Episode 8: Deel finally claps back, Exit Five Drive grand finale, and Duolingo catches heat for AI

The drama continues. In Ep. 8 of Notorious B2B, Tim and Tas dig into the messiest updates in tech right now: the spy war between Rippling and Deal escalates, the finalé on Exit Five’s application-based event, and Duolingo catches fire for saying they’ll replace contractors with AI. (Yeah, that went great.) What’s inside: • Deel hits back at Rippling with a 5-count lawsuit with a wild counterspy claim • Duolingo's "AI-first" announcement goes off the rails • Exit Five rejection-ish emails go out  • Reddit asks: are LinkedIn influencers actually bad hires? Oh, and someone may or may not be trying to use LinkedIn as a dating site?!  Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 02:00 Kyle Coleman moves from Copy.ai to ClickUp 08:59 Deel hits back at Rippling with a 5-count lawsuit (and wild counterspy claim) 18:07 Exit Five “rejection-ish” emails go out 27:18 Duolingo’s “AI-first” announcement goes off the rails 45:14 Reddit asks: Are LinkedIn influencers actually bad hires? 54:34 LinkedIn as a dating site 1:05:03 Wrap-up & outro but wait Hockeystack comment on our last episode?   -------------------------  Connect with the hosts: Tim Davidson – linkedin.com/in/tadavidson41 Tas Bober – linkedin.com/in/tasbober  Subscribe for more no-BS breakdowns of the internet's wildest B2B moments.