Bloomberg caught Salesforce red-handed. Tim Davidson dives into the report exposing that the Agentforce demos at Dreamforce were largely simulated, with key clients still on legacy systems months later. Don't fall for the smoke and mirrors.

Wait, there's more…we cover Google Search's new AI-first search - the first search UI change in 25 years, AI shoppers converting better, and a CMO of a pretty big B2B company moving to OpenAI.

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Timestamps:

01:13 – Episode 63: Introduction

02:30 – Bloomberg Caught Salesforce Faking Agentforce

06:49 – Ghostwriting Agency Accused of Plagiarism

16:43 – Gartner's AI Coding Report Is Already Outdated

20:50 – Microsoft Cut Claude Code Over Costs

24:43 – Tracking Coworking ROI with Claude

31:18 – AI Shoppers Now Beat Search Traffic

38:10 – ClickUp Cuts 22% Despite Strong Growth

48:17 – Elena Verna's "You'll Lose Your Job by 2027" Email

53:31 – The Hormozis Are Having a Baby

57:06 – OpenAI Hires ServiceNow's CMO

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Tas Bober – ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/tasbober⁠

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Is this the most unhinged CEO move of the year, or a genius play? Tim breaks down why Bolt's CEO fired his entire HR department and what he claims happened next.

Wait, there’s more…we also get into Meta's massive AI pivot, LinkedIn's algorithm killing your reach, and why Google just broke SEO for good.

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Timestamps:

0:00 - Andrej Karpathy Joins Anthropic

6:31 - Meta Lays Off 15,000 for AI

11:06 - LinkedIn's AI Is Suppressing Content

19:07 - Google AI Is Now the Default Search

25:33 - Leaving Webflow After 8 Years

33:12 - Bolt CEO Fires His Entire HR Department

53:53 - Fixing Spotify's 20th Anniversary Logo

54:48 - Notion's Cryptic Emoji Post

55:22 - LinkedIn x Canva Coasters Surprise

56:19 - Moving an Image in Microsoft Word

57:19 - AI Agent Gets Put on a PIP

58:19 - "People Thought It Was Funny"

58:52 - AI Spammer Trick: Speak Old English

1:00:03 - The Fake Podcast Invite Scam

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ZoomInfo just set a new low for corporate cowardice, allegedly laying off 20% of their staff via text message. Tim breaks down how a B2B darling could get it so disastrously wrong. Is this the future of work or just a new bottom for shitty leadership?

Wait, there's more…we also get into AI that monitors your emotions, the stealth AI startup trying to "remove humans", Deloitte and Zoom rolling back benefits, and Claude's massive new deal with SpaceX.

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Timestamps:

0:00 - Trailer: Fired by Text Message

1:20 - LinkedIn's New Top Voices

10:36 - Roasting Awful CEO Predictions

13:21 - LinkedIn Monetization is Here

20:15 - Claude Partners With SpaceX

26:54 - The $4B Stealth AI Startup

29:44 - Big Brother AI Is Watching You

35:13 - ZoomInfo's Text Message Layoff

42:44 - Deloitte & Zoom Cut Paid Leave

46:10 - LinkedIn's Engagement Bait War

52:06 - The Chris Walker Phenomenon

1:03:29 - Unemployed Just to Keep Up With AI?

1:05:54 - Closing / Outro

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Google just dropped a 4GB surprise on your device, and they didn't bother asking for permission.

Tas Bober is joined by special guest Chelsea Castle for a "girls’ hour" deep dive into the wildest week in B2B news. We’re kicking things off with the 4GB surprise Google just dropped on your device without asking: the secret installation of Gemini Nano through Chrome. We break down the total lack of consent, the "automatic re-download" trap, and the environmental impact of this kind of scale.

Beyond that, we also dig into the drama at Pakistani Tech company, Devsinc, Figma’s $2,500 "phantom seat" billing trap, and an AI Buddhist monk?

Timestamp

00:00 - Trailer / Cold Open

01:28 - Welcome Back to Notorious B2B

02:54 - OpenClaw Agent Took Over a Tesla?!

06:06 - Richard Dawkins Names Claude “Claudia”

07:28 - Chili Piper’s New VP of GTM Engineering

16:47 - Google Chrome Quietly Downloads Gemini Nano

23:11 - Figma’s $2,500 Seat Charge Controversy

32:22 - SaaS Companies Ignoring Hot Leads

37:45 - AI Job Interview Ragebait Gets Debunked

45:07 - Coinbase Lays Off 700 People, Blames AI

48:11 - DevSync Fraud & Fake US Profiles Exposed

54:24 - Closing Thoughts & Wrap Up

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Chelsea Castle –⁠ https://www.linkedin.com/in/chelseacastle⁠

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China just killed a $2 billion deal, and Zuck is officially left at the altar. This week, we’re breaking down the absolute chaos of the blocked Manus AI acquisition, from the "missing" CEOs to the Chinese government flex that just reminded everyone who’s actually in charge of the IP. We’re also calling out the "vibe-coding" of it all—because let’s be honest, Manus basically just control-C, control-V’d the entire Claude brand. 

But the B2B mess doesn't stop there:

The Rematch: Salesforce and Slack file a new lawsuit against Microsoft - is the Teams bundling fight ever going to end?

The New Overhead: Your AI bill is officially bigger than your payroll, and the launch of Claude Design just exposed which AI-native companies are actually in trouble.

The Pivot: Anthony Pierri and Arnav Bhardwaj argue that Lovable’s move into "agents" puts them in a direct collision course with the giants.

Plus the latest LinkedIn plagiarism drama with two big creators (Lewis Kemp and Louis Butterfield).

Timestamps:

00:00 - Trailer + Intro

02:01 - China Blocks Meta’s $2B Manus AI Deal

07:32 - Salesforce & Slack Sue Microsoft Over Teams Bundling

12:10 - LinkedIn Copycat Drama: Louis Butterfield Gets Caught

25:30 - AI Exhaustion Is Becoming Very Real

30:40 - “If You Sell Marketing Services, Why Are You Doing Cold Outbound?”

42:42 - The Wildest Cold Outreach Email We’ve Ever Seen

50:09 - Google Commits $43B to Anthropic

53:08 - Why CTOs Are Leaving Big Companies for Anthropic

55:11 - Your AI Bill Is Bigger Than Payroll

1:00:29 - DeepSeek’s New Model Is 100x Cheaper Than ChatGPT

1:01:55 - OpenAI & Anthropic Hit With API Reliability Complaints

1:06:12 - Lovable’s Pivot to Agents Puts It Against OpenAI & Anthropic

1:09:20 - Final Thoughts & Outro

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LinkedIn’s world just got a major shakeup. This week, we’re breaking down the end of an era: Ryan Roslansky is stepping down as CEO. But is this just a standard leadership hand-off, or the first domino in what’s looking like the "Great CEO Exodus of 2026"? With heavyweights like Apple and Hootsuite also clearing out the C-suite, we speculate on what’s really going on. 

But wait, there’s more! We’re tearing down the $2 million Vercel security breach that hit just days before their IPO, Anthropic’s risky pivot to usage-based pricing, and Elon’s latest power play acquiring Cursor for xAI. From multi-billion dollar Google lawsuits to the "vicious cycle of AI deaths and resurrections," we’re cutting through the noise to bring you the news that actually matters. Edutainment at its finest.

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Trailer & Episode Intro

02:33 - LinkedIn CEO Steps Down

08:18 - Vercel Hack Exposes API Keys & Source Code

10:54 - Lovable’s Massive Data Leak

15:58 - Anthropic Launches Claude Design

27:39 - Anthropic Shuts Down Entire Company’s Claude Access

30:39 - Google Faces Massive Advertiser Arbitration Lawsuit

36:08 - Anthropic Quietly Removes Claude Code from Pro Plan

44:12 - SpaceX Reportedly Buying Cursor for $60B

46:33 - Closed Won: Funniest LinkedIn Posts of the Week

56:18 - Outro & Sponsor Wrap-Up

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Tas Bober – ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/tasbober⁠

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Allbirds collapsed, rebranded as an AI company, and the market reacted immediately, what’s really going on? Tim is joined by special guest Chelsea Castle to break down the strategy, the timing, and what this kind of pivot actually signals for B2B companies and the current AI hype cycle.

Wait, there’s more…LinkedIn is cracking down on tools like Shield, Apollo.io is back after a year off-platform, Meta is gamifying AI internally, and OpenAI and Anthropic are slowing down releases. 

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Timestamps:

0:00 - Trailer: The Allbirds AI Pivot

9:20 - LinkedIn's Crackdown on Tools like Shield

10:05 - Apollo.io Returns to LinkedIn

15:05 - Meta's Internal AI Gamification

20:29 - Creative AI Use Case: Selling Pools on Autopilot

25:01 - The Collapse of an AI SDR Company

28:22 - OpenAI Slows Down New Model Releases

32:53 - Hootsuite CEO Steps Down

34:41 - Oracle's Controversial Layoffs & CFO Hire

39:24 - The Viral Slack Message: Wedding Day Controversy

43:43 - The Viral LinkedIn Post: Fired for a Holiday?

48:16 - HockeyStack's AI Revenue Agent Pivot

51:35 - The State of the LinkedIn Algorithm

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Tim Davidson – ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/tadavidson41⁠

Tas Bober – ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/tasbober⁠

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Chelsea Castle – ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/chelseacastle⁠

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Anthropic just made its move and it changed everything.

They’re limiting usage, locking down access, and even holding back their most powerful model because it’s “too dangerous” for the public. At the same time, pricing is shifting, power users are getting squeezed, and AI is quietly becoming a pay-to-play system.

Meanwhile, OpenAI is going in the opposite direction buying distribution, acquiring a B2B media company, and racing to own attention.

In the background, AI agents are already rebuilding startups in 24 hours, tools are replacing entire teams, and one hallucinated action just wiped a live GPU instance without permission.

This isn’t just AI news anymore. It’s a power shift - control vs scale - and it’s happening in real time.

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What does corporate loyalty look like in 2026? This week, a single automated notification from Oracle provided a sobering answer for the B2B community. Tim Davidson goes solo (donning a tie for the occasion) to break down our hero story: Oracle’s mass layoff of 30,000 employees. He analyze the fallout of the infamous 6 AM automated email and the viral story of a 34-year veteran let go without a personal call, questioning if the employer-employee contract in tech is officially broken.

Beyond the layoffs, he dive into the week's biggest B2B news and LinkedIn trends. He discuss Anthropic’s rumored $60 billion IPO and the massive Claude code leak, ChatGPT’s $100M ad revenue milestone, and Tim’s first-hand experience taking a demo from an AI sales rep. He also circle back to the Delve compliance controversy and debate the latest LinkedIn trend: scraping "intent" from comment-gated posts.

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This week on Notorious B2B, we break down the Delve story —the SOC 2 compliance startup that wasn’t actually doing compliance. What looked legit on the surface quickly turned into something bigger: a wake-up call for how trust, shortcuts, and AI are colliding in B2B.

We get into AI tools getting people banned (OpenClaw vs. Facebook), the “Death by Claude” debate and what it means for SaaS, a fully AI podcast blowing up, new moves from Anthropic, LinkedIn cracking down on scraping tools, comment-gating going off the rails, Apollo acquiring Pocus, and what layoffs at Meta and Atlassian actually signal.

Timestamp:

00:00 – Notorious B2B IRL: Two Guests, Real Reactions & B2B Chaos

02:26 – YC-backed startup called Delve… “turns out they were just scammers”

08:01 – OpenClaw got Facebook permanently suspended

15:29 – “Are you just an AI or markdown file?” Death by Claude

19:04 – There is a fully AI podcast… already has 2.2 million downloads

35:55 – Meta laid off 15,000 employees… Atlassian did the same

41:30 – Apollo acquiring Pocus… building the agentic GTM future

45:24 – He’s doing a comment gate post… not even his GitHub repository

48:27 – Another LinkedIn scraper bites the dust… HeyReach banned

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