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👨💻 Claude Code Now Available in VS Code
🦾Plus: 🤖 Apple & Meta Eye Perplexity AI Acquisition!
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In today's edition: What's Shaping the Future of Data?
🎯Top Priorities for CXOs in Shaping Their Data and AI Strategy
👨💻How to Vibe Code as a Senior Engineer
🧪Run Parallel Coding Agents in Their Own Containers
🧠Understanding Embeddings in LLMs
🚀Mira Murati’s start-up valued at $10B
🎲a16z backs ‘Cheat at Everything’ AI start-up
💡 AI Tutorial:How to create and edit images with ChatGPT in WhatsApp
🤖 AI Tools and Data Tools to checkout
Claude Code for VS Code: VS Code extension that integrates Anthropic's Claude AI directly into the IDE. Comes with features like automatic context sharing of selected text, diff viewing for code changes, keyboard shortcuts for quick AI assistance, etc.
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The value of data is undeniable and constantly growing, and a successful Data Strategy should be the number 1 priority for CXOs invested in their company’s growth. Find the most important focus areas and how Data and AI companies can improve your game.
Vibe coding is a new way of building software where you let the AI models do most of the work. Users write prompts, sketch out a plan, and let the model take over. This allows users to build features in hours, but it requires some experience to wield. This article provides some tips on how to vibe code for people who know what they're doing.
Dagger has built Container Use, an opensource MCP server that gives each coding agent its own isolated containerized environment, complete with Git-backed workflow management. Instead of babysitting one agent at a time or throwing them all into your local environment, you can now run multiple agents in parallel without the chaos.
Imagine words are people trying to attend a party. The problem is, the security system at the door only understands numbers, not text. So, to let them in, each word needs a special numerical ID that carries meaning about who they are. An embedding is a dense vector of numbers (e.g., [0.12, -0.98, 0.53, ...]) representing a word or a piece of text in a high-dimensional space (like 768 or 1536 dimensions in real models).
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👨💻 Data Tools, Libraries
Deep Graph MCP: MCP server that integrates advanced code graph analysis capabilities into Claude Code for large codebases.
Pipo360: Generate backend code with authentication, database schemas, and CRUD routes across 14+ frameworks and 10+ databases - all from simple language descriptions.
Taskerio: MCP server for logging and monitoring for AI agents across different projects.
AI News:
Last week, both Apple and Meta made headlines with news of their interest in acquiring Perplexity AI, a leading AI startup founded by Indian-origin computer scientist Arvind Srinivas. While major Silicon Valley players often work behind the scenes to quietly pursue companies they are interested in, this time two tech giants are eyeing Perplexity—at the same time.
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Meta and EssilorLuxottica on Friday unveiled a new line of Oakley smart glasses that include the social media company’s artificial intelligence assistant. The Oakley Meta HSTN, as the glasses are known, is the latest product borne from a multiyear partnership between the two companies. The new glasses are pitched toward athletes and have a starting price of $399.
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Social media platform Reddit is reportedly considering using the iris-scanning orbs developed by World — a project by Tools for Humanity, co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman — for its user verification system.
Thinking Machines Lab, the secretive AI startup founded by OpenAI’s former chief technology officer Mira Murati, has closed a $2 billion seed round, according to The Financial Times. The deal values the 6-month-old startup at $10 billion.
Cluely announced Friday it landed $15 million in funding led by Andreessen Horowitz. The startup launched earlier this year with a pledge to help users "cheat on everything." Cluely aims to reach 1 billion views across all its platforms, cofounder Roy Lee said.
56% of workers say scheduling a meeting is the only way to get information. With Jira, use AI to automatically add work from Slack, create subtasks, or attach relevant resources. So instead of scheduling a meeting, check the status in Jira. Easy.
AI Tutorial
How to create and edit images with ChatGPT in WhatsApp
You can now create viral AI-generated images with ChatGPT inside WhatsApp.
Save the number: +1 (800) 242-8478 on your device and add it as a new contact.
Search for the ChatGPT contact on WhatsApp and start a chat.
Simply type a prompt like “Create an image of...” to generate one from scratch.
You can also upload a picture and ask the AI to edit it using natural language.
If you hit the free limit but have ChatGPT Plus, WhatsApp will show a link to connect your account and unlock more image generations.
Note: If you’re outside of the US, then you’ll need to add them as a US contact.
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