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Who Decides If An AI Weapon Is Ethical? Startup Helsing’s Approach
Helsing has raised $1.8 billion to scale technologies capable of acting in lethal environments. That capital is earmarked for rapid growth, more people building and deploying systems that make lethal decisions. Helsing’s ethical policies were designed for a smaller company. How will they hold up as it scales?
Overheard June 2026: AI Founders On Hiring & Culture
AI funding has set a new record this year. Between March and May 2026, ten AI companies raised rounds ranging from $11 million to $5 billion. Their founders have been candid about who they hire and who they turn away, what they'd refuse to sell, and what keeps them up at night. Here's what they said.
Why A Cow Collar Company Is Worth $2 Billion
Halter just reached a $2 billion valuation, a mark only about ten ‘agtech’ companies, the businesses selling technology to farms and ranches, have ever hit. Half of those later went bankrupt, and the sector's funding has fallen 70 percent from its peak. Is Halter is the shake-up agtech needed?
Tbc: The Agentic ‘Org Chart’
McKinsey spent the last year figuring out what an agentic organisation should look like on paper. AI coding start-up Cognition is already ahead of the game IRL.
Legora’s "No Assholes" Hiring Rule
500 legal AI startups launched around the same time as Legora in 2023. Legora is now worth $5.6 billion. What's different about them?
There Is No "AI Company Culture"
Anduril, Sierra, and Halter are building very different companies. The best AI companies don’t copy each other. Their mission drives how they work.
