Important scoop from @LeverNews about Under Secretary of defense Emil Michael holding millions in stock in @perplexity_ai
. Here’s the disclosure the story links to, which appears to be part of the trove of documents @propublica published earlier this month.
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Defense Official’s Perplexity AI Holdings Raise Ethics Concerns
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Fast-Evolving Technology Achieving Clear Product-Market Fit
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it’s evolving fast and there’s a clear PMF
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Sakana AI Chat Release Feedback Highlights Osaka Mode Popularity
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We've received a lot of feedback since the release day, and the whole team is absolutely delighted! Thank you so much Actually, the "Osaka" mode has been more popular than expected, and it's even become a hot topic within the team (lol). http://
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Moda Launches AI-Powered Design Platform with LangSmith Integration
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Congrats @anvisha and the @trymoda team on the launch.
— LangChain (@LangChain) 25 mars 2026
Moda built a design platform that turns non-designers into design pros.
Under the hood: Deep Agents powering the design agents, with LangSmith providing the observability layer. Lots of smart context engineering in this… https://t.co/7auFmQdhiRCongrats @anvisha and the @trymoda team on the launch. Moda built a design platform that turns non-designers into design pros. Under the hood: Deep Agents powering the design agents, with LangSmith providing the observability layer. Lots of smart context engineering in this
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NVIDIA-Backed Starcloud Tests Orbital Data Centers with H100 GPU
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NVIDIA-Backed Starcloud Tests Orbital #Data Centers with H100 AI GPU in Space
— Ronald van Loon (@Ronald_vanLoon) 24 mars 2026
by @IntEngineering#SpaceTech #Tech #Technology #EmergingTech #Space pic.twitter.com/huY6Fk3TU4NVIDIA-Backed Starcloud Tests Orbital #Data Centers with H100 AI GPU in Space
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Cursor Releases Full Composer 2 Report
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OpenAI Reallocates Compute From Sora to Next Major Model
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OpenAI would have sidelined Sora not out of disinterest in video, but because the compute had to be reallocated to training its next major model. OpenAI needs to release a model significantly more powerful to catch up on its lag behind Claude.
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Snorkel Named Most Innovative AI Company by Fast Company
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Snorkel was just named one of @FastCompany’s Most Innovative AI Companies of 2026.
— Snorkel AI (@SnorkelAI) 24 mars 2026
We’re helping to design and pressure test the datasets and evaluations that make AI models and agents work in the real world.
Join us: https://t.co/crufQxnq2y pic.twitter.com/RVqMAZ01IDSnorkel was just named one of @FastCompany’s Most Innovative AI Companies of 2026. We’re helping to design and pressure test the datasets and evaluations that make AI models and agents work in the real world. Join us: snorkel.ai/join-us/
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Investor Bets $5K on Figma’s AI-Driven SaaS Future
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I just bought $5k of Figma Very bullish on SaaS adapting to AI, their stock is getting crushed rn, and @zoink isn’t gonna miss
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LangSmith for Startups Office Hours in San Francisco
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San Francisco LangSmith for Startups Office Hours Calling founders, engineers, and founding teams to join us on a Friday morning for office hours. Come ask our Head of Product, PMs and Deployed Engineers your burning agent development questions + get updates + give us your