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The enterprise AI brain, without the data leak: Cloudflare OS + Castform
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August 7, 2026

The enterprise AI brain, without the data leak: Cloudflare OS + Castform

Every CTO has run the same experiment: give a frontier model a slice of internal data, get an impressive demo, then hit the wall where legal and security ask what the model saw and where it went. That wall is where enterprise AI projects die — and it finally has a real answer.

AISoftware Engineering

By Federico Caccia

The database was the last thing we optimized for agents. It should have been the first.

August 6, 2026

AISoftware Engineering

The database was the last thing we optimized for agents. It should have been the first.

For two years the interesting part of building an AI product happened above the database. Then agents broke two assumptions at once — that humans provision databases, and that retrieval is a one-shot step. Here is the reasoning behind our default, including the parts where the competition is still the better answer.

By Federico Caccia

The prompt was never the hard part. The graph is.

July 31, 2026

AISoftware Engineering

The prompt was never the hard part. The graph is.

Agent engineering is becoming a real discipline, with real design decisions and real failure modes. Here is the shape we keep coming back to — and why it works the same way for a hiring loop as it does for a release pipeline.

By Federico Caccia

Build vs. Buy in the AI Era: When to Replace SaaS With Custom Software

July 15, 2026

Software Engineering

Build vs. Buy in the AI Era: When to Replace SaaS With Custom Software

For a decade, the answer to 'build or buy?' was almost always buy. AI-assisted engineering changed the math. Here's when replacing a SaaS tool with custom software actually pays off, when it doesn't, and the factor most teams get wrong.

By Marcos Tacca

Fractional CTO vs. CTO-as-a-Service vs. Full-Time CTO: Which One Do You Actually Need?

July 3, 2026

Software Engineering

Fractional CTO vs. CTO-as-a-Service vs. Full-Time CTO: Which One Do You Actually Need?

Three options that sound interchangeable, structured very differently. The real question isn't the price tag: it's whether you need advice, delivery, or both, and what happens when you buy the wrong one.

By Marcos Tacca

Protected Tokens: Guaranteed Fee Capture for AI Agent Tokens on Stacks

June 11, 2026

BlockchainAIDeFi

Protected Tokens: Guaranteed Fee Capture for AI Agent Tokens on Stacks

Every trade of a protected token generates fees — by design. Discover how LAUNKR's restricted token architecture solves the revenue problem for AI agent native tokens on Stacks.

By Sebastián Rosenberg

What Happens to Your Codebase After 1,000 AI Prompts

June 10, 2026

AI

What Happens to Your Codebase After 1,000 AI Prompts

The first 10 prompts feel like magic. By prompt 1,000, you've built something real... and quietly accumulated something you didn't plan for. Here's what actually happens to a codebase when AI tools do most of the writing.

By Marcos Tacca

Welcome Move to Arbitrum

February 5, 2026

Blockchain

Welcome Move to Arbitrum

Rather Labs released a Move-to-Stylus compiler enabling developers to write Arbitrum smart contracts in Move. The compiler, CLI, and Stylus framework bring Move's resource safety to EVM environments.

By Nicolás Antinori

Move Meets Arbitrum Stylus: Rather Labs Deploys First ERC-20
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October 14, 2025

Blockchain

Move Meets Arbitrum Stylus: Rather Labs Deploys First ERC-20

Rather Labs compiles the first fully functional ERC-20 in Move on Arbitrum Stylus, a major milestone bridging Move and EVM ecosystems for seamless smart contract deployment.

By Mauro Giménez

Unlocking Bitcoin's Potential: An Introduction to Stacks
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September 29, 2025

Blockchain

Unlocking Bitcoin's Potential: An Introduction to Stacks

Stacks unlocks Bitcoin's full potential by enabling smart contracts and dApps secured by Bitcoin. Learn about Clarity, the purpose-built language driving the future of Bitcoin DeFi and Web3.

By Sebastián Rosenberg

Building Secure Liquid Staking Infrastructure for $LIQ: Insights from Rather Labs
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September 2, 2025

BlockchainDeFi

Building Secure Liquid Staking Infrastructure for $LIQ: Insights from Rather Labs

Rather Labs partnered with Liquidium to build a secure liquid staking system for $LIQ on Bitcoin, featuring sLIQ rewards, ICP integration, and robust security for transparency and scalability.

By Sebastián Rosenberg

Scaling Conservation with Blockchain: Meet PlanetaryX
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August 29, 2025

BlockchainNFT & RWA

Scaling Conservation with Blockchain: Meet PlanetaryX

At Rather Labs, we’ve been collaborating with PlanetaryX for several years to promote a different vision: using blockchain to ensure real traceability, security, and lasting transparency in protecting the planet.

By Juan Cortez

Democratizing Bitcoin Yield: Bringing Solv Protocol to NEAR
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August 18, 2025

BlockchainDeFi

Democratizing Bitcoin Yield: Bringing Solv Protocol to NEAR

Solv Protocol bridges Bitcoin to NEAR enabling yield generation through SolvBTC, backed by Rather Labs infrastructure. Generate real DeFi returns on idle BTC while maintaining Bitcoin's security.

By Tomas Mazzitello

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