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The Silicon Diet — Ep. 1: Agents Can Pay NowAgents can finally buy things for you. We unpack OpenAI × Stripe’s Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP), the rise of “GEO” (generative engine optimization), and why coding agents + IDE harnesses (Claude 4.5, Cursor Agent mode, Replit) feel like a real “systems worker,” not a chatbot. Plus: Sora 2 + AI video app, ChatGPT Pulse/Goals, a wild prompt-injection story, GDPval evals, SF robotaxis, and this week’s fundraises (PostHog → unicorn, Vercel $300M, Greptile $25M).
Chapters
00:00 — Cold open & why we’re starting this
02:49 — Agents can pay now: OpenAI × Stripe ACP + Instant Checkout
06:05 — Sora 2 & AI video app: hype, use-cases, debate
09:33 — Harness era: from prompt to context engineering (Claude 4.5)
12:00 — Replit long-run challenge (18h, ~$180): agents that grind
13:08 — Agent IDEs: Cursor Agent mode, MCP, browser & logs; Adi’s toolkit
15:33 — ChatGPT Pulse & Goals vs Poki + real prompt-injection story
17:34 — Coder’s corner: GPT-5 Codex vs Claude Sonnet 4.5 in practice
18:50 — GDPval: OpenAI’s “% of work automated” eval; Opus 4.1 leading
21:17 — Robotaxi in SF: Waymo pullover, ticket rules, daily reality
23:44 — PostHog → unicorn: “Act 2” and deeper dev tooling
24:45 — Vercel $300M Series F: domains, drama, competitor plays
27:26 — Greptile $25M: the code-review wars
28:41 — What’s next: Supabase event, Dreamforce 2, wrap & CTAs
Links & sources:
• OpenAI × Stripe ACP & Instant Checkout — https://developers.openai.com/commerce/guides/get-started/
• Sora 2 overview + iOS app — https://openai.com/sora/
• OpenAI posts on Pulse & Goals — https://openai.com/index/introducing-chatgpt-pulse/
• YC companies working in GEO: https://relixir.ai/
• GDPval PDF — https://openai.com/index/gdpval/
• Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5 + Agent SDK — https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-sonnet-4-5
• Bolt.new adopts 4.5 — https://x.com/boltdotnew/status/1973063093849567591
• Replit Agent long-run challenge — https://x.com/amasad/status/1972863534334873628
• Cursor Agent mode / MCP changelog — https://cursor.com/changelog
• Lovable Cloud docs — https://lovable.dev/cloud
• PostHog funding (“Act 2”) — https://posthog.com/blog/series-e
• Vercel $300M Series F — https://vercel.com/blog/series-f
• Greptile v3 + Series A — https://www.greptile.com/blog/series-a
• Adi on Greg Isenberg - https://youtu.be/oVjNM18jtgQ?t=1656
• Adi's Robotaxi reverses on a two-way street - https://x.com/AdiKall1/status/1969547257096912940
Connect
X / Twitter: https://x.com/thesilicondiet
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@thesilicondiet
Website: https://thesilicondiet.com
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By The Silicon DietThe Silicon Diet — Ep. 1: Agents Can Pay NowAgents can finally buy things for you. We unpack OpenAI × Stripe’s Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP), the rise of “GEO” (generative engine optimization), and why coding agents + IDE harnesses (Claude 4.5, Cursor Agent mode, Replit) feel like a real “systems worker,” not a chatbot. Plus: Sora 2 + AI video app, ChatGPT Pulse/Goals, a wild prompt-injection story, GDPval evals, SF robotaxis, and this week’s fundraises (PostHog → unicorn, Vercel $300M, Greptile $25M).
Chapters
00:00 — Cold open & why we’re starting this
02:49 — Agents can pay now: OpenAI × Stripe ACP + Instant Checkout
06:05 — Sora 2 & AI video app: hype, use-cases, debate
09:33 — Harness era: from prompt to context engineering (Claude 4.5)
12:00 — Replit long-run challenge (18h, ~$180): agents that grind
13:08 — Agent IDEs: Cursor Agent mode, MCP, browser & logs; Adi’s toolkit
15:33 — ChatGPT Pulse & Goals vs Poki + real prompt-injection story
17:34 — Coder’s corner: GPT-5 Codex vs Claude Sonnet 4.5 in practice
18:50 — GDPval: OpenAI’s “% of work automated” eval; Opus 4.1 leading
21:17 — Robotaxi in SF: Waymo pullover, ticket rules, daily reality
23:44 — PostHog → unicorn: “Act 2” and deeper dev tooling
24:45 — Vercel $300M Series F: domains, drama, competitor plays
27:26 — Greptile $25M: the code-review wars
28:41 — What’s next: Supabase event, Dreamforce 2, wrap & CTAs
Links & sources:
• OpenAI × Stripe ACP & Instant Checkout — https://developers.openai.com/commerce/guides/get-started/
• Sora 2 overview + iOS app — https://openai.com/sora/
• OpenAI posts on Pulse & Goals — https://openai.com/index/introducing-chatgpt-pulse/
• YC companies working in GEO: https://relixir.ai/
• GDPval PDF — https://openai.com/index/gdpval/
• Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5 + Agent SDK — https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-sonnet-4-5
• Bolt.new adopts 4.5 — https://x.com/boltdotnew/status/1973063093849567591
• Replit Agent long-run challenge — https://x.com/amasad/status/1972863534334873628
• Cursor Agent mode / MCP changelog — https://cursor.com/changelog
• Lovable Cloud docs — https://lovable.dev/cloud
• PostHog funding (“Act 2”) — https://posthog.com/blog/series-e
• Vercel $300M Series F — https://vercel.com/blog/series-f
• Greptile v3 + Series A — https://www.greptile.com/blog/series-a
• Adi on Greg Isenberg - https://youtu.be/oVjNM18jtgQ?t=1656
• Adi's Robotaxi reverses on a two-way street - https://x.com/AdiKall1/status/1969547257096912940
Connect
X / Twitter: https://x.com/thesilicondiet
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@thesilicondiet
Website: https://thesilicondiet.com