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Startup Strategy Council - Multi-agent AI system with 6 strategic advisors
Open Source

Startup Strategy Council: Open Source Multi-Agent AI for Strategic Decisions

8th January 2026

6 AI advisors that debate your strategic decisions until they reach consensus. Financial Analyst, Market Analyst, Risk Analyst, Game Theorist, Resource Allocation, and Chief of Staff. Built with Claude Code, open sourced by Echofold.

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Ralph Wiggum Claude Code Plugin - Autonomous iterative AI development loops
Tutorial

Ralph Wiggum Claude Code Plugin: Autonomous AI Development Loops

8th January 2026

Install the official Ralph Wiggum plugin and turn Claude Code into an autonomous coding machine. The self-referential AI loop that completed a $50k contract for just $297 in API costs. Complete installation guide with real examples.

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The Silver Squeeze and Silicon Squeeze - Twin crises at the heart of the AI revolution
Research

The Silver Squeeze and the Silicon Squeeze: Twin Crises at the Heart of the AI Revolution

3rd January 2026

Silver surged 175% to $80/oz while HBM consumes 3x the wafer capacity of DDR5. Research analysis of how AI demand is creating twin resource crises that are reshaping global supply chains, with DDR5 up 500%, RTX 5090 at $5,000, and the PC market forecast to shrink 9%.

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Claude Code Chrome Extension - AI browser automation from your terminal
Tutorial

Claude Code Chrome Extension: AI Browser Automation Now in Your Terminal

22nd December 2025

Claude Code can now see and control your browser with the new Claude in Chrome extension. Debug local apps, scrape websites, automate forms, and test your builds—all from your terminal. Complete installation guide with real examples.

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Claude Code Dublin Community Event at Vibeworks
Community

Dublin Hosts Ireland's First Claude Code Community Meetup at Vibeworks

17th December 2025

Ireland's first Claude Code community event featured live demos from Stephen Dillon and Miha Rothl, an exclusive Q&A with Anthropic's Karen and Daisy, and the debut of Vibeworks as Dublin's new AI event space. Hosted by Kevin Collins and Anthony Fildes.

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MAKER Framework - Zero errors across million AI steps
Research

MAKER: Solving Million-Step AI Tasks with Zero Errors

26th November 2025

Cognizant's breakthrough framework achieves zero errors across 1,048,575 LLM steps using microagents and voting. This research proves AI hallucination was always a systems design problem—not a model limitation. Here's why this changes everything for reliable AI automation.

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AI Bubble Analysis from Kilkenomics 2025
Research

The AI Bubble: A Comprehensive Analysis of Collapse Scenarios

10th November 2025

Research report based on 120 studies examining potential collapse scenarios for the AI bubble. Analysis reveals 95% of businesses report zero ROI from AI investments, infrastructure constraints could limit data centres to 12% of U.S. electricity by 2028, and 54% of investors believe valuations are unsustainable.

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Team LaunchLoop wins AWS Breaking Barriers Hackathon
Award

LaunchLoop Wins AWS Breaking Barriers Hackathon with ARANO

9th November 2025

Team LaunchLoop wins first place at AWS Breaking Barriers Hackathon with ARANO—a hierarchical agentic orchestration system for autonomous network optimization built in 48 hours. $5,000 prize. 377 participants. Production-grade AWS architecture with Bedrock, Aurora PostgreSQL, and digital twin simulation.

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Manus 1.5 AI Webapp Builder Release
Product

Manus 1.5: Building Full-Stack Web Apps from a Single Prompt

20th October 2025

Manus 1.5 transforms web development: create complete applications with backend, databases, and authentication from one prompt in 4 minutes—4x faster than before. See how our AI-powered social media generator was built and deployed in under 15 minutes.

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Anthropic Claude Skills Feature Announcement
Product

Anthropic Unveils Claude Skills: Revolutionising AI Automation with Composable Workflows

16th October 2025

Anthropic introduces Claude Skills, a groundbreaking feature that enables customisable, portable AI automation workflows. Learn how this transforms productivity for Echofold users and businesses worldwide, with real-world results like Rakuten's 87.5% workflow time reduction.

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Team LaunchLoop wins National AI Challenge 2025
Award

LaunchLoop Wins National AI Challenge 2025 with Revolutionary Exam Grading System

19th September 2025

Team LaunchLoop, featuring Echofold CEO Kevin Collins, claims first place at Ireland's National AI Challenge with GradGenie—a production-ready AI system that grades 61,000 Leaving Cert exams in 1 week instead of 26 days, saving Irish taxpayers €48 million annually.

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