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GitHub CEO Raises $60M, Spotify Hits 751M Users

GitHub CEO Raises $60M, While Self-Hosted Git Server Shuts Down Due to AI Scraper Attacks

NEW YORK - In a week of significant developments in the tech world, GitHub's CEO secured $60 million in funding, while a self-hosted Git server, operational since 2011, was forced to shut down due to relentless AI scraper attacks. Simultaneously, a New York-based startup, Hauler Hero, secured $16 million in Series A funding, bringing its total venture capital to over $27 million.

The self-hosted Git server, which had been running for over a decade, succumbed to the strain of AI scraper attacks that overloaded its system. The owner redirected repository links to major Git forges like GitLab and GitHub, and focused on maintaining a static website, though even that faced minor disruptions from the same scraper activity (according to multiple sources).

Meanwhile, Hauler Hero, founded in 2020, provides AI-powered waste management software. The company's platform includes features like customer relationship management, billing, and routing, and has facilitated 35 million trash pickups since its inception (according to TechCrunch). Hauler Hero plans to integrate AI agents and has expanded its platform with new features like image capture from garbage trucks.

In other news, a new Kubernetes operator called "Renovate Operator" was introduced. This operator streamlines Renovate executions in Kubernetes, offering a Kubernetes-native way to run Renovate on a user's own infrastructure. It features CRD-based scheduling, parallel execution, auto-discovery, and a built-in UI. The operator provides control and observability that plain self-hosted setups lack (according to Hacker News). The Renovate Operator offers several advantages over Mend Renovate CE, including being fully open source, offering automated dependency updates, and providing Prometheus metrics and health checks.

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