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Slack, Workday and LinkedIn Are Resisting Customers’ AI Agents
Applied AI

Slack, Workday and LinkedIn Are Resisting Customers’ AI Agents

By Laura Bratton · Mar 24, 2026 1:24pm PDT · 2 comments
Every day seems to bring new excitement—or in the case of Amazon employees, trepidation—around AI agents that aim to perform any white-collar task involving a computer. Monday night, for instance, Anthropic announced its latest march in this direction with a version of its Claude chatbot that can take over your computer and operate any... Every day seems to bring new excitement—or in the case of Amazon employees, trepidation—around AI...
Melanie Perkins, Canva co-founder and CEO. Alisha Jucevic/Getty Images.
True Value

Why Canva Was Smart to Hold Off on an IPO

By Anita Ramaswamy · Mar 19, 2026 6:00am PDT · 1 comment
A couple of years ago, design software firm Canva was one of the hot startups to watch, on everyone’s list of IPO candidates. But it sat out last year’s IPO class and now finds itself in an awkward spot. Not only is software out of favor with investors, who fret about how AI will disrupt it, but giant offerings coming from SpaceX, OpenAI and... A couple of years ago, design software firm Canva was one of the hot startups to watch, on...
Rajeeb Hazra, CEO, Quantinuum. Photo via Getty
Exclusive

The Startups Inching Toward an IPO in a Volatile Market

By Valida Pau · Mar 13, 2026 6:00am PDT · 1 comment
Startups hoping to go public this year will need plenty of grit to get their shares listed. A rout in software stocks over fears AI will make their businesses irrelevant had already poured cold water on many startups’ initial public offering plans. Then the Middle East war made companies even more nervous about testing a volatile stock market.... Startups hoping to go public this year will need plenty of grit to get their shares listed. A...
Sunday Insights

Figma and HubSpot CEOs Say They Aren’t Fazed by Risks From AI Agents. Their Disclosures Say Otherwise

By Laura Bratton · Mar 15, 2026 8:00am PDT · 7 comments
Leaders at enterprise app makers such as Figma, Workday and HubSpot have downplayed threats from AI that could crimp their growth, a concern that has pressured their stocks for months. But the securities filings those leaders sign every quarter are beginning to note the competitive risks the companies face from AI agents, which their customers... Leaders at enterprise app makers such as Figma, Workday and HubSpot have downplayed threats from...
Daytona CEO Ivan Burazin. Photo courtesy of Daytona.
AI Agenda

Datadog and Figma Back a Startup Developing Tools For AI Agents

By Stephanie Palazzolo · Feb 5, 2026 7:00am PST
First off, check out Jyoti’s Wednesday scoop about Meta’s latest AI model efforts. In sum, Meta is telling its employees “we’re back in the game!” and setting high expectations for the company’s next open-weight large language model, codenamed Avocado.Yes, Meta AI leaders did the same last year with Llama 4 and we all know how poorly that turned... First off, check out Jyoti’s Wednesday scoop about Meta’s latest AI model efforts. In sum, Meta...