How a 24-Year-Old Founder Became a Magnet for Top AI Talent
What Changed and Why It Matters A 24-year-old Stanford PhD dropout, Carina Hong, raised a $64 million seed round and recruited top researchers out of Meta’s AI lab. Her startup,…
Coding agents go mainstream: Cursor’s valuation jolts the market
What Changed and Why It Matters Coding agents moved from curiosity to core workflow. Cursor is the poster child. Reports say the AI code editor raised billions at a near–$30B…
Why Silicon Valley is backing Balkan AI safety founders
What Changed and Why It Matters Silicon Valley is in open tension with AI safety advocates. Money, policy, and optics now shape the field as much as research. "Nearly all…