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AI Layoffs: A Less Significant Impact

aired May 31, 2026 · 11.0m
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Summary

Every single day, it feels like we have a new tech company that is announcing layoffs. I don't think either of those is intrinsically correct or true in a lot of cases.

Why listen

It goes beyond the title with direct discussion of think, that's, it's, including: And almost every single time they blame it on some version of saving more money to invest into AI initiatives, or they are just so much more effective with AI that they don't need.

Key takeaways
  1. 01We share all of the insights, the stuff we don't share publicly about what we're building, how much money we're making
  2. 02This week we recorded a whole episode on if you are vibe coding a tool, how to actually get it to show up on Google, all the SEO things you need to do if you're using Lovable or Cl
  3. 03Yeah, so basically ClickUp, they announced recently that they introduced roughly 3,000 internal AI agents to handle a wide range of complex tasks on behalf of its employees
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