AI steals jobs. It should pay taxes
If AI is taking jobs, why isn't it paying tax?

Two founders, Matt & Ian, navigating the world of AI — and showing their work.
Mark Cuban says we need to tax agents. Ian Sweeney agrees. Matt Pasienski doesn't. Let the sparks fly. The guys also cover the launch of breakneckpodcast.com, Anthropic's IPO news, the latest Mythos update and AI visuals as code.
If AI is taking jobs, why isn't it paying tax?
I'm enamoured by the promise of visual AI to communicate more concisely and efficiently than words alone. But to date, there's been leaks in the Ai image-gen workflow. If you've ever tried to instruct AI to edit an image or video, it's very easy to go off the rails. We've been missing an O-ring to plug that workflow leak. AI Visuals as code might be the answer. A16z has a really interesting piece this week which discusses exactly that; generating visuals programmatically with AI.
Anthropic has announced their expanding project last week to another 150 enterprises. The group covers several industries that weren’t well represented in our initial cohort, such as power, water, healthcare, communications, and hardware.
It's official. Anthropic has announced their IPO is filed. We'll cover it in more detail in this week's episode.
We have results of Claude Mythos's impact, and it's actually positive. This week we also cover the hot products out of Google I/O.
Remember when 'cloud startup' was a buzzword? Like 'mobile-first,' it's become the norm. We're reaching peak cloud adoption, making the distinction obsolete. What's next? #CloudComputing #TechTrends #Innovation #StartupLife
AI could reshape industries, but who leads? While many tech giants compete, NVIDIA has emerged as the world's most valuable company. Discover the unexpected strength behind their AI infrastructure. #NVIDIA #AI #Technology #Business #Innovation
Elon just lost an enormous case that opens the door to several TRILLION DOLLAR IPOs this summer
The verdict is in on the Musk vs OpenAI case. We also go deep on the Benedict Evans "AI eats the world" report.
In the last two weeks major investments in a strategy that calls into question whether human-level AGI is right around the corner as leaders have previously claimed.
We hit up a bunch of topics this week!
It's been a week for the design community! In this week's Breakneck Podcast we hit up Claude Design, OpenAI v2 of ImageGen, and the one we're all worried about, Anthropic charging us more! Proudly brought to you by Pact and IntersectionX.ai
Claude is rolling out new applications faster than we can review them. Is there any vertical that's safe?
This week we attempt to put some shape to the insane shift that AI has driven in Q1 of 2026. We cover Stripe's 2025 letter, Sierra's launch of Ghostwriter and more.