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Geek Gossip
#EncyclopediaGalactica - Bye Bye Grok. Hello Encyclopedia Galactica. Not sure if it has the same ring to it - but Elon Musk has confirmed that that’s what Grok, Twitter / X’s AI will be renamed to.
#PerplexityAI - At an AI conference in San Francisco, Perplexity AI has been voted as the startup “most likely to fail”. So the claims of the AI bubble beginning to burst were not exaggerated?
Latest Updates
Ronnie Screwvala Launches $50M Fund To Back Early Stage AI DeepTech And SpaceTech Startups
Ronnie Screwvala, co-founder of upGrad, is investing $50M from his personal corpus to back startups in AI, deeptech, and space-tech. He's on the hunt for the "next Lenskarts" in these emerging sectors, which he believes will drive innovation in the next decade.
Deepinder Goyal's Continue Explores Ageing With Gravity Hypothesis
Eternal (Zomato) founder Deepinder Goyal's longevity initiative, Continue, is sharpening its scientific focus on how gravity may influence human ageing. New details published on its website outline a research programme built on the hypothesis that gravitational force contributes to a decline in cerebral blood flow.
Amazon's Billionaire Founder Jeff Bezos Returns As CEO With $6.2 Billion AI Startup
Jeff Bezos is backing a new AI startup called Project Prometheus, which focuses on building AI products for various industries, including computers, aerospace, and automobiles. He'll co-lead the venture with Vik Bajaj, a biotech expert.
Changelog
Microsoft UI-Evol - A ready-to-use component that integrates into an agent’s workflow and relies on the actual user interface for guidance. The purpose of UI-Evol is to continuously update interface knowledge, making agents more accurate and reliable.
Twitter / X Chat - New Secure Messaging Feature with End-to-End Encryption, Edit Controls, and Enhanced Privacy Features.
Trending Projects / Code Repositories
Git Rewrite Commits | AI-powered git commit message rewriter using Ollama or GPT
Supercookie | Browser fingerprinting via favicon!
Gotests | Automatically generate Go test boilerplate from your source code.
In Case You Missed It
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Tableau's 2025 Hackathon invites data wizards to revolutionize analytics! Developers are challenged to build cutting-edge agents and extensions using Tableau’s latest APIs and Agentforce tools. $45,000 is the total prize pool. Sign up here.
Turn your dream app into reality with the Dreamflow Buildathon 2025! This 50-day global challenge invites makers to build shippable apps using Dreamflow's AI platform. With zero theme restrictions and a $25,000 prize pool on the line, this is your chance to innovate, ship, and win. Register here.
Job Board
Deep Learning Engineer @ Nanonets (Onsite - Bengaluru)
✨Experience : 1+ years (Python | TensorFlow | NLP | PyTorch)
💰Expected Salary : ₹20L – ₹40L / year
Junior QA - Payments @ ApexNeural (Remote)
✨Experience : 3+ years (Software Testing | Automation | Postman)
💰Expected Salary : ₹48L – ₹56L / year
Senior / Staff Backend Engineer @ Endor Labs (Onsite - Bengaluru)
✨Experience : 7+ years (Java | Golang)
💰Expected Salary : ₹25L – ₹75L / year
Data Scientist II @ Shaadi[dot]com (Onsite - Multiple Locations)
✨Experience : 2+ years (Python | Docker | AWS | GCP)
💰Expected Salary : ₹25L – ₹30L / year
Miscellaneous
Technical Writing For Engineers
Technical writing is key for software engineers, but it's not about conveying complex details, rather communicating simple points to a broad audience, allowing them to understand what's possible and what's not.
How I Use Every Claude Code Feature
Use CLAUDE[dot]md as a high-level guide for your codebase, documenting guardrails and tool usage to simplify your code and internal tooling.
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