Welcome to the pilot episode of SED News, a new podcast series from Software Engineering Daily. Join hosts Gregor Van and Sean Falconer as they break down the week’s most important stories in software engineering, machine learning, and developer culture. In this episode, Gregor and Sean discuss the CoreWeave IPO and the company’s recent acquisition of Weights and Biases, dig into Anthropics Model Context Protocol, surface highlights rom Hacker News, and reflect on Microsoft turning 50. We’d love to hear what you think of the format – reach out on BlueSky at @SoftwareDaily or on X at @Software _Daily, @GregorVand, or @seanfalconer. Gregor Vand is a security-focused technologist, and is the founder and CTO of Mailpass. Previously, Gregor was a CTO across cybersecurity, cyber insurance and general software engineering companies. He has been based in Asia Pacific for almost a decade and can be found via his profile at vand.hk.           Sean’s been an academic, startup founder, and Googler. He has published works covering a wide range of topics from AI to quantum computing. Currently, Sean is an AI Entrepreneur in Residence at Confluent where he works on AI strategy and thought leadership. You can connect with Sean on LinkedIn.     Please click here to see the transcript of this episode. Sponsorship inquiries: sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com The post SED News: CoreWeave IPO, Anthropic’s MCP, and Microsoft Turns 50 appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.