Nº03 · Aug 4, 2026 · The builder's brief
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All issues3 startups betting that agents should ship code, not just suggest it
The gap between an AI that drafts a PR and one you'd actually merge is enormous — and three teams are attacking it from very different angles.
3 startups solving the thing nobody warns you about: pricing AI you can't predict
When your cost-of-goods is a token meter that spikes with usage, the old SaaS pricing playbook breaks. Here's who's rewriting it.
3 startups getting rich on boring: the unglamorous infra everyone needs
The first issue. No hype, no demos-that-don't-ship — just three teams selling picks and shovels while everyone else pans for gold.
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