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Nick Trenkler

Contributing Journalist & Content Creator at thehype. Nick holds a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, Master’s in Marketing. He has been leading marketing for AI startups since 2024, with experience in media, digital strategy, and tech-focused content.

ARTICLES BY Nick Trenkler

MiniMax terminal with cable arms holding film reel, speaker, mic, music notes, paintbrush and 3D skull — multimodal CLI.

MiniMax mmx-cli Bundles 7 Modalities Into One Agent Interface

Nick Trenkler 10 Apr 2026 1 min read

Tiny robot on pedestal unspooling a giant receipt in a neon server room as hooded figures watch — the real cost of LLM vuln hunting.

LLM Agents vs Mythos: The Real Cost of Vulnerability Hunting

Nick Trenkler 9 Apr 2026 1 min read

Neon colosseum: armored warrior stands over a pile of defeated robots — AI startup survival and moat metaphor.

87% of YC Startups Survive 5 Years. 90% of AI Startups Won't

Nick Trenkler 9 Apr 2026 1 min read

Neon figure in goggles clutching glowing folders as light beams burst up — devs hoarding the week's top AI GitHub repos.

10 AI Repos Devs Starred Most This Week on GitHub

Nick Trenkler 9 Apr 2026 1 min read

Cover image for a step-by-step guide on running Gemma locally with OpenClaw

how to run gemma locally with openclaw (step-by-step guide)

Nick Trenkler 7 Apr 2026 1 min read

Cover image for a step-by-step guide on how to build a Telegram managed bot

how to build a telegram managed bot: step-by-step guide

Nick Trenkler 7 Apr 2026 5 min read

Cover image for a guide on running OpenClaw on Anthropic after the April 2026 subscription restrictions

how to run openclaw on anthropic after the april 2026 restrictions

Nick Trenkler 7 Apr 2026 2 min read

a wired-up brain faces a graffiti-framed mirror reflecting a glowing upgraded brain — ai improving itself through its own r&d

ai just crossed an important line: it's starting to do its own r&d

Nick Trenkler 6 Apr 2026 2 min read

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