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Inside #9: When Ambition Meets Reality

Six months after launching with App Store fanfare, OpenAI pulled the plug on Sora. Plus: what ambition without follow-through looks like in AI.

Inside #8: Weekend Read

An Austrian software developer just showed us where the real value in AI might be hiding—and it's not where the billion-dollar labs think.

Inside #7: Weekend Read

When Donald Knuth says he's shocked by AI progress, you pay attention. Plus: what 'coding is solved' really means for the rest of us.

Inside #5: Users Choose Sides

After the Pentagon designated Anthropic as a supply chain risk, users started choosing sides. The consumer AI market is fragmenting.

Inside #4: Lines in the Sand

The Pentagon designated Anthropic a security risk. State, Treasury, and HHS began phasing out their products. Where AI companies draw their lines.

Inside #3: Standing Ground

Watching my own company draw a line in the sand is surreal. Anthropic vs. the Pentagon, employee solidarity, and what happens when red lines meet real consequences.

Inside #2: Coding Is Solved (Apparently)

Boris Cherny says coding is solved. What does that actually mean? Plus: Anthropic vs. the Pentagon, Claude Opus 4.5, and what happens when the constraint moves.