Sources: Mark Zuckerberg is back to writing code after a two-decade hiatus, submitting three diffs to Meta's monorepo, and is a heavy user of Claude Code CLI
Mark Zuckerberg and Garry Tan join the trend of C-level folks jumping back into coding with AI. Also: a bad week for Claude Code and GitHub, and more
YC's Garry Tan launches “Garry's List”, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting “moderate/pragmatic” political candidates and pro-growth policies in California
New operation is part-PAC, part-blog, part incubator for Silicon Valley politics — and latest entry in big-money network
Margit Wennmachers, who has shaped a16z's marketing approach since joining in 2010, is stepping down and “graduating” from operating partner to partner emeritus
they're hiring some talented and influential people. Gina Bianchini / @ginab : @wennmachers @a16z You were impressive the first time Liz Hamren introduced us. You seemed like a natural introduction to...
Deckmatch research of ~5,000 YC-backed startups finds YC commonly accepts startups that are building similar or nearly identical products to previous YC grads
Julie Bort / TechCrunch : X: @garrytan , @leofjord , @eagleonamound , and @ayushswrites LinkedIn: Julie Bort and Léopold Gasteen X: Garry Tan / @garrytan : More choice is good, people building is goo...
A profile of YC Head of Public Policy Luther Lowe, who led a California pressure campaign against AI safety bill SB 1047 and aims to fight for “little tech”
a company largely staffed by those wanting to pause AGI development unless they're leading it—claims regulating by use case doesn't work, despite big tech already proving it to be effective. Sorry, @A...
Abel, founded by Daniel Francis, or @growing_daniel on X, to build AI that uses body cam footage and other data to fill out police reports, raised a $5M seed
Margaux MacColl / TechCrunch : X: @garrytan . LinkedIn: Masha Bucher X: Garry Tan / @garrytan : Super proud of what @growing_daniel is making with Abel Police. Definitely has been my honor to work wi...
YC is lobbying in Washington to support “Little Tech” over concerns that AI regulations meant to head off harms will instead help Big Tech maintain its lead
which is great, but how do you Lindsay Amos / @lindsayaamos : “Everyone overestimates what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can do in 10,” @garrytan said. “That's true for startups,...
YC is lobbying in Washington to support “Little Tech” over concerns that AI regulations meant to head off harms will instead help Big Tech maintain its lead
Venture capital firms are bringing San Francisco's startup culture to Washington as they try to tip the regulatory scales away from giants in the sector. X: @typewriters , @gilduran76 , @lindsayaamos ...
A look at the trademark dispute over the name AGI House between two rival hacker houses, one in Hillsborough and the other in Twin Peaks in the Bay Area
to centralize power & capital. SF wants AGI Houses to blossom across the world to usher in the global intelligence age. Noah Smith / @noahpinion : This explains why whenever anyone asks me if I know A...
A profile of YC's Garry Tan, whose combative online persona has sparked controversies as he tries to shift SF politics from idealistic progressivism to centrism
discussing his increasing local political presence just as Demo Day is about to kick off in the city. 🎁 https://www.nytimes.com/... Mastodon: Glenn Fleishman / @glennf@twit.social : My life likely tu...