Episode 522: A 5-star cannot stand

This week, we discuss Apple reversioning macOS, the steady state of private cloud, and Snowflake’s acquisition of CrunchyData. Plus, the eternal quest for a 5-star Uber rating. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 522 Runner-up Titles Saudi crypto money You know what humans like? Buses I think we need 10 stars Snow lion Maslow’s hierarchy of enterprise needs The Alexandria datacenter for French Telecom Always be cobbling 20-plus years of Internetting Rundown Apple is reportedly going to rename all of its operating systems Private Cloud Still a lot - private cloud check-in, Spring 2025 Private cloud still matters—but it doesn’t matter most Re: Still a lot of private cloud, numbers of cloud repatriation (higher than I thought) Cloud Repatriation is Getting Complicated Snowflake to Buy Crunchy Data for $250 Million The AI browser wars are about to begin An Interview with Cursor Co-Founder and CEO Michael Truell About Coding With AI After Klarna, Zoom's CEO also uses an AI avatar on quarterly call The OpenAI board drama is reportedly turning into a movie Lonny Ross from 30 Rock Relevant to your Interests Exclusive: Meta splits AI team to move faster The Monster-Slaying Game You Can Play Almost Anywhere DOGE Days Thanks to AI, Gen Z is replacing pitch decks with pitchforks Mark Zuckerberg says Meta AI has 1 billion monthly active users The Future of Comments is Lies, I Guess Walmart Enters the Cloud Wars and Challenges Microsoft, Salesforce, Oracle, and SAP It’s Waymo’s World. We’re All Just Riding in It. Exclusive | Meta Aims to Fully Automate Ad Creation Using AI Space Forge raises $30M Series A to make chip materials in space AI company files for bankruptcy after being exposed as 700 Indian engineers Clouded Judgement 5.30.25 - Moats in the Age of AI Reddit Sues Anthropic, Alleges Unauthorized Use of Site’s Data Ciroos.AI Emerges From Stealth, Raises $21M To Scale Agentic AI Tool For Operations Teams IBM Said to Have Pursued Informatica Ahead of Salesforce Deal Gemini will now automatically summarize your long emails unless you opt out Nonsense WeatherStar 4000+ Conferences SREDay Cologne, June 12th, 2025 - Coté speaking, discount: CLG10, 10% off. SDT News & Community Join our Slack community Email the show: [email protected] Free stickers: Email your address to [email protected] Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté Sponsor the show: [email protected] Recommendations Brandon: Snapware Pyrex 18-piece Glass Food Storage Set Matt: Rick Rubin: Vibe Coding is the Punk Rock of Software (A16Z podcast) Photo Credits Header