Today we're announcing NAVIGATE, a gathering of the best teams building in AI.
I've hand-curated a group of speakers who I think are pushing the bar forward of what it means to build AI agents in production.
Best of all: it’s free. I hope to see you there!
Already this year, Cisco bought Astrix ($400 million), Crowdstrike bought SGNL ($740 million) and Palo Alto Networks bought Koi ($400 million).
Get the full state of the public and private cybersecurity markets in our 2026 Rising in Cyber report: https://t.co/fnwWg9lUOX
Last year was massive for cybersecurity deal-making as M&A volume grew 300%.
Even if you take out the blockbuster $32 billion deal with Google buying Wiz, overall M&A still +156%.
That momentum isn't slowing down in 2026.
The best AI infrastructure companies like @vercel, @fal & @browserbase learned from @snowflake & @databricks to build bigger moats in ways pure software never could.
Read the full post from Dan here: https://t.co/YqfsqhLLol
The best infra companies have stopped settling for 5% of the cloud bill, they own the workload entirely.
@dan_cahana breaks down his workload cloud thesis and why agents make it more valuable than ever
A top candidate accepting your offer is exciting — but the job's not done yet
"That's precisely the moment when I'm most anxious," says @onequince's Chief People Officer.
He walks us through his closing playbook on the latest ep of Notable Perspectives: https://t.co/DNbENXctiC
Most companies view new model releases as a threat to their existence.
Browserbase only improves as labs release better models.
Our customers get more out of our infrastructure, and stay ahead of the bleeding edge of AI.
"If you're not thinking about the counter when you're constructing the original offer, you've already made yourself vulnerable."
Matt Jahansouz, CPO of @onequince, on closing elite talent in the AI age, kicking off the first episode of our new series on Talent in the AI Era.
Anthropic added more revenue in Q1 than the entire SaaS industry did in all of 2024.
@jrichlive breaks down what that means for public and private markets + his thoughts on the hype cycle and who is best positioned for the AI boom 🤖
WATCH: https://t.co/Y2yOGJCle6
APPLE: https://t.co/Gtrax4qk8M
SPOTIFY: https://t.co/dU5CVsfQg7
four weeks before YC demo day, we killed what we'd been building. it had a 50% CMO response rate, but we couldn’t stop thinking about an idea that nobody had a name for yet…
10,000+ downloads later, that idea is Dex.
Welcome to all of our new fellows! Excited to see what you build this summer. The energy in the room made clear what this cohort is about: not waiting to get started.
Learn more about the Notable NextGen Fellowship here: https://t.co/nL9O3375St
Yesterday, we officially kicked off the 2026 NextGen Fellowship!
We met our new fellows who are already deep into building this summer, whether at companies like OpenAI, Vercel, and Databricks, or running their own startups.
We also got to reconnect with NextGen alums, who have since joined YC, raised from top funds, and built companies of their own.
On the 1st ep of First Commit, @reggitales explains why she dropped out of Harvard, left a YC batch mid-pivot, and is now building Dex — a browser agent helping knowledge workers offload the manual layer of their day.
Introducing First Commit — a new Notable podcast series that talks to builders solving hard problems before the industry catches up.
First episode drops tomorrow with @reggitales, co-founder of @dexbythirdlayer.