Here’s a roundup of interesting startup links I came across today:
Tiger Global’s risky billion-dollar investments in global tech startups – Rest of World
The New York-based hedge fund and venture firm had earned a global reputation for its fast-paced, “spray-and-pray” style of investing, writing giant checks far and wide in hopes that a small number of them would yield outstanding returns. Tiger rarely took board seats, assumed a hands-off approach to oversight, and while it invested in companies at all stages of their life cycle, it became known for driving up company valuations in late-stage deals. In 2021, it was the most prolific venture investor in the world, striking nearly one deal a day. That year, it closed a $6.65 billion fund. By the following year, it raised nearly double that amount, closing — and promptly spending — a $12.7 billion fund in early 2022.
Respect states’ rights, new bipartisan group of legislative leaders tells feds • Oregon Capital Chronicle
The document, released on Tuesday at the bipartisan group’s inaugural meeting in Columbus, Ohio, noted that the U.S. Constitution did not create the states, “but rather the states created the Constitution, ratifying a framework in which we would both govern collectively and independently.”
Slowness is a Virtue – Jakob Schwichtenberg’s Newsletter
Slowness allows for the exploration of uncharted territory and unexpected discoveries. Johann Friedrich Böttger spent almost a decade trying to find a formula that produces gold. While he never succeeded, a byproduct of his relentless experimentation was the discovery of a process to produce porcelain.
It’s all about momentum, innit? · Stephane Travostino
In physics and in your life, the only metric you should care about is momentum.
Most Parked Domains Now Serving Malicious Content – Krebs on Security
Direct navigation — the act of visiting a website by manually typing a domain name in a web browser — has never been riskier: A new study finds the vast majority of “parked” domains — mostly expired or dormant domain names, or common misspellings of popular websites — are now configured to redirect visitors to sites that foist scams and malware.
What Actually Is Claude Code’s Plan Mode? | Armin Ronacher’s Thoughts and Writings
Today I had two interesting conversations with people who really like plan mode. As a non-user of plan mode, I wanted to understand how it works. So I specifically looked at the Claude Code implementation to understand what it does, how it prompts the agent, and how it steers the client. I wanted to use the tool loop just to get a better understanding of what I’m missing out on. This post is basically just what I found out about how it works, and maybe it’s useful to someone who also does not use plan mode and wants to know what it actually does.
Technology | 2025 Stack Overflow Developer Survey
Each year we explore the tools and technologies developers are currently using and the ones they want to use. This year, we included new questions about embedded technology tools and industry-sourced, community-vetted technology options.
The State of AI Coding 2025 | Greptile
A cross-industry study on recent trends in AI software development. Explore engineering team velocity, AI tool adoption, model growth trends, and performance benchmarks.
The Rational Irrationality of Venture Capital
To understand why sophisticated investors routinely fund bubbles, overpay for assets, and destroy capital efficiency, we must look beyond “greed” or “hype.” The industry is caught in a pincer movement of two distinct game-theoretic traps.
Context Before Code: How Notion Put an AI Engineer on the Sales Floor to Discover What Actually Needed Building | First Round
How Notion Put an AI Engineer on the Sales Floor to Discover What Actually Needed Building
Oregon State’s FAST initiative awaits $160M federal decision – Portland Business Journal
The award is hardly a sure thing. FAST, with its Oregon State University home base, is one of 15 finalists for its share of the NSF funds. Still, FAST has advanced enough within the competition to have already hosted a virtual site visit for the NSF decision makers. FAST’s leaders are also hosting an in-person visit where they can show off the region’s assets to NSF’s decision makers.
2025 in review: Portland’s year in food, startups and investments – Portland Business Journal
Year to date, $585.1 million has been invested across 87 deals in the Portland area, which includes Southwest Washington. That compares to $365.2 million invested across 95 deals in the metro by the same time last year. So, 2025 is shaping up to log more venture capital invested than last year and more than in 2023.
