Here’s a roundup of interesting startup links I came across today:
When AI builds itself
Taken far enough, and given enough compute, that trend points to an AI system capable of fully autonomously designing and developing its own successor. This is called recursive self-improvement. We are not there yet, and recursive self-improvement is not inevitable. But it could come sooner than most institutions are prepared for.
App Store ecosystem reaches record $1.4 trillion
Apple today announced the global App Store ecosystem facilitated over $1.4 trillion in developer billings and sales in 2025, according to a new study by economists at Analysis Group.
Canada’s National Artificial Intelligence Strategy: AI for All
Canada must be open to the enormous opportunities in AI, but we must also be candid about the real concerns. AI raises hard questions about job security, privacy, sustainability, sovereignty, and trust. Responding to these concerns and building responsible Canadian AI will not be easy, but it must be done. We will face these challenges head on.
Why sophrosyne, an ancient Greek virtue, matters more than ever in the age of AI
The decline of sophrosyne can also lead to screen addiction, diminished attention span and ability to focus – factors that can, in turn, undermine civility. Civility takes sustained awareness of oneself and others.
Dozens of new Oregon laws are set to go into effect this week. Here’s a closer look • Oregon Capital Chronicle
The new laws address many issues, including the state’s response to aggressive federal immigration enforcement policies and child labor protections
The Code-as-Content Era – by máuhan – dead online
Weekend hackers are churning out digital tools and toys that go viral, get paid, and fade away in days. Pieter Levels ships a new product every few weeks. Danger Testing runs an “app-a-week” studio. A Vinyl Bar in Shibuya is literally a “music (software) label.” I built FlightOrFight, an AI complaint letter generator, over a weekend, posted it on LinkedIn, and had it acquired by Wednesday.
The AI Treadmill – by Deb Liu – Perspectives
Not fear that AI was coming. Everyone at that table knew it was already here. It was the fear of falling behind. The fear that every moment you weren’t building, automating, testing, or optimizing was a moment wasted. Walking down the street and noticing the trees had somehow become an opportunity cost.
Anthropic says 80% of its new production code is now authored by Claude — how your enterprise can keep up | VentureBeat
Anthropic co-founder and CEO Dario Amodei said it was coming, but it still feels like a milestone: More than 80% of the code merged into Anthropic’s production codebase in May wasn’t authored by humans, but by its own AI model, Claude, according to a new report shared by the record-breaking AI startup today.
U.S. tech sector hits two-year high for job cuts in May 2026
Outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas put the number of planned tech-sector eliminations in May at 38,242 — a figure not seen since August 2024. Through the first five months of 2026, no other industry came close to technology’s 123,653 announced cuts, a total that represents a 66% increase over the comparable stretch of 2025.
Startup Corvallis (Food/drink/networking get together), Wed, Jun 10, 2026, 6:30 PM | Meetup
Startup Corvallis is all about meeting new and known innovators, talking about our projects, what we need, and what’s new from the universities, OSU/UO/PSU to the cities (PDX to EUG) and the many connected organizations that are part of our ecosystem.
Etzioni on AI: Ten Commandments for AI Startups – GeekWire
To see what’s different for AI startups, let’s warm up with ten commandments for startups in general, which fold in the wisdom of startup stalwarts such as Vinod Khosla, Reid Hoffman, and Eric Ries. If you already know the classics, jump straight to the AI commandments.
