Daily Friday, 9 October 2026
Friday, 9 October 2026
OpenAI annualised revenues $20B less than previously signalled
Bridging technical depth and usability: The story behind Radar’s redesign
We redesigned Cloudflare Radar to make real-time global traffic and outage data accessible to a wider audience — including journalists, les…
Init demo recap: Rami Banna provisions WorkOS from an agent with Stripe Projects
At WorkOS init(), Stripe's Rami Banna had a coding agent provision a WorkOS account and credentials via Stripe Projects, then showed the Pr…
Init demo recap: Matt Carey gives every agent a workspace and a browser
Matt Carey of Cloudflare showed a durable Pi agent in a Durable Object at WorkOS init(), then gave it a stateful workspace and the Kitesurf…
Introducing: Spotify Technology. Proven at Spotify, now yours.
Introducing Spotify Technology. The post Introducing: Spotify Technology. Proven at Spotify, now yours. appeared first on Spotify Engineeri…
After Missing AI’s Early Days, Lightspeed Remade Itself. Now It’s Poised to Score with Anthropic.
A pivotal April 2023 meeting set the firm on an ambitious new course that includes PE-style roll-ups.
China’s Manus raises over $500M in first funding round since split with Meta
Boyu Capital and IDG Capital led the funding round, and existing shareholders Tencent, HSG (formerly known as Sequoia China), ZhenFund, and…
20VC x SaaStr with MongoDB’s Dev Ittycheria: OpenAI Reaccelerates to a $70B Run Rate, a CRO Jumps to a Direct Competitor, and Agents Start Picking Your Vendors
With Harry Stebbings, Jason Lemkin, Rory O’Driscoll, and special guest Dev Ittycheria, back in the CEO seat at MongoDB Dev Ittycheria joine…
5 Interesting Learnings from Cloudflare at $2.8 Billion in Revenue: 36% Growth, a 20% Layoff, and a Stock at 50x Revenue
Cloudflare latest quarter reported of $696.1 million, up 36%, which annualizes to $2.8 billion. Three months earlier, it had cut more than…
ttok 0.4
Release: ttok 0.4 ttok is my CLI tool for counting tokens, using OpenAI's open source tiktoken library. It hasn't been in updated in a coup…
How Oracle turns days of work into minutes with ChatGPT and Codex
Across recruiting, engineering, and operations, Oracle turns specialist knowledge into fast, repeatable workflows with ChatGPT Work and Cod…
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Why isn't the industry freaking out about DeepSeek 4.1 Flash?
OpenAI Withdraws 3 Math Papers
OpenAI withdraws three mathematical results
Pollo AI turns creative ideas into campaigns with OpenAI
With GPT-5.6, GPT-6 Astra, and GPT‑Image‑2.5, Pollo AI helps creators turn bold ideas into detailed images and cinematic video ads.
Disrupting AI-enabled “false front” operations
OpenAI disrupted two AI-enabled influence operations that used false-front journalists and a think tank to spread geopolitical messaging.
Claude Haiku 5.5
As previously promised , here's Anthropic's new fast, low cost model: Introducing Claude Haiku 5.5 . The previous Haiku, 4.5, was very much…
4-hour battery storage is cheaper to install than gas turbines all across globe
Quoting Carson Gross
Computer programming is, fundamentally, about two things: Problem-solving using computers Learning to control complexity while solving thes…
LegalOn halves Codex costs while maintaining development speed
LegalOn cut estimated daily Codex costs by 65% while maintaining development speed. It matched Astra, Sol, and Luna to tasks and managed bu…
I think I found a planet nobody knew existed. I used Claude Code to find it
Anti-Patterns in Software Blogging
Some excellent writing advice from Michael Lynch. Michael warns against "meandering intros", misjudging your reader's existing knowledge, a…
The model that didn't exist, so you made it yourself
init() 2026 recap: Airlock, Atlas, Passport and the builders on stage
WorkOS init() 2026 at SFJAZZ Center: live previews of Airlock, Atlas and Passport, plus talks from Aaron Levie, Nikita Shamgunov, Claire Vo…
Vercel Sandbox creation now returns a ready sandbox
How one bug bounty researcher chooses the features they investigate
As we kick off Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the GitHub Bug Bounty team spotlights @vaib25vicky, exploring their methodology, techniques,…
Presentation: Multi-Agent Patterns from Spotify’s AI Powered Advertising Platform
Pratik Rasam discusses how Spotify Ads Manager runs production-grade multi-agent systems at scale using Google ADK Java. He shares key arch…
Take Grafana Labs' 5th annual Observability Survey
Over the past year, "agentic" has gone from an emerging buzzword to an integral part of worklife for many engineers—and that's just scratch…
Part 5: Operating an LLM system: observability, cost, routing, and the platform underneath
Your service can be 100% up and still quietly approving the wrong things, burning its budget, or failing over into untested quality. Level…
Manage your OpenTelemetry Collectors with Fleet Management in Grafana Cloud
If you’ve built your telemetry pipelines around OpenTelemetry Collectors, you’ve already invested in a collector distribution, YAML configu…
Cloudflare Open Sources Decision Models for AI Agents
During its recent “Birthday Week”, Cloudflare announced Clef, a set of open-weight AI models designed to choose between predefined options…
PixelLeak explained: How coding agents leaked 13,000 screenshots
AI coding agents put internal screenshots from more than 300 organizations on public GitHub. No model broke. The agents used permissions no…
How to model multi-tenant B2B apps with WorkOS organizations
Map WorkOS organizations to your customers, keep workspaces in your own database, and handle org switching, cross-tenant guests and interna…
Microsoft Digital Defense Report 2026: What it means for sign-in
Microsoft calls identity "the primary control plane for defense." If you sell to enterprises, your sign-in page is part of that control pla…
The Pulse: new trend of building “internal vibe-coding apps” at tech companies
Also: do us engineers truly enjoy ‘hard problems’, or do we really just want to solve those which attract promotions, new open models launc…
How Software Boundaries Are The Most Important Skill for Developers
In this article, we’ll learn some key strategies that can help a developer make the right boundary-related decisions for the systems they a…
Code Quality Never Changes – Or Is AI Challenging This Notion?
This post was adapted from Kai Schmithuesen’s talk at JetBrains Game Development Day 2026. See the full video presentation and Q&A below, o…
Run incident response in your FedRAMP High environment
Run paging, incident coordination, and response automation for sensitive federal workloads with Datadog Incident Response.
Define user actions on your web app with visual labeling in Product Analytics
Learn how to label autocaptured web actions in Datadog Product Analytics without code changes, then reuse those definitions across behavior…
Skip sending request bodies to Routing Middleware
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Technological Sovereignty Requires Choice, Skills, and Support, Panelists Say During OSS EU
European organisations can enhance their technological sovereignty by developing credible alternatives and acquiring necessary skills, rath…
A green exit code is not evidence that the work happened
Agents don't build trust for another reason, structurally worse than the first. It isn't only that the tool keeps changing shape. It's that…
Introducing Warm Agents, a TeamCity Plugin
Waiting on “waiting for a starting agent” is a special kind of annoying when you just want your PR tests to run. It stings most when a quic…
Popular AI leaderboard Arena nearly doubles valuation to $3.1B valuation in 10 months
The company behind the popular LMArena leaderboard has raised $200 million led by Lightspeed and Khosla, and is now measuring AI models on…
Blinkit leads quick commerce in product availability, Flipkart Minutes ranks second: Bernstein
Eternal's quick commerce arm Blinkit has emerged as the leader in product availability among India's major quick-commerce platforms, with a…
DailyObjects raises Rs 332 Cr in Series C round led by Xponentia, Anicut, Axiom Asia
Design-led lifestyle-tech brand DailyObjects has raised Rs 332 crore (nearly $35 million) in a Series C funding round led by Xponentia Capi…
Centre Rejects Elon Musk’s Claim On Starlink, Says Satcom Rules Non-Discriminatory
The Centre has rejected SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s allegation that unnamed oligarchs are blocking Starlink’s launch in India, saying the…
Google Cloud names Amit Kumar interim India head after Sreedharan exit
Google Cloud has appointed Amit Kumar as the interim head of its India operations following the departure of Sashikumar Sreedharan, who is…
5 days to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Don’t pay more at the door for your pass
The global tech ecosystem gathers at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 at San Francisco’s Moscone West on October 13-15. Get your pass now to save up…
Exclusive: Gudea Lands $7M To Predict Which Online Narratives Will Go Viral
Gudea has raised $7 million in seed funding, co-led by Mudita Venture Partners and Silicon Road Ventures, to help companies anticipate whic…
Vesta raises $30M to bring swarms of agents to mortgage lenders
Vesta, an AI-native software startup that helps lenders originate mortgages, announced a $30 million round led by Conversion Capital.
Europe Posted Its Strongest Quarter In Q3 In 4 Years, As Its Venture Ecosystem Expands Beyond The UK
European startup funding reached $25 billion last quarter, well above the $14 billion invested in Q3 2025 and up slightly from the $24 bill…
A startup founder who served time in prison is looking to court an untapped market: ex-cons
Richard Bronson, a former Stratton Oakmont partner who served time in federal prison for securities violations, has launched Commissary Clu…
Hear from Ambrosia Energy and Bloom Energy execs on where the AI infrastructure boom is creating opportunity at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
Ambrosia Energy CEO Ben Longmier and Bloom Energy SVP Bill Thayer join the Smart Systems Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt. Register now to save…
VinFast Signs Deals To Set Up 50 E-Motorcycle Showrooms Across India
With an eye on entering the homegrown electric two-wheeler (E2W) market, Vietnamese EV maker VinFast has signed letters of intent…
Cal AI’s 19-year-old founder just raised $10M for his new AI startup
Zach Yadegari, the teen co-founder of popular Cal AI calorie tracking app, has launched a new personal AI agent startup that competes with…
GST Council removes arrest powers, raises prosecution threshold to Rs 5 Cr
The GST Council has recommended a series of changes to simplify compliance for businesses and reduce the involvement of tax officials. The…
NABVENTURES Marks First Close Of ₹1,500 Cr Fund At ₹450 Cr
NABVENTURES, the venture capital arm of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), has announced the first close…
Leonardo DiCaprio backs Swedish energy firm Elvy
Govt To Release Consultation Paper On AI Regulation: Vaishnaw
Amid growing uncertainties over AI’s utilisation and its prospects, union IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that the government is working…
D2C Lifestyle Brand DailyObjects Raises ₹332 Cr To Expand Offline Presence
D2C lifestyle startup DailyObjects has raised ₹332 Cr ($34.3 Mn) in a Series C funding round co-led by Xponentia Capital…
Miko Maker Inner Sky Labs Unveils Foundation Models For Physical AI
AI startup Inner Sky Labs, the maker of children’s companion robots under the Miko brand, has launched a suite of…
Meet The Startups That Won The Ericsson Innovation Challenge 2026
At the India Mobile Congress 2026, telecom and network infrastructure company Ericsson unveiled the winners of its flagship startup competi…
Palash Arneja takes charge as Founder and CEO of Sorry Sugar
Zero-added-sugar beverage brand Sorry Sugar has appointed Palash Arneja as its Founder and CEO. Arneja had earlier incubated the brand with…
Pet food startup TailBlaze Longevity raises pre-seed funding
Pet food startup TailBlaze Longevity has raised $300K in a pre-seed funding round led by US-based VC firm Comma Capital. The startup was al…
Tanglin Venture leads Rs 16.1 Cr seed round in debt resolution platform Credfix
AI-first debt resolution platform Credfix has raised Rs 16.1 crore in a seed funding round led by Tanglin Venture Partners, with participat…
Desible.ai Raises ₹32 Cr To Build AI Operating Layer For BFSI
Voice AI startup Desible.ai has raised ₹32 Cr (around $3.7 Mn) in a seed funding round led by Prime Venture…
Pine Labs, Paytm, MobiKwik Shares Slide Amid Reports Of UPI MDR Delay
Update| October 8, 2026, 16:54 IST Shares of Paytm ended today’s trading session 5.4% lower at ₹1,640 apiece on the…
PM Modi Calls For Global Framework To Tackle Cyber Fraud
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged global tech companies, financial institutions and telecom operators to collaborate and form a compre…
Med-tech startup Sunfox Technologies raises $7 Mn in Series A round
Sunfox Technologies, the Dehradun-based medtech company behind the Spandan portable ECG platform, has raised $7 million (approx. Rs 67 cror…
Tell HN: I've been paying for a rural Tanzanian's education for 10 years
Ten years ago I was 19 and traveling through East Africa, and I spent a summer in Ibumila, a village in the Njombe highlands of Tanzania. T…
Whistle: Speech to Text in 16.9 MB
“Math 2.0” will need to value mathematical progress more holistically
SpaceX calls for better coordination in orbit after near-misses with Starlink
"These led to conjunctions of tens of meters to hundreds of meters. Way too close to comfort."
US suspends Microsoft, major IT firms from key green card program
Show HN: Making a flexible "neon" t-shirt with LED filaments
I gave Opus 5.5 one prompt and six hours to visualize Invisible Cities
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Anthropic launches free AI security scans for open-source projects
Anthropic's offering to help open-source projects track down security vulnerabilities with a new service called OSS Scanner. It says open-s…
Beauty in DVD Menus
SpaceX announces plan to become a ‘major mobile carrier’
SpaceX has acquired a portfolio of low-band spectrum licenses - a move the company says "will pave the way" for its Starlink Mobile service…
AMD will bring FSR 4 to handhelds by the end of 2026
It's already possible to get AMD's framerate-enhancing FSR 4 boost on handhelds as old as the Steam Deck - but in June, AMD reserved the ri…
Apple will reportedly debut its first touchscreen MacBook in three weeks
Apple is set to introduce a new MacBook Pro with a touchscreen and an updated iPad Mini "on or around" October 27th, Bloomberg reports. If…
Man discovers his parents' coffee machine used 1TB of data in 10 days
Microsoft’s new Windows Search is exactly what Windows 11 needs
Windows Search has been one of the most frustrating parts of Windows 11, and now Microsoft is addressing this with a significant overhaul.…
Tim Cook says ‘I’m not meddling’ in the new Apple CEO’s business
Tim Cook stepped down as Apple CEO in September, handing over the top job to former hardware chief John Ternus and taking an executive chai…
Amazon's new Alexa Tablets drop the Fire branding but are more Android than ever
Amazon killed its app store, so Google Play it is.
Amazon builds 1,000th satellite, will launch space internet service by end of year
"If this was easy, everybody else would be doing it."
ADHD as a circadian rhythm disorder: evidence and implications for chronotherapy (2025)
Nvidia's big bet on physical AI aims for safer robotaxis, humanoid robots
Full-stack safety solution for physical AI is being used by robotics companies.
The value of not getting to the point (2015)
Anne Carson wins Nobel Prize in literature 2026
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I hired an illustrator to draw my house. Now it's my Home Assistant dashboard
The people holding up the internet
New gTLD Application for .lan
Microsoft event debuts new AI-friendly hardware and Windows changes
Get ready for more AI in your Windows and more AI on the desktop.
Classic PC demoscene productions running natively in the browser
OLED burn-in test: 30-month update
Zerobrew: A faster alternative to Homebrew
US man given prison sentence for bot-farming music streams
US plans livestream of execution by firing squad
The United States' execution of the Fort Hood shooter will be livestreamed, anonymous officials from the Defense Department told the BBC an…
Judge weighs if Trump can charge $100K for early access to Truth Social posts
Judge questioned if Trump delaying access to Truth Social posts by a second harms the press.
Trump Mobile hack and apparent lack of FCC authorization raise security alarms
After hack and data breach, senator asks why Trump Mobile lacks some FCC filings.
Feds get ready to rewrite car headlight rules
Reducing glare and allowing modern light technologies will be two goals.
RIP Margaret Hamilton, whose code saved the Apollo 11 Moon landing
Hamilton also coined the term "software engineering" and founded two successful software companies.
California is trying to shut down robot vs. human cage matches
The California State Athletic Commission sent a cease-and-desist letter to a startup that hosted a match between a human and a robot last m…
Let's Encrypt cuts certificate lifetimes to 64 days starting February 2027
Free SSL/TLS certificate lifetimes reduce to 64 days in February.
ICE detainees in Georgia used the facility’s video calling software to expose the conditions inside
Four men detained at an ICE detention center in rural Georgia used the facility's video conferencing software to expose both the conditions…
Driver wins $76 after ALPR led to bogus traffic stop, drug searches
RFK Jr. unveils sweeping federal initiative to find evidence of vaccine injuries
"[T]he Trump-RFK Jr. anti-vax agenda keeps getting more corrupt and dangerous."
Paramount is making a Cyberpunk 2077 film
Cyberpunk 2077 is heading to the big screen. Deadline reports that CD Projekt Red's popular sci-fi video game franchise is being adapted in…
An experimental tour-de-force: Entanglement between glass bead and light
Getting a glass bead to act like a quantum object by entangling it with light.
Jaguar Type 01 debuts; now, no one remembers the electric Ferrari
Car design sure riles people up on the Internet these days. Goes double for EVs.
Trade group crunches numbers on Trump’s impossible push for 100% US-made tech
Trump's aggressive reshoring push could cost tech firms $230 billion, CTA estimates.
Internal files add to evidence of an ExxonMobil climate deception campaign
Court filings reveal new details about Exxon's decades of internal climate deliberations.