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Daily AI economy intelligence for operators — one signal, one move, every weekday.

Apple blinked on its AI layoffs

Sep 30, 2026

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Apple blinked on its AI layoffs

5,000 AppleCare roles were drawn up for an AI agent. The agent stayed. The cut didn't. Your plan runs on the same unproven number.

Yuri Kruman
Yuri Kruman
Meta just repriced the person running your AI

Sep 29, 2026

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Meta just repriced the person running your AI

MongoDB lost between 18% and 26% of its value in a morning, roughly $8 billion in the opening gap, because one executive took a different job.

Yuri Kruman
Yuri Kruman
OpenAI just 1/2'd the price of being wrong

Sep 24, 2026

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OpenAI just 1/2'd the price of being wrong

Anthropic cut Opus 5.5 to $4 and $20 on 22 September. OpenAI answered 90 minutes later at $2 and $10.

Yuri Kruman
Yuri Kruman
Your AI roadmap just became someone else's decision

Sep 22, 2026

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Your AI roadmap just became someone else's decision

Four labs, one antitrust complaint filed 20 September, and a plan that assumes a capability date nobody ever sold you.

Yuri Kruman
Yuri Kruman
Nobody owns the agents you paid for

Aug 20, 2026

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Nobody owns the agents you paid for

99% of companies plan agentic AI. Only 9 to 14% have shipped it. Warp just sold the missing part.

Yuri Kruman
Yuri Kruman
Cisco cut 4,000 jobs. The stock went up.

Aug 13, 2026

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Cisco cut 4,000 jobs. The stock went up.

It reports again today. You are not too expensive to keep - you are the wrong line item. That difference is everything.

Yuri Kruman
Yuri Kruman
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