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AI & Automation
From Vibe Coding to Agentic Engineering: How AI Is Reshaping Software Development
The term "vibe coding" was popularized by AI researcher Andrej Karpathy in 2025 to describe a programming style where developers describe intent in natural language and let AI generate executable code. The phrase quickly entered mainstream discourse and was later named Word of
AI & Automation
Perplexity Computer: The Rise of Agentic AI Workspaces
Perplexity AI has expanded beyond AI-powered search with the launch of Perplexity Computer, a product positioned as a more autonomous AI workspace capable of handling multi-step tasks rather than single prompt responses. The product reflects a broader industry shift toward
AI & Automation
NotebookLM: How It’s Helping People Learn to Code – And Why It Matters
In 2026, a growing number of learners report using Google's NotebookLM as a structured companion for learning programming. Rather than acting as a generic chatbot, NotebookLM works as a source-grounded AI notebook, helping users organize their own materials and ask contextual
Startups
The Exit Window in 2026: IPOs, Big Tech Acquisitions, and What Founders Should Expect
For three years, the startup exit market was frozen. The IPO window that had flooded venture portfolios with liquidity in 2020 and 2021 slammed shut as interest rates rose, public market multiples compressed, and institutional investors grew wary of growth-at-any-cost narratives.
Skills & Careers
Open Source as Career Capital: How OSS Contributions Are Beating Traditional Resumes
The Resume Is Losing the Argument In 2026, every developer applying for a software engineering role can claim they "built a full-stack application using React and Node.js." What they cannot fake is a timestamped commit history, a merged pull request reviewed by senior
Startups
Open Source AI Business Models: How Mistral, Together AI, and Others Make Money
The Open Source Paradox You spend two years and $30 million training a frontier language model. You release it on Hugging Face.
Startups
AI Startup Funding in 2026: Mega-Rounds, Valuation Resets, and Who Is Still Investing
When OpenAI closed a $6.6 billion funding round in October 2024 — the largest venture capital deal in history at the time — it signaled something profound about the AI funding landscape: the rules of startup finance had been rewritten. A company with no traditional path to
Policy & Regulation
Open Source AI Agents: When 600 Contributors Build Faster Than Big Tech
On Valentine's Day 2026, Peter Steinberger published three quiet paragraphs on his personal blog announcing he was joining OpenAI. Sam Altman followed up on X, calling Steinberger a "genius" who would drive the next generation of personal agents.
Digital Economy
Yassir’s $150M Bet: Building Algeria’s Answer to Grab and Gojek
The funding round has been covered. The $150M headline, the Bond-led syndicate, the super app ambition — that story is familiar to anyone following North African tech.
Startups
Algeria’s Stock Exchange: Now Open to Startups at Zero Cost
On February 1, 2026, Algeria's financial regulator COSOB — the Commission d'Organisation et de Surveillance des Opérations de Bourse — announced that labeled startups would face zero fees to list on the Algiers Stock Exchange through 2028. It was a policy announcement that made headlines.
Startups
Moustachir SPA: How Algeria’s First Startup IPO Changed the Exit Game
On December 31, 2024, a month-long public subscription closed on the Algiers Stock Exchange. A two-year-old consulting startup called Moustachir SPA had offered 125,000 shares at 760 dinars each.
