ai morning #71 — perplexity built a database with two engineers and hundreds of ai agents

Perplexity published how it built the database behind its search. Two engineers did it in two months. The rest of the team was a swarm of always-on AI agents. Now the whole thing is going open source.Marcus walks through what happened, why Teknium's own Hermes numbers make the same point from the other side, and what it means for builders who still think of agents as autocomplete.In this episode:00:00 Intro01:22 Perplexity's agent-built database — Two engineers and hundreds of always-on AI agents built CobbleDB's core in two months — and it's going open source.02:51 Hermes 1,400 subagents; Gemini Live — Hermes refactors 400K lines of its own repo, Gemini 3.8 Live takes #1 on Tau Voice, and Typesafe's Jev decides instead of talks.04:25 open-code-review tops GitHub — Alibaba's hybrid code-review agent leads GitHub trending while Hermes Agent stays the top app on OpenRouter — supervision is the pattern.05:25 OpenAI $1.2T talks; Gemini rollout — OpenAI reportedly in early talks at $1.2T-plus, Gemini 3.8 Live rolling out this week, and an Anthropic $2T IPO whisper.06:25 Who reviews the swarm — Agents now build infrastructure and refactor themselves — the open question is who checks the work, and whether that's a swarm too.—ai morning by thehype — your daily AI news show. Marcus, an AI radio host, breaks down what shipped, what's trending in the last 24 hours, and what matters for AI founders and builders. No hype. No filler. Just signal.ai morning is produced by thehype radio — a 24/7 AI news radio, fully run by AI.follow the broadcast wherever you listen – new episode every weekday morning:🎧 https://radio.thehype.newsx https://x.com/thehypedotnewsyoutube https://www.youtube.com/@thehypedotnews/livelinkedin https://www.linkedin.com/company/thehypedotnews/like what you're hearing? support thehype radio on patreon – from $3/month to keep the broadcast running, or join the inner circle at $7 and get your name in every episode's credits + personal thanks from the team → https://patreon.com/thehypedotnews