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AI work gets expensive fast, especially when models burn tokens rebuilding context from fragmented systems. Glean skips that tax with enterprise context and intelligent retrieval built in — see how it stacks up against Claude Cowork [9], where it averaged $0.45 per task vs. $1.84, a 4x cost gap that adds up fast.

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REDUCE YOUR AI DEFECT RATES AND LOWER YOUR TOKEN CONSUMPTION UP TO 36%.

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IS AI ACTUALLY MAKING DEVELOPERS SHIP FASTER?

New data from DX's State of AI in Engineering: Q2 Report shows PR throughput increased 37% over four quarters, yet PR size nearly doubled in the same window. More code is moving through the pipeline, but does that translate to more delivered value? DX analyzed data from 500+ engineering organizations to track how AI adoption, spend, and output are shifting quarter over quarter. Hear DX's Distinguished Scientist and Deputy CTO break down the findings and what they mean for engineering leaders.

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FRONTIER MODELS ARE COIN-OPERATED. AMD INSTINCT™ CODER PUTS YOUR AI CODING ON FREE PLAY

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24 LLMS TESTED: SEE WHICH ONES ACTUALLY WIN ON COST + QUALITY

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LATE-NIGHT PATCH PANICS ARE SO 2023 🥱

You've been there: code's ready to ship, everyone's excited—then someone spots a vulnerability. Suddenly it's an all-hands emergency and time to cancel your evening plans. Microsoft Azure [5] [5]bakes security in from the start. Microsoft Defender for Cloud [6] helps keep your apps and code protected throughout the development lifecycle. Less last-minute surprises, more peace of mind. Ship fast. Ship safely. Do both at the same time.

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LAUNCH AI-GENERATED CODE INCREMENTALLY AND ADJUST IN REAL-TIME

You don't need to give up control to ship faster with AI. With LaunchDarkly CodeControl [13], you can roll out progressively, know what changed, and help resolve issues at the point of release. CodeControl gives you statistical models, guardrails, and automated

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GOVERN AGENTS IN PROD WITHOUT REDEPLOYING CODE

LaunchDarkly AgentControl gives you real-time visibility into agent behavior, and the ability to update prompts and models in milliseconds, all without touching your codebase.Take control of your

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A SASE LEADER. AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN

As AI becomes embedded across the enterprise, organizations must secure their use of AI while defending against AI-powered threats. That pressure is making the limits of fragmented architectures impossible to ignore. Cato Networks was named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for SASE Platforms [5] for the THIRD YEAR RUNNING. See how Gartner evaluated the market and why, in Cato's view, unified SASE platforms are becoming essential for the AI era.

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RECURRING PAYMENTS ARE CORE GROWTH LEVERS

Revenue on repeat is the lifeblood of any SaaS or AI company - but today, that means dealing with rising fraud risk, margin compression, increasing failed payment rates, and shifting consumer expectations. In this on-demand session [5], Plaid joins special guest from Forrester, Lily Varon, to share insights from 2025 Q4 research on the broader payments landscape [6], with a specific focus on billing and recurring payments trends. Watch to learn: * Where the billing and recurring payments landscape is headed * How your recurring payments strategy stacks up against industry benchmarks * Practical approaches to reducing failed transactions and improving payment performance

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YOUR REQUIREMENTS ARE GETTING LOST IN TRANSLATION.

What made sense in your head falls apart in the ticket. Allstacks Product Studio grounds every idea in your code and design system, then pressure-tests it with agentic adversarial reviewers. Devs get a spec they can actually build.

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AGENTS CAN NOW SIGN UP FOR YOUR APP

Agents are hitting your signup flow and bouncing off a browser login built for humans. Every one that gives up is a signup you never see. WorkOS Agent Registration [5] turns that traffic into signups. Enroll via the dashboard and AuthKit publishes an auth.md file agents read to register for scoped, short-lived credentials you control.

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BUILD V. BUY IN THE AGE OF VIBE CODING: OBSERVABILITY EDITION

Build v. Buy looks different now. Does that mean it's time to build your own observability solution? New Relic's Senior Director of

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LIVE SEPT 15: HOW IT CAN GOVERN AI-GENERATED WORKFLOWS WITHOUT SLOWING TEAMS DOWN

AI changed who can build. Employees across the business are now shipping apps, agents, and automations faster than IT can track them, a growing wave of "wild code" that solves real problems but lives outside governance and support. On September 15, join Tines VP of Product for a live conversation with TechnologyAdvice [4]on how IT can give teams the freedom to build at the speed of AI, without losing the oversight and operational rigor required to do it safely. You'll learn how to spot shadow AI and unmanaged automations before they become risk, and what it takes to support innovation without adding technical debt.

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