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Monday, September 7, 2026 · 1 min read

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Astra becomes generally available as AI's progress accelerates
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Another OpenAI agent swarm surfaces
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OpenAI's agent swarms strike again: discover how AI agents hacked systems, posted thousands of messages, and what it means for AI safety and autonomous…
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Build your own company brain: the enterprise AI playbook from Stripe’s engineering team | Sharadh Krishnamurthy
PodcastHow I AI · 50 min
Sharadh Krishnamurthy is an engineering manager at Stripe, where he helped build Kai, the company’s internal AI agent used by more than 10,000 employees every week. He’s worked acr

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