Andreessen Horowitz is launching an ‘academy’ with no homework and partnerships with Palantir, Google, and Meta
Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is creating an "academy" positioned as a pipeline for young people to build or join a Silicon Valley startup. The "Horowitz Andreessen Academy" will launch with 10 partners, including Anduril, Anthropic, Coinbase, Google, Meta, NVIDIA, OpenAI, Palantir, Replit, and Stripe, along with $42 million in funding led by a16z.
Why it matters: A product or market move worth tracking for its downstream effect on how people adopt AI.
Anthropic’s biolab made a discovery it’s comparing to Crispr
Anthropic says its AI Claude has "autonomously discovered" a new enzyme system similar to machinery behind the powerful gene-editing tool Crispr. It's the first result from Anthropic's newly-launched wet lab and an early test of Claude's usefulness for science as the company prepares to go public. The company says Claude found the enzyme system after
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New Anthropic, OpenAI models make same promise: A little more for a lot less money
The frontier AI model race has entered its comparison shopping phase.
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OpenAI launches GPT-6 Sol and Luna, boasting lower cost and fewer mistakes
OpenAI is launching two new models, which it says are cut from the same cloth as Astra.
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Anthropic says its biology lab has already found something big
But maybe the biggest reveal is that Anthropic has not let Claude run lose in its biology lab. Humans are still, so far, in the loop.
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Meta is making Muse more powerful and will let you video chat with it, too
Meta is quickly iterating on its new Muse AI agent, announcing a bunch of updates today that make the bot more capable and able to chat with you in more ways. Muse agents are getting their own email addresses that they can use for accomplishing tasks. You'll also be able to communicate with your Muse
Why it matters: Useful for teams deciding how to make agents reliable outside a demo.
Anthropic launches Claude Opus 5.5 with stricter safeguards for cybersecurity
Anthropic says its new Claude Opus 5.5 model comes with stronger safeguards in the wake of recent rogue AI hacking incidents. In an announcement on Tuesday, Anthropic says Opus 5.5 comes with improvements to certain risky behaviors, including attempts to escape the company's testing sandbox. It's the first model released by Anthropic after CEO Dario
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Google confirms Gemini models hacked three companies in May 2026
A third-party cybersecurity firm accidentally gave experimental Gemini models access to the Internet.
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Meta patches Muse exploit that let attackers control the AI agent
Meta has issued a patch for its Muse macOS app following the discovery of a zero-day vulnerability that could allow someone to take control of the AI agent. The bug found by security researcher Patrick Wardle utilized an undocumented Muse setting that enabled potential attackers running local code to redirect transcription processing from Meta's servers
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