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Deel names ex-Credit Karma CEO Joe Kauffman as CFO ahead of a potential IPO, replacing Deel CEO Alex Bouaziz's father Philippe, who becomes executive chairman (Michael Roddan/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/deel-hires-new-cfo-repla…

Deel Hires New CFO, Replacing CEO’s Dad
Global payroll startup Deel has hired a new chief financial officer, former Credit Karma boss Joe Kauffman, as the company continues to overhaul its leadership ahead of a potential IPO. Kauffman, who left Credit Karma after a recent restructuring by parent company Intuit, replaces Philippe Bouaziz, who held the role of Deel CFO and chairman since the company’s founding in 2019. Philippe, the

Cariad: VW-Tochter stellt eigene Software-Entwicklung weitgehend ein
Die umstrittene Softwaretochter Cariad existiert bei Volkswagen zwar weiter, fungiert aber nur noch als Integrator von Code von Partnern wie Rivian und Xpeng.

Trump asserts executive privilege to thwart Jan. 6 lawsuit (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/03/trump-executive-privilege-jan-6-lawsuit-00676383
http://www.memeorandum.com/251203/p141#a251203p141

I sat for a long while with my complicated feelings about "vibe coding". It is _genuinely_ empowering for many — opening a door to creating with code that otherwise would never exist. Also? It enables a dangerous dependency that could be a path to serfdom for coders. https://www.…

Vibe Coding: Empowering and Imprisoning
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

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Cariad: VW-Tochter stellt eigene Software-Entwicklung weitgehend ein

MongoDB CEO Dev Ittycheria is stepping down after 11 years, replaced by Cloudflare President of Product & Engineering Chirantan Desai, effective November 10 (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/03/mongodb-ceo-dev-ittycher…

MongoDB CEO Dev Ittycheria steps down, replaced by Cloudflare executive CJ Desai
Dev Ittycheria, who took MongoDB public in 2017, is leaving the CEO role but will stay on the company's board.

Q&A with Valve executive Pierre-Loup Griffais, who helped build SteamOS and the Steam Deck, on quietly funding open-source tech to play Windows games on Arm (Sean Hollister/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/report/820656/valve-interview-ar…

Steam Machine today, Steam Phones tomorrow
Valve tells The Verge it’s funding Fex, a key technology that’s letting Arm devices like phones play Windows games.

Israeli startup Sola, which develops AI-based low-code cybersecurity tools, raised a $35M Series A led by S32 and says it has ~2,000 customers (Resilience Media)
https://www.resiliencemedia.co/p/sola-raises-35m-to-ramp-up-its-ai

Sola Raises $35M to Ramp Up Its AI-based Cybersecurity Tooling
Building a 'Stripe for security', the Israeli startup aims to plug the many gaps and extra work created by existing cybersecurity apps

Sources and docs: Palantir's Immigration OS helps ICE track undocumented immigrants and deport them; a decade ago, Alex Karp said Trump's plans made "no sense" (Eva Dou/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/12/03/pala…

How Palantir shifted course to play key role in ICE deportations
“The truly progressive position on immigration” is “extreme skepticism,” says Alex Karp, a longtime Democrat and the data-mining company’s chief executive.