Anthropic S-1(sec.gov)
14 points by ChrisbyMe | 0 comments
Anthropic, PBC's Form S-1 registration statement filed with the SEC for an initial public offering of Class A common stock on Nasdaq under the symbol ANT.
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Anthropic S-1(sec.gov)
500 points by SiNTEx | 418 comments
Anthropic, PBC's Form S-1 registration statement filed with the SEC for an initial public offering of Class A common stock on Nasdaq under the symbol ANT.
Focused Company Operating Principles(focused.io)
19 points by mooreds | 5 comments
Focused, a Chicago software consultancy, lists its company operating principles defining how it works with clients, such as being focused, exothermic, unintimidating, and radically candid.
Bentley's Kyiv deadlership among the strongest, despite the war(autonext.co)
5 points by nephihaha | 0 comments
AutoNext news article reporting Bentley Kyiv placed third in Bentley's global dealership performance ranking despite the war, with notes on luxury demand and criticism.
A few thoughts on intensity (2024)(tylerhogge.com)
56 points by andsoitis | 42 comments
Tyler Hogge's blog post arguing that intensity is the most important cultural trait of exceptional startups, citing founders and operators as examples.
Ask HN: Why a Great Product Won't Succeed Without a Community
3 points by gonzar79 | 0 comments
An Ask HN post venting that great products fail without a community, arguing founders should build an audience before launching.
Elon Musk Acquires $1B Stake in CNN's Parent Company(symby.com)
7 points by Alien1Being | 2 comments
Symby news aggregator page collecting coverage from multiple outlets on Elon Musk's $1 billion stake in Skydance, the parent company of CNN.
Move Slow and Fix Things(endler.dev)
54 points by ahmedhossamdev | 0 comments
Matthias Endler's essay arguing against VC-funded hustle culture and for small, bootstrapped, sustainable businesses, critiquing Paul Graham's startup advice.
Median product "lifespan" has fallen from ~4y down to ~1.5y
39 points by stanislavb | 12 comments
Hacker News discussion post noting SaaSHub's product graveyard data shows median software product lifespan dropping from about 4 years to 1.5 years in 2026.
The era of speedball capitalism has dawned(economist.com)
22 points by mikhael | 6 comments
An Economist business article titled "The era of speedball capitalism has dawned"; the capture shows an access-restricted bot-detection page instead.
Airbnb bans making guests do dishes and take out the trash(theverge.com)
117 points by babelfish | 229 comments
The Verge news article on Airbnb's updated house rules policy barring hosts from requiring guests to do chores like dishes, laundry, or taking out trash.
After automation: Solo founding will be the default(every.to)
35 points by rmason | 59 comments
An Every 'Thesis Statements' essay by Julian Weisser arguing that AI will make solo founding the default way to start startups, with loneliness as the new main risk.
Plex laid off the whole player team(forums.plex.tv)
61 points by zzyzxd | 114 comments
Plex forum thread about a 2026.20.0 beta bug where 4K Dolby Vision files won't play on iOS/tvOS, where a developer mentions the player team was laid off.
SaaS Is Dead(saasisdead.si)
4 points by tokozedginidze | 2 comments
A promotional landing page by AppFlowy declaring SaaS dead, showing a grim reaper over gravestones of Notion, Adobe, Slack, and Figma, and promoting open-source alternatives.
UK Defence Startups Are Being Denied Banking Services Under ESG Rules(foxandlion.pub)
60 points by fascinnn | 57 comments
Fox & Lion analysis article on UK banks refusing accounts to defence start-ups due to ESG screening and anti-money laundering checks.
Stripe will acquire OpenRouter for $7.5B(startupfortune.com)
51 points by novaRom | 7 comments
Startup Fortune article reporting Stripe agreed to acquire AI model routing startup OpenRouter for about $7.5 billion, outbidding Databricks.
Show HN: I built a task system to handle the drudgery so I could focus on tasks(3anddoneapp.com)
42 points by dmayle | 36 comments
Try page for 3 & Done, a task app that takes voice or text input and emails you three prioritized tasks each day with reasons.
Matthew Prince on why Cloudflare offers a free version and always will (2016)(webmasters.stackexchange.com)
104 points by thatslast | 84 comments
A Stack Exchange Webmasters answer by Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince listing five reasons Cloudflare offers a free CDN tier: data, referrals, hiring, QA, and bandwidth scale.
The Elizabeth Holmes documentary “You Can See Everything” is deceiving(readtheprofile.com)
368 points by MaysonL | 521 comments
A Substack essay from The Profile by Polina Pompliano arguing that the Elizabeth Holmes documentary 'You Can See Everything' manipulates its viewers.
The Elizabeth Holmes Documentary, via the Eyes of the Reporter Who Exposed Her(nytimes.com)
9 points by benchtobedside | 0 comments
New York Times article about a documentary on Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos, told through the reporter who exposed the fraud; the capture shows a captcha page.
Anthropic assigned highest junk credit rating in June(ft.com)
203 points by JumpCrisscross | 62 comments
Financial Times article reporting that Anthropic received the highest junk-grade credit rating in June, shown behind a subscription paywall.
I designed a nose guard for my dog and gave it away. Now 500 dogs wear one(snoutcover.com)
195 points by ragswag | 102 comments
A founder's story of designing a nose guard for his pitbull with discoid lupus (DLE) and growing it into a product worn by 500 dogs.
Show HN: Unfenced – Land for sale that borders public land(unfenced.land)
294 points by otherwatersflow | 191 comments
Unfenced is a search site listing properties for sale that border public forest, game lands and wilderness, verified against official boundary maps.
How Amazon pushes up prices all across the Internet(not-ship.com)
897 points by sighborg | 684 comments
A Not-Ship newsletter article examining how Amazon's marketplace policies drive up prices across other online retailers.
4 Years of Ludicon(ludicon.com)
16 points by ibobev | 3 comments
Ignacio Castaño's blog post reflecting on four years of running Ludicon, his independent software company.
Character.ai has initiated voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy(blog.character.ai)
310 points by nryoo | 274 comments
Character.ai blog post giving a company update, linked in connection with its voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing and asset sale to Disney.
Research Firm Calls Anthropic's IPO 'Unprecedented Test of Investor Gullibity'(cnbc.com)
220 points by m463 | 164 comments
CNBC article reporting that research firm New Constructs called Anthropic's planned $2 trillion Nasdaq IPO the most ridiculous IPO of 2026.
Why hasn't SpaceX, worth $2T, paid this Bay Area chef the $70K it owes him?(sfchronicle.com)
7 points by hn_acker | 4 comments
San Francisco Chronicle article about a Bay Area chef who says SpaceX owes him about $70,000 in unpaid catering fees.
HostMath – Airbnb profit calculator with break-even occupancy and payback(hosttmath.ctonew.app)
4 points by Hostmath | 3 comments
HostMath is a short-term rental profit calculator for US Airbnb hosts that computes cash flow, margin, break-even occupancy and payback, with results unlocked for $10 per property.
Typesafe AI raises $870M at $7.5B(typesafe.ai)
413 points by tosh | 332 comments
Company blog post from Typesafe AI announcing an $870M funding round at a $7.5B valuation.
Our $445M Series D(oxide.computer)
675 points by ahlCVA | 303 comments
Oxide Computer Company blog post announcing its $445 million Series D funding round.
Show HN: Artvinto – Vintage posters and fine art prints(artvinto.com)
5 points by bluefin | 0 comments
Homepage of Artvinto, an online store selling museum-quality prints of vintage posters, historical prints, and classic artworks.
Paramount, Warner Bros Formally Merge, Form Giant Mountain of Disastrous Debt(techdirt.com)
21 points by cdrnsf | 1 comments
Techdirt article by Karl Bode criticizing the completed $110 billion Paramount–Warner Bros merger under Skydance and its $82 billion debt load.
Paramount Skydance has completed its $111B merger with Warner Bros. Discovery(arstechnica.com)
224 points by Mgtyalx | 356 comments
Ars Technica article reporting that Paramount Skydance completed its $111 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery after a last-ditch effort to stop it failed.
JetBrains reported a net financial loss first time in its tracked history(helgilibrary.com)
538 points by thw_9a83c | 486 comments
Helgi Library company data page for JetBrains s.r.o. showing total revenue and net income charts from 2005 to 2025 in CZK, with paid indicator data for sale.
High Diesel Prices Bankrupted 16 Trucking Companies in Just 30 Days(thedrive.com)
116 points by speckx | 89 comments
The Drive news article reporting that high diesel prices drove 16 trucking companies into bankruptcy within 30 days.
Germany’s RobCo hits $1B valuation(techfundingnews.com)
319 points by dachworker | 297 comments
Tech Funding News article reporting that German industrial robotics startup RobCo has reached a $1 billion valuation, becoming Europe's newest robotics unicorn.
The Auditor's Opinion(cringely.com)
18 points by colinprince | 14 comments
A Robert X. Cringely blog post titled "The Auditor's Opinion" on his I, Cringely technology commentary site.
Bill Draper has died(nytimes.com)
131 points by bookofjoe | 39 comments
New York Times obituary of venture capitalist William (Bill) Draper; the captured page is a bot-detection block screen.
The cost of lies: A Mineserver story(jeremyreimer.com)
167 points by luu | 69 comments
Jeremy Reimer's blog post recounting the story of Mineserver, a crowdfunded Minecraft server product, and the consequences of lies behind it.
Elon Musk Emails(elonmuskmails.com)
26 points by rishikeshs | 3 comments
A searchable archive of 229 Elon Musk emails organized by year and company, including Tesla, SpaceX, OpenAI and Neuralink.
Barcodes are about to go extinct(thehustle.co)
61 points by rmason | 92 comments
The Hustle article by Katherine Laidlaw explaining why traditional UPC barcodes are about to be phased out in retail.
Amazon seeks to offload $8B of Nvidia chips to investors(reuters.com)
57 points by wslh | 59 comments
Reuters report, citing the FT, that Amazon is seeking to offload about $8 billion worth of Nvidia chips to investors; the page showed only a device verification screen.
![Screenshot of scholarlycommons.law.wlu.edu: Limited Liability In Historical Perspective (1997) [pdf]](https://hn.urlbox.com/shots/renders/2026/10/2/0a158dc2-2ed6-40de-ba0f-89d4f23fd820.jpg)
Limited Liability In Historical Perspective (1997) [pdf](scholarlycommons.law.wlu.edu)
12 points by gradus_ad | 3 comments
A 1997 Washington and Lee Law Review article by Robert W. Hillman examining the history of limited liability for business owners.
Anthropic's IPO Prospectus Is a Fucking Doozy(daringfireball.net)
18 points by danaris | 3 comments
A Daring Fireball linked-list post commenting on a Reuters report about Anthropic's IPO prospectus.
Tesla takes on $30B in credit as it approaches unprofitability(electrek.co)
80 points by ciconia | 93 comments
Electrek article reporting that Tesla is taking on $30 billion in credit as the company nears unprofitability.
Startup Nights 2026 is comming up on 5-6 Nov. in Switzerland(startup-nights.ch)
41 points by sschueller | 23 comments
Event page for Startup Nights, the annual two-day Swiss startup ecosystem meetup with keynotes, workshops, pitch competitions and networking.
Palantir founder purchases large swath of forest in Sweden(arctictoday.com)
92 points by davidja | 70 comments
Arctic Today news article reporting that a Palantir founder has purchased a large area of forest land in Sweden.
MongoDB CEO resigns to join Meta(reuters.com)
324 points by diek | 264 comments
Reuters report that MongoDB's CEO is stepping down to lead an enterprise platform at Meta; the captured page shows only a device verification screen.
Owed a billion dollars in Nvidia stock(colo.to)
1030 points by Eric_Gullichsen | 430 comments
Personal essay by Eric Gullichsen, an early NVIDIA technical advisor, explaining how 1993 stock options he was granted may now be worth about a billion dollars.
Have an LLC(zachholman.com)
45 points by mlex | 35 comments
Zach Holman blog post arguing that individuals building software projects should form an LLC, contrasting with the old heavyweight startup formation process.
Automattic has a new board after failed attempt to put CEO on leave(techcrunch.com)
117 points by ilamont | 141 comments
TechCrunch article reporting that Automattic has a new board of directors following a failed attempt to put its CEO on leave.
Letterboxd Is Up for Sale, and A24, Sony and the New York Times Are Bidding(worldofreel.com)
48 points by crossroadsguy | 23 comments
World of Reel blog post reporting that Letterboxd is for sale, with A24, Sony and the New York Times among the bidders.
Oracle on the hook to pay data centre investors even if site has no electricity(ft.com)
127 points by Betelbuddy | 107 comments
Financial Times article on Oracle being obligated to pay data centre investors even if a site lacks electricity; the capture shows a Cloudflare security check with a 403 error.
Oracle invokes force majeure on New Mexico AI data center(qz.com)
20 points by dgellow | 2 comments
Quartz article reporting Oracle stock fell 4% after the company invoked force majeure with its developer on a troubled New Mexico AI data center project.
Disney+ and Hulu raise prices by up to 13 percent after doubling profits(arstechnica.com)
105 points by Brajeshwar | 120 comments
Ars Technica article reporting that Disney+ and Hulu are raising subscription prices by up to 13 percent after Disney's streaming profits doubled.
Oracle cites 'force majeure' to shield itself on controversial data center(bloomberg.com)
104 points by simonpure | 92 comments
Bloomberg article reporting that Oracle invoked a force majeure clause to shield itself over a controversial AI data center project.
How can this Amazon scammer keep going, not shipping any goods?(amazon.de)
15 points by kiloklokillo | 8 comments
An Amazon.de third-party seller profile page, shared as an example of a seller allegedly taking orders without shipping goods.
Grammarly will send unhinged messages to all your users if you try to cancel(reddit.com)
249 points by ksec | 69 comments
A Reddit r/sysadmin post warning that Grammarly sends messages to all organization users when an admin tries to cancel; the page shown is a Reddit block screen.
Transit rewards(waymo.com)
244 points by raybb | 312 comments
Waymo's official Waypoint blog post announcing Waymo transit rewards, a program linking its robotaxi service with public transit use.
Launch HN: Coverage Cat (YC S22) – Umbrella insurance via your personal agent(coveragecat.com)
45 points by botacode | 28 comments
Homepage of Coverage Cat, a licensed insurance broker for comparing home and umbrella coverage, with an MCP/agent API for personal AI agents.
Verda (Finland) raises $189M in Series B(verda.com)
77 points by cmrdporcupine | 27 comments
Verda blog post explaining what its $189M Series B funding round means for customers of its platform.
Smart Ring Maker Oura, Backers Seek $2.2B in US IPO(bloomberg.com)
9 points by elo2000 | 1 comments
Bloomberg news article reporting that smart ring maker Oura and its backers are seeking to raise $2.2 billion in a US initial public offering.
What Sun got wrong(bcantrill.dtrace.org)
660 points by chmaynard | 380 comments
Bryan Cantrill blog post reflecting on what Sun Microsystems got wrong, prompted by Oxide's homage t-shirts for its OxCon meetup.
Nvidia is the central bank of AI(economist.com)
545 points by tolugenius | 385 comments
An Economist briefing arguing that Nvidia acts like a central bank for the AI industry by financing its customers, and asking whether those loans will prove sound.
I spent $220 on Google app ads and 60% of the installs were robots(dayzlegame.com)
708 points by nickabe | 381 comments
Blog post by the maker of the Dayzle puzzle app describing how most installs from a $220 Google app ad campaign came from bots, and what they changed.
Automattic's board forces CEO Matt Mullenweg into leave of absence(techcrunch.com)
381 points by LeoPanthera | 252 comments
TechCrunch article reporting that Automattic's board has forced CEO Matt Mullenweg to take a leave of absence.
Mechanical Turk shutting down September 30(mturk.com)
493 points by tmp10423288442 | 149 comments
Amazon Mechanical Turk homepage with a banner announcing the crowdsourcing marketplace will permanently close on September 30, 2026.
ElevenLabs, TwelveLabs, ThirteenLabs(quantumi.sh)
438 points by jemoka | 132 comments
A personal page mapping numbers 0–99 to companies named "[number]labs", highlighting which are AI-related, inspired by ElevenLabs and TwelveLabs.
OpenRouter is joining Stripe(openrouter.ai)
925 points by rvz | 473 comments
OpenRouter blog announcement that the LLM API routing company is joining Stripe through an acquisition.
Beware Management Consultants(about.iceland.co.uk)
553 points by KolmogorovComp | 149 comments
A page from Iceland Foods' company history section recounting the 2001–2005 'Dark Ages' period and a warning about management consultants.
The Amazon tax(seths.blog)
1311 points by herbertl | 659 comments
Seth Godin blog post arguing Amazon's search ad revenue functions as a tax on merchants and publishers, distorting search results for shoppers.
Stripe will reportedly acquire OpenRouter for $7B+(techcrunch.com)
396 points by zacharyozer | 244 comments
A news report that Stripe will reportedly acquire AI model gateway startup OpenRouter for more than $7 billion; the captured page shows a Bloomberg bot-check captcha.
Nvidia's Risky Business(stratechery.com)
325 points by jonbaer | 157 comments
Stratechery article by Ben Thompson analyzing Nvidia's business risks, opening with a historical anecdote about financier Jay Cooke.
Discovery Loop(discoveryloop.com)
902 points by xtreak29 | 568 comments
Landing page for Discovery Loop, an organization branded around "continuous exploration" with approach, mission, team, and join-us sections.
Superlogical(superlogical.com)
727 points by yan | 427 comments
Landing page for Superlogical, a company building "the multiplexer for all work" spanning coding agents, background jobs, and production applications.
Apple targets dozens of OpenAI employees with legal letters(ft.com)
362 points by merksittich | 305 comments
Financial Times article reporting that Apple has sent legal letters to dozens of OpenAI employees; content is behind a subscription paywall.
Apple sues OpenAI, accuses ex-employees of stealing trade secrets(9to5mac.com)
1555 points by stock_toaster | 871 comments
9to5Mac news article reporting that Apple has sued OpenAI, accusing former Apple employees of stealing trade secrets.
Costco is the anti-Amazon(phenomenalworld.org)
521 points by bookofjoe | 506 comments
Phenomenal World analysis essay by Benjamin Y. Fong titled "The Anti-Amazon," in its Labor & Logistics section, about Costco as a contrast to Amazon.
Half-Baked Product(weli.dev)
1176 points by weli | 361 comments
A blog post using a parable about a founder entering the oven business to critique building products from spreadsheet market analysis without domain skill.
Show HN: Searchable directory of 22k+ products from worker-owned co-ops(workerowned.info)
371 points by IESAI_ski | 74 comments
Market Place is a searchable directory of over 22,000 products from 60 worker-owned stores, linking out to company sites by category.
Founding a company in Germany: €9600, 152 days and I still can't send an invoice(paolino.me)
515 points by earcar | 618 comments
Blog post by Carmine Paolino recounting spending €9,600 and 152 days founding a company in Germany without yet being able to send an invoice.
Did my old job only exist because of fraud?(david.newgas.net)
776 points by advisedwang | 364 comments
A personal blog post by a software engineer reflecting on whether his job at startup GenieDB, taken over by Stuart Frost's Frost VP fund, existed only because of fraud.
Hyundai buys Boston Dynamics(startupfortune.com)
896 points by ck2 | 380 comments
Startup Fortune article reporting Hyundai is buying SoftBank's remaining 9.65% stake in Boston Dynamics for $325 million, taking full ownership.
A website that lists websites to submit your website to(submission.directory)
391 points by azeemkafridi | 86 comments
A curated directory of sites where you can submit a website, startup, or product, such as launch platforms, startup directories, and backlink sources.
Sixty percent of US consumers say 'AI' in brand messaging is a turnoff(wpvip.com)
936 points by thm | 477 comments
WordPress VIP's "Future of the Web 2026" report, Chapter 1, on consumer attitudes toward AI in brand messaging and why human-feeling brands win.
SpaceX to buy Cursor for $60B(reuters.com)
1082 points by itsmarcelg | 1581 comments
Reuters article reporting SpaceX's deal to acquire Anysphere, maker of the Cursor AI code editor, for $60 billion; the page loaded as a bot-verification captcha.
Fox to buy Roku(wsj.com)
348 points by thm | 412 comments
Wall Street Journal article reporting that Fox plans to acquire streaming company Roku; the page shown is a bot-verification captcha.
Salesforce to Acquire Fin (formerly Intercom) for $3.6B(salesforce.com)
320 points by colesantiago | 234 comments
Salesforce press release announcing a definitive agreement to acquire Fin, formerly known as Intercom.
How to earn a billion dollars(paulgraham.com)
634 points by kingstoned | 1643 comments
Paul Graham essay, based on an Oxford Union talk, explaining how people become billionaires, chiefly by starting successful startups.