AI - SiliconSnark

SiliconSnark robot packaged as a Nano Banana collectible toy with satirical price tag and glitchy figurines in the background.

Google’s Nano Banana Craze: From Selfie to Weird 3D Figurine in Seconds

Google’s Nano Banana AI turns selfies into collectible figurines. Fun, creepy, and weirdly addictive—here’s why the trend is everywhere.

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Microsoft and OpenAI Announce a Memorandum of Understanding, Which Is Fancy Talk for “We’ll Get Back to You Later”

Microsoft and OpenAI announced a non-binding MOU with just 47 words — here’s an 800-word snarky breakdown of what the shortest press release in tech history really means.

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Vanta AI Agent Promises to Make Risk Management Less Boring

Vanta’s new AI Agent promises to end compliance chaos, and SiliconSnark is the only place making noise about it.

SiliconSnark robot running a toll booth labeled “RSL: Pay-per-inference” while AI crawlers line up with coins.

From RSS to RSL: The Really Simple Licensing Standard Wants to Make AI Pay Rent

The RSL Standard (Really Simple Licensing) promises to turn AI content scraping into fair compensation. Or at least into the internet’s first robot toll booth.

Cartoon-style SiliconSnark robot eats alphabet soup labeled “Series K” with dollar signs rising in the background.

Deals

Databricks Hits $4B Run-Rate, $1B in AI Revenue, and a Series K That Proves Alphabet Soup Has No End

Databricks crosses $4B revenue run-rate, $1B in AI revenue, and raises a $1B Series K round at a $100B+ valuation—complete with new buzzwords, Agent Bricks and Lakebase.

Cartoon SiliconSnark robot juggling Citi AI tools over a glowing world map with 80 markets lit up.

Launch

Citi AI Expands to 80 Markets: Because Nothing Says “Innovation” Like Automating Your Expense Report

Citi AI expands to 80 global markets, promising automation, insights, and a “responsible AI-first culture.” We explain why it’s more hype than revolution.

Cartoon SiliconSnark robot lounges on cash and GPU bars, sipping Series F champagne beside a globe with country price tags and a neon $183B valuation ticker.

Anthropic’s $13B Series F Makes AI the Hottest Sovereign Wealth Fund in Town

Anthropic Bags $13B, $183B Valuation: Proof That AI Safety is the Real Unicorn

SiliconSnark robot with glowing eyes gives a keynote at Conf3rence 2025 surrounded by buzzwords like AI, Web3, and lifestyle automation.

AI Meets Lifestyle Management: Vacabee Brings Mr. Bee to Dortmund

Vacabee announces its Conf3rence 2025 debut with AI, Web3, and lifestyle buzzwords—because nothing says Labor Day like a startup PR team hard at work.

Cartoon-style SiliconSnark robot wields a glowing red lightsaber of code in a cyberpunk Death Star scene, symbolizing the dark side of vibe hacking.

Vibe Hacking: The Dark Side of the Startup Force

Vibe hacking—the dark side of startup culture—has gone mainstream this week as Anthropic’s Claude is linked to AI-powered cyberattacks, turning vibe manipulation into a real-world threat.

SiliconSnark robot laughing as glowing data streams race through futuristic Falcon SIEM pipelines.

Deals

CrowdStrike Buys to Give Your Data Pipeline Needed an Ego Boost

CrowdStrike’s acquisition of Onum promises “agentic AI SOC transformation” and real-time pipeline clairvoyance, but underneath the buzzwords it’s really a fancy funnel for logs with a marketing glow-up.

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Launch

Claude for Chrome: Anthropic Just Gave Its AI the Keys to Your Browser. What Could Go Wrong?

Anthropic’s new Claude for Chrome extension lets AI browse the web for you—but security risks, prompt injection attacks, and safety concerns raise big questions about trusting AI in your browser.

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Guides

AI in 2025: The Ultimate Snarky Guide to What It Can (and Can’t) Do

A snarky deep-dive guide to everything AI can (and can’t) do in 2025 — from images and video to chatbots, voice assistants, productivity hacks, coding, and autonomous agents.

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