Agents, Goblins, and Founder Velocity Take Over Tech Podcasts
Friday, May 1, 2026 · 4 min
Today’s strongest tech-pod moments orbit AI’s next operating layer: agents choosing models, Codex’s weird system-prompt folklore, and founders proving that speed, customer pull, and distribution still beat beautiful theory.
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Today’s strongest tech-pod moments orbit AI’s next operating layer: agents choosing models, Codex’s weird system-prompt folklore, and founders proving that speed, customer pull, and distribution still beat beautiful theory.
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- 20VC x SaaStr: When the Agents Pick the Models, OpenAI Comes Back to Life, and Thoma Bravo Just Wiped Out $5.1B on Medallia | SaaStr — Jason Lemkin
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- How to win — and lose — Decoder | The Verge — Nick Statt
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- Why OpenAI Has Literally Been Fighting Goblins - DTNS 5259 — Tom Merritt
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- 55 Employees, 3 Million Users, $0 Marketing Budget. Then a Miro Exit. — Christian Woese
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- Investor Stories 473: Speed at Legora, Intensity at Mysten, Mastery at Heights Labs — Why These Founders Stand Out (Effron, Austin, Simpson) | The Full Ratchet — Nick Moran
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