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Series A engineering in the age of AI: stay lean, but know what still forces you to grow

The old Series A reflex was to raise the round and hire engineering up to twenty-five people. In 2026 that reflex is wrong. AI raises per-engineer output enough that you can stay lean far longer, but the organizational transition does not disappear. It relocates.

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Technical due diligence in climate tech: what VCs miss when they only read the deck

Climate tech due diligence is not the same as SaaS due diligence. The code base is usually fine. The risks live in hardware dependencies, certification timelines, regulated market access, and whether the team has ever shipped against a real grid operator.

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The fractional CTO playbook: what four hours a week actually buys you

Four hours a week is enough to fix architecture, hiring, and roadmap if you spend it on the right things, and useless if you spend it reviewing pull requests.

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