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Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket suffered a significant setback this week when the vehicle exploded during a static fire test. It's a serious blow for Jeff Bezos's space company, which has been working hard to establish New Glenn as a credible competitor in the increasingly crowded commercial launch market.
Shifting to enterprise software, AI search startup Glean has crossed three hundred million dollars in annual revenue, tripling its top line even as Google, Microsoft, and other giants have moved aggressively into the same space. The company's pitch — that AI can actually reduce software spending rather than add to it — appears to be resonating with budget-conscious enterprise buyers.
And in a story that raises uncomfortable questions about the future of software development, a blog post circulating in developer communities this week proposes the idea of protestware specifically targeting AI coding agents. The concept involves embedding code that behaves differently when run by an autonomous agent versus a human developer — a sign that tensions around AI-assisted programming are starting to surface in unexpected ways.
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