Also: decoupling self worth from paid labor, what is actually in those markdown files, what the normies think of AI, MCP as an interface contract that outlives the models, and how Casper mattresses…

Also: sovereign agentic AI on Tanzu, TrueSource trusted artifacts, reverse engineering ChatGPT Work, agents that took over a wiki, accidental platforms, and a meeting that could have been an email.

Rogue agents spamming a dormant German wiki, an AI jobs boom that has yet to eat anyone, and the soon to be lost art of writing code.

Fewer than a quarter of enterprises have scaled AI. Also: adoption that’s broad but shallow, agent sprawl vs. a runtime, second brains, and MCP as SOAP for Zoomers.

Getting your data in shape for enterprise AI usage. Also: MCP gateways, day-two platform ownership, flying toasters, and a pantograph.

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This week, we discuss Stripe's singularity letter, its $8B Open Router buy, and AI job anxiety. Plus, Matt plays “Bot or Not” on another podcast.

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"What's happened with frontier AI is that what was a trickle has now turned into a tidal wave." Open-source vulnerability is growing fast, and tested fixes and first-party support are central to…