... orbit Est. valuation: ~$100M+ Byteport next-gen file transfer protocol Est. valuation: ~ $30M Hex Security AI agents that continuously hack your system to find vulnerabilities (Rev.: $1M+ run-rate in 8 weeks) Est. valuation: ~$100M+ Grazemate autonomous drones that herd cattle, track weight, and monitor land Est. valuation: ~ $30M GRU Space moon factory turning lunar soil into buildings (starting with a moon hotel) Est. valuation: ~$100M+ Luel marketplace for real-world human data (video/audio) to train AI models ...

... products are AI agents actually choosing today? A few things we re starting to see: 1. Agents don t pick what devs say they like They pick what they can actually execute. For example: Resend often gets picked over alternatives for transactional email not because of branding but because it s easier to use, faster to integrate, fewer blockers This feels like a different layer of competition: execution > preference 2. We started running task-based comparisons We define tasks ... ... have felt that pain a lot building MartinLoop. Comment from Umair(@umairnadeem): the framing here is backwards imo. agents dont "pick" tools - they regurgitate whatever their training data and system prompts tell them to use. resend wins over alternatives

... write drafts, takes no time for me to review and send, delete or edit. Comment from Neelanchal Gogna(@neelanchal_gogna): @nikhilshahane   @busmark_w_nika  This happened to me when our AI email bot sent a competitor's link to one of our potential users. Comment from Krupali Trivedi(@krupali_trivedi): Even though I love AI and delegating work, I am very scared of giving out information that would reveal just too much about me. I don't think ... ... useful. Comment from Navanita Devi(@navanita_devi): Dedy's point is interesting, the opacity problem is real. Most people conflate "AI having access" with "AI having unchecked control." They're very different things. Read-only access vs

... even when I'm on vacation. I feel better being able to at least spot something I need to handle later, traffic it to someone so I don't hold it up, or triage my inbox (thin out the herd, save important stuff for later). Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): Yes, I do (exceptions are days when I travel  I try to get as much experience from the travel as possible) :) Comment from Peter Farago(@peter_farago): @byalexai ... ... trip to miss it :D Otherwise, it would be money wasted :D Comment from Aleksandar Blazhev(@byalexai): @honest_beam  Nice. Finding the balance is the key. Comment from Zagita(@rani_zagita): I m pretty relaxed about weekends vs

... that I probably won't keep Airtable Perplexity Zapier Lovable (I do like this one) Bedrock Comment from Matthew @ Sapling(@tinyorgtech): @busmark_w_nika  no. In fact I'm going through them next week to thin out the herd. It gets confusing what I have. I enjoy the exploration but gotta keep a solid list so I don't go broke. Comment from HarshS(@harsh_builds): @busmark_w_nika  yes, also is there something people use to track ... ... Gowtham Shankar(@gowthamshankar): I m a developer, so I try to keep my subscriptions focused only tools that help me ship faster or stay mentally organized. My current paid stack: ChatGPT (daily dev + writing help) Cursor AI (love the VS

... from Marc Milberg(@marc__milberg): @ajay27324 where do you display this? In a doc? Project management software? What have you found to be most useful? Comment from Brad Harris(@bradharrs): @marc__milberg alignment between Product and Eng is like herding caffeinated cats. Clear docs and decision-making frameworks help, but let s be real regular syncs and actually listening to each other matters more than another Notion doc no one reads. I've seen so much get lost with even ... ... size and phase. Can you share a bit more about what you're building, so I can give a little bit more precise insights? There's always a tension between documentation that works well for product and design ideation vs

... boring in my technical choices ( ) i care more about consistency than perfection, so i stick to tools i can reuse everywhere instead of chasing whatever s new whenever i have been in a team leading position this nerd herding i do can get frustrating for people when they bring me something cool and new they really want to use ( _ ) my ultimate weapon is a "shock repo"; it is a weekend project i made using react *without* jsx, written ... ... inspired typeface! Do I sense another launch in the near future Comment from Gabe Perez(@gabe): Other than horse, what has been your favorite thing to work on and why? How do you balance working on your "favorite" thing vs

... Time is scarce, priorities shift daily, and team alignment can sometimes feel like herding cats. Yet, there s one secret weapon many successful teams swear by: visual planning. Why? Because humans are inherently visual creatures. Our brains process visuals 60,000 times faster than text, which means a well-organized visual plan can instantly make your goals, tasks, and bottlenecks crystal clear. But what does visual planning really do for teams? What Is Visual Planning? Think of visual planning ...