AI companies are pushing agents as the next Great Workplace Disruptor, but experts say they’re still not ready for prime time. They often struggle with autonomous decision-making, can’t cooperate with other agents, fail at confidentiality awareness, and integrate poorly into existing systems. Industry pioneers like Andrej Karpathy and Ali Ghodsi have said that, like the…
A startup called Pig.dev that participated in Y Combinator’s Winter 2025 batch was working on a potential revolutionary idea: AI agentic tech to control a Microsoft Windows desktop. But in May, the founder announced he was abandoning the tech and pivoting his company to something entirely different: Muscle Mem, a cache system for AI agents…
Oct 8, 2023; Miami Gardens, Florida, USA; New York Giants tight end Darren Waller (12) reaches for the football but cannot make a catch against Miami Dolphins cornerback Xavien Howard (25) during the second quarter at Hard Rock Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images Darren Waller is returning to the NFL this season with the…
The company behind Cursor, the viral AI coding editor, launched a web app on Monday that allows users to manage a network of coding agents directly from their browser. The launch marks Cursor’s next big step beyond its integrated development environment (IDE), the core product developers use to access its tools. While Anysphere, the company…
When Monik Pamecha co-founded AI voice startup Toma in early 2024, he hadn’t anticipated spending the summer months sweating in Bible Belt car dealerships. He and co-founder Anthony Krivonos were still focused on banking and healthcare customers when the dealers came knocking. “They just called us up and said ‘we are drowning in phone calls,’”…
