Adjacent Vector is a VC dashboard built by Paul. It aggregates portfolio and fund performance from public and private sources. The data is continuously updated in one place.
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Tool: Adjacent Vector dashboard
Feature: Continuous updates of performance data from public and private sources
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PiccardScience founded, raises pre‑seed round led by FirstMarkCap
PiccardScience is a new startup focused on Physical AI for ocean robotics. It announced that it has raised a pre‑seed funding round led by FirstMarkCap. The founder mentions personal inspiration from Jacques Cousteau and David Attenborough.
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Funding: pre‑seed round led by FirstMarkCap.
Focus: Physical AI for ocean robotics.
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Reflection AI launches Beam model
Reflection AI announced its first model, Beam. The company says Beam outperforms leading Western open models. CEO Misha Laskin made the performance claim.
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Launch: Reflection AI’s first model is named Beam.
Claim: CEO Misha Laskin says Beam outperforms leading Western open models.
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- Original post
- Linked resource - Linked in the post
Vibecheck Hackathon Accept Decisions Sent
Vibecheck is a formal methods hackathon. The first 45 acceptance notifications have been sent. The venue can hold 75 participants and decisions will be made in batches.
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Accept notifications: first 45 sent
Venue capacity: 75 people at the @thegp office
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Minerva MCP launches in ChatGPT, Claude, Muse and adds Personas
Minerva MCP is now live in ChatGPT, Claude and Muse. Users can ask the agent about top customers and route that audience to Meta, HubSpot or Klaviyo without leaving the thread. Personas are also shipping today.
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Launch: Minerva MCP available in ChatGPT, Claude, Muse.
Feature: Send identified audience directly to Meta, HubSpot or Klaviyo from the thread.
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- Original post
- Linked resource - Linked in the post
OpenAI launches Dots always‑on AI agents
OpenAI unveiled Dots, always‑on agents with dedicated cloud computers. The agents can use browsers and connected apps to complete tasks. The post compares choosing an AI assistant to choosing a pet.
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Announcement: OpenAI unveiled Dots, always‑on agents with their own cloud computers.
Capability: Dots can use browsers and connected apps to complete tasks.
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DatologyAI releases Zephon data loader; GPU count impacts eval scores
Zephon is an open-source data loader for text and multimodal training released by DatologyAI. In tests, changing the number of GPUs altered evaluation scores by up to 0.82 points, roughly four times the selection gap.
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Tool: Zephon, an open-source data loader for text and multimodal training.
Finding: GPU count alone moved eval scores by up to 0.82 points, about 4× the gap used to choose.
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Research identifies 8 new engineering roles in Fortune 500 software postings
The research examined 47,101 software job postings from Fortune 500 companies. It discovered eight genuinely new engineering roles emerging within those postings. The roles have not been announced publicly.
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Analyzed 47,101 Fortune 500 software job postings
Found 8 new engineering roles forming inside them
