ·   · 6m
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Cloudflare Buys Deno to Unify Edge Computing Across Clouds

The acquisition signals Cloudflare's push to standardise its Workers platform through open source, betting that interoperability beats propr…

Mei-Lin Tan ·   · 5m
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Arena Hits $3.1 Billion as AI Labs Seek Crowdsourced Truth Over Gaming Benchmarks

The UC Berkeley spin-out now pulls $100 million in annual revenue by letting real users decide which models actually work - and introducing …

Hana Park ·   · 7m
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Alibaba Cloud's AI Bet Shows Early Proof of Scale as Revenue Trajectory Steepens

Analysts tracking the September quarter see momentum building in the e-commerce giant's infrastructure business, with growth rates outpacing…

Wei Zhang ·   · 6m
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Waymo Secures First Debt Financing as Robotaxi Operations Enter Global Phase

Alphabet's autonomous vehicle unit closes $5 billion loan from institutional investors, marking a shift from equity-only funding as it scale…

Marcus Halloran ·   · 4m
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Samsung Electro-Mechanics Bets $5 Billion on Vietnam's Semiconductor Substrate Play

The South Korean firm's investment through 2028 signals Vietnam's shift from assembly hub to critical node in AI and high-performance comput…

Mei-Lin Tan ·   · 6m