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Skycapital's Qian Zhang joined former SpaceX executive Lewis and Silicon Valley AI blogger Lang Hanwei (Will) in a livestream discussion on "The AI Five-Layer Cake," pointing out that Silicon Valley has produced over 70 Agent Infra research pieces while mainstream domestic funds have barely covered the space.

Garry Tan responds to a quote from a16z and OpenRouter co-founder Alex Atallah arguing that as everyone builds the same agent primitives (loops, memory, connectors, sandboxes), the industry will eventually converge on a single correct agent operating system.

The article highlights the growing ubiquity of AI note-taking apps that automatically record meetings and conversations, leading to pushback such as a VC changing his Zoom name to explicitly deny consent. It explores the social, legal, and practical implications of always-on recording.

Groq founder reveals that West Coast VCs rejected funding due to herd behavior, ultimately securing funds from East Coast VCs.

TechCrunch's Startup Battlefield 200 application deadline is Friday, May 27, offering pre-Series A founders VC access, global visibility, and $100,000 in equity-free funding.

A Twitter thread discusses a New York Times front-page report stating that in the AI era, most people will become 'permanent underclass', a sentiment shared by VCs and founders in Silicon Valley.

Venture capitalists have invested $50 million in humanoid robot startups that rely solely on vision-based systems.