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Partnering with Preview: Lights, Inference, ActionStefan and Veljko are building the AI-native workspace for quality video creation. By Sonya Huang and James Flynn Published August 12, 2026 The Preview platform There’s something magical about watching a developer in flow state, fingers flying as they type into Codex, Claude, or Cursor. A powerful creation interface unfolds in response to every keystroke, powering a workflow that would have been unrecognizable, even alien-li

Stefan and Veljko are building the AI-native workspace for quality video creation.

Partnering with Corma: Closing the Defensive Cybersecurity GapAlon and team are training a foundation model for defensive cybersecurity, for enterprises to defend themselves against AI’s scaling offensive capabilities. By Shaun Maguire, Sonya Huang, James Flynn and Carl Eschenbach Published August 10, 2026 Team Corma. Cybersecurity is a perpetual fight between the good guys and the bad. The age of agentic AI and Mythos-class models has tipped the scales in favor of the bad guy

Cyera and Oasis: Stronger TogetherDanny, Amit, Yotam, Tamar, Yonatan and their teams are joining forces to build a complete security platform for the age of AI. By Bogomil Balkansky and Doug Leone Published July 28, 2026 In 2021, before Oasis Security was even founded, I sat down with co-founder Danny Brickman and came away thinking he had something familiar. He showed the same drive we’d seen in the founders of two other Sequoia companies, Wiz and Cyera, whose founders, like

America’s Open-Model Paradox To Distill, or Not to Distill? By Dean Meyer and Konstantine Buhler Published July 24, 2026 To Distill, or Not to Distill? China increasingly supplies the models Western companies use to serve, train, and build AI. Qwen’s share of new open-model fine-tunes and adaptations rose from 1% in January 2024 to 69% by February 2026 according to ATOM’s Report. The majority of American AI startups seem to be using Chinese open weights somewhere in their sta

Partnering with Etched: Building the Inference MachineGavin, Rob, Chris and the Etched team are building frontier clusters for inference, maximizing the intelligence that humanity can consume. By Sonya Huang and Abhishek Malani Published July 23, 2026 Inference is on the path to becoming the largest market in the world. If this AI dream is everything we hope it to be – and so far, the signs point to ever-increasing acceleration of capabilities – then inference will power every s

Partnering with Bunkerhill Health: AI Agents that Improve Patient OutcomesNish Khandwala and David Eng are building the AI agent platform to serve every function across the health system: clinical, operational, and administrative. By Alfred Lin Published July 16, 2026 David and Nish. Healthcare hasn’t historically been known as a fast or early technology adopter. Researchers struggle to access external data, collaborate with research institutions, and navigate complex regulations. H

Partnering with Sable: Closing the Diffusion GapNim, Leon, Linda and Itamar are building an AI employee powered by real-time computer use and vision. By Shaun Maguire Published July 16, 2026 Leon, Nim, Linda and Itamar. The frontier of AI is moving at a pace most of the economy can’t match. Labs ship new capabilities every month, while the Fortune 500 scrambles to absorb what came out last year. Watching this gap widen, it’s clear that the bottleneck isn’t only intelligence, i

Partnering with Probook: AI for the TradesGeorge, Lewis, Ben and their team are powering home service businesses across the country, automating operations from office to doorstep. By Konstantine Buhler Published June 23, 2026 Ben, George and Lewis. There’s no substitute for authenticity. In a world of AI, real, genuine human connection matters more than ever. The story of Probook starts as real as it comes.  After decades on the job, John, a New York City police officer, was

Listen to the MarketKalshi’s new American Power Index takes the question every cable segment fights over (who is really winning the contest for power in Washington) and answers it with a single number. By Alfred Lin and Abhishek Malani Published June 1, 2026 I’ve always been fascinated by solving problems. First, they were math problems in primary school. Then, math, physics, and engineering problems in high school. Then, applying math to decision and control problems in college.

Kalshi’s new American Power Index takes the question every cable segment fights over (who is really winning the contest for power in Washington) and answers it with a single number.

All Systems Nominal By Harry Spitzer Published May 21, 2026 How a former Navy officer’s will to serve is shaping the future of hardware development Although Cameron McCord wasn’t himself present at Edwards Air Force Base, what was about to transpire that May 2025 day in the Mojave Desert would still make it one he would never forget. AJ Piplica, CEO of Hermeus, was huddled with his team on the tarmac. No matter the outcome of the day’s flight test, he too was going to have a company-