CrowdStrike is acquiring Fiddler AI for about $400 million and Dreadnode for about $95 million, mostly in cash. Fiddler AI helps monitor AI agents; Dreadnode is an automated security AI testing tool.
Key points
Fiddler AI acquisition price: ~$400M, mostly cash
Dreadnode acquisition price: ~$95M, mostly cash
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MIT weight-space programming, Revolut GLM-5.3 cost
MIT introduced "weight-space programming" claims and a rebuttal. Revolut self-hosts GLM-5.3 at about $0.30 per million tokens. Poisoned pretraining can backdoor CLI agents. Opus 5.5 generated permit-grade blueprints.
Key points
MIT "weight-space programming" claims + rebuttal
Revolut self-hosts GLM-5.3 at ~$0.30/M tokens
Poisoned pretraining can backdoor CLI agents
Opus 5.5 drew permit-grade blueprints
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Buy with Opendoor launches beta program in Texas
Buy with Opendoor launches beta program in Texas, letting users use Opendoor’s scale to buy any home, Opendoor’s or not. It claims users can save tens of thousands of dollars on mortgage and fees.
Key points
Beta launch in Texas
Save tens of thousands of dollars on mortgage and fees
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- Original post
- opendoor.com - Linked in the post
Fathom synthetic user testing uses 50 personas for 30-day product runs
Fathom calls LLM personas “browserbase” to run 30 simulated days in a product. Fifty customer calls become fifty personas, each with a browser that uses the product for 30 days, and features liked on day 1 or hated on day 10 are cut.
Key points
50 customer calls become 50 personas, each gets a browser and uses the product for 30 days.
Features loved on day 1 and disliked on day 10 are removed.
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Nvidia data centre policy caps China compute at 49%
Nvidia data centre policy caps China compute at 49% of total usage. Nvidia announced the rule after noting many clients rent 100% of their compute to China.
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Limit: data centre clients may not sell more than 49% of compute to Chinese customers.
Reason: Nvidia said many customers are currently renting 100% of their compute to China.
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Fiddler joins CrowdStrike to add AI observability for agents
Fiddler is joining CrowdStrike, bringing its AI observability platform as a “flight recorder” for agents. The partnership aims to improve agent safety and deployment confidence across enterprises. The announcement thanks investors, customers, partners, and advisors for eight years of support.
Key points
Partnership: Fiddler is joining CrowdStrike.
Role: Fiddler provides observability to explain exactly what an AI agent did and why.
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Wix Base44 mentioned, Squarespace staff cut 19%
Wix is noted as having Base44. A quoted tweet says Squarespace is cutting 19% of its staff.
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Wix: Base44
Squarespace: staff cut 19%
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Fiddler AI acquisition by CrowdStrike announced
Fiddler AI signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by CrowdStrike. The companies intend to turn AI understanding into confidence to put AI to work across the enterprise.
Key points
Acquisition: definitive agreement signed for CrowdStrike to acquire Fiddler AI.
Goal: turn AI understanding into confidence to deploy AI enterprise-wide.