AI Agents Need Rails, and OpenAI Drama Hits a Wall
Friday, May 22, 2026 · 9 min
Sreeram Kannan and Andrew Feldman anchor a builder-heavy tech-podcast slate: AI agents need crypto rails before real autonomy, Cerebras gets the post-IPO treatment, Musk v. Altman fizzles in court, and Eric Ries asks why good companies rot.
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Sreeram Kannan and Andrew Feldman anchor a builder-heavy tech-podcast slate: AI agents need crypto rails before real autonomy, Cerebras gets the post-IPO treatment, Musk v. Altman fizzles in court, and Eric Ries asks why good companies rot.
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