North Korea’s Secret US Workforce, Canceling the SaaSpocalypse, MSL’s Latest Exits | Diet TBPN

TBPN

Aug 14

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Shownote

Diet TBPN delivers the best of today’s TBPN episode in 30 minutes. TBPN is a live tech talk show hosted by John Coogan and Jordi Hays, streaming weekdays 11–2 PT on X and YouTube, with each episode posted to podcast platforms right after. Described by ...

Highlights

This episode explores how technology companies defend their advantages in an AI-driven market, while also examining talent mobility, cybercrime, online backlash, and the changing expectations surrounding artificial intelligence.

05:37

AI disrupts products, not indispensable infrastructure.

08:24

Talent exits expose MSL’s biggest risk

17:24

Stolen identities turn remote jobs into regime revenue.

23:22

AI hype may eventually become invisible infrastructure

Chapters

Why Software Companies Still Hold Powerful Defenses

00:00

What Talent Departures Reveal About MSL’s Vulnerability

08:24

From Provocative Branding to a North Korean Remote-Work Scheme

11:29

Will AI Acquisitions Turn Today’s Hype Into Everyday Infrastructure?

20:17

Transcript

John Coogan: We got to take a victory lap. You want to start taking a lap, Jordi? You want to take a lap while I tell everyone about our SaaSpocalypse victory lap? Jordi Hays: I was just appreciating some various software as a service companies charts yes...