One large step for mankind

Great leaders build great teams. It sounds obvious. And it is. The question becomes HOW? How do you as a leader execute to put an all-star team together. How do you separate yourself and become one of the greats? You’re competing with every other company in the world for attention and talent.

A couple of days ago, humanity witnessed history as SpaceX’s mechanical arms caught a starship rocket booster back at the launch pad. It was a unifying moment that reminded us all of the great things our species is capable of. In case you missed it:

Elon is a polarizing figure. He trolls on Twitter, he speaks his mind, he oversells at times and he antagonizes competitors. Elon is many things good and bad. Love him or hate him, Elon is a great leader. He’s a unifier and he inspires those who work with him. Elon wants to push humanity forward and he attracts and retains those who share his vision. Elon has his methods and they work well for him.

What’s your strategy? How are you going to attract and retain the best talent and people who share your vision?

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Let’s jump into this week’s highlights.

News

Westworld and I Robot may be closer than we think. This past week Tesla unveiled Cybercabs, Robovans and second generation Optimus robots and costs are surprisingly low.

The World's First Commercial Space Station Looks Like a Luxury Hotel Inside. Vast, the makers of Haven-1, the world’s first commercial space station set to be placed in low-Earth orbit next year, have teamed up with former Apple designer Peter Russell-Clarke to design a beautiful interior for the station.

Indeed sues ZipRecruiter. Indeed lawsuit claims ZipRecruiter poached customers, spread misinformation.

Google ordered to open Android App Store. A U.S. judge issued a permanent injunction on Monday that will force Google to offer alternatives to its Google Play store for downloading apps on Android phones.

Take a look inside the World’s First Humanoid Factory, where robots could eventually build themselves. Agility Robotics is the creator of Digit, a humanoid robot that is being tested by the likes of Amazon and GXO Logistics.

Engineering and Security

Most businesses now see low-code as the future. A report from Mendix found three-quarters of C-suite leaders now believe low-code is the only option for coding in the future.

New Critical GitLab Vulnerability could Allow Arbitrary CI/CD Pipeline Execution. GitLab has released security updates for Community Edition and Enterprise Edition to address eight security flaws, including a critical bug that could allow running Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines on arbitrary branches.

Report featuring high-growth AI coding startups AI coding tools are surging in popularity, with 81% of developers now using them to enhance their workflows. Synaptic has released a report featuring 75+ high-growth AI Coding startups – from bootstrapped innovators to Series B.

Social Media Accounts: The Weak Link in Organizational SaaS Security. Many organizations overlook social media account security. Many lack the safeguards to prevent unauthorized access — a situation no organization wants as it can quickly spiral to include reputational damage and financial losses.

Wayback machine hacked, 31 million passwords stolen. The Wayback Machine is a digital archive of the World Wide Web founded by the Internet Archive, an American non-profit organization from San Francisco. Hackers have stolen 31 million passwords and launched a massive Distributed Denial of Service attack in the process.

HR Notices

AI allowing applicants to play the volume game - Tools like AI Hawk have enabled applicants to scale their applications. Here’s the story of one applicant who applied for 2843 jobs with the tool.

Company and Applicant Burnout - Receiving 2000 applications for 1 software engineering position is painful for the company and the applicant. How do you as the hiring company deal with such high volume and provide a better experience to applicants? Here’s a great discussion on how to change the process to make it better for everyone.

3 Business Cases for Using AI Within Talent Management - Use AI to Drive Productivity and Performance, Reduce Costs Associated With Turnover and Talent Pipeline Gaps With AI, Use AI to Drive a Culture of Innovation and Improvement. See the fully story here.

HR Teams get a boost with AI Assistants from Personio and Lattice - both Personio and Lattice announces new AI driven features to help HR teams unlock more time. Check out their announcements here: Personio and Lattice

Funding

Human Security, a late-stage startup selling anti-bot and fraud detection tools, has raised $50 million in new growth funding led by WestCap.

WatchTowr, an Attack Surface Management Startup, raises $19 million in a round led by Peak XV. watchTowr is a platform that simulates sophisticated attackers to discover and exploit vulnerabilities in your external attack surface.

Quantum computing continues to see it’s rise. Q-CTRL has raised $59 million for it’s latest round led by GP Bullhound. Q-CTRL is building quantum computing infrastructure software and their mission is to expand the utility of quantum computers and deliver new quantum sensing capabilities with software. A younger entrant into the quantum computing space, TreQ, has closed an oversubscribed seed round, raising more than $5 million to scale its quantum computing infrastructure. TreQ is a quantum computing manufacturer that builds and operates bespoke quantum computing clusters.

TensorWave looks to compete with Nvidia and break up their grip on AI compute. TensorWave raised $43 million in a round led by Nexus VP. The round also included participation from Maverick Capital, Translink Capital, Javelin Venture Partners, Granite Partners, and AMD Ventures.

Resource of the week

Have I Been Pwned. A great tool for you to verify if your email address has been compromised in a data breach. https://haveibeenpwned.com/

Product of the week

Theneo 3.0. Theneo is an AI-powered platform transforming API documentation. Automatically generate comprehensive docs, collaborate live across teams, customize stunning designs, test APIs within the docs, and automate updates.

Interesting Consumer Tech

The world's first inflatable bike helmet. Ventete, a British Company has created the world's first inflatable cycle helmet to protect riders from serious head and neck injuries.

This Day in History:

Mikhail Gorbachev wins Nobel Peace Prize for his work in ending Cold War tensions.

Developer Profiles of the Week

Fabian is an intermediate full stack developer with a slight preference for the frontend. Fabian primarily works with the MERN (MongoDB, Express, React, Node) stack. He also has a bit of experience with DevOps and Kubernetes. Fabian is based in Colombia and would be a great addition to any team in need of an intermediate full stack dev.

Luciano is a senior full stack JavaScript developer. His skills are top notch and he has experience in multiple areas and industries. On the backend, he works with NodeJS and on the Frontend he primarily works with React. Luciano also has a bit of experience with React Native.

Please email us at hiring@donestreet.com to learn more about these talented developers and how you can bring them onto your team.

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