StartupStartup Blog https://startupstartup.app Building apps, AI, and indie hacking. 12 apps shipped and counting. en-us Mon, 16 Feb 2026 09:02:50 GMT AI Safety Researchers Quitting: The Great Brain Drain https://startupstartup.app/blog/ai-safety-researchers-quitting-the-great-brain-drain https://startupstartup.app/blog/ai-safety-researchers-quitting-the-great-brain-drain TODO: Write a compelling 150-160 character description for: AI Safety Researchers Quitting: The Great Brain Drain Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Grok AI Market Share Surge Despite Controversy https://startupstartup.app/blog/grok-ai-market-share-surge-despite-controversy https://startupstartup.app/blog/grok-ai-market-share-surge-despite-controversy Grok's US market share hit 17.8% despite controversy. Here's what this means for the AI wars. 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Sat, 14 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Anthropic's $380B Valuation: What Mega AI Rounds Mean for Indie Devs https://startupstartup.app/blog/anthropic-mega-round-indie-devs-2026 https://startupstartup.app/blog/anthropic-mega-round-indie-devs-2026 Sat, 14 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Matt Shumer's AI Disruption Essay: A Founder's Reality Check https://startupstartup.app/blog/matt-shumer-ai-disruption-essay-founder-take-2026 https://startupstartup.app/blog/matt-shumer-ai-disruption-essay-founder-take-2026 Sat, 14 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT The $240M ARR Playbook: Cohere's Enterprise AI Success & Indie Builders https://startupstartup.app/blog/cohere-240m-arr-indie-ai-playbook-2026 https://startupstartup.app/blog/cohere-240m-arr-indie-ai-playbook-2026 Sat, 14 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT MiniMax M2.5: The Open-Source AI That's 20x Cheaper Than Claude (And Beats It at Coding) https://startupstartup.app/blog/minimax-m25-the-model-thats-20x-cheaper-than-claude https://startupstartup.app/blog/minimax-m25-the-model-thats-20x-cheaper-than-claude Fri, 13 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT The Great AI Realignment: Wall Street's AI Reality Check https://startupstartup.app/blog/the-great-ai-realignment-wall-streets-ai-reality-check https://startupstartup.app/blog/the-great-ai-realignment-wall-streets-ai-reality-check Fri, 13 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT GLM-5: China's Next-Gen AI Coding Model https://startupstartup.app/blog/glm-5 https://startupstartup.app/blog/glm-5 Exploring GLM-5, the latest frontier AI coding model from China. 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Fri, 05 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT Building PrayAI: An AI-Powered Prayer Companion https://startupstartup.app/blog/building-prayai https://startupstartup.app/blog/building-prayai Mon, 01 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT BibleScroll: Replacing Doomscrolling with Scripture https://startupstartup.app/blog/building-biblescroll https://startupstartup.app/blog/building-biblescroll Tue, 25 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT FakeFlex: AI Virtual Try-On That Actually Works https://startupstartup.app/blog/building-fakeflex https://startupstartup.app/blog/building-fakeflex Tue, 18 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT What Should I Eat AI: Solving the Daily Food Dilemma https://startupstartup.app/blog/building-what2eat https://startupstartup.app/blog/building-what2eat Mon, 10 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT AppSetupKit: From Idea to App Store in Minutes https://startupstartup.app/blog/building-appsetupkit https://startupstartup.app/blog/building-appsetupkit Mon, 03 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT