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With his fantastic debut graphic novel, THE NIGHTINGALES (Avid Reader Press), Emil Wilson tells a heartbreaking and beautiful coming-of-age story of the AIDS era. We talk about his father's decision in 1985 to bring a work-friend with AIDS into their home (in a small town in Oregon), how he fictionalized his family and the story well enough to make the fiction true, how he figured out the amazing sketchbook style of the book, and how he only came to comics in his 50s, following a 25-year career as an at director an ad agency. We get into his experiences at The Center for Cartoon Studies, where he was older than most every other student, the Nora Krug book that was his gateway drug into comics, my advice when he began this project, his work as an AIDS buddy for Gay Men's Health Crisis in the '80s and how younger people he meets have no knowledge of the AIDS era, how making The Nightingales changed his understanding of his family, and how it felt to make a "user's manual" for his father. We also get into the contrast between advertising and comics, how making comics can feel a bit like making films or videos, how the language to describe comics may need to evolve just as the language for gay life had to, why this book isn't a memoir but is full of faces, how kindness can be complicated, and more. Follow Emil on Instagram, and Bluesky • More info at our site • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Stripe, Patreon, or Paypal, and subscribe to our e-newsletter

Partiamo dalla vicenda di Collio, che vede la sindaca Mirella Zanini (che si è sempre battuta contro la presenza di immigrati nel paese) indagata insieme ad altre 9 persone per corruzione corruzione per atto contrario ai doveri d'ufficio, falso materiale e ideologico e violazioni della normativa sull'ingresso e la permanenza degli stranieri, ovvero aver semplificato l'ottenimento della cittadinanza a cittadini brasiliani. Parliamo della gestione dell'immigrazione e delle sue leggi con Maria Marelli e Maddalena Ferrari della Società Cooperativa Sociale ADL a Zavidovici. Prima, un po' di brevi: aggiornamenti sul datacenter di Travagliato, sulla pianificazione urbanistica, sui trasporti pubblici locali quando riapre la scuola e quando si vogliono far funzionare a idrogeno, sull'ospedale di Desenzano,  sull'aumento degli affitti...Se ti è piaciuto questo podcast...Breccast è finanziato da chi lo ascolta! Puoi fare una donazione una tantum con PayPal , con Stripe , con Satispay o iscriverti alla newsletter per chi ci sostiene in modo da darci un sostegno continuo, il modo migliore se ti piace ascoltarci ogni settimana! Con il sostegno, ti inviamo anche la trascrizione automatica del podcast, così puoi fare ricerche e trovare più facilmente. Puoi anche donare il 5x1000 nella dichiarazione dei redditi: a te non costa nulla, a noi permette un sostegno essenziale per andare avanti con la nostra informazione di approfondimento locale. Per farlo, scrivi il codice fiscale 98195640176 nell'apposito riquadro della dichiarazione dei redditi.  

On this episode, Hunter spoke once again with Chesa Boudin. This time, the two discussed a new commission in California tasked with studying the best path forward for a state wide solution for Public Defense. Guest: Chesa Boudin, Executive Director, UC Berkeley Law's Criminal Law and Justice Center Resource: Learn More About the Commission Here Follow Chesa's Work https://www.law.berkeley.edu/research/criminal-law-and-justice-center/ Contact Hunter Parnell:      Publicdefenseless@gmail.com  Instagram: @PublicDefenselessPodcast  YouTube: @publicdefenselesspodcast  Facebook: Public Defenseless Podcast  Bluesky: @pdefenselesspod.bsky.social  Twitter: @PDefenselessPod  Website: www.publicdefenseless.com  Subscribe to the Patreon: www.patreon.com/PublicDefenselessPodcast  Donate on PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=5KW7WMJWEXTAJ Donate on Stripe: https://donate.stripe.com/7sI01tb2v3dwaM8cMN Trying to find a specific part of an episode? Use this link to search transcripts of every episode of the show! https://app.reduct.video/o/eca54fbf9f/p/d543070e6a/share/c34e85194394723d4131/home *** ALL OPINONS SHARED BY HOST HUNTER PARNELL DO NOT REFLECT THE THOUGHTS OR OPINIONS OF THE AURORA MUNICIPAL PUBLIC DEFENDER***

On the podcast: scaling to $10M ARR with a team of ten, having every employee do two user interviews a week, and why their hard paywall "win" backfired.Top Takeaways:

Jared Davis left Stripe to take over a family business that sells house plans to builders across the US and Canada. Today Architectural Designs represents 28,000 plans from around 200 designers and sells to tens of thousands of builders every year. In this conversation he shares what that buying data reveals about regional growth and shifting design tastes. He also makes the case that a stock plan can get a builder to a custom design faster than starting from scratch. In this episode you will learn: Why the "pre-drawn" stigma is costing builders time in preconstruction The question to ask before hiring an in-house designer The home style that dominated the last decade and what's replacing it The regions where home building growth is spiking, according to what people are buying What a life-size floor plan walkthrough revealed about how buyers decide Resources: Hear the full conversation on Builder Stories. Learn more about Architectural Designs here.

Le 9 septembre 2026, Visionary Marketing, avec le sujet du commerce agentique, a inauguré une nouvelle série de webinaires baptisée « Le numérique sans bullshit » avec le concours de Webikeo. Le principe est simple, prendre un sujet à la mode et le confronter aux chiffres plutôt qu’au discours marketing habituel. Pour ce premier épisode, je recevais Olivier Laborne, fondateur du cabinet Digital On Board et praticien du e-commerce depuis 1998. Passé par Leclerc, Intermarché puis Morgan, avant de lancer les premiers pilotes de Carrefour Drive, il a ensuite cofondé Storetail, la première société française de retail media, revendue à Criteo. Il conseille aujourd’hui des industriels et des retailers internationaux, dont l’australien Coles, et enseigne à l’IDRAC, à l’INSEEC et à NEOMA. Des machines qui achètent aux machines, la vérité sur le commerce agentique Voici donc mon résumé de ces échanges très riches. Vous le retrouverez dans le podcast du jour. Je mettrai également le fichier son du webinaire et la vidéo dans le billet afin de vous permettre de revoir ou réécouter cet événement. Un constat net mais à nuancer Selon Olivier, le constat de départ est que le commerce agentique, ces agents d’intelligence artificielle capables de rechercher, de comparer et parfois d’acheter à la place du consommateur, représentent une rupture réelle. Toutefois, la plupart des discours qui entourent cette avancée technologique, vont plus vite que les vrais usages. Au travers de cet entretien, Olivier a démonté trois mythes qui circulent depuis plusieurs mois sur l’autonomie totale des agents, la disparition du référencement classique et l’idée que cette révolution serait réservée aux très grands acteurs. Pour écouter l’enregistrement audio de ce webinaire sur le commerce agentique Entre conseil et délégation, une distinction à ne pas rater Avant de mesurer quoi que ce soit, encore faut-il s’entendre sur les mots. Olivier Laborne pose une distinction qui structure tout l’entretien. Dans un shopping assisté par IA, « l’humain décide et l’IA conseille », un peu comme un copilote d’avion qui multiplie les options, filtre les prix et compare les caractéristiques, mais laisse l’utilisateur cliquer et payer. Dans un achat entièrement délégué à un agent, la logique s’inverse, c’est la machine qui décide, sur la base d’un mandat fixé à l’avance (budget, délai, qualité), et l’humain se contente de valider, ou d’avoir prévalidé une bonne fois pour toutes. Cette distinction est cohérente avec le discours de Ben Hamilton de Base France sur notre chaîne. Le commerce agentique et son marché potentiel alléchant Olivier Laborne prend l’exemple d’un bouquet de fleurs qu’on désir offrir, l’acheteur et le bénéficiaire n’étant alors plus la même personne. Cette délégation totale existe déjà, dans un tout autre domaine, celui du trading haute fréquence, où environ 70 % des transactions boursières se font entre machines. C’est cette même logique, transposée au commerce de détail, qui inquiète et fascine à la fois. Les enseignes et le médias, puis les enseignes-médias Cette bascule ne sort pas de nulle part. Olivier Laborne rappelle que, pendant près d’un demi-siècle, les industriels déléguaient la distribution aux enseignes et la construction de leur image aux médias, un équilibre stable entre deux métiers séparés. Puis les enseignes sont devenues elles-mêmes des médias, monétisant linéaires, sites et données de caisse, ce qui a imposé aux marques un second péage, numérique cette fois. La disparition annoncée des cookies tiers a ouvert un troisième âge, celui où l’IA s’installe comme nouvel intermédiaire entre la marque et le client, avec un risque nouveau, celui de sortir des circuits de recommandation automatisés pour une marque dont les données produit ne seraient pas lisibles par une machine. C’est cette perspective, plus qu’une simple promesse de productivité, qui explique selon lui la ruée actuelle des entreprises vers le sujet. Mythe n°1, l’autonomie totale Premier mythe à tomber sous le bon sens des chiffres, celui d’un commerce déjà piloté par des machines en pleine autonomie. Mythe no.1 : l’autonomie totale. Bonne nouvelle, on pourra encore aller chercher sa pizza soi-même. Photo antimuseum.com Commençons par la tendance de fond. Celle-là, personne ne la conteste. Chez Shopify, le trafic généré par l’IA a été multiplié par huit au premier trimestre 2026, et les commandes issues de ces recherches ont presque été multipliées par treize, selon la transcription des résultats trimestriels rapportée par The Motley Fool. Plus d’un milliard de produits ont été restructurés pour devenir lisibles par des agents, un chiffre que le président de Shopify, Harley Finkelstein, met en avant en affirmant que l’IA est devenue le « langage naturel » de l’entreprise. Les résultats de Shopify en 2026 (Source : The Motley Fool) Pendant la Cyber Week 2025, les agents IA ont pesé sur 67 milliards de dollars de ventes, un cinquième des commandes mondiales, et les enseignes équipées de leur propre agent, comme Pandora, Shark Ninja ou Funko, ont vu leurs ventes progresser 32 % plus vite que les autres, d’après Salesforce. Sur l’ensemble des fêtes 2025, l’IA a pesé sur 262 milliards de dollars de dépenses en ligne, avec une hausse de 693 % du trafic en provenance des outils d’IA, selon les données croisées Adobe et Salesforce. Mais dès qu’on regarde la part réelle des achats confiés de bout en bout à un agent, sans validation humaine, les chiffres s’effondrent. Olivier Laborne situe cette part entre 0,2 et 0,8 % du commerce mondial, et entre 0,2 et 0,3 % pour l’achat totalement autonome. Une étude académique portant sur 973 sites marchands et 20 milliards de dollars de revenus cumulés, menée par les chercheurs Kaiser et Schulze, chiffre le trafic organique issu des IA génératives à moins de 0,2 % du trafic total, un trafic qui convertit moins bien que la recherche classique ou l’affiliation. Chez commercetools, 73 % des consommateurs utilisent déjà l’IA à un moment de leur parcours d’achat, mais seuls 13 % ont réellement conclu un achat après avoir été orientés par elle. Et selon Checkout.com, 3 % seulement des transactions passeraient aujourd’hui par un agent, pendant que 27 % des consommateurs ne font confiance à aucune organisation pour en opérer un et que 24 % ne délégueront jamais leurs achats à une IA. « Il faut sortir de ce fantasme comme quoi l’IA va tout décider à notre place », résume Olivier Laborne, pour qui l’IA joue aujourd’hui un rôle de filtre, pas de décideur. Il faut sortir de ce fantasme comme quoi l’IA va tout décider à notre place Là où l’achat autonome fonctionne déjà : le réappro Il existe pourtant des poches où l’achat autonome fonctionne déjà, mais elles restent étroites, des abonnements récurrents comme les lames de rasoir, des achats programmés déclenchés par un capteur, comme une cartouche d’imprimante qui signale son niveau bas, ou des transactions entre machines proches du trading haute fréquence. « Ce ne sont pas des achats impulsifs, ce ne sont pas des achats de découverte, ce sont des achats de réapprovisionnement », précise Olivier Laborne, qui invite à ne pas confondre ce réassort automatisé avec la promesse d’un commerce entièrement piloté par des agents. Fort de son expérience du drive et de l’alimentaire, il ajoute une distinction que les discours généralistes oublient souvent, celle qui sépare les produits qu’on ingère de ceux qu’on n’ingère pas. Les produits alimentaires et de santé obéissent à des logiques de confiance bien plus strictes que la lessive ou les piles, ce qui explique pourquoi les premiers acteurs grand public de l’automatisation ont concentré leurs efforts sur les catégories non alimentaires. Le B2B, souvent oublié de ces débats, mérite d’être cité lui aussi, une bonne moitié des échanges interentreprises transitent déjà par des flux automatisés de type EDI, hérités d’une vingtaine d’années de structuration des données de commande et de fiche produit. Le commerce agentique n’invente donc pas l’automatisation des transactions, il en déplace surtout le curseur vers de nouveaux acteurs et de nouveaux protocoles. Mythe n°2, le référencement est pas mort Deuxième mythe, celui d’un référencement classique balayé par l’arrivée du GEO, le generative engine optimization. Là encore, la réponse tient en une nuance plutôt qu’en un verdict tranché. Selon Adobe Analytics, sur plus d’un milliard de visites analysées en avril 2026, le trafic issu des IA génératives convertit 42 % mieux que le trafic non assisté. Mais une étude Amsive portant sur 54 sites ne trouve, elle, aucun avantage de conversion statistiquement significatif, avec 41 % des sites qui convertissent même moins bien via l’IA, laquelle ne représente que moins de 0,6 % du trafic total pour 90 % des sites étudiés. Prudence néanmoins, 54 sites est un petit échantillon, il faut donc prendre ces chiffres comme une tendance et une hypothèse de travail. « Il y a ce que les gens disent et ce qu’on constate derrière », résume Olivier Laborne, qui rappelle que le trafic IA reste, pour l’instant, un phénomène de niche comparé au poids historique du SEO. Choisir entre SEO et GEO ? Faut-il alors choisir entre les deux ? Non, répond sans détour Olivier Laborne, qui reprend une formule entendue auprès d’homologues asiatiques, on fait du SEO pour exister et du GEO pour être cité. Une analyse SE Ranking portant sur 129 000 domaines confirme d’ailleurs que l’autorité compte toujours autant à l’heure du GEO qu’à celle du SEO classique, les sites disposant de plus de 32 000 domaines référents ayant 3,5 fois plus de chances d’être cités par ChatGPT. Être déjà connu aide donc à être cité, ce qui ne facilite pas la tâche des marques qui démarrent. Qualité et structuration du contenu Le nerf de la guerre reste, selon lui, la qualité et la structuration du contenu, en particulier des fiches produit, un chantier sur lequel l’Institut du commerce travaille depuis plusieurs années avec ses adhérents, et qu’Olivier Laborne invite à approfondir auprès de Françoise Acca, qui suit ce sujet au sein de l’institut. Adobe estime qu’à peine 66 % d’une fiche produit américaine moyenne est aujourd’hui réellement lisible par une machine. Dans l'ensemble du secteur de la vente au détail aux États-Unis, le score moyen des pages d'accueil s'établit à 75 %. Cela signifie qu'environ un quart du contenu des pages d'accueil n'est pas optimisé pour les LLM. Les pages de catégorie (comme l'électroménager ou les vêtements pour hommes) affichent un niveau similaire, à 74 %. Un point de difficulté concerne les pages produits individuelles, qui se situent à 66 %. Les distributeurs possèdent des milliers de références, et nos données montrent qu'une grande partie de ce contenu est actuellement invisible pour les LLM.Adobe Digital Insights, par Vivek Pandya (directeur Adobe Digital Insights) avril 2026 : « AI traffic grows but retail sites lag in AI search visibility » Le risque inverse, celui de tout déléguer à l’IA pour produire du contenu, inquiète tout autant Olivier Laborne, qui met en garde contre le « slop », ces contenus génériques que les moteurs eux-mêmes finissent par écarter. Comme je l’ai suggéré au cours de notre échange, l’AI slop a au moins le mérite de succéder à un « human slop » qui n’avait rien à lui envier. Commerce agentique et écart entre usage et achats Mythe n°3, le commerce agentique serait réservé aux géants Troisième mythe enfin, celui d’un commerce agentique taillé sur mesure pour les seuls Amazon et Rakuten de ce monde, hors d’atteinte du commerçant de taille moyenne. Olivier Laborne relativise, en s’appuyant sur un parallèle avec le CRM ou l’ERP, deux technologies que tout le monde annonçait réservées aux grands comptes avant qu’un écosystème de prestataires n’en démocratise l’accès. Des plateformes comme BASE, qui travaille avec 30 000 marchands dans le monde et 150 en France, dont Kiabi, Back Market ou Spartoo, absorbent aujourd’hui la complexité technique des protocoles d’IA pour le compte de leurs clients. Il serait pourtant malhonnête de nier tout avantage structurel aux grands acteurs, dont les volumes de données leur servent déjà de laboratoire de recherche et développement, et dont la notoriété continue de peser lourd dans les citations des moteurs génératifs. Le risque, souligne Olivier Laborne, est de reproduire les biais déjà connus du référencement payant, où les budgets les plus larges captent l’essentiel de la visibilité. Des sigles à connaître, sans devenir informaticien Reste la question du vocabulaire technique. Faut-il, en tant que marketeur, maîtriser les protocoles MCP, ACP, UCP ou AP2 ? Olivier Laborne compare la situation à celle d’un logement raccordé au réseau électrique, on n’a pas besoin de connaître son abonnement en kilowatts pour brancher un appareil, mais on a besoin de comprendre les grandes masses en jeu. Le MCP, pour Model Context Protocol, lancé par Anthropic et confié à la Linux Foundation en décembre 2025, permet à un agent de conserver le contexte d’une plateforme à l’autre. L’ACP, porté par OpenAI et Stripe, gère le paiement conversationnel dans ChatGPT. L’UCP, adopté par Shopify depuis janvier 2026, standardise la découverte produit. L’AP2 enfin, lancé par Google puis confié à la FIDO Alliance, prouve cryptographiquement qu’un humain a bien autorisé une transaction, un enjeu sensible pour des catégories comme le luxe. Ces protocoles ne sont, insiste Olivier Laborne, que des « traducteurs universels » entre des systèmes qui, sinon, ne se comprendraient pas, un site marchand, une application mobile et un agent conversationnel ne parlant pas nativement la même langue. Inutile pour autant de vouloir tous les adopter, la bonne stratégie dépend d’abord de ce que l’on vend. Ce que font, et défont, les géants du commerce Sur le terrain, l’été 2025 et le début de l’année 2026 ont livré un premier bilan grandeur nature. OpenAI a lancé son Instant Checkout en septembre 2025, avec la promesse d’un paiement finalisé en quelques secondes, sans la moindre friction. Dès mars 2026, plusieurs marques avaient pourtant fait machine arrière, invoquant la perte de trafic direct, de données clients et de fidélité, et Shopify a tranché sans ambiguïté lors de ses résultats du premier trimestre 2026, les modèles de langage ne contourneront pas le système de paiement maison, a affirmé son président. Le bras de fer entre Amazon et Perplexity illustre la même tension. Amazon a lancé en mars 2026 un avertissement à la profession en bloquant l’agent Comet de Perplexity sur ses pages, au motif qu’il accédait aux comptes clients de façon dissimulée, tout en développant en parallèle son propre assistant Rufus, fort de 300 millions d’utilisateurs et d’environ 12 milliards de dollars de ventes incrémentales estimées sur 2025. Chacun maître chez soi « Chacun est maître chez soi », résumait Olivier Laborne le jour du webinaire, qui rapprochait la situation d’un concurrent qui installerait ses propres panneaux publicitaires à l’intérieur du magasin d’un autre. Mise à jour utile pour le lecteur, début août 2026, la cour d’appel a annulé cette injonction, jugeant que c’est l’utilisateur, et non Perplexity, qui « accède » techniquement au site d’Amazon. Le bras de fer est donc loin d’être clos, et la jurisprudence moins stable que ne le laissait penser l’entretien ou nos recherches préliminaires. Le PDG d’Amazon, Andy Jassy, reconnaît par ailleurs que la plupart des agents d’achat actuels manquent encore de personnalisation et fournissent des estimations de livraison ou de prix erronées, un aveu qui confirme l’écart persistant entre la promesse et l’expérience vécue. Les critiques de Jassy d’Amazon contre le commerce agentique : le géant du e-commerce a-t-il peur de la désintermédiation ? La question qui fâche, celle de la réglementation Interrogé en direct par une auditrice du webinaire sur le risque que l’AI Act européen vienne freiner le commerce agentique, Olivier Laborne a fourni une réponse qui conclut l’entretien de manière nette. La technologie reste selon lui trop instable pour qu’on tire des conclusions définitives, mais certains sujets, la maîtrise des données personnelles et la validation juridique d’un mandat donné à une machine, appelleront un encadrement plus strict. Il cite l’exemple d’un réapprovisionnement de matière première en B2B qu’il aurait lui-même refusé après coup pour un problème de qualité, preuve qu’un droit de rétractation face à la décision d’une machine reste indispensable. Côté B2C, il plaide pour une certification propre au commerce agentique, sur le modèle d’un label de la FEVAD. La souveraineté des données n’est pas loin non plus, recommander un cloud suisse pour échapper au droit américain a perdu son sens depuis que la Suisse a elle-même signé les textes autorisant le transfert de ces données vers les États-Unis, au point que certains hébergeurs suisses, comme Proton, ont menacé de délocaliser leur entreprise. Dans les faits, face aux dangers potentiels de la nouvelle loi, l’entreprise genevoise a préféré geler 100 millions de francs suisses d’investissement prévus à Genève et installer les serveurs de son IA Lumo en Allemagne et en Norvège, selon Blick. Sur le paiement, Olivier Laborne se montre plus rassurant, avec un système français et européen « ultra surveillé ». Celui-ci n’est cependant pas immune aux problèmes, comme l’a démontré l’énorme bourde de Revolut dévoilée le 14 septembre 2026. La néobanque britannique, qui vient de recevoir son agrément bancaire, a transmis des données de ses clients à des hackers qui s’étaient fait passer pour des représentants de l’Etat. Comme quoi, tout n’est pas si rose que cela non plus ici. Trois actions concrètes pour l’année qui vient À l’heure de conclure, Olivier Laborne resserre le propos autour de trois priorités, volontairement éloignées de toute promesse technologique. La première consiste à structurer ses données et à connecter son catalogue produit aux standards existants, à commencer par le format schema.org Product, condition minimale pour qu’une intelligence artificielle puisse seulement détecter l’existence d’une offre. Deuxièmement, la qualité du contenu, avec une attention particulière portée au multilinguisme, un point faible récurrent des sites français selon lui. Enfin, garder la main sur le paiement et sur la relation client, plutôt que de la déléguer entièrement à un tiers, la meilleure garantie contre la désintermédiation que les marques redoutent depuis l’arrivée des plateformes. « Tout ça sort totalement de l’IA », insiste Olivier Laborne, pour qui ces trois chantiers relèvent d’abord d’une hygiène de commerçant, bien avant d’être des sujets d’intelligence artificielle. Tempérer l’enthousiasme autour du commerce agentique Reste une donnée qui remet les choses en perspective. Le commerce de détail mondial devrait peser environ 50 000 milliards de dollars en 2030. Même dans l’hypothèse haute avancée par McKinsey, entre 3 000 et 5 000 milliards de dollars absorbés par le commerce agentique à cette date, on reste sur une fourchette de 1 à 10 % du total. De quoi tempérer aussi bien l’enthousiasme des évangélistes que l’inquiétude des sceptiques. Le commerce agentique n’est ni un raz-de-marée imminent ni un simple effet de mode, c’est un chantier de fond, qui repose moins sur la course aux protocoles que sur des fondamentaux vieux comme le commerce lui-même, la qualité des données, la qualité du contenu et la maîtrise de la relation client. Comme le résume Olivier Laborne, dans le mot e-commerce, il n’y a qu’une lettre pour l’électronique et huit pour le commerce, une manière de rappeler que la technologie, aussi spectaculaire soit-elle, ne remplace toujours pas les fondamentaux du métier. Pour poursuivre votre lecture, deux sujets complémentaires sur le site de Visionary Marketing : « Agents e-commerce, état des lieux pour 2026 » et, plus alarmiste, « IA hors de contrôle et déni collectif ». Le bandeau de la chaîne du numérique sans bullshit sur le site de Webikeo The post Mythes et réalité du commerce agentique appeared first on Marketing and Innovation.

The TWiST AI Basics series is made possible by Google for Startups! Build context-aware AI workflows using DeepMind models and orchestration tools with Google for Startups' new Startup technical guide on generative media. Get the guide here: https://goo.gle/technical_guide   Today's show: The demo works, the vibes are immaculate, but then the app falls apart the second real users touch it. On today's AI Basics, Temporal co-founder and CEO Samar Abbas says the problem isn't with the model at all. You're missing a harness, the layer that keeps an AI agent's work durable, secure, and recoverable if/when something breaks. Temporal's durable execution platform is used by major companies from OpenAI to Stripe to Netflix, and helps to make their long-running software reliable and interruption-free. On AI Basics, he explains why so many AI-coded prototypes die in the imagineering stage, before ever hitting production. Plus he walks Jason through Temporal's live dashboard, to show how it gives developers full visibility into what their agents are doing at every step. Guest and Relevant Links: Samar Abbas on X: https://x.com/SamarAtTemporal Temporal: https://temporal.io/ Temporal raises $550M at a $12.55B valuation: https://temporal.io/blog/temporal-raises-usd550m-series-e-at-usd12-55b-valuation-ai GeekWire: Samar Abbas on the "massive platform shift" in AI: https://www.geekwire.com/2026/temporal-ceo-samar-abbas-on-the-massive-platform-shift-in-ai-fueling-the-startups-5b-valuation/ Temporal expands Google Cloud partnership: https://temporal.io/blog/temporal-expands-google-cloud-partnership-with-pay-as-you-go-pricing Timestamps: 0:00 Why every startup needs an AI harness 2:12 Why 90% of AI prototypes never reach production 4:16 What happens when an agent crashes mid-task 7:00 A look at Temporal's dashboard 13:02 OK but what is a "harness" exactly? 15:30 When to graduate an agent from laptop to production 17:44 Organizing agents into teams Subscribe to This Week in Startups on Apple: https://rb.gy/v19fcp Follow Jason: X: https://twitter.com/Jason LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasoncalacanis   Thank you to our partner! Build context-aware AI workflows using DeepMind models and orchestration tools with Google for Startups' new Startup technical guide on generative media. Get the guide here: https://goo.gle/technical_guide Check out all our partner offers: https://partners.launch.co/   Great TWIST interviews: Will Guidara, Eoghan McCabe, Steve Huffman, Brian Chesky, Bob Moesta, Aaron Levie, Sophia Amoruso, Reid Hoffman, Frank Slootman, Billy McFarland   Check out our suite of newsletters: https://substack.com/@thisweekininc   Follow TWiST: Twitter: https://twitter.com/TWiStartups YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/thisweekin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisweekinstartups TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thisweekinstartups Substack: https://twistartups.substack.com

He sells vapes with no nicotine. Every ad platform, payment processor, and carrier treats him like Big Tobacco anyway.Conrad Kurth founded Cyclone Pods in 2018 after watching every friend he had get hooked on Juul. Eight years later the brand has grown every year with a 60 percent repeat customer rate, no paid ads, no Shopify Payments, and no USPS. This is what selling on hard mode actually looks like.What you'll learn:Why a product with no addictive ingredient still gets a 60% repeat rateWhere a new customer really comes from when Meta, Google, and TikTok won't run your adsWhy "alternative advertising" on age-restricted sites sent traffic that never convertedThe Sunday morning Shopify Payments shut off with no warning, and the standalone store he keeps ready for next timeHow UPS and FedEx agreed to ship after seeing lab data, and why USPS never willWhether publishing third-party lab results helps SEO (his honest answer: he can't prove it)Why Wisconsin only allows vapes from Philip Morris, Altria, and ReynoldsThe Focus Pouch story: caffeine plus lion's mane, reishi, and cordyceps, two years before caffeine pouches were a categoryVapes for dogs, the leaking device that got pulled, and what he'd tell his 2018 selfHis advice for anyone selling a restricted product: ignore the ad people, do the legwork yourselfGuest: Conrad Kurth, founder and CEO of Cyclone Pods, a nicotine-free vape and nootropic pouch brand based in Santa Monica, California. Former software engineer.Show Links:Cyclone Pods: https://cyclonepods.comEmail Conrad: conrad@cyclonepods.comSPONSORSSwym - Wishlists, Back in Stock alerts, & moregetswym.com/kurtCleverific - Smart order editing for Shopifycleverific.com/unofficialZipify - Build high-converting sales funnelszipify.com/KURTWORK WITH KURTApply for Shopify Helpethercycle.com/applySee Our Resultsethercycle.com/workFree Newsletterkurtelster.comThe Unofficial Shopify Podcast is hosted by Kurt Elster and explores the stories behind successful Shopify stores. Get actionable insights, practical strategies, and proven tactics from entrepreneurs who've built thriving ecommerce businesses.

In this episode, Hunter speaks with Rio Scharf and Josh Schwartz to discuss a report detailing the incredible failing of public defense in rural California.   Guest: Rio Scharf, Staff Attorney, UC Berkeley Law's Criminal Law and Justice Center Josh Schwartz, Principal, Wren Collective   Resource: Read the Report Here: https://wrencollective.org/contracted-to-fail-part-2-how-flat-fee-contracts-undermine-the-right-to-counsel-in-california/   Contact Hunter Parnell:              Publicdefenseless@gmail.com  Instagram: @PublicDefenselessPodcast  YouTube: @publicdefenselesspodcast  Facebook: Public Defenseless Podcast  Bluesky: @pdefenselesspod.bsky.social  Twitter: @PDefenselessPod  Website: www.publicdefenseless.com  Subscribe to the Patreon: www.patreon.com/PublicDefenselessPodcast  Donate on PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=5KW7WMJWEXTAJ  Donate on Stripe: https://donate.stripe.com/7sI01tb2v3dwaM8cMN Trying to find a specific part of an episode? Use this link to search transcripts of every episode of the show! https://app.reduct.video/o/eca54fbf9f/p/d543070e6a/share/c34e85194394723d4131/home **** ALL OPINONS SHARED BY HOST HUNTER PARNELL DO NOT REFLECT THE THOUGHTS OR OPINIONS OF THE AURORA MUNICIPAL PUBLIC DEFENDER****

Last week, the resignation of Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon catapulted the discussion over AI safety into the mainstream. A thread he posted on X quickly garnered millions of views.“The consensus is that the next year or two is crunch time for humanity,” Coxon later told tech publication Wired. “From [my former colleagues'] perspective, this is when Anthropic and its competitors decide the fate of humanity.”How is this debate materialising in Europe, where no AI company is pushing the frontier? What are startups' take on safety and security? And what do investors make of it? Joining host Freya Pratty on this episode of the Sifted podcast is senior reporter Daphné Leprince-Ringuet. The pair also dig into Europe's rising wave of defensive startups, as well as everyone's favourite topic: the EU AI Act.Sign up to Daphné's AI newsletter here: https://sifted.eu/newslettersAre agents moving faster than Europe can regulate them? Read here: https://sifted.eu/articles/ai-agents-anthropic-openai-eu-uk-lawsThis podcast was brought to you by Stripe.

Hacks durch KI-Agenten, Biowaffen-Fälle im Threat-Report, dazu ein Gerücht über rekursive Selbstverbesserung bei Google: Plötzlich fordern Dario Amodei, Sam Altman und Elon Musk eine Verlangsamung der KI-Entwicklung. Im Weißen Haus stößt das auf taube Ohren, und die BRICS-Staaten geben erst recht Gas.Jakob Steinschaden, Mitgründer von Trending Topics, und Clemens Wasner, Gründer von AI Austria und enliteAI, sortieren in dieser Folge eine Woche, in der sich die KI-Debatte komplett gedreht hat.Die Themen der Folge:Zwei Ausbrüche, ein Muster: Was der Hugging-Face-Hack mit 700 KI-Agenten und der Angriff auf ein österreichisches Entwickler:innen-Wiki über die Testverfahren von OpenAI verratenBiowaffen, Drohnen, Raketen: Was im Threat-Intelligence-Report von Anthropic steht, das fünf gestoppte Fälle biowaffennaher Forschung dokumentiert, und was daraus über die Auswertung von Prompts folgtChain of Thought ade: Warum Modelle besser funktionieren, wenn niemand mehr mitlesen kann, und was das für Audits bedeutet, dazu das Gerücht, Google habe RSI geknacktVerkehrte Welt: Amodei, Altman und Musk plädieren für eine Pause, Donald Trump lehnt jede Regulierung ab und will lieber einen "High IQ President"Regulatory Capture: Die Sorge im Silicon Valley, dass die Frontier Labs ihre eigene Regulierung schreiben und Open Weights dabei unter die Räder kommenBRICS gegen Bremse: Chinas Open-Weight-Offensive für die BRICS-Staaten, Mistrals Spagat als Neocloud und warum Europa dasselbe Eigeninteresse hatIPO-Politik: OpenAI verschiebt den Börsengang auf 2027, Anthropic peilt zwei Billionen Dollar an, und die Frage, was an Liability-Risiken im Börsenprospekt stehen mussDie Flaschenhälse: Stripe kauft OpenRouter, Nvidia holt sich Hugging Face, und damit gehören beide Zugangspunkte zu Open Weights US-Konzernen

被Stripe斥资70~80亿美元收购的OpenRouter是一个由来自Web3的团队创建的重要的AI基础设施。我们曾经在E78期节目讨论过这家公司的来时路。 本期节目试着转换一个不同于传统AI基础设施分析的视角：如果不把OpenRouter看成一个API聚合器，而是把它看成一个正在形成中的AI推理开放市场，会看到什么不同的东西？ 本期嘉宾Danning长期从事链上数据、DEX（去中心化交易所）、MEV（链上最大可获取价值）和市场结构研究，她从Web3世界的交易流、做市、路由、竞价和金融市场博弈经验出发，重新拆解了从GPU、算力、推理服务到Token的完整价值链。这场对话逐渐指向一个更大的问题：AI算力是否正在从基础设施，变成一种可以交易、定价、套利、对冲，甚至金融化的生产资料？ 【主播】 刘锋，BODL Ventures合伙人，前链闻总编辑 【嘉宾】 Danning Sui，Pantera Capital研究总监 【你将听到】 02:57 别把OpenRouter当成单纯的API聚合器，这是动态的算力交易市场 06:30 OpenRouter把模型和算力解耦了 07:49 Token正在成为算力的标准化商品，竞价市场出现 08:50 为什么OpenRouter的数据非常重要：它在提供罕见的AI推理价格发现机制 12:00 算力和推理，其实是两种不同的商品 13:14 拆解AI 推理背后的完整供应链 14:52 纯粹的算力中间商可能越来越难赚钱 19:47 闭源模型利润正在被压低 21:35 OpenRouter上的市场博弈和诱导报价（像极了DEX上的做市商诱导报价伎俩） 32:48 如果卖Token这么赚钱，英伟达为什么不自己卖？ 35:36 AI推理市场价值链里的利润正在动态迁移 40:06 算力正在被逐层商品化 43:23 为什么GPU并不像石油？ 46:38 算力金融化：期货、杠杆与交易市场 52:53 重新回答：OpenRouter到底值在哪里？ 55:19 去中心化AI训练可能没有想象中容易 55:59 值得进一步关注的数据和研究：Tarun的研究文章、SemiAnalysis、Architect、OpenRouter团队发布的数据 【背景信息】 Tarun Chitra 撰写的研究文章： The Souq: Value Creation and Extraction in OpenRouter (大市集：OpenRouter上的价值创造与提取) AI 推理产业链全景图 【词汇表】 本期播客提及的Web3/AI领域产品、公司与专有名词 ConsenSys 0X Flashbots The Merge Palantir/Alex Karp Together AI Fireworks AI RFQ（Request for Quote，询价机制） Wintermute Uniswap PancakeSwap VAST.ai SF Compute Architect Nebius 【后期】 AMEI 【运营】 朱婕 【BGM】 Mumbai - Ooyy 【在这里找到我们】 收听渠道：苹果｜小宇宙 海外用户：Apple Podcast｜Spotify｜Google Podcast｜Amazon Music 联系我们：podcast@sv101.netSpecial Guest: Danning Sui.

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In this episode, Hunter speaks with Jesse Crosson about his book The Best Part of Prison: The Power of Second Chances and Reclaiming Life Out of Darkness. Jesse spent nearly 20 years incarcerated for a robbery and non-fatal shooting. Now, he is describing his journey through the legal system, how he was able to get back on his feet, and how our current approach to giving people a second chance is woefully failing.  Guest: Jesse Crosson, Author, The Best Part of Prison: The Power of Second Chances and Reclaiming Life Out of Darkness   Resource: Pick up a Copy of the Book Here https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Best-Part-of-Prison/Jesse-Crosson/9781637748015?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=24186787124&gbraid=0AAAAADv-uEl7dSEWJK_Ld-ZgXzL0srEzj&gclid=Cj0KCQjwteTUBhD4ARIsAEYjs3pEPvLQ3xUroeMHBqjQl7-Z91iaFe5lplMmTHpV98KW6kEJq3yp3ZAaAgNwEALw_wcB   Follow Jesse Here https://www.instagram.com/second_chancer434/?hl=en https://jessecrosson.com/   Contact Hunter Parnell:      Contact Hunter Parnell:  Publicdefenseless@gmail.com  Instagram: @PublicDefenselessPodcast  YouTube: @publicdefenselesspodcast  Facebook: Public Defenseless Podcast  Bluesky: @pdefenselesspod.bsky.social  Twitter: @PDefenselessPod  Website: www.publicdefenseless.com  Subscribe to the Patreon: www.patreon.com/PublicDefenselessPodcast  Donate on PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=5KW7WMJWEXTAJ Donate on Stripe: https://donate.stripe.com/7sI01tb2v3dwaM8cMN Trying to find a specific part of an episode? Use this link to search transcripts of every episode of the show! https://app.reduct.video/o/eca54fbf9f/p/d543070e6a/share/c34e85194394723d4131/home **** ALL OPINONS SHARED BY HOST HUNTER PARNELL DO NOT REFLECT THE THOUGHTS OR OPINIONS OF THE AURORA MUNICIPAL PUBLIC DEFENDER****  

A busy weekend in the rear view and out the windshield with racing all across the east coast this past weekend from Speedway in Bangor to CARS Tour at Florence and everything in between. Brad did Darlington, Bob dusted off the Big Block and this week we are joined by one of the most recent winners on the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, Teddy Hodgdon hops on to talk about his season, that first win a couple weeks back, this past weekend competing at Oswego and Waterford and everything in between. Support the show

Jonathan Ames returns to celebrate his fantastic new crime novel, A PAST WITHOUT PICTURES (Mysterious Press). We talk about his obsession with pulp fiction, how he found the character of Maria Cole and her tortured relationship with her father after setting out to write a companion to You Were Never Really Here, how hard (and rewarding) it is to craft page-turning prose, and how he compares the experience of reading Death in Venice to reading a Parker novel. We get into how his Buddhist interests are under the surface of this book and are on the surface of his Happy Doll novels (including the one he's working on!), how writing is a form of seeing, and how good writing helps the reader create a movie in their mind. We also discuss his samsara of not reaching out to people, the bit from Our Town that guides him to be more loving and present in the world, the shock of seeing his lengthy letters from the '80s and '90s, why LA is so weird for me, why he reads different translations of the Tao, how Marc Maron gives us a model of how to learn to listen, and more. More info at our site • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Stripe, Patreon, or Paypal, and subscribe to our e-newsletter

In this episode, Hunter speaks once again with Emily Galvin Almanza about a new book she is publishing. While her last book sought to teach adults about the failings of our criminal legal system, Emily's newest book, Andromeda Diaz and the Reasonable Doubt, is aimed at teaching kids about legal principles through a public defender's lens. In doing so, Emily hopes to instill a different type of civic education in schools around the country.   Guest: Emily Galvin Almanza, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Partners for Justice   Resource: Pick up a Copy of the Book Here https://www.amazon.com/Andromeda-Reasonable-Doubt-Galvin-Almanza/dp/B0G5WVXFSQ   Follow Emily's Work https://www.emilygalvinalmanza.com/ https://www.instagram.com/galvinalmanza/?hl=en   Learn More About Partners for Justice https://partnersforjustice.org/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=15231703396&gbraid=0AAAAAoL1I_LuXR_6d_5khg4qkdAQN6d77&gclid=Cj0KCQjwteTUBhD4ARIsAEYjs3otlUtZa1n7oPjFoT0NWL_Lg3CFUNJVuvKxK0xJQZKRHXg2j1D9zvkaAlSbEALw_wcB      Contact Hunter Parnell:  Publicdefenseless@gmail.com  Instagram: @PublicDefenselessPodcast  YouTube: @publicdefenselesspodcast  Facebook: Public Defenseless Podcast  Bluesky: @pdefenselesspod.bsky.social  Twitter: @PDefenselessPod  Website: www.publicdefenseless.com  Subscribe to the Patreon: www.patreon.com/PublicDefenselessPodcast  Donate on PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=5KW7WMJWEXTAJ Donate on Stripe: https://donate.stripe.com/7sI01tb2v3dwaM8cMN Trying to find a specific part of an episode? Use this link to search transcripts of every episode of the show! https://app.reduct.video/o/eca54fbf9f/p/d543070e6a/share/c34e85194394723d4131/home **** ALL OPINONS SHARED BY HOST HUNTER PARNELL DO NOT REFLECT THE THOUGHTS OR OPINIONS OF THE AURORA MUNICIPAL PUBLIC DEFENDER****  

In Episode #30 of the Five Stripe Playbook, Nick is joined by Drew and Jay from the AUFTV Patreon Fam to review the 2-2 draw in Miami as well as preview Wednesday's rivalry match against Orlando City. Topics include the roller coaster of a Miami match, Breel Embolo's debut goal and celebration, our preferred midfield trios, Antoine Griezmann leading Orlando to the playoff spots, and the guys' confidence level in the Five Stripes putting in another strong performance. What are your thoughts? COMMENT TO JOIN IN! Take this month's Atlanta United Fan TV Fan Survey here: https://tally.so/r/b5QpLo ------- We've launched written content for the 2026 season! Our newly dedicated writers room is working day and night to provide FREE written match analysis, breaking news, opinion pieces, and much more on your Atlanta United. Sign up for the FREE membership on Patreon to get all written content delivered straight to your inbox the moment we publish! Join us! http://patreon.com/atlutdfantv Donate: www.paypal.me/atlutdfantv --------- Find our podcast in audio form on your favorite podcatchers! --------- About Atlanta United Fan TV: We are created by fans for the fans of Atlanta United and soccer. Join the community to get in on the conversation! Bringing you fan cams, podcasts, vlogs, mini-documentaries and much more! If you're a Five Stripe, we want to hear from you! Whatever you want to say about ATL UTD you can say it in the comments below. And to get in touch with us, connect with us: INSTAGRAM: https://goo.gl/9uOLVn BLUESKY: @atlutdfantv.bsky.social TWITTER: https://goo.gl/5uc709 TWITCH: https://www.twitch.tv/atlutdfantv DISCORD: https://discord.gg/C4RXb2b FACEBOOK: https://tinyurl.com/y3ga5mst SNAPCHAT: atlutdfantv17 TIK TOK: atlutdfantv --------- #ATLUTD #UniteAndConquer #MLS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Today I'm sitting down with a long‑overdue guest: Nancy Stripe. A proud Northerner who leads with warmth, Nancy shares how her roots shape the way she connects with clients and teaches colour—and why grey blending isn't camouflage, it's identity. We dive into the psychology of consultation, the emotionsshe listens for before choosing a shade, and the moment that flipped her mission toward helping clients embrace their natural canvas. Nancy unpacks how to read the spectrum from lived‑in subtlety to bold statements, where technical precision ends and the real “colour therapy” begins, and why specialisation—done deeply and ethically—elevates results for both clients and pros. We explore the rule‑bending side of modern colour (yes, including peroxides), spotting true innovation versus trend noise, and how credible education can thrive in an AI‑saturated era. Nancy Stripe is an award‑winning hair colourist, educator, and owner of Stripe Colour Studio in Handforth near Manchester, UK. She is widely recognised as a leading specialist in balayage, lived‑in colour, and natural greyblending/transitioning. Plus, big news: Nancy is taking over the mic throughout September, hosting episodes with her invited guests. Don't miss them—subscribe to How To Cut It wherever you get your podcasts.   CHAPTERS 9:06 Grey Blending Origins 16:44 Three Grey Blending Techniques 18:28 From Accident to Online Course 25:42 L'Oréal and Career Growth 28:28 Mastery, AI, and Authentic Voice 34:17 Psychology Behind Client Consultations 40:10 Grey Hair as Business 42:58 Drive, Team, and Social Fatigue 47:29 Upcoming Podcast Takeover   RESOURCES For more on Stripe Colour Studio click HERE Connect with Nancy on Instagram @nancystripecolour Online courses with Nancy click HERE Education with Nancy click HERE Join the waitlist for Spotd by visiting getspotdapp.com Watch the conversation with Nancy on our YouTube channel @howtocutit Follow Spotd on Instagram @getspotdapp

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Stripe believes the traditional online checkout page is on its way out as AI agents and agentic commerce begin to reshape how consumers shop. Michael Prendergast, Ken Davidson, Ben Miller, and Chris Walton discuss what happens when the purchasing process becomes increasingly machine-led, from eliminating friction and clicks to completely rethinking promotions, pricing, and how retailers compete for transactions. The big question: Are retailers ready for a world where machines may increasingly shop for consumers? ▶️ Watch the full Fast Five episode here: https://youtu.be/NXUUmuwrX2Q

Jay Maharaj built TeamLinkt in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, a place not known for software. He saw the problem while coaching his own kids: the hockey team had a budget for a team communication app, and the soccer team didn't, so he either paid for it himself or went without. He launched the TeamLinkt app in 2018 and its back-office platform in 2020. TeamLinkt now powers more than 3,500 organizations with just over 30 employees and 600,000-plus monthly active users across soccer, hockey, flag football, cheer, dance and more. Revenue is pushing $4.5 million Canadian this year and growing close to 2x a year. There is no SaaS fee and no per-player fee. The platform is free, and TeamLinkt takes a small markup on hundreds of millions of registration payments running through Stripe. Jay chased venture capital for about half a year, even moving his family to the US, before deciding the math never made sense for the company he was building. Last year he raised $6 million USD in practical growth funding from Growth Street Partners, kept board control, and has been deliberate about spending it. He would rather grow alongside his customers than extract more from them. Remarkably, TeamLinkt customer service reps now ship code now. They write bug-fix tickets that become pull requests straight from Slack through Linear, reserving engineering for complex development work. Key Takeaways Aligned incentives - As customer programs grow, TeamLinkt grows, so saving admins time is the growth strategy. VC mismatch - Six months chasing venture capital ended when the one-in-a-hundred exit math stopped adding up. Right capital - Practical growth equity funded leadership hires and discipline, not a land grab; Jay kept board control. Free drives virality - Coaches and parents spread the app club to club, replacing trade show booths they can't afford. Quote from Jay Maharaj, CEO and Founder of TeamLinkt "Our competitors are gonna charge you tens of thousands of dollars to use that platform. But with TeamLinkt, you get the core platform and there's no SaaS fee -- we're payments-driven. And they can choose to absorb that transaction fee or pass it through registration, so for an organization we're really a net zero cost. "Everything that you need to run your system is in core. It's free for the organization, and when they set up registration, we power payments through Stripe, and then we have a small markup. We feel it's fair and market, usually very competitive if not better, and we have no per-player fees in addition to that. "We're very invested in giving them time back so they can grow their programs, because as they grow, we grow. So the less work we do on the back office side, the more energy Greg is gonna have to put into coaching, administering, or helping the youth soccer club grow in their community. And that's really what drives us." Links Jay Maharaj on LinkedIn TeamLinkt on LinkedIn TeamLinkt website Growth Street Partners Podcast Sponsor – DevHawk Every founder I know is trying to move their roadmap faster with AI, but most admit it isn't working. DevHawk is an AI software factory from former practical founder Praveen Ghanta.   DevHawk plugs in a full crew of customized AI agents that handle the whole development job, end-to-end. Not just writing code, but requirements, testing, shipping, and maintenance.   Add their AI agents to your org chart and run them yourself--or have the DevHawk team manage the software factory for you. Either way, you get a team that works while you sleep, and a roadmap that can move 5-10x faster within a month.   Head to devhawk.ai/practical to book a conversation about how DevHawk can help.  The Practical Founders Podcast Tune into the Practical Founders Podcast for weekly in-depth interviews with founders who have built valuable software companies without big funding. Subscribe to the Practical Founders Podcast using your favorite podcast app or view on our YouTube channel. Get the weekly Practical Founders newsletter and podcast updates at practicalfounders.com. Practical Founders CEO Peer Groups Be part of a committed and confidential group of practical founders creating valuable software companies without big VC funding.  A Practical Founders Peer Group is a committed and confidential group of founders/CEOs who want to help you succeed on your terms. Each Practical Founders Peer Group is personally curated and moderated by Greg Head.

In Episode #29 of the Five Stripe Playbook, Nick is joined by AJ and Mike from Five Stripe Weekly to dissect the Summer Transfer Window: - Grading every incoming and outgoing transfer. - Jay Fortune's extension! - Where are the guys thinking about CSO Chris Henderson's performance? - Previewing this weekend's match against the Pink Phony Club. - And more! What are your thoughts? COMMENT TO JOIN IN! --------- We've launched written content for the 2026 season! Our newly dedicated writers room is working day and night to provide FREE written match analysis, breaking news, opinion pieces, and much more on your Atlanta United. Sign up for the FREE membership on Patreon to get all written content delivered straight to your inbox the moment we publish! Join us! http://patreon.com/atlutdfantv Donate: www.paypal.me/atlutdfantv --------- Find our podcast in audio form on your favorite podcatchers! --------- About Atlanta United Fan TV: We are created by fans for the fans of Atlanta United and soccer. Join the community to get in on the conversation! Bringing you fan cams, podcasts, vlogs, mini-documentaries and much more! If you're a Five Stripe, we want to hear from you! Whatever you want to say about ATL UTD you can say it in the comments below. And to get in touch with us, connect with us: INSTAGRAM: https://goo.gl/9uOLVn BLUESKY: @atlutdfantv.bsky.social TWITTER: https://goo.gl/5uc709 TWITCH: https://www.twitch.tv/atlutdfantv DISCORD: https://discord.gg/C4RXb2b FACEBOOK: https://tinyurl.com/y3ga5mst SNAPCHAT: atlutdfantv17 TIK TOK: atlutdfantv --------- #ATLUTD #UniteAndConquer #MLS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Stripe vient de payer 50 fois les revenus d'une boîte de 90 personnes. Pas pour ses ingénieurs, pas pour son modèle IA mais pour sa position centrale. Open Router ne produit rien : il contrôle qui passe, à quel prix, sur quel modèle. C'est peut-être la position la plus stratégique de toute l'IA.Problème : les copycats débarquent déjà. Les labos contre-attaquent. Et près de la moitié du trafic qui transite par Open Router vient de modèles chinois. Le péage est américain, mais qui contrôle vraiment ce qui passe dedans ?La vraie question n'est pas de savoir si le prix était justifié. C'est de comprendre pourquoi tout le monde veut soudainement être le péage.===================⏱️ DANS CET ÉPISODE :===================0:00 — Intro0:46 — Présentation des invités2:10 — Open Router: le péage stratégique de l'IA racheté par Stripe5:24 — Modèle ou orchestration: où se cache vraiment la valeur ?8:01 — Les LLM s'effondrent plus vite qu'on ne les amortit12:17 — Zéro fidélité: le prix dicte tout le comportement des développeurs14:56 — [Sponsor] DIGITAL SELECTION, votre partenaire recrutement16:24 — La fragmentation LLM va durer20:32 — Les copycats débarquent et les labs contre-attaquent22:46 — La course au prix mène-t-elle l'IA vers une impasse ?26:58 — Bulle ou pari stratégique: un prix qui donne le vertige30:56 — La data d'Open Router: l'actif qu'on ne peut pas copier32:13 — La Chine domine déjà le trafic sur Open Router33:38 — Open Router voit tout passer: une bombe pour la souveraineté35:59 — Stripe, futur Visa et Mastercard de l'IA mondiale==================

In this episode, Hunter revisits with Matthew Crowell, Director of the Missouri State Public Defender, and for the first time Jet McDonald, MSPD's newest Comms Strategist. They discussed how Matthew was able to use public and private advocacy to secure desperately needed pay raises for the system and their plans to continue expanding their public advocacy to fight for even more improvements to the system.   Guest: Matthew Crowell, Director, Missouri State Public Defender Jet McDonald, Communications Strategist, Missouri State Public Defender   Resource: Learn More about the Office https://publicdefender.mo.gov/ Contact Jet Jet.McDonald@mspd.mo.gov Read the Article Here https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/162r6fsCin_ROQLdhfgAYEZFpl1-HdujG?usp=drive_link   Contact Hunter Parnell:      Publicdefenseless@gmail.com  Instagram @PublicDefenselessPodcast Twitter                                                                 @PDefenselessPod www.publicdefenseless.com  Subscribe to the Patreon www.patreon.com/PublicDefenselessPodcast  Donate on PayPal https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=5KW7WMJWEXTAJ Donate on Stripe https://donate.stripe.com/7sI01tb2v3dwaM8cMN Trying to find a specific part of an episode? Use this link to search transcripts of every episode of the show! https://app.reduct.video/o/eca54fbf9f/p/d543070e6a/share/c34e85194394723d4131/home **** ALL OPINONS SHARED BY HOST HUNTER PARNELL DO NOT REFLECT THE THOUGHTS OR OPINIONS OF THE AURORA MUNICIPAL PUBLIC DEFENDER****  

Patrick McKenzie (patio11) reads his Bits About Money essay on the business of wallets, with new commentary, prompted by paying his barber $100 over Venmo and wondering why PayPal so badly wants to be in the middle of that transaction. He walks through the economics that make wallets irresistible to anyone already moving money for users: funds enter the ecosystem at card interchange rates, move inside it at the cost of a database transaction, and get topped up over ACH pulls that cost about five cents at scale. From there he covers co-branded debit and credit cards, the loss-sharing language in PayPal's 10-K, Apple's 15 basis points on Apple Pay, and why a checkout page crowded with payment buttons starts to look like advertising inventory.–Full transcript available here: https://www.complexsystemspodcast.com/everyone-wants-to-be-your-wallet/–Presenting Sponsors: Mercury & GranolaComplex Systems is presented by Mercury—radically better banking for founders. Mercury Spend hands your team and agents their own cards with limits you set once, so nobody waits on you to approve a SaaS invoice and nobody chases a receipt. Apply online in minutes at https://mercury.com/. If meetings consistently leave you with hazy action items and lost context, Granola handles the transcription so you can actually participate and gives you searchable notes afterward. Try it free at granola.ai/complexsystems with code COMPLEXSYSTEMS–Links:Source essay: https://www.bitsaboutmoney.com/archive/the-business-of-wallets/Link: https://stripe.com/payments/link –Timestamps:(00:00) Intro(03:06) The big question about wallets(04:11) Wallets show up early in the life of the Internet(06:01) Stocks, flows, and whatever the heck a wallet is(09:21) What does an ACH pull cost?(11:01) Extensions on the basic wallet model(11:38) What's in your wallet? A new debit card(14:49) Sponsors: Mercury | Granola(18:09) What's in your wallet? A new debit card (cont'd)(23:06) Put the wallet on the phone already(24:50) That smells like an ads business(27:33) Speaking of Stripe and wallets(32:52) Wrap

In this episode of Run the Numbers, CJ sits down with leadership coach and former Akamai executive Andy Ellis. They break down why being indispensable can actually hurt your career, why managers shouldn't automatically replace someone who leaves, how hero-villain thinking leads to bad decisions, and what great delegation and leadership actually look like.—SPONSORS:Rillet is an AI-native ERP built for modern finance teams that want to replace NetSuite and close faster. With revenue recognition, close management, multi-entity support, and native Stripe and Salesforce integrations, Rillet helps scaling companies run their finance stack in one place. Hundreds of teams, including Windsurf and Mercor, use Rillet to make the zero-day close real. Book a demo at https://www.rillet.com/cjMaximor is an autonomous finance platform that runs order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, the close, cash management, and reporting on self-learning agents instead of a dozen disconnected tools. One PE-backed customer posts 98% of transactions directly to its ERP, with the remaining 2% routed to a human for review. You pay for outcomes, not seats. See it at https://www.maximor.ai/Brex is an intelligent finance platform with AI-powered workflows that enforce expense policies at the point of sale, match receipts automatically, and reduce month-end close from weeks to hours. Thousands of companies, including Anthropic, Coinbase, and DoorDash, already run on Brex. Stop asking A-level finance talent to do B-level admin work. Learn more at https://www.brex.com/metricsAnrok is the sales tax platform that watches your exposure everywhere, automates compliance, and flags risk before it turns into a surprise back-tax letter from a state you've never set foot in. Companies like Anthropic, Notion, and Vanta already trust Anrok to stay ahead of rules that move faster than any spreadsheet can. Talk to a sales tax expert for a personalized exposure estimate at https://www.anrok.com/rtnRightRev is a revenue recognition platform built for the AI economy, helping finance support usage-based pricing, credits, hybrid contracts, seats plus consumption, and whatever commercial model comes next. It gives product teams the freedom to keep innovating without outdated revenue systems slowing them down. Learn how RightRev can help at https://rightrev.com/cjPulley is an equity management platform that lets you issue options, model dilution, and complete 409As without your cap table turning into a spreadsheet disaster. Founders raising, hiring, and scaling use Pulley to keep equity clean and stay focused on building. Learn more or request a demo at https://pulley.com/mostlymetricsEY has been part of Silicon Valley since it was just a valley, helping the most successful names in tech go from startup to exit to megacap. With teams across strategy, tax, audit, and transactions, EY helps you get your financials right early, long before your investors start asking for it. You build the next big thing, and EY will help you build it right. Learn more at https://www.ey.com/techstartups—LINKS: Mostly Talent: https://mostlymetrics.typeform.com/to/cLTxtAsNGuest: https://www.linkedin.com/in/csoandy/Company: https://www.csoandy.com/CJ: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cj-gustafson-13140948/Mostly metrics: https://www.mostlymetrics.com—TIMESTAMPS:0:00 Jero and Villain Stories1:43 Welcome to Run the Numbers2:53 Andy's Book: 1% Leadership7:44 Rule 1: Don't Replace People Immediately14:04 Rule 2: Don't Become Indispensable16:02 How Andy Learned to Speak Finance22:35 Rule 3: Don't Tell Yourself Hero/Villain Stories26:59 The 5K Race Mindset Shift31:01 Rule 4: Don't Overspecify Delegation35:59 Rule 5: Don't Obsess Over Your Strengths38:23 The Six Leadership Disciplines43:45 The Vendor Rebuff Email47:45 Why Leaders Avoid Saying No50:28 Story: The Guinness Bartender Promotion53:52 When Metrics Get Gamed54:11 Asking Better Questions Segment59:07 Where to Get the Book

With his new book, LIKE SWIMMERS (New York Review Comics), Dash Shaw brings us a supernatural murder mystery set in COVID-era Richmond, VA. We talk about how he uses that story to explore memory, identity, art, marriage, and the social breakdown in America, how a murder mystery helped him reflect on the losses of COVID, LIKE SWIMMERS' pamphlet comic-feel and how that pay tribute to a lost friend who liked very different comics than what Dash usually makes, and how writing this story in the middle of COVID helped him capture details he'd never have recalled after the fact. We get into how we uncover different versions or aspects of the people we've lost, why he eschews three-act structures to find new shapes of storytelling, his use of Richmond as a character (and the very bizarre Kroeger that he couldn't fit into the book), and what it was like to go jogging in 2020 when there were snipers on rooftops. We also talk about his peripatetic project management style, what he thinks about Roy Lichtenstein's art and what it means to love cliches, getting inspiration from an unfinished Winsor McCay cartoon, working with New York Review Comics for several books, how coloring his comics is almost as tough as writing them, and more. Follow Dash on Instagram • More info at our site • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Stripe, Patreon, or Paypal, and subscribe to our e-newsletter

On the podcast: scaling Meta ads from zero to $100,000 a month, why they waited a year after launch before buying ads, and how a pricing page experiment shifted users toward annual subscriptions.Top Takeaways:

Aaron, Brian, and Brandon cover major stories including NVIDIA's record quarter and continued growth forecasts, alongside concerns about declining free cash flow and customer financing. They discuss NVIDIA's reported $12.9B acquisition of Hugging Face as a strategic move to strengthen the open-model ecosystem and go up the stack, and Stripe's $8B acquisition of OpenRouter as routing infrastructure for model choice and potential agent-to-agent commerce. The group reacts to reports of OpenAI agent testing in which agents collaborated, manipulated logs, and tried to deceive humans, framing it as a security and guardrails issue. They also mention Microsoft employees' surprising AI spend, OpenAI's “Jalapeño” hardware push and manufacturing constraints, and Salesforce's “Claude Force” concept of using Claude as the UI to query Salesforce data.SHOW: 1059SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Enterprise AI Show #1059 TranscriptSHOW VIDEO: https://youtu.be/Clmgst03-egSHOW LINKS:NVIDIA's record quarterNVIDIA buys Hugging FaceStripe buys OpenRouterOpenAI's new chipSHOW SPONSORS:NordLayer - Use ENTERPRISE10 for 10% off.Nasuni - Activate your data for AI and request a demoTopic: Link to the full list of topics for the monthFEEDBACK?Email: show @ the enterprise ai show dot comBluesky: @TheEntAIShow.bsky.socialTwitter/X: @TheEntAIShowInstagram: @TheEntAIShow

Glen speaks with Prismm Founder/CEO Martha Underwood about a new metric- the Deposit Mortality Index- gauging an FI's risk of deposit loss from the Great Wealth Transfer. Also- PayPal's acquisition drama draws to a close (for now) and Walmart opens its wallet for Apple Pay.   Links related to this episode:   Prismm's Deposit Mortality Index: https://getprismm.com/dmi  (a link to the complementary 12 -page market report is near the bottom)    Martha Underwood's book "The Death of Deposits": https://www.amazon.com/dp/1953653200    Axios' take on why Stripe and Advent's pursuit of PayPal led to nothing: https://www.axios.com/2026/09/01/paypal-takeover-stripe-advent    Tech Crunch on Walmart's Apple Pay 180: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/21/walmart-to-finally-start-accepting-apple-pay-and-google-pay    Last week's BIGCast featuring interviews with three standout startup founders: https://www.big-fintech.com/fintech-souths-got-something-to-say/      A vreplay of the most recent CU Town Hall, featuring Brian Ley's introduction of scam protector VerifyDial:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_jGtQ3p1nw      Mark your calendar to join us Wednesday September 16 at 3pm ET/Noon PT for our next CU Town Hall- a live, lively and interactive discussion of the top topics confronting CU leaders. The Town Hall is free to attend, but advance registration is required. Come prepared for an engaging discussion!  https://www.cutownhall.com/    Check out the Innovation Club- a curated group of credit union tech, data and strategy leaders that meets virtually each month- and twice a year in person- to extend their R&D budgets and collaborate on tangible solutions to the latest challenges. Learn more to see if you're a fit and if so, request a guest pass to an upcoming meeting: https://www.big-fintech.com/innovation-club/    Follow us on LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/company/best-innovation-group/   https://www.linkedin.com/in/jbfintech/  https://www.linkedin.com/n/glensarvady/  

A.M. Edition for Sept. 1. Apple has a new CEO in the form of John Ternus. WSJ reporter Rolfe Winkler explains how Ternus not only has to follow iconic leader Tim Cook, but also come up with an industry-winning plan for AI. Plus, the SEC asks whether firms promising pre-IPO shares in hot companies actually hold those positions. And President Trump backs the film and TV industry in the hopes that a federal tax credit can save Hollywood. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. The AI Therapist: A WSJ Podcast Series Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Plus: Stocks fall after Shein's IPO disappoints. And President Trump backs a federal credit to help the beleaguered U.S. movie and television industry. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On this episode, Hunter spoke with Jasper Crave, author of the book God Forgives, Brothers Don't: The Long March of Military Education and the Making of American Manhood. While this episode takes us away from the world of Public Defense, this conversation is an illuminating look at how military education like JROTC, ROTC, and the Service Academies help shape American masculinity. By understanding the culture inculcated at these institutions, we are better able to understand how that hyper violent culture spreads to police departments and other young men around the country.   Guest: Jasper Craven, Investigative Reporter   Resource: Follow More of Jasper's Work Here https://x.com/Jasper_Craven   Pick up a copy of the book Here:   https://bookshop.org/p/books/god-forgives-brothers-don-t-the-long-march-of-military-education-and-the-making-of-american-manhood-jasper-craven/ff6d1cf46c2d9b69   Contact Hunter Parnell:      Publicdefenseless@gmail.com  Instagram @PublicDefenselessPodcast Twitter                                                                 @PDefenselessPod www.publicdefenseless.com  Subscribe to the Patreon www.patreon.com/PublicDefenselessPodcast  Donate on PayPal https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=5KW7WMJWEXTAJ Donate on Stripe https://donate.stripe.com/7sI01tb2v3dwaM8cMN Trying to find a specific part of an episode? Use this link to search transcripts of every episode of the show! https://app.reduct.video/o/eca54fbf9f/p/d543070e6a/share/c34e85194394723d4131/home **** ALL OPINONS SHARED BY HOST HUNTER PARNELL DO NOT REFLECT THE THOUGHTS OR OPINIONS OF THE AURORA MUNICIPAL PUBLIC DEFENDER****  

A weekly news show informing you on the latest in Bitcoin, privacy and open source tech, hosted by Ungovernables, Max and Q.AOBWe are now a weekly showTopicsFull screen videoAdmin toolsEnvoy 2.3.3KeyOS 1.4.0 beta3 (public release this week)NEWSCore Lightning: A Critical Vulnerability, a Binary-Only Patch, and a Docker Pipeline That Broke Because of It -- Stacker News / Blockstream Blog / GitHub ReleaseBitcoin's First Quantum-Safe Mainnet Transaction (No Fork Required) -- Bitcoin MagazineStacker News Ships Embedded Spark Wallet and Receive Proxy Toggle -- Stacker NewsSeedSigner Fork Adds Miniscript Support with Liana Bridge -- X/@UnruggableGGRoman Storm Retrial Pushed to April 2027 -- X/@rstormsfCoinbase and Better Mortgage Launch Bitcoin-Backed Mortgages -- Bitcoin MagazineHRF Awards 500 Million Sats to 16 Freedom Tech Projects Worldwide -- Bitcoin MagazineKraken Users Locked Out After 12,000 Dust Transfers From Sanctioned HTX Wallets -- Bitcoin MagazineBitcoin Knots BLAKE2b Hardfork Goes Live as a "Mainnet Trial" -- CryptoSlate / GitHub PR #359 / The Bitcoin Manual explainerPeach Bitcoin Pauses Escrow Model After Swiss Regulator Reversal -- Peach BlogRELEASESFlint v1.0.3 -- 2026-08-28Security audit follow-up for Seth's BTCPay Server plugin. Strips macOS payloads from the build, pins the release path, and restores file permissions after dylib stripping. All artifacts are Sigstore-attested with no maintainer key required.Also in window: Flint v1.0.2 (2026-08-27) -- 23% smaller package, shared reconciliation scans reducing SDK calls for idle stores, cached Spark network status reads. Follows the v1.0.0 milestone which fixed a payment-hash association security issue.Envoy 2.3.3 -- 2026-08-27Point release improving Passport Prime pairing reliability with automatic retry and clock-drift tolerance. Also fixes a visual bug where seed verification puzzle words could overflow at high zoom, and removes a hardcoded Stripe test key.Sparrow Wallet 2.5.4 -- 2026-08-27Significant hardware wallet security hardening: mandatory anti-klepto on BitBox02, Ledger wallet policy re-registration on rejection, and serialised USB device access to prevent enumeration interrupting operations. Also improves BIP129/descriptor import validation and SLIP39 passphrase handling.Eclair v0.14.2 -- 2026-08-26ACINQ released Eclair v0.14.2 with fixes for bugs that "can be exploited by malicious nodes." The release also documents that bitcoind should run on the same machine as eclair or use a secure tunnel. Upgrade is "highly recommended."BTCPay Server v2.4.3 -- 2026-08-24Security release recommended for servers shared with many users. Release notes are minimal, stating only that updating is recommended. Published by NicolasDorier with a GPG-verified commit.BitBox02 Firmware 9.27.0 -- 2026-08-24Displays long transaction and swap amounts in full instead of truncating. Adds message signing for keys in the m/45' namespace and supports timestamp-based absolute locktimes. Stepped upgrade path required from older firmware versions.Blockstream Ships Jade 1.0.41 and Reflects on the Coldcard Fallout -- Blockstream BlogPublished: 2026-08-25Blockstream released Jade firmware 1.0.41 alongside a blog post responding to the Coldcard RNG vulnerability. Jade is not affected (no degraded RNG fallback path, mixes multiple entropy sources through SHA512). Release is security hardening: runtime bumped to latest stable, increased stack protection, updated dependencies, audited sensitive-memory clearing. Not urgent but recommended. 1.0.42 on an expedited timeline for less serious reports. The post reveals dozens of AI-automated scans landed on Jade within days of the Coldcard disclosure, plus multiple human reviews. Credit to Spiral's Loupe tool and the Kvazar agentic harness.Everything ElseArkade v0.9.16 -- Aug 2026Major security hardening and admin web console for the Ark protocol server.BasicSwap DEX v0.18.5 -- Aug 2026Breaking protocol change. All nodes must upgrade.Also in window: v0.18.4 (Aug 2026) -- critical swap security fixes. v0.18.3 (Aug 2026) -- earlier security patch in the same chain.Bisq 1.10.7 -- Aug 2026Hotfix for corrupted DAO datastores. Continues the rapid Bisq 1 patch cycle from last episode (1.10.5 security update, 1.10.6 hotfix).Cashu CDK 0.18.0-rc.1 -- Aug 2026Release candidate with explicit payment confirmation, batch minting, and BOLT12 fix.Cashu TS v5.0.0-rc.8 -- Aug 2026Release candidate with crash-safe swap previews.Fedimint v0.12.0 "Second Nature" -- Aug 2026Named release of the federated ecash protocol.JoinMarket-NG 0.38.0 -- Aug 2026Quantized fees, zero-fee makers, and security hardening. Continues the rapid development from last episode's 0.37.0/0.37.1 releases.LND v0.21.3-beta.rc1 -- Aug 2026Release candidate. Also ships v0.20.4 RC for the older branch.Nunchuk Android 2.8.4 -- Aug 2026Bug fixes for the multisig wallet.Vexl 26.8.0 -- Aug 2026Update to the P2P no-KYC trading app.Wasabi Wallet v2.8.2 -- Aug 2026Coinjoin security patches and reorg sync fixes.EDUCATIONDeep Dive: Bitcoin's Quantum-Resistant Transaction Explained -- Sylvain Saurel / In Bitcoin We TrustPublished: 2026-08-27Detailed technical explainer breaking down StarkWare's first quantum-resistant Bitcoin mainnet transaction (block 964,199). 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Never take your hands off the wheel until we have come to a complete stop. And before you decelerate, listen to us forgetting Blackbeard was a real guy, trying to remember orally recited directions, trying our very best to figure out ship battles, determining what sort of code a black pirate has, applying the Captain's Stripe, forgetting critical game mechanics, ramming the Little Jack into a canyon wall, jamming moonfish into a bird, vomiting eggs, learning Doc and Maria's lore, suffering through outrageous animations, darkening the world map sky, and throwing corpses off the island. Let's rip 'em to shreds, sir. 00:00:00 Radically Dreaming 00:01:57 Intro 00:04:41 World Mapping 00:08:34 Baltor 00:24:02 Nasr Merchant Escort 00:30:10 Moonfish Dump 00:40:49 Approaching Valua 00:47:35 Real Net 00:53:04 Outro Patreon: patreon.com/retroam Bluesky: @retrogradeamnesia.bsky.social YouTube: www.youtube.com/@RetrogradeAmnesia E-Mail: podcast@retrogradeamnesia.com Website: www.retrogradeamnesia.com  

Stripe has just made one of the biggest AI acquisitions yet, buying OpenRouter for around $7.5 billion — a company that was valued at just $1.3 billion only months earlier. So what exactly is Stripe buying, and why has OpenRouter become so valuable so quickly?In this episode of the Market Maker Podcast, Anthony Cheung and Stephen Barnett break down OpenRouter's extraordinary rise, how its platform connects businesses to hundreds of different AI models, and why the economics of AI could increasingly favour the platforms routing intelligence rather than the companies building the models themselves.We also unpack the remarkable story of Stripe, founded by Irish brothers Patrick and John Collison, which now processes payments equivalent to around 1.6% of the entire global economy. We explore how Stripe became a critical part of the internet's financial infrastructure, and why its latest acquisitions point to much bigger ambitions across AI, payments and agentic commerce.From venture capital and AI valuations to network effects, business moats and the future of online commerce, this is the business behind Stripe's $7.5 billion bet on the AI economy.(00:00) Stripe's $7.5BN AI Bet(02:30) The OpenRouter Deal(05:01) From Startup to $7.5BN(09:29) How Venture Capital Works(11:13) What Is OpenRouter?(16:32) Building a Billion-Dollar Startup(22:21) What's OpenRouter's Moat?(28:19) Why Stripe Bought OpenRouter(33:20) The Rise of Agentic Commerce(37:12) The Story of Stripe(40:07) How Stripe Makes Money(44:35) Stripe's Acquisition Strategy(47:13) Have We Reached Singularity?

In this episode, I talk with Bruno Sutic about his journey creating Ruby and Rails projects, including a modern broken link checker and RailsBilling, a gem for advanced Stripe subscription integrations. We discuss the complexities of billing integration and his insights into the ever-evolving Stripe ecosystem.Links:- Bruno Sutic's Personal Site- RailsBilling- Nonsense Monthly

Tara Seshan leads product for Codex and ChatGPT Work at OpenAI (alongside previous podcast guest Andrew Ambrosino, who's her engineering manager). Before OpenAI, Tara spent over six years at Stripe, where she joined as one of the first five product managers. She went on to lead product for Watershed, which Time magazine named one of the best inventions of 2022, and she is also a founder and Thiel Fellow. Most personally meaningful to me: Tara is one of the three inaugural Lenny's Newsletter Fellows, a program I ran a couple of years ago to spotlight the most exciting up-and-coming product leaders.In our in-depth conversation, we discuss:1. The shift from “rowing” to “steering,” and why human judgment and ambition will become differentiators as AI takes on execution2. How OpenAI thinks about building for model capabilities two to three months out3. OpenAI's best internal memes, such as “Is this maximally accelerated?” and “Are you mainlining it yet?”4. Why ambition is the new bottleneck for companies, and why elevating others' ambitions is now the key part of the PM job5. Writing as thinking vs. writing as reporting—Brought to you by:WorkOS—Make your app enterprise-ready, with SSO, SCIM, RBAC, and moreMercury—Radically different banking, now with Command—Where to find Tara Seshan:• X: https://x.com/tarstarr• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tarstarr• Newsletter: https://substack.com/@taraseshan—Where to find Lenny:• Newsletter: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com• X: https://twitter.com/lennysan• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lennyrachitsky/—In this episode, we cover:(00:00) Introduction(02:18) What makes OpenAI's culture so different(06:42) Why AI product strategy is all about fast experimentation(09:02) How the PM role is changing(10:50) The shift from rowing to steering(15:35) What changes when agents become coworkers(20:05) Why ambition matters more than ever(26:39) Building products for models that do not exist yet(29:21) How ChatGPT's Chat and Work modes differ(34:01) How OpenAI ships so quickly at scale(39:14) The vibe shift happening inside Codex(42:20) Why traditional roles are beginning to blur(45:59) Where humans will continue to provide unique value(48:20) How Tara uses AI in her own work(51:38) The magic of the /visualize command(52:39) Writing to think versus writing to report(57:10) How to use AI without losing your ability to think(01:00:15) Tara's biggest lesson from Sutter Hill(01:04:16) ChatGPT's site output(01:05:01) Why knowledge work is becoming more like coding(01:07:55) Lightning round and final thoughts—Referenced:• Codex: https://chatgpt.com/codex• ChatGPT Work: https://openai.com/chatgpt-work• Stripe: https://stripe.com• Watershed: https://watershed.com• Thiel Fellowship: https://thielfellowship.org• Meet your Lenny's Newsletter Fellows: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/meet-your-lennys-newsletter-fellows• The rituals of great teams | Shishir Mehrotra of Coda, YouTube, Microsoft: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/the-rituals-of-great-teams-shishir• The nature of product | Marty Cagan, Silicon Valley Product Group: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/the-nature-of-product-marty-cagan• Product management theater | Marty Cagan (Silicon Valley Product Group): https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/product-management-theater-marty• Patrick Collison's examples of fast projects: https://patrickcollison.com/fast• Inside ChatGPT: The fastest-growing product in history | Nick Turley (Head of ChatGPT at OpenAI): https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/inside-chatgpt-nick-turley• Andrew Ambrosino on X: https://x.com/ajambrosino• Tyler Cowen's website: https://tylercowen.com• OpenAI's CPO on how AI changes must-have skills, moats, coding, startup playbooks, more | Kevin Weil (CPO at OpenAI, ex-Instagram, Twitter): https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/kevin-weil-open-ai• “Chop wood, carry water” quote: https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/15921/what-is-the-meaning-of-the-zen-quote-before-enlightenment-chop-wood-carry-wat• 4 questions Shreyas Doshi wishes he'd asked himself sooner | Former PM leader at Stripe, Twitter, Google: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/shreyas-doshi-live• Alan Kay: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Kay• Brie Wolfson on X: https://x.com/zebriez• The playbook for building high-talent-density teams | Adam Ward, Head of Talent at Cursor: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/the-playbook-for-building-high-talent• Building product at Stripe: craft, metrics, and customer obsession | Jeff Weinstein (Product lead): https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/building-product-at-stripe-jeff-weinstein• Sutter Hill Ventures: https://shv.com• Snowflake: https://www.snowflake.com• Mike Speiser on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikespeiser• Footnotes and Tangents: https://footnotesandtangents.substack.com• The Power Broker Book Club: https://www.robertcaro.org/copy-of-six-books-six-ny-times-book• The Odyssey: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33764258• Rashomon: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042876• Akira Kurosawa: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_Kurosawa• Kevin Kwok on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinakwok• The Work You Do, the Person You Are: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/06/05/toni-morrison-the-work-you-do-the-person-you-are• Ari Weinstein on X: https://x.com/AriX• Sky: https://sky.app• Dylan Field live at Config: Intuition, simplicity, and the future of design: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/dylan-field-live-at-config—Recommended books:• Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0143109391• Anna Karenina: https://www.amazon.com/Anna-Karenina-LEO-TOLSTOY/dp/8175993421• The Power Broker: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0394720245• War and Peace: https://www.amazon.com/War-Peace-Leo-Tolstoy/dp/8175992832• Wolf Hall: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0312429983—Production and marketing by https://penname.co/. 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The crew sizes up Bitcoin's rebound, the fight to bring Hyperliquid onshore, the SEC's new token fundraising framework, and why Stripe's OpenRouter deal could make AI inference markets look a lot like DeFi. Welcome to The Chopping Block, where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, Tarun Chitra, and Robert Leshner chop it up about the latest in crypto. Tom and Tarun check in from Bhutan after lunch with the king, then the crew tackles Bitcoin's rebound, the path to a compliant U.S. Hyperliquid, the SEC's proposed Regulation Crypto Assets, and the growing overlap between AI inference markets and DeFi market structure. Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pods, Fountain, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform. Show highlights

A judge blocked the Pentagon from blacklisting Anthropic, calling the retaliation illegal. OpenAI, Anthropic and 100+ companies warned the AI cyberattack window is closing, Apple TV got pricier again, Stripe walked from PayPal, and a16z raised $1.1B for hardware. Links A US judge blocks the Pentagon from blacklisting Anthropic, ruling that its designation as a supply-chain risk was "illegal and baseless" (Reuters) Judge Rita Lin finds the administration violated Anthropic's First Amendment rights, acting in "unlawful retaliation" for its criticism, and orders the blacklisting guidance rescinded (The Wall Street Journal) OpenAI, Anthropic, AWS, Microsoft, and 100+ companies warn there is "a limited window" to prepare for AI-enabled cyberattacks and call for "collective action" (Axios) The open letter asks AI labs to hand their best models to hospitals and infrastructure providers and governments to coordinate and fund cyberdefense; signatories include Google, CrowdStrike, Visa, and Mastercard (The New York Times) Apple TV raises prices in the US, with the monthly price up by $2 to $14.99, its fourth increase in four years; the individual Apple One tier rises $2 to $21.95 (Variety) Sources: Advent and Stripe are no longer pursuing a deal to acquire PayPal; the group offered to pay $60.50/share in July, valuing PayPal at $53B (Bloomberg) a16z creates a $1.1B Machine Age fund focusing on hardware to "open the throttle and accelerate the physical buildout of AI" (TechCrunch) Anthropic details Model Hardware Standard, a framework governing how AI agents interact with microscopes, liquid handlers, quantum hardware, and robot arms, going to trusted partners first (Wired) Longreads Home batteries are suddenly cheap and everywhere. Here's why. (TechCrunch) Subscribe to the ad-free feed.

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The Federal Reserve chairman highlights the need to get inflation back down to the central bank's 2% target. Plus: Marvell Technology shares sink more than 10%, underlining the high expectations investors have for companies tied to the AI boom. Pierre Bienaimé hosts. Sign up for WSJ's free What's News newsletter. An artificial-intelligence tool assisted in the making of this episode by creating summaries that were based on Wall Street Journal reporting and reviewed and adapted by an editor. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Carl Quintanilla, Jim Cramer and David Faber set the stage for Friday's keynote speech by Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh at the Kansas City Fed's economic symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming: The anchors explored what's at stake for the markets and the economy. Nvidia capped a blowout earnings report with a $442 billion surge in valuation, the second-largest one-day gain behind Microsoft's record-setting $450 billion jump in July. Marvell shares fell sharply despite a quarterly beat and raised guidance. Also in focus: PayPal tumbles after Advent and Stripe reportedly abandon their bid to buy the company; Merger partners decide to scrap their $14.5 billion deal; Affirm rallies; Gap soars; Anthropic's legal victory against the Pentagon; More than 100 companies sign on to an open letter calling for "collective action on cyber defense." Squawk on the Street Disclaimer Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Nicole and Sasheer debrief Tom Cruise chasing his eyeballs in Minority Report, the state of leading men today, get into the history of LAX and SoFi Stadium, stinky shoes, and what to do if you get the ick too quick over nothing. Watch this full video on YouTube and follow below!Follow Nicole: Twitter, Instagram, TikTokFollow Sasheer: Instagram, TikTokLike the show? Rate Best Friends 5 stars on Spotify and Apple Podcasts!Have a friendship question for Nicole and Sasheer to solve? Leave us a voicemail at (323) 238-6554‬ or write in at nicoleandsasheer@gmail.com.Best Friends is a production of Headgum Studios. Our producer is Allie Kahan. Our executive producer is Anya Kanevskaya. The show is edited, mixed, and engineered by Richelle Chen.This is a Headgum podcast. Follow Headgum on Twitter, Instagram, and Tiktok. Advertise on Best Friends via Gumball.fm.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This Week In Startups is made possible by: Lightfield https://lightfield.app Northwest Registered Agent https://www.northwestregisteredagent.com/twistdomain Rippling https://Rippling.ai/twist   Today's show: *Bill Gates dropped a 6,000 word warning: AI will be "the greatest equalizer ever invented, or the worst sort of injustice." The Microsoft icon has an AI agenda for the US: new national institutions, AI use taxes, and jobs legally reserved for humans only. Our VC roundtable guests — Sheel Mohnot (Better Tomorrow Ventures), Dave McClure (Practical Venture Capital), and Hussein Kanji — push back hard. Is taxing profits a better fix for AI taking jobs than taxing the tokens themselves? PLUS: Meta's $17B kids safety settlement… does it go far enough? Why does Stripe want OpenRouter? A peek at the VC's actual portfolio mark-ups. AND begun, the AI agent wars have. Our panel chooses between OpenClaw, Instinct, and Grok Bot. Guests Sheel Mohnot on X: https://x.com/pitdesi Better Tomorrow Ventures: https://www.btv.vc/ Dave McClure on X: https://x.com/davemcclure Practical Venture Capital: https://practicalvc.com/ Hussein Kanji on X: https://x.com/hkanji Hoxton Ventures: https://hoxtonventures.com/ Relevant Links GatesNotes: "The turbulent AI era is here": https://www.gatesnotes.com/a-turbulent-ai-era-and-critical-choices-to-make NPR: Meta settlement coverage: https://www.npr.org/2026/08/26/nx-s1-5944781/meta-settlement-child-safety-lawsuit TechCrunch: Stripe agrees to buy OpenRouter: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/16/stripe-will-reportedly-acquire-ai-gateway-startup-openrouter-for-7b/ Skild AI S1 Demo: https://www.skild.ai/blogs/s1 Instinct AI agent (waitlist): https://instinct.co/ TechCrunch: Instinct coverage: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/24/instincts-powerful-ai-assistant-is-raising-privacy-and-security-concerns/ CNBC: OpenAI CFO says IPO is coming in 2027: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/19/open-ai-ipo-timing-2027-friar.html Basis: https://www.getbasis.ai/ TaxGPT: https://www.taxgpt.com/ Cusp AI: https://cusp.ai/ Abacus: https://goabacus.co/ Micro1: https://www.micro1.ai/ Mottu: https://mottu.com.br/ EquityBee: https://equitybee.com/ Kiva: https://www.kiva.org/ Timestamps: 0:00 It's Hussein's first time on the VC Roundtable! 2:09 Gates says "turbulent era" for AI is here 8:56 Microloans, Kiva, and "universal basic income" 9:23 Thanks to our partner, Lightfield, the AI-native CRM that updates itself, so you never have to! Try it for free at https://lightfield.app 13:00 Why sole proprietorships may be AI's biggest beneficiary 20:29 Got a new business idea? Northwest helps you bring it to life. Get a free domain, email, phone number, and more, with no purchase required! Learn more at https://www.northwestregisteredagent.com/twistdomain 21:00 Should the gov't take a stake in AI labs? 30:24 Thanks to our partners at Rippling! Head to https://Rippling.ai/twist to get the only AI built to give you full visibility across your startup and take complex actions across your entire business. 32:44 Meta's $17.1B settlement 45:14 Is anything still fundable outside of AI? 46:29 Stripe and SpaceX deals 55:54 Skild AI's pancake flipping demo 59:49 Sheel's Hottest Takes 1:04:37 Dave's Charts 1:09:07 Who loses money when there are no IPOs? 1:16:49 The Agent Wars heat up 1:24:56 Everyone's favorite investments   Subscribe to the TWiST500 newsletter: https://ticker.thisweekinstartups.com Check out the TWIST500: https://www.twist500.com Subscribe to This Week in Startups on Apple: https://rb.gy/v19fcp   Follow Lon: X: https://x.com/lons   Follow Jason: X: https://twitter.com/Jason LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasoncalacanis   Thank you to our partners: (0:00) PARTNER - AD BLURB (0:00) PARTNER - AD BLURB (0:00) PARTNER - AD BLURB Check out all our partner offers: https://partners.launch.co/   Great TWIST interviews: Will Guidara, Eoghan McCabe, Steve Huffman, Brian Chesky, Bob Moesta, Aaron Levie, Sophia Amoruso, Reid Hoffman, Frank Slootman, Billy McFarland   Check out Jason's suite of newsletters: https://substack.com/@calacanis   Follow TWiST: Twitter: https://twitter.com/TWiStartups YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/thisweekin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisweekinstartups TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thisweekinstartups Substack: https://twistartups.substack.com

Scott and CJ break down Stripe's $7B acquisition of OpenRouter, the SvelteKit 3 release candidate, and their first look at TanStack Charts. Plus Zed's new Delta editor, stealing reasoning traces from proprietary LLM APIs, why dark mode toggles only need two states, and all 43 quintillion Rubik's cube states in your browser. Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 02:20 SvelteKit 3 Release Candidate 07:43 Video editor recs Casey Faris 09:58 TanStack Charts First Look TanStack Charts TanStack Charts implementations of every official shadcn/ui chart 14:24 Ponytail AI Tool 17:22 Zed Delta Editor Introducing Delta 23:44 Stripe acquires OpenRouter for $7B+ 29:27 Stealing Reasoning Traces from Proprietary LLM APIs 35:03 First look at Cursor's GitHub killer 42:34 Dark Mode UX Discussion 46:40 Brought to you by Sentry! 48:34 Should AI respond in plain language? 52:57 Swamp Club Automation 01:02:37 Fight AI slop with this anti-slop plugin 01:03:39 Rubik's Cube Permutations 01:05:02 Hackweek Hit us up on Socials! Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Wes: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Scott: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Randy: X Instagram YouTube Threads

Jordi Visser is a veteran macro investor with 30+ years of experience and the author of the VisserLabs Substack. In this conversation, we break down bitcoin's explosive weekly surge and why this "sigma move" signals a real bull market. We also discuss the collision of AI and crypto, why bitcoin is the purest AI trade, Stripe and Ramp's battle to control AI model routers, and how to think about sizing bitcoin in your portfolio.=======================Arch Public is an agentic trading platform that automates investment strategies across Stocks, Commodities, ETFs and Crypto. Whether you're rotating into AI & Gold, allocating to the S&P 500, or accumulating Bitcoin, Arch Public executes your plan 24/7 without ever taking custody of your assets or funds. Sign up today at https://www.archpublic.com, and start your FREE automated trading strategy! =======================Figure's $160k Community Appreciation (https://www.figure.com/crypto-community-appreciation/T&Cs (https://www.figure.com/crypto-community-appreciation/disclosures/) Need liquidity without selling your crypto? Take out a Figure Crypto-Backed Loan, allowing you to borrow against your BTC, ETH, or SOL with 12-month terms, 8.91% interest rates, and no prepayment penalties. Or check out Democratized Prime (https://figuremarkets.co/pomp) and earn ~8.5% APY on real world assets. Unlock your crypto's potential today at Figure! https://figuremarkets.co/pomp Figure Lending LLC dba Figure (NMLS 1717824). Loans subject to approval. Crypto collateral may be liquidated. Terms apply - see full disclosures at http://figure.com/disclosures/=======================For a limited time, our listeners get 50% off FOR LIFE, Free Shipping, AND 3 Free Gifts at Mars Men at https://www.Mengotomars.com.=======================0:00 - Intro1:02 - Bitcoin's weekly surge & the "sigma week" behind it5:38 - The bitcoin vibe shift & intersection with AI 15:26 - Is multiple compression a warning sign for the market?19:03 - How much bitcoin should be in your portfolio?23:27 - Moderna, AI & the future of biotech29:20 - Stripe's OpenRouter deal & the fight for AI model routers34:13 - Are model routers a threat to Anthropic and OpenAI?44:00 - Why people fear data centers more than nuclear plants54:46 - Jordi's bitcoin call to arms 

Venice founder Erik Voorhees says crypto's real job was never speculation. It's becoming the rails AI agents actually need. Plus, why he sold equity, not tokens. ======================================================== Thank you to our sponsors! Visit 1inch to swap tokenized securities, crypto and more. Simple. Secure. Self-custodial. Whatever asset you're buying - swap it at http://unchainedcrypto.com/go/1inch-sn ======================================================== Stripe bought OpenRouter this month in one of the cleanest crypto-to-AI pivots yet, and Erik Voorhees says most of the industry drew the wrong lesson from it. Voorhees, founder and CEO of Venice AI, joins Kain Warwick and Taylor Monahan to argue that crypto's job was never to serve crypto people, it was to become the financial rails a decentralized AI future actually needs. He pushes back on the instinct to abandon tokens for pure AI plays, and on the assumption that America deserves to win the AI race just because it is America. They get into why Voorhees sold Venice's equity but refused to sell its VVV tokens, why he says the big labs are losing money "hand over fist" subsidizing $200-a-month plans, how DeepSeek reset the cost curve for inference, and why he calls the moderation layer sitting inside today's AI models "deceptive." His answer for who should actually win the AI race has nothing to do with flags. Hosts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kain Warwick⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - Host of Uneasy Money and Founder of Infinex and Synthetix ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Taylor Monahan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - Co-host of Uneasy Money and Security Expert Guest: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Erik Voorhees - Founder and CEO of Venice AI Timestamps