Podcasts about incumbents

Poll: Utah voters sour on Governor, Legislative incumbents -- Sutherland Institute's Defending Ideas -- $216 million spent on Utah wildfires so far this year 

In this Kitchen Side episode, Alex Birkett and Allie Decker unpack what actually makes content valuable in the age of AI, moving past the tired debate over human versus AI-produced content to the deeper question of how companies should measure quality at all. Drawing on decision theory and the idea that almost anything can be measured, they argue that production method matters far less than whether a piece teaches something new and lands with the people it is meant for. They explore AI visibility as a kind of digital brand recall, why sentiment and context matter more than raw share of voice, and how incumbents and startups face very different battles in shaping their narrative across the web. The conversation also digs into why brands no longer own their own story, the compounding risk of building exposure in the wrong category, and why a human QA layer grounded in real customer understanding is the one part of the content system that should never be automated. Key Takeaways The debate over AI-produced versus human-produced content misses the deeper question of how to define and measure content quality in the first place. Almost anything can be measured if a decision carries uncertainty and risk, including fuzzy concepts like brand affinity or customer experience, by breaking them into concrete, quantifiable components. Measurement is only worth doing when the cost of collecting it is lower than the value of reducing uncertainty, and when you will actually act on the result. AI visibility works like a digital brand recall survey, but raw visibility is meaningless without understanding the context and sentiment in which a brand is mentioned. Segmenting prompts by ICP and buying stage reveals visibility gaps that aggregate scores hide, such as a brand appearing at 40 percent overall but only 4 percent for enterprise queries. Brands no longer own their own narrative, because if the rest of the web contradicts a company's website, LLMs treat the external consensus as the truth. Incumbents with high domain authority have an SEO advantage but face a harder AEO battle, since years of press, mentions, and third-party content are slow and expensive to re-steer. Startups can win by getting specific for narrow prompts and buying-journey stages, but building heavy exposure around one positioning creates risk if they later pivot. AI content programs fail because of weak systems, not the AI itself, so the durable model is human strategy up front, AI in the middle, and a human QA layer at the end. Customer understanding is the last defensible advantage, and the one part of the content system that should stay human is the empathy to judge whether a piece will actually land. Show Links Connect with Alex Birkett on LinkedIn and Twitter Connect with Allie Decker on LinkedIn and Twitter Connect with Omniscient Digital on LinkedIn or Twitter What is Kitchen Side? One big benefit of running an agency or working at one is you get to see the "kitchen side" of many different businesses; their revenue, their operations, their automations, and their culture. You understand how things look from the inside and how that differs from the outside. You understand how the sausage is made. As an agency ourselves, we're working both on growing our clients' businesses as well as our own. This podcast is one project, but we also blog, make videos, do sales, and have quite a robust portfolio of automations and hacks to run our business. We want to take you behind the curtain, to the kitchen side of our business, to witness our brainstorms, discussions, and internal dialogues behind the public works that we ship. Past guests on The Long Game podcast include: Morgan Brown (Shopify), Ryan Law (Animalz), Dan Shure (Evolving SEO), Kaleigh Moore (freelancer), Eric Siu (Clickflow), Peep Laja (CXL), Chelsea Castle (Chili Piper), Tracey Wallace (Klaviyo), Tim Soulo (Ahrefs), Ryan McReady (Reforge), and many more. Some interviews you might enjoy and learn from: Actionable Tips and Secrets to SEO Strategy with Dan Shure (Evolving SEO) Building Competitive Marketing Content with Sam Chapman (Aprimo) How to Build the Right Data Workflow with Blake Burch (Shipyard) Data-Driven Thought Leadership with Alicia Johnston (Sprout Social) Purpose-Driven Leadership & Building a Content Team with Ty Magnin (UiPath) Also, check out our Kitchen Side series where we take you behind the scenes to see how the sausage is made at our agency: Blue Ocean vs Red Ocean SEO Should You Hire Writers or Subject Matter Experts? How Do Growth and Content Overlap? Connect with Omniscient Digital on social: Twitter: @beomniscient LinkedIn: Be Omniscient Listen to more episodes of The Long Game podcast here: https://beomniscient.com/podcast/

ABC News concludes that Tuesday's primaries did not produce a clear ideological winner. Moderates scored an important victory in Wisconsin, but progressives remain competitive. At the same time, Trump's endorsement power showed mixed results, and voters continued to demonstrate a willingness to replace long-serving incumbents with a new generation of candidates. Please Like, Comment and Follow 'Philip Teresi on KMJ' on all platforms: --- Philip Teresi on KMJ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen to podcasts. -- Philip Teresi on KMJ Weekdays 2-6 PM Pacific on News/Talk 580 AM & 105.9 FM KMJ | Website | Facebook | Instagram | X | Podcast | Amazon | - Everything KMJ KMJNOW App | Podcasts | Facebook | X | Instagram See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

ABC News concludes that Tuesday's primaries did not produce a clear ideological winner. Moderates scored an important victory in Wisconsin, but progressives remain competitive. At the same time, Trump's endorsement power showed mixed results, and voters continued to demonstrate a willingness to replace long-serving incumbents with a new generation of candidates. Please Like, Comment and Follow 'Philip Teresi on KMJ' on all platforms: --- Philip Teresi on KMJ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen to podcasts. -- Philip Teresi on KMJ Weekdays 2-6 PM Pacific on News/Talk 580 AM & 105.9 FM KMJ | Website | Facebook | Instagram | X | Podcast | Amazon | - Everything KMJ KMJNOW App | Podcasts | Facebook | X | Instagram See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Don, Aaron and Jack unpack a big week in venture, AI and building companies. Venture Downunder with Innovation Bay: pirate parties, poker, the Kill All The Puppies triage session (bridge, dilute, sell or fold), and why founder pitches at events should be three minutes, not ten. Canva blames frontier AI costs for a rare revenue downgrade: growth guidance cut from 30% to 20%, Canva AI 2.0 halted, in-house models to replace OpenAI and Veo 3, and why Tribe cancelled its Canva seats for Claude Design. Sovereign AI: Prof Anton Van Den Hengel's case for Australian capability. The only capability that survives is research, your advantage is momentum not checkpoints, and Anthropic engineers reckon they have nine to twelve months of coding left. HotDoc founder Ben Hurst steps away after 14 years: the maturity to recognise when your company needs a CEO and not a founder, and why the two energies are different jobs. Incumbents milking it: Don's Ansarada rant (pricing that scales with your data room, a 2007 interface, switching costs locked in by your deal risk framework), and Airtable reportedly selling for about $1 billion, 88% below peak, with founders wiped out by the preference stack. How 26-year-old Grace Brown built Andromeda into a $100 million robotics company, and the story of Abby the robot getting a couple dancing to their wedding song again after 20 years. Anti-portfolio goals: Vu Tran on why making a top VC's anti-portfolio is a benchmark, not a rejection. Ken Griffin on Citadel buying Sowood's $30 billion portfolio overnight: things come to those who wait, but only what's left by those who hustle. Sharts: data centre investment overtaking hotels and retail, Peter V'landys and NRL scoring, Federal Circuit Court general protections claims up 100% in three years, and EVs plus hybrids about to cross petrol and diesel in Australian vehicle sales. hello@tribeglobal.vc

Washington state Supreme Court incumbents, including two appointees of Gov. Bob Ferguson, led in three contested primary races after Tuesday's initial results. In a fourth race for an open seat, Mason County Judge David Stevens leads while King County Judge Jaime Hawk and appeals Judge Mike Diaz split the progressive vote. Candidates have raised over $2.3 million combined, with the state's new income tax adding stakes to November's general election. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/incumbents-ahead-in-three-wa-supreme-court-races/ #WashingtonSupremeCourt #PrimaryElection #WashingtonState #JudicialElections #Politics #ClarkCounty

We’ve been doing these shows where we don’t book any guests, where we fill the hour with your calls. And your calls have been interesting and surprising and amusing. This hour, the conversation winds around to Todd Blanche, Open AI’s Hugging Face hack, the Iran war, hopium, Connecticut’s highways at night, POSSLQs … Anything. (Seemingly) everything. These shows are fun for us, and they seem to be fun for you, too. So we did another one. Music featured (in order): ÉPiPHANiE – DOMi & JD BECK Do You Want This – Cosmo’s Midnight, Vancouver Sleep Clinic Anything Could Happen – Laila! I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) – Meshell Ngegeocello, Cynthia Erivo Fire on the Water – Bonobo, Arooj Aftab I’m Just An Old Chunk of Coal – Paul Carrack The Colin McEnroe Show is available as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, TuneIn, Listen Notes, or wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe and never miss an episode! Subscribe to The Noseletter, an email compendium of merriment, secrets, and ancient wisdom brought to you by The Colin McEnroe Show. Colin McEnroe, Robyn Doyon-Aitken, and Dylan Reyes contributed to this show.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This episode is a re-air of one of our most popular conversations, featuring insights worth revisiting. This week on The Data Stack Show, Eric Dodds and John Wessel explore how AI is reshaping the data industry, focusing on the ongoing cycles of bundling and unbundling within data infrastructure. They discuss the potential for closed ecosystems like Notion to deliver personalized, integrated experiences and examine recent industry moves such as Fivetran's acquisitions. The conversation also highlights the challenges faced by both startups and incumbents, the influence of enterprise customers on product development, and the enduring importance of trade-offs when choosing between bundled and unbundled solutions. Key takeaways include the complexity of implementing AI across platforms, the likelihood that market cycles will persist despite technological advances, and the need for organizations to carefully weigh integration, flexibility, and long-term risk when adopting new data tools. Highlights from this week's conversation include: AI's Value and Early Ecosystem Integration (1:11) Closed Ecosystems and AI Opportunities (3:21) Personalized Software and the Blank Page Problem (6:17) Transition to Data Industry: Bundling Trends (9:56) Market Cycles and AI's Role in Bundling (12:56) Incumbents, Innovation, and AI Layering (15:53 Longevity of Legacy Systems and Ecosystem Risks (17:56) Switching Costs and Incumbent Advantages (20:33) People Dynamics and the Startup-to-Incumbent Arc (22:50) Enterprise Data Infrastructure: Engineering Challenges (26:33) Fragmentation, Bundling Value, and AI's Insulation Effect (29:54) Too Many Tools: The Real Meaning Behind Bundling Demand (31:36) Trade-offs in Bundling, Unbundling, and AI (33:40) Final Thoughts and Takeaways (34:34) The Data Stack Show is a weekly podcast powered by RudderStack, customer data infrastructure that enables you to deliver real-time customer event data everywhere it's needed to power smarter decisions and better customer experiences. Each week, we'll talk to data engineers, analysts, and data scientists about their experience around building and maintaining data infrastructure, delivering data and data products, and driving better outcomes across their businesses with data. RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Lizzie Shilko launched Revi Gear, a Colorado ski helmet brand, in August 2025 — and spent her first season hand-delivering helmets out of her car trunk to shops across the state. She walks through the retail hustle that landed her first account, why customers make better sales reps than any sales force, and how a cold-email campaign — sent from a brand with no website, no funding, no logo — landed her a manufacturing partner.Lizzie also gets candid about the gap between her McKinsey background and founder life: no salary, no security, no manager to validate the work. She talks through the anxiety of founder-led social media, separating internal conviction from public comments, and why speed to market beat waiting to get it perfect.Approaching year one, she's shifting from sprint to endurance — fewer SKUs, more intentional growth. A tactical conversation for anyone building a hard goods brand from scratch.REGISTER for the KORE SummitEpisode HighlightsShow up in person — retail hustle, hand-delivering helmets, founder-as-sales-forcePull marketing beats push marketing — customers become unpaid sales repsFake it till you make it — sourcing manufacturers with zero brand infrastructureManufacturer trust — flying overseas, wiring life savings, building the relationshipFounder-led social media — growth, public criticism, internal vs. external validationSpeed to market — pre-orders as real product-market-fit signalSprint to endurance — shifting from launch speed to intentional, incremental growthEvolving "why" — from proving personal capability to building something others can be proud ofLinksRevi Gear's websiteRevi Gear on InstagramRevi Gear on Christy SportsSeniqHalf DaysWild RyeAway luggageBuilt BarsThe KORE Podcast is a production of the Kootenay Outdoor Recreation Enterprise. Learn more about KORE and the podcast: https://koreoutdoors.org/podcast

What happens when non-technical people at a hackathon build in one day what software startups have been pitching for years?In this episode of KP Unpacked, KP Reddy and Nick unpack why sitting in a hackathon full of non-technical AEC people building working prototypes in eight hours is making software feel uninvestable. Incumbents are building features they've wanted for five years. Nobody needed corporate approval. Nobody needed a startup. They just needed a day and a keyboard. If that's the new baseline, what exactly is a software company selling?The conversation covers why PE firms are overpaying for AEC companies at 14x EBITDA and losing their best people 18 months after close (almost clockwork), why Procore's AI agents announcement landed with a thud, why vibe coding is a rabbit hole that creates individual value but rarely scales to the company, and why token pricing is heading toward the same bundled unlimited model as internet bandwidth in the 90s. KP also reveals his new LinkedIn rule: send a 10-page resume, not a one-page highlight reel. If you control what I see, I can't assess what matters. And a hospital system owner asked Zero RFI to build a real-time team qualification tool because they're tired of getting the B team swapped in mid-project without notice.Key questions answered:Why is software getting harder to invest in after every hackathon?What did non-technical AEC people build in one day that startups have been pitching for years?Why are PE firms losing their best AEC people 18 months after acquisition, almost to the day?What's wrong with paying 14x EBITDA for a firm that doesn't grow like that?Why did Procore's AI agents announcement land with nobody caring?Is vibe coding a rabbit hole or a real productivity tool?Why should you send a 10-page resume instead of a one-page highlight reel?How is KP cross-referencing resumes against his LinkedIn connections using skills files?Why do hospital owners want real-time team qualification tools mid-project?What's the AI diffusion crossing the chasm moment for the broader economy?Why is the Bay Area network effect getting stronger, not weaker?Why are tech company balance sheets suddenly going CapEx heavy for the first time ever?If you're building software for AEC and wondering why incumbents are building your features in-house, a PE firm trying to understand why cultural fit isn't transferring post-acquisition, or a founder debating whether to raise venture or bootstrap, this episode will force you to ask whether the software playbook still applies when anyone can build anything in a day.Listen now.

Everyone Has the Same AI Tools Now. So where's the Moat?In this episode of Tank Talks, host Matt Cohen sits down with Jacob Jackson, partner at Julian Capital and founder of Deep Checks. A physicist turned SaaS founder turned deep tech investor, Jacob brings a unique perspective on the shifting landscape of venture capital. He shares his personal journey from developing MRI techniques at UBC to founding MedStack, and why he made the full-circle pivot back to backing companies building real, hard technology.Jacob offers a frank assessment of the defensibility crisis in software, explains why AI is democratizing superpowers across every industry, and makes the case that deep tech offers faster exits and higher unicorn density than its reputation suggests. He also breaks down how Julian Capital supports founders with growth and go-to-market muscle, and why the team behind the idea matters more than ever in today's market.Whether you're a founder building hardware, an investor looking for the next generation of venture returns, or just trying to understand where technology is headed, Jacob Jackson delivers the kind of straight talk that cuts through the hype.Why Software's Moat Is Gone (04:00)* Jacob's firsthand experience building MedStack, where Amazon, Google, and Azure built competing products almost overnight* Why the defensibility crisis in SaaS is making it harder than ever for new companies to get off the ground* The shift from competing on product to competing on capital and go-to-marketRedefining Deep Tech: What Everyone Gets Wrong (06:44)* The biggest misconception: that deep tech requires 20-year fund cycles* How SpaceX-style private market liquidity proves milestone-based exits work* Why the hottest sector of the year is never where the biggest company gets seededHow AI Accelerates Hardware Development (08:23)* AI as a democratizing force that makes everything faster and more competitive* From CAD design to patent strategy: how AI is becoming a founder's essential tool* The commoditization of vertical robotics and what it means for defensibilityBuilding Moat in Deep Tech: Talent, Networks, and Network Effects (10:30)* Why network effects and talent density matter more than patents alone* How to pull the “ladder up” behind you as you scale* Incumbents vs. upstarts: why everyone has access to the same tools nowThe Rise of Deep Checks (18:01)* How Deep Checks became the world's largest network of deep tech founders and VCs* The platform that helps founders run a tight, accelerated fundraising process* Over $100 million deployed and 5,000+ founders submitted in just two yearsWhat Jacob Looks for in Founders (24:50)* The 50/50 split between team and idea* Why obsession and speed matter more than business experience* How to spot the founders who will learn to sell, recruit, and negotiateFrontier Tech vs. Deep Tech (29:20)* Why Julian Capital backs “picks and shovels” companies in spaces like fusion and quantum* The importance of market pull and meaningful near-term milestones* Why a 20-year fund cycle makes financial math nearly impossibleThe Data That Surprised Everyone (32:58)* Deep tech exits are 25% faster with more unicorns per dollar invested* Why historical data shows deep tech outperforming software* The role of capital flooding and dilution in venture returnsAbout Jacob JacksonJacob Jackson is a partner at Julian Capital and the founder of Deep Checks, the world's largest network of deep tech founders and VCs. A physicist by training, Jacob pivoted from academic research to founding MedStack, a privacy and security SaaS platform, before returning to his engineering roots as an investor. He now backs founders building hardware and tackling the world's hardest problems. Jacob is known for his data-driven approach, obsession with team quality, and candid takes on the future of venture capital.Connect with Jacob Jackson on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonlovekingsett?originalSubdomain=caVisit Julian Capital's website: https://www.julian.capital/Submit to Deep Checks: https://www.deepchecks.vc/Connect with Matt Cohen on LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/matt-cohen1Visit the Ripple Ventures website: https://www.rippleventures.com/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tanktalks.substack.com

Tuesday's primary sets up November's general election; Incumbents come out ahead in Marana; Voter turnout is low compared to four years ago; and more...

Liz Peek highlights the rise of the Democratic Socialists of America as a significant threat to established Democraticincumbents. Young voters are flocking to radical platforms promising free services. Rahm Emanuel emerges as a blunt voice for the party, urging a challenge against these "loons." (2)STEEL BRIDGE PS

Arvind Jain is the Founder & CEO of Glean, the enterprise AI leader valued at $7.2 billion after raising more than $770 million from investors including Kleiner Perkins, DST Global, and more. Before Glean, Arvind co-founded Rubrik, helping build it into one of the world's leading cloud infrastructure companies before its successful IPO. Prior to that, he spent over a decade at Google as a Distinguished Engineer, working across Search, Maps, and YouTube. AGENDA: 00:00 – The Shocking Truth About Frontier AI: 90% Is Already a Commodity 02:04 – Can OpenAI & Anthropic Own Enterprise AI? The Battle for the Workplace Begins 10:18 – Will OpenAI and Anthropic Win the App Layer 18:03 – Microsoft Is the Real Enemy… Not OpenAI? 20:53 – "Where's the ROI?" Why Enterprises Are Starting to Question the AI Hype 26:00 – Will AI Replace Your Job? Harry & Arvind's Heated Clash Over the Future of Work 33:43 – The Billion-Dollar Mistake Every AI Company Is Making on Token Spend 39:20 – The AI Land Grab Is On: Why Founders Must Move Now or Lose Forever 42:20 – China vs America: Who Really Wins the AI Race? 47:20 – Rapid Fire: The Future of Computer Science, Hiring, Fundraising & AI's Biggest Winners  

During this week's LIVE conversation, Chris Cillizza and Matt discuss:— Colorado shocker: 29-year-old Democratic Socialist Melat Kiros (lawyer turned barista) defeats 15-term incumbent Diana DeGette— New York results: Multiple DSA-aligned candidates knock off Democratic incumbents — what it really means— The rise of young, outsider, often immigrant or minority Democratic Socialists — is this a national trend?— Why Trump's 2024 victory is pushing Democrats left and making “safe” establishment candidates look riskier— AOC's growing influence and the future of the progressive movement— Generational revolt vs. ideology: Are voters rejecting insiders more than embracing socialism?— American pride at a 25-year low ahead of the nation's 250th anniversary — can we still celebrate July 4th?— Mitch McConnell and Tom Kean Jr. health transparency controversies— Trump's cultural impact on young men, masculinity, COVID lockdowns, and the post-2020 radicalization of politics— And MUCH more!Subscribe to Matt Lewis on Substack: https://mattklewis.substack.com/Support Matt Lewis at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mattlewisFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/MattLewisDCTwitter: https://twitter.com/mattklewisInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mattlewisreels/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVhSMpjOzydlnxm5TDcYn0A– Who is Matt Lewis? –Matt K. Lewis is a political commentator and the author of Filthy Rich Politicians.Buy Matt's books: FILTHY RICH POLITICIANS: https://www.amazon.com/Filthy-Rich-Politicians-Creatures-Ruling-Class/dp/1546004416TOO DUMB TO FAIL: https://www.amazon.com/Too-Dumb-Fail-Revolution-Conservative/dp/0316383937Copyright © 2026, BBL & BWL, LLC

In this episode, hosts Paul Nathanson, Caitlin Sickles, and Omar Nashashibi break down the legislative gridlock stalling action in Congress and what it means for manufacturers and the policy agenda ahead. They examine a pivotal month for U.S. trade policy, including the future of USMCA and a wave of potential new tariffs. They also discuss the rise of anti-establishment candidates in both parties ahead of the midterm elections, and take a break from politics to chat about how the FIFA World Cup is bringing people together in communities across the country. Listen now!

Colorado Democrats are deciding which direction to take their party. AP correspondent Jennifer King reports.

Did Paraguay really just pull off the biggest upset in World Cup history against Germany?!

Primary election: Good night for incumbents not tied to the Box Elder data center -- What's next after County Attorney primary upset  

Fresh out of the studio, Benedict Evans, independent technology analyst and author of AI Eats the World, returns to explore whether the AI model layer is becoming commodity infrastructure. Benedict argues there is no winner-takes-all effect in models yet, drawing parallels to telecoms, cloud, chips and the fiber bubble to ask where durable value actually accrues when everyone runs similar infrastructure on similar tokens. He unpacks why the chatbot remains a poor interface, introduces the "blank screen" and "jagged frontier" problems that keep software companies alive, and explains why large language models inherently give you "the average." Closing the conversation, Benedict reflects on the indicators that would show AI has truly eaten the world — and why the answer is better products, not better models."When you automate away work, you can always see the jobs that are going away because they're right there. And you don't know what the new jobs are going to be. Human needs are infinite. How many people are earning a living from making podcasts now? Imagine predicting that 10 years ago. There's a stage in the evolution of the market where like if you're still arguing about that, you're an idiot. But there's a stage at the beginning where you might have opinions about some of these questions, you're probably not even asking the right questions. That, I think, is where we are with this stuff today." — Benedict EvansEpisode Highlights: [00:00] Quote of the Day by Benedict Evans from AI Eats the World[01:16] The public market test: what are investors buying?[04:21] How far up the stack can models go?[05:30] Models can't build all the apps themselves[06:00] The thesis: models as commodity infrastructure[07:52] "All the value went up the stack"[08:24] Chips and Rock's Law: down to three players[11:23] The 1999 reseller story: one-time sales[13:28] The S-curve framing of technology[16:38] You're probably not asking the right questions on AI[18:02] "If this works, we're competing with a Mac"[20:25] Incumbents make it a feature[22:14] Big tech "killing startups" is overstated[24:39] Cowork as the new spreadsheet[26:01] The blank-screen and jagged-frontier problems[29:00] The hard part isn't writing the code[31:25] "What a good answer would probably look like"[33:38] The job displacement debate[37:38] Jevons paradox and the lump-of-labour fallacy[40:30] LLMs inherently give you the average[42:36] Why you really hire McKinsey[45:33] Punk versus prog rock: outside the training data[49:00] Automating ever-higher human functions[49:55] Why this is unanswerable: no theory of scaling[51:30] Indicators that AI has eaten the world[54:53] The solution isn't a better model[56:39] Where to find Benedict EvansProfile: Benedict Evans, Independent Technology AnalystLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benedictevans/Website: https://www.ben-evans.com/newsletterPodcast Information: Bernard Leong hosts and produces the show. The proper credits for the intro and end music are "Energetic Sports Drive." G. Thomas Craig mixed and edited the episode in both video and audio format.Here are the links to watch or listen to our podcast.Analyse Podcast Main Site: https://analysepodcast.comAnalyse Podcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1kkRwzRZa4JCICr2vm0vGl Analyse Podcast Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/analyse-asia-with-bernard-leong/id914868245 Analyse Podcast LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/analyse-podcast/Sign Up for Our This Week in Asia Newsletter: https://www.analysepodcast.com/#/portal/signup Subscribe Newsletter on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7149559878934540288

Mayor Mamdani explains his endorsements of challengers in the New York Democratic primaries Tuesday. Plus Vance unveils a new path to end the war in Iran that looks a lot like something that already existed. And Ta-Nehisi Coates on post-Civil War Reconstruction era and how it got us to today. Mayor Zohran Mamdani, David Rohde, Chris O'Leary, Ta-Nehisi Coates all join Ai Velshi on The 11th Hour. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Ben Lorica is joined by Evangelos Simoudis for a wide-ranging check-in on how AI is reshaping mobility, enterprise software, and corporate strategy.Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter

How do you invest in what's cool before the rest of the world catches on? This week on The Data Minute, Peter sits down with Amber Atherton, Partner at Patron, to explore the rapidly shifting landscape of consumer venture capital.Amber reveals the tactical strategies she uses to keep her pulse on the cultural vanguard, including running multiple TikTok burner accounts and hunting for early micro-trends inside gamer communities and niche digital spaces. They dive deep into her recent thesis on "computational taste," analyzing whether AI models can possess or dictate authentic taste, and why design-native founders are uniquely positioned to win the next wave of tech adoption.The conversation also covers the massive grey-market-to-mainstream pipeline powering the "American Peptide Boom," the business model shift behind ChatGPT's inevitable advertising play, and a transparent breakdown of the psychology of liquidity, including exactly when a founder should (and shouldn't) leverage secondary markets.Subscribe to Carta's weekly Data Minute newsletter: https://carta.com/subscribe/data-newsletter-sign-up/Explore interactive startup and VC data, with Carta's Data Desk: https://carta.com/data-desk/Chapters:00:18 – Intro: Consumer VC and Amber Atherton01:09 – The Truth About Demo Day and Fundraising Reality03:22 – Defining Consumer Investing: Trend Hunting vs. Fundamentals05:09 – TikTok Burner Accounts and Tracking Gen Z Culture09:02 – Computational Taste: Building the Taste Layer of AI09:52 – Can an AI Model Have Genuine, Ephemeral Taste?17:31 – The Squeeze: Where Consumer VC Stands Today19:20 – Gray Market to Mainstream: The American Peptide Boom22:51 – Formats and Vibe Coding: Amber's Writing Process26:51 – "In My Bones": Why Amber Chose Venture Capital Over Being a Founder30:10 – The Repeat Founder Conundrum: Motivation vs. Experience31:09 – The Psychology of Liquidity: When to Take Secondary33:36 – Honesty in the Idea Maze: Knowing When to Pivot or Return Capital34:53 – ChatGPT Launching Ads: The Economics of Attention36:04 – Spicy Question: Do Accelerators Work for Consumer Founders?37:51 – "Peptide Summer": Net-New Brands vs. Incumbents in Wellness39:58 – Outro: Headed to the Skate ParkThis presentation contains general information only and eShares, Inc. dba Carta, Inc. (“Carta”) is not, by means of this publication, rendering accounting, business, financial, investment, legal, tax, or other professional advice or services, and is for informational purposes only.  This presentation is not a substitute for such professional advice or services nor should it be used as a basis for any decision or action that may affect your business or interests. © 2026 eShares, Inc., dba Carta, Inc. All rights reserved.

In this week's news roundup, Ed, Simon Baker and Harvey Hancock unpack CoStar's $800M all-cash swoop for new-homes data specialist Zonda, and share their first-hand impressions of Realtor.com's new Google-powered RealAssist AI search tool.Chapters:00:00 Intro00:52 CoStar Buys Zonda for ~$800M09:40 Realtor.com's New RealAssist AI (with Google)18:59 Can AI-Native Challengers Beat the Incumbents?30:06 Are Portals Building Search or a Decision Engine?CoStar Pays ~$800M for ZondaCoStar Group is acquiring new-home construction data specialist Zonda in an all-cash deal worth roughly $800 million — its first major acquisition since Domain in Australia and its first US deal since Matterport. The team digs into why "more data wins" fits Andy Florence's playbook, the flat market reaction, and the hard road from owning great data to delivering a stronger EBITDA margin. Unlike Matterport, Zonda is a profitable B2B business, so the question becomes which costs CoStar can strip out and which products it can layer on top.Testing Realtor.com's RealAssist AIEd and Harvey got a behind-the-scenes demo of Realtor.com's new conversational search tool, RealAssist AI — co-developed with Google and currently a whitelist-only beta. They cover what stood out: searching by affordability rather than price, "Google grounding" that pulls in third-party data, and a commute/lifestyle mapping feature. That opens a wider debate on the API costs of grounding every search in Google, whether AI-native challengers gain an edge by pricing those costs in from day one, and whether portals are really building search — or trying to own the comparison and decision phase before Claude or ChatGPT does.Presented by:• Edmund Keith — https://www.linkedin.com/in/edmund-keith/• Harvey Hancock — https://www.linkedin.com/in/harvey-hancock/• Simon Baker — https://www.linkedin.com/in/stbaker/

Back again! The votes are in, the dust is settling, and South Dakota politics just delivered one of the biggest surprises in recent memory. Jake is joined by Lieutenant Governor Tony Venhuizen, Nathan Sanderson, and SD News Watch's Alexander Rifaat to break down Toby Doeden's unexpected first place finish, Dusty Johnson's exit, and the July 28 gubernatorial runoff that now pits Doeden against Governor Larry Rhoden. We get into what happened on election night, where the polls got it right, where they missed, and why turnout may decide everything from here.Plus, we dive deep into the legislative shakeups that could reshape Pierre for years to come. Incumbents fell, familiar names made comebacks, and several of the state's most closely watched races delivered surprises right down to the final precincts. From District 29's political earthquake to the changing balance of power in both chambers, the 2026 primary may be over, but the battle for South Dakota's future is just getting started.@DakotaTownHall@Jakeshoenbeck@MurdocJ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: It is post-primary runoff election day and I'll review all the big races that matter from around the state. Incumbents lost, in both parties, fresh matchups are set for November, and the Hearst newspapers editorial boards beg Cornyn to become a full out Democrat in the rest of his term in order to salvage his political reputation and get revenge on Trump. Here are two of those editorials: John Cornyn was humiliated by Ken Paxton. He still can leave a legacy. Dear Sen. Cornyn: Your defeat could be your redemption Our Lone Star story of the day is sponsored by Allied Compliance Services providing the best service in DOT, business and personal drug and alcohol testing since 1995.Dallas Fed: Texas service sector expanding at the same rate it did in April.Governor Abbott: Texas college tuition remains frozen for 2026–2027.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com

Former State Senators Jeff Hayden and Amy Frederiksen join Vineeta on Fridays to talk politics on a little segment called, "The Capitol Clash!"

On the May 20th edition: On the May 20th edition: After yesterday's primaries, it looks like we're headed into run-offs for several high-profile races, although former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms did win the Democratic vote for governor and voters reelected two incumbents to the Georgia Supreme Court.

Inductive Automation cofounders Colby Clegg and Carl Gould go deep on the origins of Ignition, the road to 8.3, and what AI means for industrial automation.Vlad and Dave host Colby Clegg, CEO, and Carl Gould, CTO, of Inductive Automation together for the first time to trace the full arc of the company. The story begins in 2003, when Sacramento systems integrator Steve Heckman brought Colby and Carl in to build the missing glue layer between OT data and modern IT tooling. What began as logging values into SQL databases became Factory PMI and eventually Ignition.A key thread is why Ignition broke through when larger automation vendors had superior distribution. Colby points to Clayton Christensen's Innovator's Dilemma. Incumbents could not match Inductive's unlimited per gateway pricing or partner with integrators because their own services groups competed with them. Carl adds the culture piece. Inductive refused to gate downloads, kept the module SDK open, made education free, and ran a public forum when competitors called it reckless, a posture they once called innovation without permission.Ignition 8.3 takes center stage, arriving after a deliberate five year gap from 8.1. Carl frames it as the completion of work that began with 8.0 in 2018. Gateway configuration is now stored in open, readable formats on disk, the gateway web interface was rewritten, and the platform supports orchestration, environmental separation, and infrastructure as code workflows Carl expects to become table stakes. The release also adds event streams, a revamped historian, and perspective drawing tools. For integrators still on 8.1, 8.3 is the version built for distributed deployments across many gateways.On AI, Carl is candid that the new MCP server module is intentionally a minimum viable product. It ships as a raw toolkit for integrators to author MCP primitives that expose Ignition data to agentic systems like Claude Code. First party MCP tools are coming, but Inductive wants to define the guardrails before shipping an API surface they will support for years. Carl frames AI as a new axis of software possibility, comparable to the shift from DOS to Windows. Colby ties it back to legacy SCADA conversion, framing the security and reliability gains as a national security issue. The episode closes with notes on the Inductive ecosystem, including a new collaboration with Tiger Data behind TimescaleDB, plus career advice on soft skills, context, and agentic coding tools.About Colby Clegg and Carl GouldColby Clegg is the CEO and cofounder of Inductive Automation, the California based company behind Ignition, the cross platform SCADA, MES, and IIoT software used by manufacturers and integrators worldwide. Carl Gould is the CTO and cofounder, leading product and engineering direction across Ignition. Both joined founder Steve Heckman in 2003 and have shaped the platform's open, integrator first philosophy ever since.Inductive Automation: https://www.inductiveautomation.comTimestamps0:00 Introduction1:00 Meet Colby Clegg and Carl Gould2:00 The origins of Inductive Automation in 20038:00 Going to market and the Innovator's Dilemma10:30 Innovation without permission as company culture18:50 Ignition 8.0 and the leap to Perspective26:00 The five year journey to 8.338:00 The MCP server module and AI in Ignition45:30 AI in the control plane and guardrails52:30 Tiger Data and the technology ecosystem1:02:30 Career advice for the next generation1:06:40 What is ripe for innovationReferencesIgnition Community Conference: https://icc.inductiveautomation.comAbout Your HostsVladimir Romanov is a cohost of The Manufacturing Hub Podcast and the founder of Joltek, an independent manufacturing and industrial automation consulting firm specializing in modernization strategy, digital transformation, and workforce development. Joltek works with manufacturers and investors to reduce the risk of modernization and build the internal capability to sustain results.Connect with Vlad: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vladromanov/Want to go deeper? Vlad and the team at Joltek have covered related topics here:Colby Clegg on Ignition 8.3 and Industrial Automation: https://www.joltek.com/blog/industrial-automation-colby-clegg-ignition-8-3Connecting Allen Bradley PLCs to Ignition: https://www.joltek.com/blog/connecting-allen-bradley-plc-ignitionDave Griffith is a cohost of The Manufacturing Hub Podcast and founder of Capelin Solutions, an industrial automation firm helping manufacturers adopt smart manufacturing technology. He brings 15 years of experience in industrial automation and digital transformation.Connect with Dave: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davegriffith23/Subscribe to Manufacturing Hub: https://www.manufacturinghub.liveLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/manufacturing-hub-networkYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ManufacturingHub

When nonprofits speak out on issues in the public square, the line between education and electioneering can get blurry – especially during election season. On this episode of Rules of the Game, we break down what the law allows when organizations comment on statements made by candidates and campaigns, and how those rules shift when addressing the actions of incumbents who may also be on the ballot. From issue advocacy to the risk of impermissible political intervention, we walk through practical scenarios and key guardrails to help your nonprofit stay compliant while engaging in advocacy to advance your mission. Shownotes Basic rule: 501(c)(3) organizations are prohibited from supporting or opposing candidates for public office, which means that their advocacy and actions have to remain nonpartisan. ·      Black and White: 501(c)(3)s can't endorse candidates, and they can't explicitly tell people who not to vote for. On the other hand, nonprofits can emphasize the importance of voting in a nonpartisan way, and they can continue to educate voters about issues core to their missions without suggesting who people should vote for in an upcoming candidate election. ·      Shades of Gray: IRS utilizes a facts and circumstances analysis to determine whether a nonprofit's communication is permissible or a violation of the tax code's electioneering prohibition for 501(c)(3)s. While not an exhaustive list, some facts and circumstances the IRS might consider include… o   Timing of the communication o   Targeted audience o   How the message relates to what candidates and political parties are saying, and more! ·      The IRS has also indicated that messaging that includes distorted facts, disparaging language, or statements not aimed at developing the audience's understanding of a mission-related issue can indicate a violation of the law.   Commenting on Candidates and Campaigns ·      No clear guidance from IRS on how to do this safely, but based on the required facts and circumstances analysis, best practices could include: o   Focusing on what was said (the issue), not who said it (the candidate) o   Avoiding discussions about candidate qualifications or whether someone is a good or bad candidate o   Scripting responses before talking to reporters or the public (since you may very well get a question related to the election and who people should vote for) o   Avoiding comments about a candidate's record or personal characteristics o   Avoiding references to voters and the upcoming election o   Not comparing your position on an issue to where the candidates stand on that issue ·      Remember: It is permissible to monitor what candidates say and do so that you can prepare for the future. o   The risk arises for 501(c)(3)s when they communicate in a way that could be perceived as attempting to influence the outcome of a candidate election. ·      Examples[NRO1] : o   "What if Candidate X states during a candidate debate that "our community's water quality meets all safety standards." Can a local environmental justice 501(c)(3) correct the record if that statement is false? §  Yes. The organization could clarify that the claim is inconsistent with recent state water quality reports. It could then point to publicly available testing data. §  The key is to avoid discussing the particular candidate who made the statement and instead to focus on the issue itself. Use this as an opportunity to educate the public on issues core to your mission. §  To minimize risk, avoid mentioning the candidate by name, issue disclaimers (reminders that you are a 501(c)(3) and that you do not support / oppose candidates for public office), and focus on issues in alignment with the organization's mission.   Commenting on the Actions & Statements of Incumbents ·      501(c)(3) public charities can criticize or praise the votes and official statements of current government officials. Best practices include: o   Focus on official actions only (without mentioning if an incumbent is up for reelection) o   Time communications to coincide with policy actions (as opposed to increasing praise or criticism in the days leading up to the election). o   Have a track-record of working on the issue, and make sure it's central to your mission. o   Include commentary on legislators and other government officials who are NOT up for reelection. If you focus solely on the actions of incumbents running for office, that can raise a red flag. o   Use nonpartisan criteria when deciding on which official actions and statements to call out and respond to. o   Exercise particular caution when commenting on an issue position that clearly distinguishes candidates in an upcoming election. ·      Example: o   What if a mayor in a 501(c)(3)'s jurisdiction decides to support funding cuts to programs that provide housing to the unhoused and services for housing-insecure community members? Can the 501(c)(3) public charity chime in? §  Yes. A 501(c)(3) could issue a press release criticizing the mayor's statement in support of funding cuts and urge the city to restore services where needed. §  The charity would want to have a history of working on related issues to ensure the statement is in alignment with its mission and history of advocacy. §  It would also want to avoid mentioning any upcoming elections or noting that the mayor is up for re-election. §  In addition, it's important for the organization to comment on the official statement and action immediately, as opposed to waiting until just before candidate elections occur. Resources ·      Rules of the Game: Guide to Election-Related Activities for 501(c)(3)s ·      Sample 501(c)(3) Organizational Policy for Election Season ·      Praising and Criticizing Incumbents (Factsheet) ·      Commenting on Candidates and Campaigns (Factsheet)

1/16: Jeff Bliss discusses the Los Angeles mayor's race, highlighting actor Spencer Pratt's surprising success in a recent debate. Pratt earned 83% viewer support by using AI-generated campaign videos to critique incumbents Karen Bass and Nithia Ramen. Critics question if an actor can successfully navigate the city council.1900 MEXICO

Trump-backed candidates defeat most redistricting-opposed incumbents in GOP primaries. Eli Lilly unveils a further $4.5 billion investment in the LEAP District, bringing total investments in the state to over $20 billion since 2020. Governor Braun extends the gas sales tax pause for another 30 days, and includes a new pause to the state gas tax to save Hoosiers around $0.59 per gallon.

Several fixtures in Delaware state politics have announced they won't seek reelection this year, some after decades in their seat. Their decisions to step aside leave room for new faces and the possibility a seat could flip to the other party.Incumbents opting to leave has become a bit of a trend in the First State. In both 2022 and 2024, multiple incumbents didn't pursue their seats in the General Assembly again.This week, Delaware Public Media political reporter Bente Bouthier dove into this trend and implications of this round of retirements with University of Delaware professor Paul Brewer - who specializes in political communication and public opinion.

Dave "CAC" Kellogg and Ray "Growth" Rike dig into the Redpoint Ventures 2026 Software and AI Market Update - a 69-page report built on proprietary CIO survey data from 141 respondents, plus public market data from Qatalyst, Pitchbook, Goldman Sachs, RBC, and McKinsey. Big report with even bigger implications. Ray and Dave unpack the data that matter most for B2B SaaS and AI-native software operators.WHAT WE COVER IN THIS EPISODEThe AI Build-Out Is Real and It's Not the Dot-Com BubbleHyperscaler CapEx is projected to hit $765B in 2026, up nearly 50% year over year. More than 90% of new data center capacity is already pre-committed. Compare that to the dot-com era when fiber utilization was under 3%. The other critical difference: today's infrastructure spend is funded primarily by free cash flow, not debt. The more important signal is demand. AI has reached 1 billion monthly active users in four years. The internet took far longer to reach 70 million. The demand is real. The risk of speculative overbuild is also real.The Agent Maturity Curve and Why Most of the Value Is Still AheadPage 7 of the report maps the four phases of agent maturity by runtime: co-pilots (seconds), task agents (minutes), workflow agents (hours), autonomous agents (days). Co-pilots represent roughly $500B in software spend. Task agents, where coding tools live today, push that to $1.2T. Workflow agents expand the TAM to $2.8T. Autonomous agents take it to $6.1T. Coding has been the beachhead use case for good reasons: structured training data, instant verification, self-improving feedback loops. The real enterprise revenue opportunity is still in phases three and four.What the CIO Survey Actually Says This is the buried lead of the report. 54% of CIOs are actively consolidating vendors. 45% of AI budgets are coming from existing software budgets, not net-new spend. 58% say AI feature additions are the top driver of incremental software spend. 54% prefer to stay with incumbent vendors if they deliver on AI. Only 13% have a strong preference for AI-native software. The 33% who are neutral are the swing vote. Incumbents are winning the preference battle but losing the execution battle — the CIO feedback on Agentforce, Copilot, and ServiceNow AI in the survey is not flattering.Terminal Value Is the Real SaaS Valuation StoryThe public SaaS median NTM revenue multiple sits at 4.1x (Meritech says 3.1x), the lowest since the global financial crisis. In a SaaS DCF, 85 to 95% of enterprise value comes from terminal value, not the five-year forecast. The implied long-term growth rate embedded in current SaaS valuations has collapsed from 4.7% to 1.1%. Short-term beats like ServiceNow's recent quarter do almost nothing to move the stock because the market's concern is not next year. It's year ten and beyond. That is a terminal value story, not a growth story.ARR Per Employee - The Benchmark EvolvesCursor and Anthropic hit $100M ARR in roughly two years. Slack took three. Salesforce and Adobe took four to five. ServiceNow took seven to eight. AI-native companies have made $1M revenue per FTE the new floor. The P&L transformation model in slide 39 projects R&D costs down 15 to 20%, sales costs down 15 to 20%, COGS increasing due to inference spend but offset by reductions in customer support and customer success. Net result: potential EBITDA expansion of 100 to 250% on the same revenue base over three to five years.Private Markets Are in an AI Love FestAI-native deals represent nearly 100% of new VC activity in Q1 2026. Deal concentration is accelerating: the top 20 deals captured 44% of total funding in 2025, up from 31% in 2024 and 7% in 2022. At the model layer, dollars and valuations are concentrated while deal volume belongs to the application layer (61% of deals). The model competition is effectively over. The only question is rank order. The application layer is where the volume plays out, and AI-native vendors are winning that battle.Redpoint 2026 Software and AI Market Update: https://www.redpoint.com/reports/2026-market-updateABOUT THE METRICS BROTHERS Ray Rike is the Founder and CEO of Benchmarkit, the leading B2B SaaS and AI-native software benchmarking company. Dave Kellogg is an EIR at Balderton Capital, independent consultant, and author of Kellblog. Together they bring a CFO-meets-GTM lens to the metrics and benchmarks that drive efficient revenue growth and enterprise value.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Hoosier state hate for GOP incumbents!? Why did Trump back primary challengers who not only won, but in a landslide? Why is this reverberating throughout the party & DC? What does this mean for MAGA, Congress & the Mid-terms? Top VA Democrat’s office raided in massive corruption probe!:Arrests were made; What did she do and who was arrested? Is Ilhan Omar finally next? The heat is on as MINN house after her name was in court docs in a major fraud case! Taxpayer Cash for chat & “companionship”?; Ohio is ground zero for the biggest fraud scandal yet! Found out how many BILLIONS are being paid to foreigners to….chat with their families! Democrat debacle at the California gubernatorial debate; Dems are in full panic mode after their candidates crashed out in last night’s debate! How did Hilton & Bianco team up to avoid the attempts at division? Katie Porter accidentally drops a truth bomb. What did she say? With guest Dr. Jeff Barke, RXforLiberty.com.Support Our Mission: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ZMGRBFGDJKRS8See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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In the first segment of The Charlie James Show on Wednesday, May 6, 2026, the discussion centered on the fallout of the previous day's Indiana primaries, where President Trump's preferred candidates won a significant victory over state Senate incumbents.

Amjad Masad is the Co-Founder and CEO of Replit, one of the leading "vibe-coding" platforms. Under his leadership, Replit has raised a total of $922 million in funding, recently raising at a whopping $9 billion valuation. Replit has over 50 million registered users and is used by employees at 85% of Fortune 500 companies. Replit's revenue jumped from $10 million to $100 million in nine months, and the company is on track to reach $1BN in ARR by the end of 2026. AGENDA:  00:00 — Why Coding Models are Hitting a Performance Plateau 07:21 — Is Most of the Value of Replit Not Anthropic Model Quality? 10:04 — Why Did Replit Decide to Not Build Their Own Model, Like Cursor Did? 11:58 — Why Product Quality Must Always Beat Cost Optimization 14:51 — How Do Replit Choose Which Model To Route To For Different Tasks? 24:43 — The SaaS Apocalypse: Why it is Fair and Just? 29:55 — What Will the Cost of Tokens Be in 5 Years? 31:09 — Is Cursor Dead? Debunking the Twitter Narrative 33:36 — Are IDEs Dead? 35:54 — Should Students Still Study Computer Science? 42:47 — Are US Companies Using CCP Subsidised Open-Source Chinese Models 56:59 — What Do No Founders Know About True Product-Market Fit  

Jake Saper of Emergence Capital joins Nick to discuss Mirage PMF, What LLMs Will Take On and What They Will Avoid, Why Outcomes Will Shift Models from Software to Services, and How Pricing Playbooks Are Being Rewritten. In this episode we cover: SaaS Market Sell-Off and Future of Software Impact of AI on Established Brands like Salesforce Mirage Product Market Fit and AI Native Services Business Models and Pricing in the AI Era Challenges for Incumbents and Innovator's Dilemma Laggard Industries and AI Adoption Role of LLMs and Future of Technology Vendors Guest Links: Jake's LinkedIn Emergence Capital's LinkedIn Emergence Capital's Website The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran of New Stack Ventures, a venture capital firm committed to investing in founders outside of the Bay Area. We're proud to partner with Ramp, the modern finance automation platform. Book a demo and get $150—no strings attached.   Want to keep up to date with The Full Ratchet? Follow us on social. You can learn more about New Stack Ventures by visiting our LinkedIn and Twitter.

Why do 80-95% of AI initiatives fail — and why is your organization's structure to blame? Most companies are treating AI like a software upgrade, when it actually demands a complete rewiring of how work gets done.In this episode, Melissa Reeve, author of Hyperadaptive and organizational change expert, shares a practical model for transforming legacy enterprises into AI-native organizations built to thrive — not just survive — in the age of AI. Drawing on her experience with the Toyota Production System, Scaled Agile, and deep research into leading AI adopters, Melissa argues that the real barriers to AI adoption are structural: Taylorist hierarchies, functional silos, and decision bottlenecks that organizations have never been forced to dismantle — until now. She introduces the Hyperadaptive model, a five-stage maturity path that gradually rewires how organizations operate, from establishing AI governance and identifying champions, to deploying agentic AI and organizing around customer value streams. Unlike past transformations, AI will compress both the strategy-to-execution and concept-to-delivery dimensions simultaneously — and the organizations that fail to adapt will be displaced by AI-native competitors rising far faster than Uber or Airbnb ever did.Timestamps:(00:00:00) Trailer & Intro(00:02:50) How Did Melissa's Background in Lean and Agile Lead to the Hyperadaptive Model?(00:05:57) How Is the AI Revolution Different From Past Digital Transformations?(00:07:39) Will AI-Native Companies Disrupt Incumbents the Way Airbnb and Uber Did?(00:09:08) How Did the DevOps Model Inspire the Concept of Automated Execution Pipelines?(00:12:41) What Is a Hyperadaptive Organization?(00:14:10) Why Has AI Adoption Failed to Deliver Results in Most Organizations?(00:17:05) What Are the Three Structural Barriers to AI Adoption?(00:19:39) Why Is Taylorism Considered a Major Barrier to Becoming Hyperadaptive?(00:22:48) What Are the Five Capabilities Required to Become Hyperadaptive?(00:26:45) Why Does AI Make Age-Old Principles Like Lean and Agile More Relevant Than Ever?(00:28:49) How Will the Human-in-the-Loop Role Evolve as Agentic AI Takes Over?(00:32:52) How Should Organizations Start Transitioning from Functional Silos to Value Streams?(00:35:07) How Is AI Enabling Adjacent Competencies and Expanding Professional Roles?(00:38:43) Will AI Replace Workers or Unlock More of What Organizations Can Achieve?(00:41:52) What Are the Five Stages of Maturity for Becoming Hyperadaptive?(00:48:21) Why Do Most AI Implementations Fail When Organizations Skip the Foundation?(00:50:55) What Does Dynamic AI Governance Look Like in Practice?(00:55:20) How Does Kahneman's Thinking Fast and Slow Explain the Human-AI Partnership?(00:58:07) How Can AI Help Organizations Optimize for People, Profit, and Planet?(01:00:24) 3 Tech Lead Wisdom_____Melissa Reeve's BioMelissa Reeve creator of the Hyperadaptive Model and author of Hyperdaptive: Re-wiring the Enterprise to Become AI-Native. Hyperadaptive brings together process excellence, systems thinking, and the human side of AI integration to help leaders reimagine how their organizations learn and adapt.Prior to leaning into AI, Melissa spent 25 years as an executive and Agile thought leader, which led to pioneering work in Agile marketing and her role as the first VP of Marketing at Scaled Agile and co-founding the Agile Marketing Alliance. She lives in Boulder, CO, with her husband, dogs, and chickens, where she enjoys hiking and gardening.Follow Melissa:LinkedIn – linkedin.com/in/melissamreeveWebsite – hyperadaptive.solutionsSubstack - https://intel.hyperadaptive.solutions/ Hyperadaptive - https://hyperadaptive.solutions/bookLike this episode?Show notes & transcript: techleadjournal.dev/episodes/254.Follow @techleadjournal on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram.Buy me a coffee or become a patron.

Max and Donatienne discuss recent elections in Slovenia and Denmark, a referendum on judicial reforms in Italy, and Mark Rutte's recent statements on the war in Iran. Then, they turn to a conversation with Nathalie Tocci, Director of the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), for a conversation on Europe's place in the world. (00:00) Intro (00:50) Slovenia election (04:40) Denmark election (10:20) Italy judicial reform referendum (15:58) Mark Rutte's Sunday show appearances (22:03) Nathalie Tocci   Learn more: Russian Roulette | CSIS Podcasts Europe Needs an ASAP Program for Air Defense

Chuck Todd opens by announcing the launch of "Dynastic," his new sports history podcast with J.A. Adande, before turning to what may be the most consequential inflection point of the Iran war: Trump is running out of patience and actively searching for an off-ramp, but every path forward carries serious risks and his definition of victory keeps shifting by the day. Chuck warns that the U.S. continues to send more troops for potential escalation even as the military acknowledges it has achieved its strategic objectives but can only do so much — the regime has plenty of loyalists and will not go away quietly, meaning the war has now become fundamentally about perception rather than territory. He flags General Mattis's warning that Iran will claim control over the Strait of Hormuz if the U.S. retreats, that Gulf states are already hedging their security partnerships and leaning toward China, and that standing with America has become politically toxic in allied countries — a direct consequence of Trump choosing to weaken alliances before launching a war that required them. At home, the picture is equally grim: support for Trump among independents has cratered into the low 20s, the MAGA brand has become more toxic with voters than the generic Republican brand, nobody in Trump's orbit wants to own this war, and Chuck warns that while Trump has always bounced back from political crises, this time may be different — the war could be the death knell for the MAGA movement itself, because Trump hollowed out the expertise around him, surrounded himself with sycophants, and now finds both sides stuck in a conflict where retreat looks like defeat and escalation looks like madness. Finally, Chuck gives his ToddCast Top 5 statewide incumbents most likely to lose reelection in 2026, and answers listeners’ questions in the “Ask Chuck” segment. Link in bio or go to https://getsoul.com & enter code TODDCAST for 30% off your first order. Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code CHUCKTODDCAST at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/chucktoddcast Thank you Wildgrain for sponsoring. Visit http://wildgrain.com/TODDCAST and use the code "TODDCAST" at checkout to receive $30 off your first box PLUS free Croissants for life! Timeline: 00:00 Chuck Todd’s introduction 00:45 Launching the "Dynastic" sports history podcast with J.A. Adande! 09:00 Trump is running out of patience, looking for off-ramp in Iran 10:15 Trump’s definition of victory keeps changing 11:00 Every path forward in Iran carries risks 11:30 We continue to send more troops for potential escalation 12:45 Iran will have a say over who can travel through the Strait of Hormuz 13:15 Gen. Mattis believes Iran will claim control over Strait if U.S. retreats 16:00 The military has had strategic victory, but can only do so much 16:45 Regime has plenty of loyalists and will not go away quietly 18:00 Both sides are stuck, so now the war becomes about perception 18:45 Gulf states could hedge their security partnerships, lean to China 19:30 Trump hollowed out expertise & surrounded himself with sycophants 20:30 Nobody in Trump’s orbit want to own this war 21:30 Standing with the U.S. is politically unpopular in allied countries 23:00 Trump chose to weaken America’s alliance prior to launching war 23:45 War is increasingly unpopular at home 25:00 Support for Trump among independents is in the low 20’s 26:30 The MAGA brand is now more toxic with voters than Republican brand 27:30 War could be the death knell for the MAGA brand 28:45 Trump has always bounced back, but he may not be able to this time 35:30 ToddCast Top 5 statewide incumbents most likely to lose in 2026 36:45 #1 John Cornyn 38:15 #2 Dan McKee 40:30 #3 Bill Cassidy 43:00 #4 Susan Collins 47:00 #5 Pete Ricketts 48:15 Ask Chuck 48:30 John Hickenlooper is out. Has another state had so many 1-term dropouts? 52:45 Would Hilary Clinton have won the presidency if the nominee in a different year? 56:30 Any pop culture quotes that you love that carry weight politically?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Election day 2026 in Mississippi will bring little to no shocks.

Why is iterating hardware so difficult and what would we do if it came time to start a business.In Episode #515 of 'Meanderings', Juan & I discuss: Clayton Christensen's 'The Innovator's Dilemma' book, why incumbents like IBM and Blockbuster struggled with disruptive shifts, how spin-outs can help large firms explore new markets, whether today's tech giants (NVIDIA, Amazon, Alphabet) are genuinely pivoting faster than past eras, the trap of single‑thesis bets (e.g., x402 via Coinbase/Circle), the difference between wealth and money via Paul Graham's classic essay, my slow‑ship shift toward building something around livestreaming/value-for-value/OpenClaw-style agents, Juan's practical plan to buy and streamline existing local service businesses and the enduring challenge of measuring value in a world awash with AI-generated content. No boostagrams but we do appreciate the streaming!Stan Link: https://stan.store/meremortalsTimeline:(00:00:00) Intro(00:00:36) The Innovator's Dilemma book(00:05:20) From hardware to software: DiSASSter(00:10:58) CapEx arms race: Nvidia up, Apple lagging(00:15:04) Incumbents can't buy their way out every time(00:19:13) Is AI truly disruptive? Capital, energy, and hype checks(00:24:50) Business cycles repeat: pivots, exits, and getting left behind(00:29:34) Investing today: concentration, tech dominance, and copper(00:34:05) Investing is prediction: outcomes vs decisions(00:38:02) Finding exposure: beware tiny bets inside behemoths(00:41:01) Boostagram Lounge and supporter shout-outs(00:42:04) Micropayments, value, and streaming money(00:45:19) Why Lightning may not fit continuous payments(00:49:53) Two paths: analogue community vs full-tilt AI grind(00:53:41) A niche edge: 'human-made' as a selling point(01:03:31) A creator's plan: livestreaming with OpenClaw automation(01:08:02) Work futures: lifestyle businesses and human uniqueness(01:14:58) Zero-to-one vs sustainment: knowing your role(01:20:04) Juan's near-term play: buy, streamline, and bundle SMBs(01:23:40) Wrap-up and sign-off Connect with Mere Mortals:Website: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReUTwitter/X: https://twitter.com/meremortalspodsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcasts/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@meremortalspodcastsValue 4 Value Support:Boostagram: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/supportPaypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/meremortalspodcast

We're talking effecting opposing QB's on today's show as Travis takes you through the offseason landscape among the edge rushers for the 2026 Dolphins. Incumbents, free agents and draft prospects all go under the microscope.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As election season picks up steam, this training will equip volunteers with a review of CCL's advice on engaging candidates and members of Congress effectively during campaign season and public events. Participants will learn how to ask concise, solution-oriented questions, connect climate solutions to local priorities, and build relationships that make climate action feel constructive and achievable. We'll also cover how to stay proudly nonpartisan while encouraging science-based climate ambition and documenting outreach to strengthen long-term advocacy. Whether you're new or experienced, this session will help you show up with confidence, curiosity, and a focus on building political will for climate solutions. CCL Training Event Page: https://community.citizensclimate.org/events/item/24/20292   Presentation Slides:  https://cclusa.org/campaign-season-candidate-activities  Skip ahead to the following section(s): (0:00) Intro & Agenda (2:50) In-District Activity Goals (9:21) Activity Options (15:31) Scheduling the Activity (22:41) After the Activity (25:22) Find Candidate Events (30:07) Learn About All Candidates (31:45) Develop Strategic Questions (37:34) Work with Incumbents (38:50) Stay Nonpartisan and Bipartisan

Anish Acharya is a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), where he leads consumer and fintech investing at Series A. He serves on the boards of standout portfolio companies including Deel, Mosaic, Clutch, Titan, and HappyRobot and has led early bets in companies like Runway and Carbonated. Before a16z, he founded and exited two startups—Snowball (acquired by Credit Karma) and SocialDeck (acquired by Google) and scaled Credit Karma's U.S. Card business to over 100 million members. AGENDA: 00:03 - Why building an AI company today requires being in San Francisco 06:58 - The "SaaS Apocalypse" myth: Why "vibe coding" everything is a lie 09:11 - How AI agents are finally breaking the lock-in of legacy software providers 10:13 - Incumbents vs. Startups: Who actually wins the AI distribution war? 14:39 - Why the developer tool market looks more like Cloud than Uber and Lyft 22:43 - The death of the Chatbox? Why browse-based interfaces are still preferable 27:14 - Why power users are 10x more valuable in the age of AI consumption 28:36 - Do margins matter in a world of AI? 34:46 - Why we are definitively not in an AI bubble right now 38:58 - Why the Legal and Customer Support industries will have dozens of winners 39:44 - Lessons from Marc Andreessen: Why the "quality of being right" supersedes process 44:51 - Is "Triple, Triple, Double, Double" dead? The new physics of growth 01:10:41 - The a16z Playbook: How to win 100% of the deals you chase    

Oren Zeev is one of the most prominent solo capitalists in venture. He is one of the most no BS investors of our time. Oren manages over $1BN in AUM and is known for his "radical alignment" approach, often taking $0 in management fees. His track record includes massive successes like Navan, Audible, and Houzz. AGENDA: 03:11 – Why the Best Investments Always Look "Wrong" at the Start 05:58 – The AI Tsunami: How to Spot Beneficiaries vs. Victims 10:43 – The Death of Incumbents? Why Most AI Predictions Are Wrong 14:12 – Why Chasing Hyper-Growth is a "Disaster Waiting to Happen" 19:41 – The Biggest Mistakes From 2021 and Investing Lessons From It? 25:52 – Is the Future of Venture Boutique or Mega Fund: Does the Middle Die? 32:00 – The Great VC Shakeout: Why 50% of Funds Will Slowly Die 38:52 – Why Oren Zeev Takes $0 in Management Fees 50:48 – Why VCs Should Never Tell Their LPs What They Are Doing? 59:11 – How I Missed Investing in Facebook and Lessons Learned      

Navin Chaddha of Mayfield joins Nick to discuss A 17 Time Midas Lister on Greatness, the $6T AI Teammate Market, Why AI Sovereignty Is Critical, and Who Wins the Battle Between Incumbents and Startups. In this episode we cover: Challenges in Early Internet Video Lessons from Interacting with Tech Luminaries Investment Philosophy and Evaluation Process The Role of Psychology in Venture Capital The AI Collaboration Era Geopolitical Implications of AI Investment Strategy in a Competitive Market Guest Links: Navin's LinkedIn Navin's X Mayfield's LinkedIn Mayfield's Website The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran of New Stack Ventures, a venture capital firm committed to investing in founders outside of the Bay Area. We're proud to partner with Ramp, the modern finance automation platform. Book a demo and get $150—no strings attached.   Want to keep up to date with The Full Ratchet? Follow us on social. You can learn more about New Stack Ventures by visiting our LinkedIn and Twitter.

After losing all 3 branches of power in 2024, progressive Democrats are hungry for the opportunity to reshape the party along ideological, generational and other factional lines in 2026. Fueled by an increasing anger among Democratic voters and a splintered Republican base, the possibility of a Democratic-controlled house looks increasingly likely for 2027. How might that thwart the success of President Donald Trump's second half agenda? USA TODAY Chief Political Correspondent Phillip M. Bailey joins The Excerpt to talk about the new political calculus in Washington.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.