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Claude Code's source code appears to have leaked: here's what we know
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Thursday, 15 September 2022
What Does the Post Crash VC Market Look Like?
At our mid-year offsite our partnership at Upfront Ventures was discussing what the future of venture capital and the st…
Friday, 2 September 2022
AI & Machine Learning
How we redesigned Slack for the iPad
We all get our work done differently. Some of us are at our desks from 9 to 5, while others work more flexible hours. So…
Tuesday, 26 July 2022
AI & Machine Learning
AI & Machine Learning
Upfront Ventures Raises > $650 Million for Startups and Returns > $600 Million to LPs
Photo by Scott Clark for Upfront Ventures (no, Evan is not standing on a box) Last year marked the 25th anniversary for …
Wednesday, 13 July 2022
Helion Needs You
Helion has been progressing even faster than I expected and is on pace in 2024 to 1) demonstrate Q > 1 fusion and 2) …
Thursday, 14 April 2022
Beyond the last message: Designing for all information in Slack
Slack is primarily designed for team communication in channels. Channels are where work happens: It’s where teams exchan…
Wednesday, 6 April 2022
AI & Machine Learning
AI & Machine Learning
DALL•E 2
Today we did a research launch of DALL•E 2, a new AI tool that can create and edit images from natural language instruct…
Friday, 18 March 2022
AI & Machine Learning
How we transcend languages and formats — even with our onboarding emails
Hi, we’re Alison and Zoe, Associate and Junior Designers, respectively, and we just joined Slack in fall of 2021. Our fi…
Thursday, 20 January 2022
AI & Machine Learning
Sweating the small stuff
How Slack invests in big little details through Customer Love Sprints Most businesses say they love their customers. Sla…
Tuesday, 30 November 2021
How we layered product principles to refresh Slack notifications
Close your eyes and imagine yourself using Slack. What are two phrases you’d use to describe that experience? What…
Wednesday, 10 November 2021
AI & Machine Learning
AI & Machine Learning
Density & the Future of Real Estate
Nearly six years ago, I was thrilled to invest in Andrew Farah and the team at Density when they had a vision for buildi…
Friday, 5 November 2021
Helion
I’m delighted to be investing more in Helion . Helion is by far the most promising approach to fusion I’ve seen. David a…
Tuesday, 2 November 2021
Getting to know your remote teammates
Fostering a sense of connection with your team is probably the hardest part of working remotely. When you work in an off…
Thursday, 14 October 2021
How to say no to meetings without feeling guilty
Being immersed in Slack’s highly collaborative culture and an even closer-knit team, saying no to meetings used to be sl…
Wednesday, 29 September 2021
AI & Machine Learning
The story of Slack Clips: Prototyping the path to audio and video messages
We recently announced the rollout of audio and video clips in Slack, which allow anyone on Slack’s paid plans to send au…
Wednesday, 15 September 2021
AI & Machine Learning
A new window to the early universe (and aliens?)
Astrophysicists anxiously await the upcoming launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, slated for December 18. Things ca…
Learning
The cruelest people in Russian history
If there is one thing that Russia scholars can agree on, it is the poor quality of leadership that has plagued the count…
AI & Machine Learning
Mindfulness: New age craze or science-backed solution?
Mindfulness has become a billion-dollar industry. Research shows mindfulness can be an effective wellness practice, yet …
AI & Machine Learning
Big Tech and privacy: Apple flirts with the "dark side"
Compared to other Big Tech companies, Apple has been the poster child of privacy protection. Unfortunately, a recent ann…
AI & Machine Learning
What happens when two different respiratory viruses infect the same cell?
Right now, there's just one virus on everyone's minds: SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. But humanity is plagu…
Learning
How to understand Einstein's equation for general relativity
The Einstein field equations appear very simple, but they encode a tremendous amount of complexity. What looks like one …
Tuesday, 14 September 2021
AI & Machine Learning
What really happens when your foot goes to sleep?
Imagine you've just sat down to watch your favorite TV show. You decide to snuggle in with your legs crisscrossed becaus…
AI & Machine Learning
Saving history: 3D laser scans preserve world heritage sites
To prevent the present from erasing the past, non-profit organizations are creating detailed 3D scans of famous monument…
AI & Machine Learning
Who was the most original philosopher?
Plato wrote profusely, and his ideas are intelligent, well argued, and powerful. His works form the backbone of so many …
Learning
Exoplanets with moons may be likelier to host life
A new study suggests that exomoons are common in multistar systems. Thus far, only a few exomoon candidates have been id…
AI & Machine Learning
Could fundamental physical constants not be constant across space and time?
We assume that physical constants do not change from time to time or location to location. Measurements aimed at calcula…
Monday, 13 September 2021
Learning
Clever wild boar brings rescue party to save young from a trap
Researchers observe in a series of photos an unexpected rescue of two young wild boars from a trap. The whole rescue too…
AI & Machine Learning
Wisdom of Daoism: why Yin-Yang is so much more than a tattoo
Daoism is the philosophy that there is a right way to live life, and it involves finding and following the "Dao", or pat…
AI & Machine Learning
Neuroplasticity: how to use anxiety to improve your life
Anxiety is an inevitable feature of our lives. Our brains need stress in order to thrive, but neither too much nor too l…
Sunday, 12 September 2021
AI & Machine Learning
What are dormant volcanoes good for? Copper mining
This article was originally published on our sister site, Freethink. Oxford scientists have proposed what they believe i…
Learning
Is reality real? These neuroscientists don’t think so.
Is there an external reality? Is reality objective? Is the information your senses are feeding you an accurate depiction…