The Data Source

The State of Agentic Systems – October & November 2025

October and November brought meaningful shifts in how the major companies are building and allocating AI infrastructure.

Nov 14 • 

Priyanka Somrah

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October 2025

The Data Source #28: Mapping out the Future of Compute 🌎

Welcome to The Data Source, your monthly newsletter covering the top investment themes across cloud-infrastructure, developer tools and data.

Oct 6 • 

Priyanka Somrah

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The State of Agentic Systems – September 2025

August proved agents could break out of chat boxes and start living inside apps and voice.

Oct 1 • 

Priyanka Somrah

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August 2025

The State of Agentic Systems – July 2025

July brought a wave of launches that felt different from the incremental agent updates we’ve seen in months past.

Aug 14 • 

Priyanka Somrah

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July 2025

The State of Agentic Systems – June 2025

Welcome to the inaugural issue of The State of Agentic Systems, your monthly highlight on launches, updates, and research that keep AI agents alive in…

Jul 10 • 

Priyanka Somrah

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May 2025

The Data Source #27: The Next AI Infrastructure Layer Will Be Grounded in Code ✨

Welcome to The Data Source, your monthly newsletter covering the top investment themes across cloud-infrastructure, developer tools and data.

May 14 • 

Priyanka Somrah

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April 2025

Your Technical GTM Blueprint: From Open Source Experimentation to Strategic Monetization with CloudQuery

Welcome to Your Technical GTM Blueprint, a new series dedicated to sharing insights and diving deeply into the strategies, frameworks, and best…

Apr 28 • 

Priyanka Somrah

Introducing "Your Technical GTM Blueprint": Actionable GTM Strategies for Technical Startups

Over the past 10+ years here at Work-Bench, we’ve had the privilege of backing some of the most innovative companies in developer tooling and…

Apr 10 • 

Priyanka Somrah

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Your Technical GTM Blueprint: Navigating the Transition from Open to Closed Source with Graphite 💰

Welcome to Your Technical GTM Blueprint, a new series dedicated to sharing insights and diving deeply into the strategies, frameworks, and best…

Apr 9 • 

Priyanka Somrah

March 2025

Your Technical GTM Blueprint: Proven Open Source Monetization Strategies with InfluxDB 🚀

Welcome to Your Technical GTM Blueprint, a new series dedicated to sharing insights and diving deeply into the strategies, frameworks, and best…

Mar 13 • 

Priyanka Somrah

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February 2025

Your Technical GTM Blueprint: BYOC Strategies Featuring Cockroach Labs, Okta, Earthly, and ParadeDB 🐝

Welcome to Your Technical GTM Blueprint, a new series dedicated to sharing insights and diving deeply into the strategies, frameworks, and best…

Feb 18 • 

Priyanka Somrah

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November 2024

The Data Source #26 | Rethinking Data Catalogs and Query Engines 🧙

Welcome to The Data Source, your monthly newsletter covering the top investment themes across cloud-infrastructure, developer tools and data.

Nov 13, 2024 • 

Priyanka Somrah

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