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EPISODE · Jun 5, 2026 · 18 MIN

Microsoft's agent playbook, Altman's AI apocalypse reversal, and Anthropic IPO | Now Shipping

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Welcome to Episode 1 of Mind the Product's brand new weekly AI briefing show for product people — with three key stories to pay attention to. In this episode, we cover:(00:00) Introduction to Now Shipping(01:12) Microsoft's agentic AI playbook and the "frontier firm"(07:09) Sam Altman walks back job displacement predictions(13:32) Anthropic files for IPO — and what it means for product buildersReferenced:— Microsoft Digital at Microsoft Build: https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2025/05/19/microsoft-digital-becomes-a-frontier-firm/— Yale Budget Lab study on AI and the labour market (May 2025): https://budgetlab.yale.edu— Anthropic S-1 IPO filing (June 2025): https://www.anthropic.com— Fortune's article on Sam Altman and Dario Amodei walking back on AI predictions: https://fortune.com/2026/05/26/sam-altman-dario-amodei-walking-back-ai-jobs-apocalypse-prophecies-ipo/

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Welcome to Episode 1 of Mind the Product's brand new weekly AI briefing show for product people — with three key stories to pay attention to. In this episode, we cover: (00:00) Introduction to Now Shipping (01:12) Microsoft's agentic AI playbook and the "frontier firm" (07:09) Sam Altman walks back job displacement predictions (13:32) Anthropic files for IPO — and what it means for product builders Referenced: — Microsoft Digital at Microsoft Build: https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/20...

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