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Inside Orecot: Building a Real-Time AI Interview Copilot

A new AI tool launched May 2026 listens to your Zoom calls and surfaces resume-grounded talking points in real time. Here's how it works, where it fits next to Cluely, and what the tradeoffs are for technical interviews vs casual chats.

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May 21, 2026 5 min READ
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FC

Anthropic Courts Mom-and-Pop Shops With Claude for Small Business

May 13: Anthropic launched a 15-workflow package targeting solo founders and small businesses. Workflows cover payroll, invoice chasing, contract review, lead triage. Free AI fluency course + 10-city tour.

claude-for-small-businesssmbpartnerships
May 13, 2026 4 min READ
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DEV

I Tried 100 Claude Skills — These Are the Best

Hands-on tests of 100 skills from Anthropic and community. Top picks: Superpowers (94K stars), skills.sh marketplace (1,340+ skills), Remotion (117K weekly installs). Why Sonnet 4.6 + Opus 4.7 closed the 'AI suggested snippet vs AI shipped PR' gap.

claude-skillssuperpowersclaude-code
May 6, 2026 8 min READ
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TC

Anthropic Targets $900B Valuation in 2 Weeks — Surpassing OpenAI

48-hour investor allocation window. Real revenue run rate $40B not the public $30B. Last private round before IPO this year. What this means for Claude API users.

anthropicvaluationipo
April 30, 2026 5 min READ
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BFWAI

Kimi K2.6 vs Claude vs GPT-5.4: The 5x Cheaper Coding Agent

Moonshot's open-weight model handles 12-hour coding sessions and 300 parallel agents at $0.60/$2.50 per million tokens. Side-by-side benchmarks with Claude Opus 4.6 and GPT-5.4.

kimimoonshotopen-sourcebenchmarks
April 13, 2026 9 min READ
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CNBC

Anthropic Catches OpenAI: $900B Race Reshapes the AI Stack

Per Ramp data: 1 in 5 businesses now pay for Anthropic. OpenAI dropped from 37% to 26% among first-time AI buyers. The most useful slice of the funding-round drama for builders.

anthropicopenaienterprisemarket-share
April 29, 2026 4 min READ
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GG

Claude Design's New Flow Editing Feature Reviewed

Matt Maher's hands-on review of Flow Editing — Claude Design's new capability to generate cohesive design systems from uploaded repositories. Real-time iteration with brand consistency.

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April 21, 2026 5 min READ
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CLAUDELOG

Opus 4.7 Benchmarked: 98.5% on XBOW, 70% on CursorBench

Deep-dive on Claude Opus 4.7's benchmark performance. Vision acuity jumped from 54.5% to 98.5%. CursorBench improved from 58% to 70%. Rakuten-SWE-Bench shows 3x more production tasks resolved vs 4.6.

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April 17, 2026 7 min READ
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VB

Claude Design Challenges Figma — The Full Product Stack Strategy

Detailed analysis of Anthropic's shift from model company to product company. Why Claude Design + Claude Code + Claude Cowork is a vertical play. $800B valuation breakdown.

anthropicfigmaproduct-strategyvaluation
April 17, 2026 6 min READ
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TNS

Claude Design vs Figma and Canva: A Rival Built on Claude

Practical breakdown of what Claude Design can actually do, how it exports, where the Canva integration fits, and why Figma's Mike Krieger resignation signals more than a product launch.

claude-designfigmacanvaanalysis
April 17, 2026 5 min READ
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IH

AudioPen: $20k MRR From a Half-Day Hackathon — The Full Story

No technical background. No VC money. Built in one day. Here is how Louis Pereira grew a voice-to-text AI tool to $20k monthly recurring revenue using annual-only pricing.

indie-hackersaasaudio-aisuccess-story
February 25, 2026 6 min READ
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TC

AI Apps Convert 52% Better But Churn 30% Faster — RevenueCat's 2026 Data

RevenueCat analyzed 75,000 app developers. AI apps monetize better upfront but struggle with annual retention. The data every indie builder needs to see.

monetizationretentiondata
March 10, 2026 5 min READ
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TC

Poke: The AI Agent You Control by Text Message — 10x Growth in 2 Months

A startup built an AI agent accessible via iMessage and SMS. No downloads, no signup. Here's how they got to 10x user growth and what indie builders can learn.

agentsmobilegrowth
April 8, 2026 4 min READ
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MEDIUM

10 Must-Have Claude Code Skills Every Builder Is Using in 2026

From frontend-design (277k installs) to the Google Workspace CLI that hit 4,900 stars in 3 days. The skills that separate fast builders from slow ones.

claudeskillsproductivity
March 28, 2026 8 min READ
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COMPOSIO

Top 10 Claude Code Skills for Production-Grade AI Agents

Composio breaks down the skills that give Claude actual execution power: sandboxed code, 850+ SaaS integrations, persistent memory, and browser control.

claude-codeagentsintegrations
March 4, 2026 7 min READ
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TC

Enterprises Are Consolidating AI Spend — What This Means for Builders

VCs predict 2026 is the year enterprises stop experimenting and pick winners. How indie builders can position products to benefit from enterprise consolidation.

enterprisestrategymarket
December 30, 2025 6 min READ
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GITHUB

Marketing Skills for Claude Code: 30 Open-Source Skills for Advertisers

Corey Haines built 30 open-source marketing skills covering CRO, copywriting, SEO, Google Ads, and email sequences. All free on GitHub.

marketingskillsopen-source
April 7, 2026 5 min READ
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SUBSTACK

39 Claude Skills from 23 Creators — Real Workflows That Cut Work in Half

A community roundup of the most useful Claude skills in practice. Voice DNA, YouTube transcription, brand hero images, and 36 more real workflows.

skillsworkflowscommunity
January 25, 2026 10 min READ
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RYZE AI

30 Claude Marketing Skills for Google Ads and Meta Ads — Full 2026 Guide

Stanford research shows AI-augmented content creation is 127% faster. These 30 skills capture that advantage for paid media. Free to download on GitHub.

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March 25, 2026 6 min READ
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