The Slidebean Stand-Up

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In this episode:

• Doge leaks Social Security records to AWS. Millions at risk, chaos inbound.
• Study claims entrepreneurship builds wealth faster than saving – but only if you don’t crash and burn.
• OpenAI’s employee stock pool hits $8B. Cash out now or ride the bubble?
• Salesforce builds an AI “flight simulator” to test agents before they mess with real customers.
• Workers secretly use AI to boost productivity – and maybe sneak in a beach day.

Quick, sharp, ADHD approved tech updates.

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In this episode:

• Lovable scores $200M Series A to turn ‘vibe coding’ into a real thing.
• Bitpanda bails on its IPO. Going public is officially out of style.
• Google’s cracking down on sideloading. So much for Android freedom.
• Caya’s risky proposal
• Apple Intelligence is here… and it’s kind of dumb.
• She Shapes AI: Reshaping Bias

It’s startups, tech, and slightly depressed optimism. Let’s go!

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In this episode:

• Coinbase is firing engineers… for not using AI. We dig into the weird new world where “not automating your job” gets you fired.
• Tesla’s dry battery dreams are flopping harder than Elon’s social skills.
• Apple’s cooking up a curved iPhone, because why not charge $1,800 for glass that breaks just by looking at it?
• Meta’s AR glasses might finally be real, and maybe, just maybe, wearable.
• The U.S. government gets a Chief Design Officer (courtesy of Airbnb), and Klarna apparently wants to be your phone carrier. What could go wrong?
• And yes—AI psychosis is a thing now. Great.

It’s our first episode, so be gentle. Or don’t.