Cloudflare’s engineering headcount surged 45% after it cut 1,100 jobs, and its CEO has a framework for who survives AI

Cloudflare’s engineering headcount surged 45% after it cut 1,100 jobs, and its CEO has a framework for who survives AI

TL;DR Cloudflare’s engineering team grew 45% even after mass layoffs, as CEO Prince says AI kills “measurer” roles while builders and sellers survive. Cloudflare’s engineering headcount surged 45 percent in the weeks after the company cut 1,100 jobs in May, according to BNP Paribas data drawn from LinkedIn profiles. The finding, first reported by Business…

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Asian AI startups launch Mythos-like models as Anthropic’s export ban drags on

Asian AI startups launch Mythos-like models as Anthropic’s export ban drags on

On Wednesday, Chinese cybersecurity firm 360 reportedly unveiled Tulongfeng, an AI tool it says can go head-to-head with Anthropic’s Mythos. That’s the cybersecurity-focused AI model that is reportedly so powerful, the Trump Administration has currently banned it and its more restricted version, Fable 5, from the hands of non-Americans. Earlier the same week Sakana AI,…

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