this feels like less a trend and just something we expect… but q1 had a lot of launches that overlapped with recent startups i've seen: – codex desktop for running parallel – managed agents by claude and agents sdk upgrades
– codex security for reviewing code and security
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Q1 AI Launches: Codex, Claude Agents, and Security Tools
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Q1 2025 AI Trends: Coding Models and Autonomous Agents Rise
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feels like forever ago, but had to include openclaw in q1 trends coding models improved greatly in Q4 of 2025, early jan was ppl running claude codes in parallel, and clawdbot blew up late jan models improvement + own computer (mac mini) + channel agnostic communication led to
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Quarterly AI Trends Session Shared with LPs
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we held our quarterly AI session with LPs last week where we go over ai trends and our experiments sharing an abbreviated version here for anyone interested
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Behavioral Auth Layer for Deterministic Agent Policy Blocking
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this is exactly what tools like @denieddotdev was built for (behavioral auth) some agent behavior should be deterministically blocked by a separate policy layer, not via prompt instructions reach out to @p_valfre for help w this stuff
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Plan Agent Objectives Before Prototyping with Claude or ChatGPT
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think through your objectives of the agent w claude/chatgpt first, and then ask it to prototype it
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Missing Verifiers: Key Primitive for Autonomous AI Agents
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feels like we have all the primitives for building powerful autonomous agent model
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Hermes Agent Reaches 120K Stars, 10x Growth in a Month
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congrats to hermes agent for reaching 120k+ stars (10x in a month since here)
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China Blocks Meta Acquisition of Manus AI Agent
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China is blocking the Manus acquisition by Meta. A few things stand out: – China has historically been more opaque and less public in restricting foreign acquisitions of Chinese tech assets, while the US (CFIUS) has been more explicit and aggressive (e.g. Lattice)
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Benchmarking AI Agents Through Video Game Performance
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benchmarking agents by their ability to play video games
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Interactive Generative Video Technology Transforms Website Experience
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this looks like a website but it’s an interactive generative video 🫨 https://t.co/BIAxz5ryJk
— Yohei (@yoheinakajima) 22 avril 2026this looks like a website but it’s an interactive generative video