Nerd Snipe with Theo and Ben

Theo Almost Lost $1 Million

Nerd Snipe with Theo and Ben

Show Notes

This week Theo nearly lost a million dollars and Ben got AI psychosis (from gstack)...

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Sources/references: - https://x.com/theo/status/2014863266888233193 - https://x.com/theo/status/2050305813894648289 - https://x.com/theo/status/2050314995561611357 - https://x.com/sama/status/2050671161915371998 - https://x.com/davis7/status/2050718508372431026 - https://x.com/thdxr/status/2050719575033983323 - https://x.com/davis7/status/2050762009592148375 - https://x.com/naval/status/2050560057675522500 - https://x.com/theo/status/1952229335416623592

00:00 - Intro / studio return 00:52 - Azure $1M / Microsoft 11:22 - Cloud platform talk 18:08 - Coding agents / SDKs 29:06 - GPT-5.5 pricing debate 45:14 - OpenClaw workflows 01:12:37 - G Stack / G Brain01:29:00 - Dynamic UI / wrap-up

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