1/ Apple is going all-in on glasses

Apple’s long-rumored smart glasses effort continues to gain momentum. According to reports from Mark Gurman, the company is pushing toward AI-powered glasses as the next major hardware platform. The race for the post-smartphone interface is heating up, and Apple clearly doesn’t want to let Meta own the category uncontested.

2/ No AI-related job losses?

David Sacks pushed back on the popular narrative that AI is destroying jobs, arguing that AI-driven productivity gains will ultimately create more opportunities than they eliminate.

The reality is probably somewhere in the middle. There’s growing evidence that AI is boosting hiring and wages in some sectors, while certain roles are already feeling pressure from automation. The long-term impact is still very much up for debate.

3/ AI Insurance vs. the Manhattan Project

The CEO of Corgi and the CEO of Linear got into a bit of a scuffle on X this week.

At the center of the debate was startup culture: the Corgi founder championing a 24/7 office-first mentality and drawing comparisons to the Manhattan Project, while others questioned whether that level of intensity — or the comparison itself — was warranted.

As expected, the timeline had a field day. The memes were flying, founders were picking sides, and the discourse quickly expanded beyond insurance into the broader conversation around ambition, startup culture, and what it actually takes to build something meaningful.

There’s definitely an argument for locking in during the early days of a startup. But comparing AI insurance to the Manhattan Project might be stretching the analogy just a little.

4/ Microsoft bans Claude Code

That’s a pretty significant move.

Given Microsoft’s deep relationship with OpenAI and its growing investment in tools like Codex, restricting a competing coding agent isn’t exactly surprising. The AI coding wars are becoming increasingly competitive, and platform control is starting to matter just as much as model quality.