Variant
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The Open API Is Dead. Long Live the Open API.
In three short years, Cursor went from a VS Code fork running on OpenAI’s API to a legitimate competitor to Claude Code and other coding models.
So why, exactly, should companies leave their APIs open if their code will ultimately be used...
Where Crypto Markets Are Headed: Everywhere
We’re back on Substack! We have a lot in motion. Let’s start with the thesis.
Jesse’s new piece, Everything Is Market, sets the direction. We’ve put an excerpt below. Just read it.
We’re also getting you up to speed on three really intere...
The Variant Newsletter Has Moved
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How We’re Thinking About AI
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Congress is finally focused on crypto regulations (thanks, in part, to tireless work from our Chief Legal Officer, Jake Chervinsky). And Variant is back with another newsletter.
Okay, so it’s not the type of stuff that makes headline...
Of memecoins and markets
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Memecoins are everywhere. To some, they’re a “plague” on the market, while others see them as a perfect encapsulation of capital. Either way, this “new way to angel invest into culture” has us talking. Li argues that memecoins are evi...
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