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Good morning, AI enthusiasts. Anthropic just pulled the plug on third-party apps accessing Claude through consumer subscriptions, cutting off popular coding tools like OpenCode. Within hours, OpenCode launched a $200 monthly workaround and announced plans to partner with OpenAI.
The move forces developers toward two paths: pay per token through Anthropic's API, or use Claude Code where Anthropic controls the limits. With Claude Code going viral through the Ralph Wiggum plugin, is this the beginning of AI access wars?
In today's recap:
Anthropic blocks third-party apps from Claude subscriptions
MIT trio raises $28M for Boltz Lab with Pfizer partnership
How to create LinkedIn carousels with AI
Andreessen Horowitz raises $15B across five funds
4 new AI tools, prompts, and more
ANTHROPIC
Anthropic blocks third-party apps from Claude subscriptions
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Recaply: Anthropic just dominated the drama when it blocked third-party apps from spoofing Claude Code and accessing Claude AI models through consumer subscriptions, cutting off popular coding tools like OpenCode.
Key details:
The move stops tools that let developers use Claude Pro and Max subscriptions via OAuth to drive automated coding, allowing developers to run high-volume operations at flat subscription rates instead of paying API rates.
Third-party tools like OpenCode can bypass limits, letting users burn through over $1,000 worth of tokens monthly at a flat rate.
Anthropic engineer Thariq Shihipar said the company banned some accounts by mistake and is now reversing those bans.
OpenCode immediately launched OpenCode Black at $200 monthly, routing traffic through an enterprise API gateway to bypass consumer OAuth restrictions, and announced plans to work with OpenAI's Codex.
Why it matters: Anthropic is locking down access to its best models. Developers now face two choices: pay per token through the API, or use Claude Code where Anthropic controls the limits. The timing matters because Claude Code recently went viral with the Ralph Wiggum plugin, which traps Claude in loops to fix its own code. Anthropic also cut off rivals like xAI, which used Cursor to tap into Claude. OpenCode's quick switch to OpenAI shows how fast the AI tools market moves.
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BIOTECH
MIT trio raises $28M for Boltz Lab with Pfizer deal
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Recaply: Three MIT researchers just launched Boltz Lab, PBC, announcing a $28M seed round and partnership with Pfizer to build AI tools for drug design.
Key details:
Boltz's open-source models (Boltz-2, BoltzGen) handle protein design and structure prediction, with the new Boltz Lab platform combining these models with proprietary generative workflows and high-performance compute.
The small-molecule agent achieved an IC50 of 240 nM against TYK2 in initial testing (29 compounds ordered, 23 synthesized, 3 actives), while the protein design agent shows approximately 67% more nanobody binders versus previous models.
Pfizer will train custom models on its internal data, keeping full ownership of any drugs it finds.
Boltz Lab launched with guarantees that users own what they build, their data stays private, and Boltz won't train on customer data.
Why it matters: The trio founded Boltz after Google DeepMind made AlphaFold 3 closed-source. They bet that AI models only work if scientists can actually use them. The goal is letting every scientist go from idea to drug candidate without leaving their computer. The Pfizer deal shows the platform works for real drug discovery. With Pfizer and Eli Lilly both partnering with AI biotechs, drug discovery is moving from research papers to working tools.
TUTORIAL
How to (actually) create LinkedIn carousels with AI
Recaply: In this tutorial, you will learn how to transform any YouTube tutorial into a LinkedIn carousel using Gemini and Gamma AI, turning long-form video content into swipeable posts that get 5 times more engagement.
Step-by-step:
Search YouTube for actionable tutorials in your niche, find a video with clear takeaways or step-by-step content you want to repurpose for your audience
Copy the YouTube video URL, go to Google Gemini (gemini.google.com), paste the URL and prompt: "Extract the key takeaways from this video as a structured list with 5-10 main points"
Copy Gemini's output showing the structured key points, headlines, and insights extracted from the video
Go to Gamma AI (gamma.app), Create new → Studio Mode → Social → Just vibes, paste the Gemini output and prompt: "Turn this into a LinkedIn carousel with 8-10 slides"
Review the generated carousel, adjust design and branding if needed, then download as PDF or export directly to LinkedIn
Pro tip: Use Gemini's timestamp feature by adding "include timestamps for each key point" to your prompt, then reference those timestamps in your LinkedIn caption so viewers can jump to specific sections of the original video.
VENTURE CAPITAL
Andreessen Horowitz raises $15B across five funds
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Recaply: Andreessen Horowitz (az16) just raised over $15B in new funding across five funds, bringing the firm to over $90B under management and capturing 18% of all U.S. venture capital in 2025.
Key details:
The raise breaks down as $6.75B for growth, $1.7B each for apps and infrastructure, $1.176B for defense, $700M for biotech, and $3B for other bets.
a16z has hundreds of employees across five U.S. offices plus teams on six continents.
The defense portfolio includes Anduril (autonomous weapons), Shield AI (military drones), Saronic (naval vessels), and Castelion (missiles).
Co-founder Marc Andreessen joined Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency and vets Defense and intelligence candidates.
Why it matters: a16z has positioned itself as the America leader in venture capital with a mission to ensure America wins the next 100 years of tech,AI and crypto. The firm's deep connections to both Saudi sovereign wealth funds (Sanabil Investments lists a16z in its portfolio) and the Trump administration through Andreessen's DOGE role create a unique power triangle: Riyadh money, Pentagon priorities, and White House influence. With $90B under management, a16z now rivals 50-year-old Sequoia in scale while being much younger. The real bet isn't just on startups but on American technological dominance backed by defense spending, crypto adoption, and AI infrastructure.
NEWS
What Matters in AI Right Now?
Arc Institute released Stack, an open-source AI that predicts how cells react to diseases and drugs without retraining, plus an atlas of 20,000 predicted cell responses called Perturb Sapiens.
Eli Lilly signed one of pharma's largest AI deals with Chai Discovery, a startup building drug-design AI, in what Endpoints News calls a sign of AI deployment picking up across pharma.
Microsoft and PayPal launched Copilot Checkout, letting shoppers find, compare, and buy products without leaving Copilot, with PayPal handling the inventory sync and payments.
OpenAI released Doc MCP server, a free tool that lets developers search and read OpenAI docs from code editors like VS Code and Cursor using the Model Context Protocol.
ElevenLabs introduced Scribe v2 Realtime, a speech-to-text model that transcribes live audio in under 150 ms with 93.5% accuracy across 30 languages.
Anthropic published next-generation Constitutional Classifiers, a faster defense against jailbreaks that filters harmful prompts while staying easy to deploy.
TOOLS
Trending AI Tools
⚙️ OpenCode: Open-source AI coding agents know that there is drama with Anthropic.
🔄 Ralph Wiggum: Anthropic's Claude Code plugin enables autonomous coding loops that can run for hours until completion.
🤖 Clawdbot: AI assistant that handles email, calendar, and flights from WhatsApp or Telegram.
🧬 Boltz Lab: MIT's AI platform for drug discovery with Pfizer partnership.
PROMPTS
Learn Any Craft
Adopt the role of a Master Craftsman Guide - a former aerospace engineer who spe
nt 20 years designing precision instruments before burning out, apprenticed unde
r traditional Japanese woodworkers for 5 years, and now combines engineering pre
cision with ancient craft wisdom to help complete beginners achieve mastery thro
ugh systematic, measurable progression.
Your mission: Generate a comprehensive mastery blueprint for learning any handic
raft through a systematic 5-phase journey from zero knowledge to creative master
y. Before any action, think step by step: analyze the craft's core skills, ident
ify common beginner pitfalls, structure progressive learning milestones, design
self-assessment tools, create troubleshooting loops.PS: This is not the full prompt. Click the button below to access the complete prompt.
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EVENTS
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