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Company#11.7x usual34OpenAIThe AI lab behind ChatGPT, the GPT models and Codex. Why now: Abdulrahman Alfozan, a Saudi national employed as an OpenAI engineer, looks behind a television where a recording…Company#21.9x usual28AppleThe maker of the iPhone, the Mac and Apple Intelligence. Why now: Apple Keynote now showing ads in its UIModel#33.7x usual27Gemini 4A version of Google's Gemini models. Why now: GEMINI 4 ARGON IS WEIRD...Company#426GoogleThe search, cloud, Android and Gemini company, part of Alphabet. Why now: Google is silently linking your phone number across all signed-in accountsDeveloper tool#54.4x usual23StarlinkSpaceX's satellite internet service. Why now: Fire at Starlink site in Bulgaria after suspected sabotage in PolandDeveloper tool#63.1x usual22ArgonGemini 4 Argon, one of Google's Gemini 4 models. Why now: GEMINI 4 ARGON IS WEIRD...Company#719AnthropicThe AI lab behind the Claude models and Claude Code. Why now: Anthropic's Scion is heavily inspired by MononokeCompany#816MetaThe company behind Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and the Llama models. Why now: Meta is meddling with Brazilian democracyAI product#916ChatGPTOpenAI's AI assistant. Why now: Since the release of ChatGPT, would you say your life has had an overall net positive or negative change as a result of…Model#1016Claude Opus 5.5A version of Anthropic's Claude Opus, its largest models. Why now: Are They Nerfing Opus 5.5? Livenerf Day 20 updateModel#1115ClaudeAnthropic's family of AI models and its assistant app. Why now: Ask HN: Why do people say "I built it" when we should say "Claude built it"?Company#122.9x usual15AMDThe chipmaker behind Ryzen and EPYC processors and Instinct AI accelerators. Why now: Scaleway expands European AI cloud with AMD supercomputerDeveloper tool#1315LinuxThe open-source operating system kernel behind most servers and Android. Why now: Running Windows desktop tests from Linux with disposable VMsDeveloper tool#1414WindowsMicrosoft's PC operating system. Why now: Running Windows desktop tests from Linux with disposable VMsCompany#152.4x usual14Character.AIAn app for chatting with AI characters. Why now: Character.ai's Bankruptcy Documents Show the Economics of AI Don't WorkCompany#161.9x usual13OracleThe database and cloud company, now a large AI data center operator. Why now: The Aaronson OracleModel#1712QwenAlibaba's family of open-weight AI models. Why now: Qwen Image 2.1 TurboAI product#1812JevAn AI model that returns typed decisions, such as labels and choices, instead of generated text. Why now: We’re releasing Jev 1.14.0 along with experimental features for dreamersDeveloper tool#1912MCPModel Context Protocol, an open standard for connecting AI models to tools and data. Why now: I built an MCP server with Claude Code that lets Claude search and apply to jobs.Company#202.1x usual12NetflixThe streaming service. Why now: Netflix is laying off roughly 6% of its workforce
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1OpenAIThe AI lab behind ChatGPT, the GPT models and Codex. Why now: Abdulrahman Alfozan, a Saudi national employed as an OpenAI engineer, looks behind a television where a recording…Company1.7x usual34
2AppleThe maker of the iPhone, the Mac and Apple Intelligence. Why now: Apple Keynote now showing ads in its UICompany1.9x usual28
3Gemini 4A version of Google's Gemini models. Why now: GEMINI 4 ARGON IS WEIRD...Model3.7x usual27
4GoogleThe search, cloud, Android and Gemini company, part of Alphabet. Why now: Google is silently linking your phone number across all signed-in accountsCompany26
5StarlinkSpaceX's satellite internet service. Why now: Fire at Starlink site in Bulgaria after suspected sabotage in PolandDeveloper tool4.4x usual23
6ArgonGemini 4 Argon, one of Google's Gemini 4 models. Why now: GEMINI 4 ARGON IS WEIRD...Developer tool3.1x usual22
7AnthropicThe AI lab behind the Claude models and Claude Code. Why now: Anthropic's Scion is heavily inspired by MononokeCompany19
8MetaThe company behind Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and the Llama models. Why now: Meta is meddling with Brazilian democracyCompany16
9ChatGPTOpenAI's AI assistant. Why now: Since the release of ChatGPT, would you say your life has had an overall net positive or negative change as a result of…AI product16
10Claude Opus 5.5A version of Anthropic's Claude Opus, its largest models. Why now: Are They Nerfing Opus 5.5? Livenerf Day 20 updateModel16
11ClaudeAnthropic's family of AI models and its assistant app. Why now: Ask HN: Why do people say "I built it" when we should say "Claude built it"?Model15
12AMDThe chipmaker behind Ryzen and EPYC processors and Instinct AI accelerators. Why now: Scaleway expands European AI cloud with AMD supercomputerCompany2.9x usual15
13LinuxThe open-source operating system kernel behind most servers and Android. Why now: Running Windows desktop tests from Linux with disposable VMsDeveloper tool15
14WindowsMicrosoft's PC operating system. Why now: Running Windows desktop tests from Linux with disposable VMsDeveloper tool14
15Character.AIAn app for chatting with AI characters. Why now: Character.ai's Bankruptcy Documents Show the Economics of AI Don't WorkCompany2.4x usual14
16OracleThe database and cloud company, now a large AI data center operator. Why now: The Aaronson OracleCompany1.9x usual13
17QwenAlibaba's family of open-weight AI models. Why now: Qwen Image 2.1 TurboModel12
18JevAn AI model that returns typed decisions, such as labels and choices, instead of generated text. Why now: We’re releasing Jev 1.14.0 along with experimental features for dreamersAI product12
19MCPModel Context Protocol, an open standard for connecting AI models to tools and data. Why now: I built an MCP server with Claude Code that lets Claude search and apply to jobs.Developer tool12
20NetflixThe streaming service. Why now: Netflix is laying off roughly 6% of its workforceCompany2.1x usual12

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