Join Brex for their one-day builder sprint Agent Jam where students and new grads craft autonomous agents that plug straight into real startup workflows using APIs and datasets from Lovable, Pylon, Layerup, Mintlify, Nooks, Momentic, and more.

Think of it like this:
→ You build an autonomous agent.
→ You demo it that night.
→ If it’s good? A real startup might actually pilot it post-event.

You’ll have the opportunity to build an incredible project, meet likeminded peers, win some awards, and build a network of some of the biggest startups in SF.

📅 Date: August 23, 2025
⏰ Time: 8am-10pm

Yo! I’m Anish Karthik, a recent grad from Texas A&M! I did a triple major in Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, and Statistics, and was fortunate enough to intern at Google, MIT Lincoln Labs, and H-E-B. I got my last internship at Cherry through being a Kleiner Perkins Fellow!

I think machine learning is super cool, and in particular, reinforcement learning is really interesting. I also really love hackathons and went to more than 30 while in school. Through building stuff like an AI Vtuber that plays Dark Souls and streams on Twitch, to a sign language fruit ninja game, to a pretty useless but cool ASCII art compression algorithm, I try to experiment with whatever interests me!

This summer, I worked on creating an end-to-end pipeline for processing and parsing information from images. Basically, I saved my manager a ton of time using OCR to check if users submitted valid screenshots of different webpages and not just selfies or blank pages!

I think the freedom granted to do work had to be the biggest difference. While at an extremely large company, you’re only allowed to mess with a small portion of the code base, and your projects can be really specific. At Cherry, which was more midsize, I had relatively much more freedom and was able to come up with and implement a tech stack that was entirely of my own design. My scope at Google was smaller.

Also, there are more tape and regulations that scale exponentially down the smaller the company. At Google, there were many, many, permissions, access issues, requests, reviews, and other such processes that I needed to go through. At Cherry, it was significantly less.

Build fun stuff! Go to hackathons! And post about it!

When I first thought about trying to get into internships for cool companies, I got overwhelmed with the need to display technical competence and couldn’t stop thinking about the fact that I needed to build specific projects. That idea developed into dread and made me super unmotivated. But when I was working on some random idea like my AI Vtuber, it was just fun, and I ended up learning way more than anything in my classes or through interview prep.

Moreover, I’m a firm believer that hackathons are the best way to not only crank out projects but also learn as efficiently as possible. Blocking out a weekend to make a project made it way easier for me to focus without worrying too much about hanging out with friends and studying for exams.

Lastly, you should show off your work! Whether it be on LinkedIn, Reddit, X, or to your friends, you should show off your work. You’ll get to meet really interesting people and probably find a group of like-minded individuals who’ll push you to build even cooler things!

Perplexity, a small A.I. startup valued at $18 billion, has made an unsolicited $34.5 billion bid to buy Google’s Chrome browser, anticipating an imminent U.S. antitrust ruling that could force Google to sell it. The Justice Department argues Chrome’s sale is essential to break Google’s search monopoly, which controls 90% of the market, and prevent its dominance in A.I.

Perplexity’s CEO, Aravind Srinivas, framed the offer as serving public interest. Backed by outside investors, the deal aims to give the browser an independent operator. However, the acquisition remains a long shot given Perplexity’s size and Google’s resistance to divestment. Read more HERE from NYT.

Once staunch critics of cryptocurrency, major banks like JPMorgan, Bank of America, and Citi are now racing to develop stablecoins, spurred by political backing, profit potential, and competition from tech giants.

Stablecoins, pegged to the U.S. dollar, could upend traditional banking by bypassing federal deposit insurance and limiting funds available for loans, raising consumer protection concerns. The recently passed GENUIS act legalized bank-issued stablecoins, enabling them to invest reserves in government bonds. Banks see both opportunity and risk as they prepare for rapid adoption. Read more HERE from NYT.

The Atlassian Early Careers Interview Guide outlines the hiring process, from application to interviews, and offers tips for success. Candidates apply for roles aligned with their skills, then complete role-specific assessments like coding tests or case studies.

The interview stage typically includes 3–4 virtual sessions covering technical skills, leadership, and values.

The guide emphasizes tailoring resumes, researching Atlassian, and preparing examples for both behavioral and technical questions. It highlights crafting a clear elevator pitch, applying the STAR method for structured responses, and showing authenticity. Do’s include preparation, engagement, and thoughtful questions; don’ts include lateness, distractions, and lack of research.

Check it out HERE: https://www.atlassian.com/company/careers/resources/applying/early-careers-interview-guide