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AI voice startup Vapi raised a $50M Series B led by Peak XV, a source says at a $500M post-money valuation, after Amazon chose Vapi to handle 100% of Ring calls (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/12/vapi-h…

AI voice startup Vapi hits $500M valuation after winning Amazon Ring over 40 rivals | TechCrunch
Vapi says its enterprise business has grown 10-fold since early 2025 as companies shift customer support and sales calls to AI agents.

Eläinten oikeudet perustuslakiin – apuasi tarvitaan! #eläimet

Eläinten oikeudet perustuslakiin – apuasi tarvitaan! - Animalia
Useat asiantuntijalausunnot sisälsivät historiallisen vahvaa tukea sille, että eläinten asemaa on tarpeen vahvistaa perustuslain tasolla.

Eu precisando chamar o tšxi pra ir ao trabalho e a Claro fora do ar. Levei um bom tempo pra entender o que era. Tive que resgatar um celular antigo, com um chip da Vivo.
Mas nisso eu perdi uma meia-hora.

"Der Bundesrat verunmöglicht erfolgreiche datensparsame Geschäftsmodelle, die auf sichere Kommunikation setzen. Es wäre definitiv das Ende von erfolgreichen Unternehmen wie Threema oder Proton in der Schweiz." schreibt die @… heute als Reaktion auf die aktuelle #VÜPF

Celebrating Vappu by updating some servers. So that public holiday doesn't feel too different from a working day. https://cyberinsider.com/copy-fail-gives-root-access-to-all-linux-systems-via-732-byte-exploit/

Highly optimized code is of course extremely expensive to develop — both to build and maintain. But now even just-average-performance code is the more costly alternative.
And sure, grinding out a vibe-coded LLM horror so you can check that business box may leave you with code that’s not only especially buggy but RAM-hungry and CPU-hungry. And sure that’s expensive to deploy. But hey: your cloud spend is already preposterous, right? And high deployment costs are more predictable than high development costs…right?
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What if I just have shitty ideas?
https://jollycoder.com/posts/rise-of-the-cowboy-coder

Rise of the Cowboy Coder — The Jolly Coder
The nerds are mad about vibe code, but they should build guardrails instead of gates. Help us build good software, not just write code.

Kind of sick of being asked to evaluate some vibe-coded UIs and then, when citing piles of errors, being dismissed because the next LLM release will fix it.

"Tilastokeskuksen työvoimatutkimuksen mukaan työttömyysaste kasvoi kaikissa
kymmenvuotisikäryhmissä sekä miehillä että naisilla vuonna 2025."
#työttömyys

Emergent, which offers an AI-powered software development service, says it is generating annual run-rate revenue of $100M , just eight months after launch (TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/17/emergent-hits-100m-arr-eight-mont…

Just 8 months in, India's vibe-coding startup Emergent claims ARR of over $100M | TechCrunch
Indian vibe-coding platform Emergent was launched just eight months ago, and it now says it's generating annual recurring revenue of more than $100 million, thanks to surging demand by small businesses and non-technical users.