Edition of Monday, October 19, 2026

Anthropic Releases Report On AI Impact On Its Workforce

Anthropic just published a report on what AI has done to its own workforce. The authors used internal headcount data, agent session telemetry, calendar data, Slack patterns, and hiring scorecards, plus 17 employee interviews. Anthropic has rebuilt more of its…

Silicon Valley Companies Raise Funds For Expensive AI Game

Enterprise AI companies relying on armies of forward deployed engineers are disguising labor-intensive services as scalable software, inflating recurring revenue and valuations while falling short of autonomy claims, argues Anurag Gurtu, co-founder and CEO of…

SaaStr Identifies Top Mistakes In Hiring CRO Or VP Of Sales

So we’ve spent a ton of time over the years on SaaS talking about hiring a great VP of Sales / CRO. Not only because it really matters, but because hiring the wrong one can set you back a year — or longer. So I thought I’d come back to the classic topic and…

NFL Veteran Kyle Van Noy Shares Lessons On Starting New Job

Whether you’re starting a new gig or hiring for one, Kyle Van Noy offers lessons from 13 NFL seasons that will shorten the learning curve.

As France reels from days of violence, founders brace for more uncertainty

Latin America Startup Funding Increases 26%

A continued boom in late-stage and growth funding combined with a surge in seed-stage funding helped buoy venture investment in Latin America for the third quarter of 2026, Crunchbase data shows.