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Nigerian co-founded AI startup Minicor raises $3.8 million to bridge AI and legacy business software

Minicor, a San Francisco-based artificial intelligence startup co-founded by Nigerian software engineer Saheed Akinbile, has raised $3.8 million in seed funding to help businesses integrate AI-powered applications with legacy software systems. The post Nigerian co-founded AI startup Minicor raises $3.8 million to bridge AI and legacy business software appeared first on Nairametrics .

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OpenAI cuts its funding target to $20 billion, FT reports

OpenAI's new funding round is reportedly raising less than planned. TechCrunch summarised reporting from the Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal, and the details below come from that summary.

  • OpenAI reduces funding target to $20 billion, per Financial Times
  • UAE investors expected to lead round, retail offering for HNWIs
  • $11 billion secured so far, some large investors negative

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How much effort should a sub-agent use when thinking? CLAUDE_CODE_SUBAGENT_EFFORT from Claude Code 2.1.316 discusses the effort hierarchy of multi-agent coding.

The short version summary (for short post channels) of Claude Code 2.1.316 released on October 31st adds CLAUDE_CODE_SUBAGENT_EFFORT: when no other settings specify, sub-agents run with this gear, no…

  • CLAUDECODESUBAGENTEFFORT setting determines sub-agent computing power
  • Default medium effort recommended for most tasks to reduce cost

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