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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.
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Vanta’s new AI Agent promises to end compliance chaos, and SiliconSnark is the only place making noise about it.
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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.
Deals
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.
Launch
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.
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Anthropic Bags $13B, $183B Valuation: Proof That AI Safety is the Real Unicorn
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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.
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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.
Deals
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.
Launch
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.
Guides
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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DeepSeek’s V3.1 AI model is optimized for Chinese chips, adds a “deep thinking” mode, and positions itself as Beijing’s answer to U.S. tech restrictions.
Launch
Snarky Pixel 10 review skewering Google’s latest AI-packed smartphone, from gimmicky Magic Cue to Camera Coach that critiques your selfies.