Episode 559: A series of OODA loops

This week, we discuss the future of SaaS, OpenAI vs. Anthropic strategies, and cloud capex. Plus, when will you let an AI book your flights?

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Runner-up Titles

• Do we get to eat Moon Pies?
• Some days it’s just me and the AI
• We have a LinkedIn page
• The state of the world has not gotten better, it’s just moved to Kubernetes
• Trained on the Corpse of Stack Overflow.
• We just have to get the files right
• It is all just files
• It’s all an OODA loop
• Rinse and reply.
• Is Software dead?
• Your margin is my yacht.
• claude-travel.md
• Vegans have morals though

Rundown

• DriftlessAF: Introducing Chainguard Factory 2.0
• Is Software dead?
  • Clouded Judgement 2.6.26 - Software Is Dead...Again...For Real this Time...Maybe?
  • Anthropic’s breakout moment: how Claude won business and shook markets
  • Besieged
  • The $285 Billion 'SaaSpocalypse' Is the Wrong Panic
  • The "whole product" is more relevant than ever
• Cloud Earnings
  • Microsoft Q2 earnings beat on top and bottom lines as cloud revenue tops $50 billion, but stock falls
  • Microsoft stock plunges as Wall Street questions AI investments
  • A day of reckoning for the AI boom
  • Oracle says it plans to raise up to $50 billion in debt and equity this year
  • Google Earnings Beat. Cloud Computing Momentum Builds Amid Spending Boom
  • Amazon stock falls 10% on $200 billion spending forecast, earnings miss
  • Amazon’s $200 Billion Spending Plan Raises Stakes in A.I. Race
  • [Follow the CAPEX: Cloud Table Stakes 2024 Retrospective](http://(https://platformonomics.com/2025/02/follow-the-capex-cloud-table-stakes-2024-retrospective/)
  • Amazon Earnings, CapEx Concerns, Commodity AI
  • Google's parent company raises billions of dollars in debt sale
• OpenAI Drama
  • Amazon in Talks to Invest Up to $50 Billion in OpenAI
  • The $100 Billion Megadeal Between OpenAI and Nvidia Is on Ice
  • Sam Altman got exceptionally testy over Claude Super Bowl ads | TechCrunch
  • OpenAI will reportedly start testing ads in ChatGPT today

Relevant to your Interests

• Deploying Moltbot (Formerly Clawdbot)
• Apple tops Q1 earnings estimates on record-breaking iPhone sales
• Clouded Judgement 1.30.26 - Software is Dead...Again!
• Leaders, gainers, and unexpected winners in the Enterprise AI arms race
• All Enterprise software is dead
• The Dumbest Thing I’ve Seen This Week
• SpaceX acquires xAI in record-setting deal as Musk looks to unify AI and space ambitions
• AWS destiny: becoming the next Lumen
• CloudBees CEO: Why Migration Is a Mirage Costing You Millions
• Xcode 26.3 unlocks the power of agentic coding
• The world is trying to log off U.S. tech
• Anthropic's newest AI model uncovered 500 zero-day software flaws in testing
• DHH on OpenClaw
• Adam Jacob really likes AI code generation
• Cautionary Tales – The WOW Machine Stops (Part 2)
• Kyndryl Shares Halved Amid CFO Departure, Accounting Review
• Our $200M Series C / Oxide
• Presentations — Benedict Evans
• Matrix messaging gaining ground in government IT
• Hello Entire World · Entire Blog
• Former GitHub CEO raises record $60M dev tool seed round at $300M valuation
• From magic to malware: How OpenClaw's agent skills become an attack surface

Nonsense

• What If the Sensors on Your Car Were Inspecting Potholes for the Government? Honda Found Out
• Superbowl Ad 404

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