News•Dec 24, 2025
Keystone (YC S25) Is Hiring Engineer #1 to Automate Coding
Keystone, a Y Combinator‑backed startup, is hiring its first engineer to build an AI‑native error‑monitoring platform that automatically diagnoses production issues and generates code fixes. The company raised a $5.2 million seed round from prominent venture firms and industry founders. The role offers a $150K‑$300K salary, 0.5%‑3% equity, and full‑stack responsibilities using TypeScript, React, Python, Postgres, Redis, and AWS. Candidates will work directly with founder Pablo Hansen to shape product direction and culture.
By Hacker News
News•Dec 24, 2025
Can Teacher Wisdom Steer the AI Transition in Education?
Artificial intelligence is rapidly entering K‑12 classrooms, sparking concerns about equitable access and the risk of widening the digital divide. DonorsChoose, which serves 90% of U.S. public schools, reports a surge in AI‑related funding requests, climbing from roughly 600 last...
By Fast Company AI
News•Dec 24, 2025
This AI Paper From Stanford and Harvard Explains Why Most ‘Agentic AI’ Systems Feel Impressive in Demos and Then Completely...
The Stanford‑Harvard paper "Adaptation of Agentic AI" introduces a unified, mathematically grounded framework for tuning agentic AI systems that combine large language models with planning, tool‑use, and memory modules. It categorizes adaptation into four paradigms based on whether the target...
By MarkTechPost
News•Dec 24, 2025
Snowflake Reportedly Seeking to Acquire Observability Startup Observe for $1B
Snowflake is in advanced talks to acquire observability startup Observe for roughly $1 billion, marking its largest startup purchase to date. Observe’s platform, built on Snowflake’s cloud data warehouse, uses a proprietary OPAL query language to deliver time‑aware telemetry analysis and...
By SiliconANGLE
News•Dec 24, 2025
WordPress Plugin: A To-Do List That Finally Lives Where the Work Happens
The WP To‑Do Dashboard Widget is a lightweight WordPress plugin that places a task list directly on the admin dashboard, keeping site‑maintenance items front‑and‑center. It supports user assignment, due dates, priority levels, and stores tasks as a private custom post...
By Martech Zone Interviews
Social•Dec 24, 2025
AI Agents Give Small Businesses Fortune‑500 Capabilities
The corollary is that because of AI agents, every small business and entrepreneur now has the resources of a Fortune 500 at their disposal. Technology has always been about producing more abundance and better access to a given resource. We’ve...
By Aaron Levie
Social•Dec 24, 2025
Image Processing Returns Images; Vision Extracts Information
🖼️ Image Processing vs Computer Vision Image processing = image in, image out Filtering, enhancement, JPEG compression — the output is still an image. 👁️ Computer vision = image in, information out Face recognition, car counting, object detection — the output is knowledge. Even when...
By Satya Mallick
News•Dec 24, 2025
AI-Created Ransomware and NFC Attacks Lead the Surge in New Cyberattacks - Here's How You Can Stay Safe This Holidays
ESET’s new threat report reveals PromptLock, the first ransomware that uses generative AI to create and run malicious Lua scripts on the fly, dramatically simplifying attack development. The ransomware can scan, exfiltrate, encrypt, or destroy data based on AI‑driven decisions,...
By TechRadar
Social•Dec 24, 2025
Improving HubSpot's Core Boosts 270k Companies
These are kinds of things that delight customers (and founders). When a core part of HubSpot gets better, 270k companies benefit.
By Dharmesh Shah
Social•Dec 24, 2025
AI Knows Me Better than Anyone, Even My Wife
While people are worried about their privacy I am on the other side. Grok knows me very deeply. And can predict whether I would like something. Or even tell you how I think. Which means my wife can use it to buy...
By Robert Scoble
News•Dec 24, 2025
Key Workforce Trends to Watch in 2026
In 2026 the workplace is being reshaped by three intersecting forces: AI‑augmented workflows that could generate $2.9 trillion in U.S. economic value, a rapid shift toward skills‑first hiring and upskilling, and a stagnant labor market that leaves new graduates facing tougher...
By Fast Company AI
Social•Dec 24, 2025
LinkedIn Bans AI SDR Spam, Proving Quantity Fails
The AI SDR model just got its death sentence. LinkedIn banned Artisan (raised $35m) and their entire leadership team - for spamming the platform into oblivion. Let that sink in. This isn’t some scrappy startup getting slapped. This is a...
By Amos Joseph
News•Dec 24, 2025
Show HN: A Local-First, Reversible PII Scrubber for AI Workflows
Tom Jordi Ruesch announced the open‑source release of Bridge Anonymization, a TypeScript library that enables reversible, local‑first PII masking for AI translation pipelines. The tool combines fast regex patterns with a quantized ONNX NER model to detect both structured and...
By Hacker News
News•Dec 24, 2025
Bigtincan: An AI-Powered Revenue Enablement Platform for Modern Sales Teams
Bigtincan offers an AI‑powered revenue enablement platform that consolidates content management, sales readiness, buyer engagement, and analytics into a single system. The recent integration of Showpad’s capabilities deepens its content activation and intelligence features. Serving more than 2,000 sales organizations,...
By Martech Zone Interviews
News•Dec 24, 2025
Report: OpenAI May Embed Sponsored Content Directly Into ChatGPT Responses
OpenAI is actively prototyping ways to embed sponsored content directly into ChatGPT answers, including woven‑into‑response ads and sidebar placements. Internal mockups show both immediate product recommendations and post‑click suggestions for travel or retail queries. The company is also exploring the...
By THE DECODER
News•Dec 24, 2025
Waymo Is Testing Gemini as an In-Car AI Assistant in Its Robotaxis
Waymo is piloting Google’s Gemini chatbot as an in‑car AI assistant for its robotaxis, revealed through a 1,200‑line system prompt. The assistant is designed to answer rider queries, manage cabin functions such as climate, lighting and music, and personalize greetings...
By TechCrunch AI
News•Dec 24, 2025
New MacSync macOS Stealer Uses Signed App to Bypass Apple Gatekeeper
Researchers uncovered a new macOS stealer, MacSync, delivered via a digitally signed and notarized Swift application masquerading as a messenger installer. The signed DMG bypasses Apple Gatekeeper and XProtect, allowing the dropper to execute an encoded script after user interaction....
By The Hacker News
News•Dec 24, 2025
ServiceNow: Latest News and Insights
ServiceNow announced a $7.75 billion cash acquisition of cybersecurity firm Armis, cementing its aggressive push into security and AI‑driven automation. The deal follows earlier moves to buy identity‑security startup Veza and AI chatbot provider Moveworks, expanding the company’s AI agent ecosystem....
By CIO.com
Social•Dec 24, 2025
Consequences Hide at Scale Until Speed Exposes Them
Most leadership arguments are framed as disagreements about priorities or execution. They’re usually disagreements about where consequence lives. At early stages, consequence is obvious. Decisions land on the people who make them. At scale, consequence spreads, and the system keeps working well...
By Hiten Shah
Social•Dec 24, 2025
Create Your Own 2025 AI Wrapped with Free Template
🥁 I present to you: my very own 2025 AI Wrapped. ChatGPT made one, but unfortunately business accounts can’t use it, so I went ahead and made a new one for all of us to fill out and share. My...
By Allie Miller
News•Dec 24, 2025
Sony’s Souped-Up PlayStation 5 Pro Is $100 Off for the Rest of Today
Sony is offering a $100 discount on its PlayStation 5 Pro, reducing the price to roughly $689.99 from $749.99 until December 25 at 3 AM ET. The Pro model, the most powerful PS5 variant, features a larger GPU, 2 TB of SSD storage,...
By The Verge
Social•Dec 24, 2025
Second Product Demands Its Own Dedicated Sales Team
Biggest challenge with rolling out a second product: Sales will sell whatever is easiest to sell A second product needs a second sales team maybe even from Day 01
By Jason Lemkin
Social•Dec 24, 2025
LinkedIn Ads Boost Hiring Reach at Low Cost
We’re comfortable using LinkedIn ads to reach customers, but many teams hesitate to use them for hiring. After running a few job ads, it became clear that paid distribution works for talent too. You’re not going to hire your next executive...
By Eric Siu
News•Dec 24, 2025
Half of UK Novelists Believe AI Is Likely to Replace Their Work Entirely
A Cambridge‑led survey of 258 UK novelists and industry insiders reveals that 51% fear AI could fully replace their work, with 59% reporting unauthorized use of their writing to train models and 39% already seeing income losses. While a third...
By AIhub
Social•Dec 24, 2025
Real Growth Comes From Pipeline, Not Pageviews
After working with 100+ B2B SaaS teams, I’ve heard many horror stories about their past agencies. What most agencies think: - Growth means more traffic, more MQLs,… - Specialization is optional. - Juniors can handle the work. - You’ll see...
By devbasu
Social•Dec 24, 2025
Make Your Bio Searchable, Not Fancy
Most bios fail because they sound fancy, not searchable. Your bio should tell humans and the algorithm exactly who you are. Use keywords like: • What you do • Who you help • Where you’re based This is how your profile gets found, not just followed. Save...
By Sorav Jain
News•Dec 24, 2025
Italy Tells Meta to Suspend Its Policy that Bans Rival AI Chatbots From WhatsApp
Italy’s competition regulator (AGCM) has ordered Meta to suspend a new policy that bars rival AI chatbots from being offered via WhatsApp’s business API. The move follows an investigation that found the policy could abuse Meta’s dominant position and restrict...
By TechCrunch Apps
Social•Dec 24, 2025
Maximize B2B Influencer & Creator Activations: A Primer
If you want a great primer on how your B2B brand can maximize influencer and creator activations, here you go:
By Lee Odden
Blog•Dec 24, 2025
Video Wednesday
On November 20, 2020, Verb and Johnson & Johnson unveiled OTTAVA, a six‑armed robotic platform designed for advanced medical procedures. The robot combines high‑precision articulation with integrated imaging to automate complex tasks in surgery and diagnostics. Early prototypes demonstrate simultaneous multi‑tool handling, reducing procedure...
By SurgRob
Social•Dec 24, 2025
From Math to Production: Free AI/ML Roadmap
Free AI/ML learning roadmap: Math → ML/DL → specialization → production. Stats/Linear Alg/Calc: Khan Academy, 3Blue1Brown Practice: Kaggle Learn Core ML: Coursera ML, scikit-learn DL: https://t.co/3GoV9EQdTl, https://t.co/KVrK96vt4H Frameworks: PyTorch/TensorFlow/Keras NLP/LLMs: Hugging Face course CV: OpenCV RL: OpenAI Spinning Up Prod: FastAPI, Streamlit, MLOps guide Build skills that ship. #AI #ML #MLOps #LLM
By Giuliano Liguori
News•Dec 24, 2025
A New Framework for Keeping AI Accountable
A University of Waterloo research team unveiled the Social Responsibility Stack (SRS), a six‑layer framework that embeds societal values directly into AI system design and treats accountability as a continuous control problem. The stack translates abstract ethics such as fairness...
By AI Accelerator Institute
Social•Dec 24, 2025
Profitable Startups Hold Real Acquisition Leverage in 2026
If you are a profitable startup, you have the only leverage that actually matters in an acquisition in 2026. You don't need to sell. This means you can walk away from bad terms or lowball offers without hesitating. Buyers can smell...
By Andrew Gazdecki
Social•Dec 24, 2025
Plan Q1 Budget Now, Stop Reactive Marketing Chaos
December is expensive. But the real cost hits in January — when you realize you never built a real Q1 budget. Personally, December means: holidays, travel, gifts, year-end spending. In business: bonuses, taxes, renewals — and sometimes client losses or...
By Krista Mollion
News•Dec 24, 2025
In 2025, AI Became a Lightning Rod for Gamers and Developers
In 2025 generative AI moved from experimental prototypes to mainstream video‑game releases, appearing in titles hailed as game of the year. Major publishers such as Ubisoft, EA, and Microsoft announced partnerships with AI firms to generate dialogue, NPC behavior, and...
By The Verge
Social•Dec 24, 2025
Adaptability Beats Loyalty: Consistent Value Drives AI Growth
In a rapidly shifting AI market, adaptability is the real competitive advantage: users may move, but those who deliver consistent value continue to grow. Infographic by @StatistaCharts via @antgrasso #ChatGPT #AI #GenAI https://t.co/pEcGtUrVxT
By Antonio Grasso
Social•Dec 24, 2025
SpaceX Unveils Starship V3 Super Heavy Rocket
Starship V3 Super Heavy Rocket https://t.co/NyXbLMG6XQ
By Elon Musk
Social•Dec 24, 2025
AI Safety Firm's Bot Chooses Letting Humans Die
would an ai save you? ironic/scary that when it comes to self-preservation or saving a human, the ai built by the ai safety company opts to let you die
By Nathan Benaich
Social•Dec 24, 2025
Agentic Search: Adaptive Retrieval Loop Merges Retrieval with Reasoning
Agentic search = adaptive retrieval loop: 1. Analyze intent 2. Build queries dynamically (not templates) 3. Route across collections/sources 4. Evaluate relevance 5. Iterate until sufficient 6. Generate answer w/ context It’s retrieval + reasoning, repeated. #AgenticAI #RAG #LLM
By Giuliano Liguori
Social•Dec 24, 2025
Surprised Okta Skipped Their Year‑In‑Review
I’m actually surprised Okta didn’t do a “your year wrapped” https://t.co/EqJOiQsIGv
By Des Traynor
Social•Dec 24, 2025
Automate Team Meetings with ChatGPT: From Questions to Gantt
we did something similar at @untappedvc queued up chatgpt to create questions we talked through as a team, uploaded transcription of the meeting to generate a plan, converted it into a gantt chart, and then we do monthly meetings to talk...
By Yohei Nakajima
Social•Dec 24, 2025
Startups Now Dictate the Standards for Incumbents
This is how it used to be between startups and incumbents. Now the smallest player can shape the environment the incumbent is judged inside. https://t.co/R7sbpfhGV0
By Hiten Shah
Social•Dec 24, 2025
Turning Mergers Into Synergy: 1+1=3
1 + 1 = 3: Successfully Navigating Post-Merger Integrations https://t.co/Qwfo9TA8XC via @TTCapPartners #mergers https://t.co/S4PM5RoY6m
By Tom Pick
Social•Dec 24, 2025
Cold Emailing VCs Succeeds at Seed Stage
Yes, cold email to VCs works. Especially at Seed and earlier -> https://t.co/ibiQ9FIQyV
By Jason Lemkin
Social•Dec 24, 2025
AI Hype Fades; Subscriptions Drop After Brief Wow
“A lot of AI products get tried because they’re the cool new thing. People sign up, poke around, feel the wow moment, tell a friend, maybe even pay for a month or two. Then real life kicks in and the...
By Paul Roetzer
Social•Dec 24, 2025
Holiday Ads with Highest Emotional Impact Reveal Marketing Lessons
Data reveals which holiday ads drove the strongest emotional impact, and what marketers can learn from the season’s top performers. https://t.co/ZMW35tsYg4 via @gregjarboe, @sejournal
By Tom Pick
Social•Dec 24, 2025
Target the Right Audience for Sustainable Business Growth
How Connecting With the Right Audience Drives Long-Term Business Success - https://t.co/ukxxf9dfeo - https://t.co/VUA6vOtz0B by James Dooley
By John Hall
Social•Dec 24, 2025
Kling AI Outshines Runway and WAN 2.2 Animate
Honestly impressed by how far @Kling_ai has come. Side-by-side with Runway and WAN 2.2 Animate, Kling AI clearly leaves them in the dust 🤯 You can try the new Kling AI here: → https://t.co/I5igcgy22u https://t.co/OkjK52PGS9
By Data Chaz
Social•Dec 24, 2025
Amazon Must Aggressively Own AI Commerce Future
“Amazon’s rapid evolution in its view of AI-powered commerce underscores how quickly online retail is changing, and the risks the company faces if it doesn’t act aggressively to maintain control over its future.”
By Paul Roetzer