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Clear all filtersHow Browserbase Raised $67.5M to Power AI Agents & Vibe Coders
Paul Klein IV, John, Bucky Moore, Turner Novak, Jeff Lawson, Patrick Collison, Guillermo Rauch, Molly
BrowserBase has secured a $40 million Series B funding round led by Notable Capital to expand its infrastructure platform that enables AI to control web browsers at scale. This investment, which brings the company's total capital to $67.5 million just 15 months after its founding, supports the launch of the "Director.ai" agent builder and a rapid team expansion from 25 to 50 employees. With a customer base now exceeding 1,000 entities and a product strategy focused on bridging the gap between legacy web systems and AI automation, the company aims to dominate the infrastructure layer for autonomous agents.
- Sequoia Capital49 min
The Breakthroughs Needed for AGI Have Already Been Made: OpenAI Former Research Head Bob McGrew
Bob McGrew, Stephanie Zhan, Sonya Huang
Bob McGrew defines 2025 as the "year of reasoning," a pivotal shift where immediate compute utilization and tool-augmented chain-of-thought capabilities drive rapid progress toward AGI while pre-training faces diminishing returns. This paradigm reframes post-training as a behavioral challenge and positions AI agents to democratize intelligence by pricing services at compute costs rather than professional market rates. Consequently, economic value accrues to application layers requiring proprietary enterprise context, while sectors ranging from robotics to software engineering transition to hybrid human-agent workflows that leverage these new efficiency gains.
- a16z24 min
AI is Revolutionizing Web Security - Bots, Agents, & Real-Time Defense
David Mytton, Joel de la Garza
As automated bot traffic approaches 50% of global internet activity, security experts are transitioning from coarse network-level blocking to granular, application-aware filtering that distinguishes between malicious actors and legitimate AI agents. This evolution leverages advanced fingerprinting, digital signatures, and local edge inference to identify specific bot behaviors, such as training crawlers versus real-time task executors, without inadvertently rejecting revenue-generating discovery traffic. Consequently, the industry anticipates reduced click spam and improved site discoverability as AI-driven agents increasingly adhere to standardized protocols over the coming 18 months.
- Milken Institute1h 0m
Strengthening Communities: Corporate Philanthropy, Social Capital, & Resilience | Global Conference
Melissa Stevens, Nicole Anderson, Lynette Bell, Mary Culler, C.D. Glin, Jean Oelwang
Representatives from PepsiCo, Truist, AT&T, Ford, and Virgin Unite convened at the Milken Institute's "Toward a Flourishing Future" conference to outline strategies for strengthening community resilience against a surge in global disasters and deepening social fractures. These leaders detailed a shift toward enterprise-wide mobilization that leverages corporate assets, data analytics, and long-term pre-competitive partnerships to address food insecurity, disaster recovery, and the digital divide. The panel emphasized that sustainable impact requires multi-year funding horizons, internal employee alignment, and the repositioning of trust as essential infrastructure for systemic change.
Larry Aschebrook, Founder & MP @GSquared: How We Lost Money on Uber and Made Millions on Lyft
Larry Aschebrook, Harry Stebbings
G Squared founder Larry Ashbrook leveraged a concentrated, "productively paranoid" strategy to generate $800 million in returns from Coursera and establish a top-ten stake in Spotify before a 2021 pivot revealed significant capital erosion from overpaying for assets like Getir and 23andMe. Following these missteps, which included a personal $2–3 million loss on Theranos and an estimated $500 million total value decline, the firm restructured its 2020 vintage to prioritize DPI metrics, IRR hurdles, and disciplined guardrails over traditional valuation multiples. Now navigating a tough fundraising climate for its $1.2 billion 2022 vintage, the firm has shifted focus toward AI infrastructure and high-frequency micro-transactions to rebuild capital efficiency while maintaining a portfolio concentrated in only ten high-conviction companies.
- The Diary Of A CEO1h 30m
Godfather of AI: They Keep Silencing Me But I’m Trying to Warn Them!
Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton warns that humanity faces a 10% to 20% risk of extinction from superintelligent AI that could surpass human cognition within two decades while displacing intellectual labor. He argues that current regulations are insufficient due to military exemptions and rising threats ranging from 1,200% increases in AI-driven cyberattacks to the potential for autonomous biological weapons and election corruption. To mitigate these existential dangers, Hinton advocates for a global governance framework that prioritizes safety research over profit, while noting that immediate societal stability may rely on retraining workers for physical trades as digital systems mature.
- Milken Institute1h 3m
In Service of a Healthier Tomorrow | Global Conference 2025
Esther Krofah, Gregory Case, Judy Faulkner, Robert Ford, Pablo Legorreta, Ellen Sigal, Greg Case
Leading industry figures including Epic's Judy Faulkner and Aon's Greg Case outline a strategic roadmap for the US healthcare ecosystem to reach 2035, aiming to resolve systemic tensions between biomedical innovation and workforce deficits through widespread AI automation and GLP-1 cost management. The panel identifies critical risks such as proposed 40% cuts to NIH funding, FDA staffing reductions, and regulatory bottlenecks that threaten to undermine US leadership in global life sciences despite breakthroughs like xenotransplantation. Concluding that hope is not a strategy, the consensus calls for immediate cross-sector collaboration to align incentives, secure foundational research funding, and modernize infrastructure to prevent China from seizing global health dominance.
- Lex Fridman3h 15m
Terence Tao: Hardest Problems in Mathematics, Physics & the Future of AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #472
Renowned mathematician Terence Tao outlines a "fox-like" approach to bridging disparate fields while addressing the Navier-Stokes Millennium Prize Problem through his construction of an averaged equation capable of finite-time blow-up via a simulated "fluid Turing machine." Tao contrasts the solvability of the Poincaré Conjecture, solved by Grigori Perelman using entropy-based Ricci Flow techniques, with persistent number theory barriers like the parity obstacle in the Twin Prime Conjecture. Looking toward the future, the event details the transformative potential of formal proof assistants like Lean and the anticipated synergy between human intuition and artificial intelligence to overcome current limitations in mathematical research.
- Milken Institute59 min
Countdown: Improving Military Readiness for the 21st Century| Global Conference 2025
Susan Eisenhower, Joe Dunford, Lisa Gordon-Hagerty, Mara Karlin, Kevin Rudd, James Stavridis
Amidst a volatile global environment dominated by nuclear competition between the U.S., China, and Russia, American military leaders warn of critical readiness deficits stemming from budget stagnation, aging infrastructure, and a shrinking recruitment pool. While the U.S. retains a strategic advantage through its alliance network, the lack of direct crisis communication channels with Beijing and China's rapid modernization create urgent risks of miscalculation and escalation. Experts argue that restoring competitive advantage requires a substantive 3% to 5% real budget increase and a fundamental strategic shift from counter-terrorism to multi-domain great power conflict.
- Goldman Sachs9 min
Staying long US assets
Economic analysts project a benign inflation trajectory toward the Federal Reserve's 2% target and a low probability of recession, supported by a resilient labor market and the current absence of significant tariff-driven price spikes. While market returns are expected to moderate from recent highs, the outlook remains anchored in a 65-70% allocation to US assets driven by hyperscaler competitiveness, complemented by a balanced approach to global currencies and fixed income within a stable 4.5% to 4.6% Treasury yield environment. Investors are advised to monitor upcoming budget reconciliation data for potential shifts in trade or deficit narratives, though current volatility is viewed as temporary as risk premiums gravitate toward a sensible baseline.
- All-In Podcast1h 42m
Tucker Carlson: ICE Raids, LA Riots, Strong Economic Data, Politicized Fed, War with Iran?
Tucker Carlson, Jason, Friedberg, Chamath Palihapitiya, David Sacks
Following severe civil unrest in Los Angeles triggered by ICE raids on a Home Depot and fashion wholesaler, Governor Gavin Newsom, Mayor Karen Bass, and President Trump engaged in a federal-state confrontation involving National Guard deployments and curfew orders while commentators like Tucker Carlson and David Sacks debated the constitutional implications of sanctuary policies. The discussion expanded to cover robust economic indicators, including 3.8% GDP growth and tariff revenue surges, alongside fierce arguments between hosts regarding the Federal Reserve's interest rate trajectory and the strategic merits of the "Big Beautiful Bill" reconciliation package. Simultaneously, the panel analyzed escalating Middle East tensions with Israel and Iran, while personal segments addressed the recent friction between Elon Musk and Donald Trump and the upcoming All-In Summit.
- Milken Institute27 min
Rebuilding Communities After Disaster with José Andrés & Jennifer Siebel Newsom | Global Conference
José Andrés, Jennifer Siebel Newsom
Following the Los Angeles fires, World Central Kitchen founder José Andrés bypassed bureaucratic hurdles to deploy local restaurants and volunteers, providing immediate nourishment and childcare while revitalizing the affected community's economy. Beyond immediate relief, the organization critiques federal policy gaps by advocating for universal school meals and a dedicated national food security advisor to address long-term hunger and rural instability. This response positions California's integrated disaster model as a blueprint for national resilience, emphasizing that food policy must be central to building a society capable of self-sufficiency.
- a16z30 min
What You Missed in AI This Week (Google, Apple, ChatGPT)
Google's VO3 model and recent updates to ChatGPT voice and Apple Intelligence are driving a rapid shift toward autonomous video and narrative creation, allowing users to generate consistent multi-character scenes and human-like dialogue from single text prompts. These technological leaps, alongside Eleven Labs' emotion-tagging capabilities and data showing a doubling of consumer AI startup revenue, are establishing a "faceless" creator economy where entrepreneurs can build full-stack brands using AI-generated assets. While current limitations in character consistency and high inference costs persist, the industry is rapidly moving from experimental novelty to a dominant force in social media and professional workflows.
- Milken Institute18 min
Better in Bed: Sleep Smarter Tonight with The Sleep Doctor | Global Conference 2025
Dr. Michael Breus, Rachel Goldstein, Dr. Michael Bruce
Dr. Michael Bruce clarifies the distinction between clinical sleep doctors and researchers while outlining diagnostic innovations like home sleep tests and non-CPAP therapies for sleep apnea and insomnia. He details behavioral protocols for nighttime waking, including the 4-7-8 breathing technique to lower heart rates for unconsciousness and the benefits of Non-Sleep Deep Rest as a sleep alternative. The discussion concludes by linking genetic chronotypes to daily scheduling and highlighting the specific hormonal balance required for successful intimacy, noting that current common habits often conflict with biological optimization.
- Goldman Sachs25 min
How to win: Steve Cohen on markets and the Mets
Steve Cohen, Tony Pasquariello
Steve Cohen, founder of Point72, discusses the firm's strategic pivot toward a conservative multi-strategy model and the integration of AI to generate alpha amidst declining market efficiency. While ceasing personal trading to focus on mentoring portfolio managers and managing the New York Mets, Cohen outlines his vision for expanding the firm's private credit pillar and developing a major resort complex in Queens. He further details his leadership philosophy, emphasizing direct communication and the creation of internal talent pipelines over external acquisitions to sustain long-term performance.