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Comp AI Raises $34M to Expand AI-Powered Security and Compliance Platform
Why monitoring an AI agent is not the same as controlling it — and what $34M of Series A funding says about the next compliance problem.
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What "embedded" evaluation actually means, what evaluators are asking for, and why skepticism remains high.
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Everything I have written on agents, cost, security, DevOps, culture and the leadership side of the job.
01AIWhen Software Starts Exercising Engineering JudgmentLinkedIn02AgentsMy agents don't know the other agents exist. That's the part that should scare you.Substack03SecurityClaude Breached Three Real Companies. Days Later, It Wiped a Database Too.Substack04SecurityOpenAI Just Proved Why AI Agents Need a Kill SwitchSubstack05CostWhy AI Agent Token Costs Are So Hard to ControlLinkedIn06CostYour token bill is not an AI problem. It is the same infrastructure trap from 2019.LinkedIn07AgentsThe web was built to exploit you. Agents don't care.LinkedIn08AgentsI studied how humans make decisions. Agents have none of those weaknesses.Substack09SecurityThe Composio Breach Exposed the Hole SOC 2 Was Never Built to SeeLinkedIn10SecurityYour SOC 2 certification says nothing about your agentsSubstack11LeadershipThe CTO who'd rather hire a junior than build the AI.Substack12ToolingClaude Code forgets everything when you close it. Someone built a fix and open sourced it.Substack13LeadershipWhat if I never felt like an imposterSubstack14LeadershipFail fast is terrible advice. Here's what actually works.LinkedIn15CultureThe three things that actually drive engineering culture (and it's not ping pong tables)LinkedIn16CultureThe Best Engineering Teams Do Not Document. They Build Systems That Remember.LinkedIn17DevOpsDevOps Was Built for Humans. Agentic DevOps Won't Look the Same.LinkedIn18DevOpsDevelopers Are Getting Replaced. DevOps Is Not Ready for That.LinkedIn19DevOpsYour DevOps Stack Was Built for Google, Not for YouLinkedIn20CareerI talked to a CTO who built a profitable startup, shut it down, and went back to being an ICLinkedIn
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