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Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 4.5, its best AI model for coding

Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 4.5, its best AI model for coding: Anthropic says its new AI model is robust enough to build production-ready applications, rather than just prototypes. Read More

Vibe-coding startup Anything nabs a $100M valuation after hitting $2M ARR in its first two weeks: Anything raised an $11 million funding round led by Footwork. Read More

This French VC went from posting on YouTube to raising a $12M fund for Y Combinator startups: Gabriel Jarrosson, a French engineer-turned-YouTuber-turned-investor, has built his VC firm around a single filter: If it isn’t a Y Combinator company, he won’t invest in it. Read More

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