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Austin Tech Party, Claude Code dominates Cursor, New OpenAI Model and more for June!

June 24, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes

🗓️ Upcoming Events

Hack AI - Tech Party!🎉

Calling all AI Builders: Signup here for a night of music, drinks and networking with AI builders.

  • When: July 10, 2025 @6PM

  • Location: 1705 Guadalupe St., Third Floor

Hack AI - AI Talks, Network and Build

AI powered developers: Signup here for an evening of insightful talks, high-signal talent, and building.

  • When: August 7, 2025 @6PM

  • Location: Capital Factory — 701 Brazos St, Austin, TX 78701, 8th Floor

📈 ‘AI Unlock’ Spotlight

Claude Code: Developers world wide shift from Cursor to Claude Code

This new AI coding assistant from Anthropic is redefining the developer workflow, boosting efficiency by handling complex tasks with simple natural language commands.

The Backstory: Developed by Anthropic, Claude Code emerges from a mission to build reliable and steerable AI systems. It's the product of deep research from the team behind the powerful Claude 4 models.

Key Innovation: An "agentic" AI that operates directly in the terminal. It deeply understands your entire codebase, allowing it to independently plan and execute multi-step tasks like debugging, refactoring, and handling git workflows from start to finish.

Funding: Backed by over $7 billion in funding from tech giants like Google and Amazon, Anthropic is one of the most well-capitalized AI companies in the world.

🔥 In Case You Missed It…

Monthly Highlights

  • 1. OpenAI rolls out o3-pro.
    The new flagship model is live for ChatGPT Pro and Team users (API price $20 in / $80 out per 1 M tokens). OpenAI says o3-pro delivers deeper reasoning and tool usage than o3, aimed at tasks where reliability trumps latency.economictimes.indiatimes.com

    2. Texas passes sweeping AI Governance Act.
    The Texas Responsible AI Governance Act cleared the legislature on June 2 and now awaits Governor Abbott’s signature. The bill requires transparency around AI use, bars discriminatory or harmful systems, and sets up a seven-member AI Council plus a regulatory sandbox—positioning Texas as the fourth state with dedicated AI law.wsj.com

    3. Big Tech seeks 10-year freeze on state AI rules.
    Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Meta are lobbying Congress to keep states from enforcing or adopting AI regulations for a decade via the “One Big Beautiful Bill.” Critics—including some Republicans—warn it would leave harmful algorithms unchecked and undermine state consumer protections.ft.com

    Stay tuned—June isn’t over yet, and the policy race is heating up as fast as the tech.

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Till next time,

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