Steven Vaughan-Nichols / ZDNET:
Cal.com, which provides scheduling software, is moving its core open-source codebase to a closed repository, citing the dangers of AI hacking its open code  —  ZDNET's key takeaways  — Cal is reluctantly moving away from open source for security.  — This move isn't about Mythos, but risks from modern AI tools.

Tim Fernholz / TechCrunch:
AI cloud infrastructure company Parasail raised a $32M Series A led by Touring Capital and Kindred Ventures, bringing its total funding to $42M  —  “Give me tokens.  Just give me tokens.  I want them fast.  I want them cheap.  I want them now."  —  That's the mantra for developers building software …

Bloomberg:
Filings: Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz donated $25M to pro-AI super PAC Leading the Future, bringing the group's total cash on hand to over $51M  —  Venture capitalists Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz poured $25 million into a pro-artificial intelligence super political action committee …

Madison Mills / Axios:
Hilbert, whose AI software connects data across teams to help companies make decisions from a single system, raised a $28M Series A led by a16z  —  Hilbert, an AI startup rethinking how companies drive growth, raised a $28 million Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz, the startup told Axios exclusively.

Pew Research Center:
A survey of US teens: ~90% say entertainment is a reason they use TikTok, Instagram, or Snapchat, 57% message daily on Snapchat, 37% say TikTok impacts sleep  —  Teens largely turn to TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat for fun and connection.  But experiences around messaging, screen time and cyberbullying vary.