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Quick Hits

AI DIY: Mistral launches custom training.

Claw craze: OpenClaw drives used MacBook prices.

Code reboot: Musk's xAI is starting over.

Creator cash: Facebook pays for cross-posting.

Facelift: Meta plans 20% staff reduction.

Job jolt: Atlassian to cut 1.6k roles.

One-hour delivery: Amazon launches ultrafast shipping.

New look: Claude now generates custom charts.

Privacy pivot: Instagram drops ETEE.

Unplugging: Honda abandons EVs in U.S.

Founder Tip: Hypergrowth rewards bias for action — not permission-seeking.

Henrique Coelho, Senior Director of Engineering at Grow Therapy, describes the company as being at an inflection point — rapid growth on the business side, deep technical investment on the engineering side, and no visible ceiling on the runway.

But what stood out wasn’t just momentum. It was how they’re hiring into it.

Leadership is deliberately bringing in people with curiosity, agency, and a bias for experimentation. The goal isn’t to preserve the current culture. It’s to evolve it so the company can move faster, especially as they invest in LLMs, scale infrastructure, and tackle foundational problems without clear playbooks.

They're hiring! See their 34 open roles here.

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Startups Hiring Now

Jerry.ai

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Clockwork Systems

Accelerate AI Around the Clock.

See 20 open roles.

Job Search Tip: No evidence that the one-page resume rule gets you more interviews.

Sam Wright, Head of Career Strategy at Huntr, analyzed over 100,000 resumes. Two-pagers outperform one-pagers on average.

The rule made sense when people were faxing paper.

Cutting words is easy. Reworking your work history to prove it’s relevant to a specific role is slower, harder, and according to the data, where the real impact is.

Human beings are still reading most of these, not some opaque algorithm. Optimize for a person with 30 seconds and a job description open in the next tab.

Watch ”Ask a Recruiter: The State of the Job Market in 2026“ with Sam Wright here.

What We’re Reading

Software developers see red

Developers aren’t vibing with an AI job risk chart produced by an OpenAI founder putting them in the red with accountants, office clerks, and customer service reps.

Will AI kill phone apps?

Nothing’s CEO predicts AI agents will replace traditional phone apps. “If you’re a founder or a startup and your app is like where the core value lies, that will be disrupted whether you like it or not.”

$5M prize for ‘useful’ quantum

The Quantum for Bio challenge seeks healthcare breakthroughs using quantum computing.

Stripe alum trades fintech for funerals

A former Stripe product team leader’s new startup, New York-based Meadow Memorials, raised $9M to simplify online funeral arrangements.

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