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AI-generated software is forcing yet another platform rethink
AI-written code is outpacing security controls, pushing platform teams toward AI bills of materials, runtime shields and faster, patchable platforms today.

Shipping code without human verification
Discover how automated verification allows engineering teams to safely ship AI-generated code without human review bottlenecks.

Designing APIs for agents
Learn how Webflow redesigned its APIs for AI agents, moving from endpoint wrapping to intent-driven Model Context Protocol design.

The 24-hour experiment that helped Anthropic find its identity
Anthropic's head of product explains why eval suites replaced PRDs, how coding became a strategic priority, and what small teams can unlock at the AI frontier.

Modus’s operandi: To give AI agents just the right amount of context
Modus has emerged from stealth with $10 million to build a context warehouse that gives AI agents only the enterprise information they need.

Mate Security bets a context-first AI architecture can reinvent the SOC as it lands $35M Series A
Mate Security’s Security Context Graph gives AI agents richer enterprise context as the startup raises $35M to challenge copilot-led security operations in the SOC.


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Why your company should (try to) build its own AI SRE

Agentic coding tools are shipping more code than any human can fully understand, and when something breaks, your SREs are stuck debugging systems they didn't build. Sam Farid and Nate Heinrich of Chronosphere spoke to The New Stack about why the fix isn't buying an AI SRE off the shelf; it's building your own first, and why even a company that sells AI SRE products is telling you to try the DIY route before theirs.

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TNS quote of the week

"Sending routine work to a smaller [AI] model is the obvious next step that most enterprises still fail to take."

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