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Daily office hours and a program to support the toughest 5% of your no-code/low-code project. Let's ship!

[State Change @StateChangeAI]

CEOs aren't just cutting costs — they're handing headcount to AI. The honest answer to "when do I get to retire?" turns out to be: reduce headcount, and let AI carry the load.

Full conversation: https://t.co/36WwuYVf1q

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Frontier AI models are becoming interchangeable gears in a larger machine — the practical move is choosing the right model-plus-harness fit per job, not loyalty to one model, since new frontier leaders keep displacing the last favorite.

Full conversation: https://t.co/xDclDLEAVw

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“The token efficiency is much better — token cost seems to be lower because it's more efficient.”

Full conversation: https://t.co/xDclDLEAVw

[State Change @StateChangeAI]

“It's actually the thing that surprised me the most about it is how fast it is.”

Full conversation: https://t.co/xDclDLEAVw

[State Change @StateChangeAI]

Where does value survive when AI models get commoditized?

Specialist data, regulated context, or proprietary process — otherwise you become an invisible extension of someone else's prompt.

Full conversation: https://t.co/GHL8nrDZct

[State Change @StateChangeAI]

“Unreal Engine creates bigger unlocks when working with models, which then increases the value of Unreal Engine as more people are able to make more extraordinary stuff with a whole lot less labor.”

Full conversation: https://t.co/GHL8nrDZct

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“The differential for me comes from specialist knowledge or regulatory environment — where it's not as easy to just do a straight substitution.”

Full conversation: https://t.co/GHL8nrDZct

[State Change @StateChangeAI]

AI subscription pricing will pass through three phases before it settles: generous today, expensive and metered next, then cheap once infrastructure matures — the same arc that took phone plans from per-minute billing to unlimited data.

Full conversation: https://t.co/TTI3EN4M5n

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"That creates predictability for the customer, and the customer is willing to pay a premium for that predictability."

Full conversation: https://t.co/TTI3EN4M5n

[State Change @StateChangeAI]

"The iPhone comes along and the thing that becomes much more important is data — and we stop getting subsidization. Phones become much more expensive."

Full conversation: https://t.co/TTI3EN4M5n

[State Change @StateChangeAI]

I sometimes work on ideas by making songs about them with Suno. I thought this one was a lot of fun while also a cautionary tale for an eager software founder.

https://t.co/P2xG2n5QFh

[State Change @StateChangeAI]

A subscription vendor exchanges cash now for cash later. When the price of time rises, those future receipts are worth less today—and carrying the wait costs more.

Full essay: https://t.co/XOAi0QvJfK

[State Change @StateChangeAI]

Don't build your plan around the return of a decade-long near-zero-rate regime. Study how software was sold before it, then build business models for the macroeconomic environment we actually have.

Full essay: https://t.co/XOAi0QvJfK

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SaaS is not the natural state of software. It is a recent model shaped by a specific macroeconomic environment—and interest rates help explain both its rise and where it goes next.

Full essay: https://t.co/XOAi0QvJfK

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The real shift in AI isn't about better prompting, it is about building the infrastructure that gives agents hands to interact with your software.

https://t.co/R7BZbeqxhq

[State Change @StateChangeAI]

One incumbent becomes two economically opposed businesses: a cash-generating legacy business and a faster, smaller growth product.

Full conversation: https://t.co/SVmYKosZ1v

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“employees as a result of using AI were looking to take more vacation”

Full conversation: https://t.co/yq6fXpf0Xd

#AI #FutureOfWork #Management

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“when do you go all in, say okay, let's just ditch the old one and let's focus on this”

Full conversation: https://t.co/yq6fXpf0Xd

#AI #Software #ProductStrategy

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A startup needs two engines: building creates the offer; selling puts it into customers' hands and brings back the learning that improves what gets built.

Full essay: https://t.co/dUJZG7jeaY

[State Change @StateChangeAI]

You can study sales and still begin imperfectly. The uncomfortable first reps are part of becoming capable.

Full essay: https://t.co/dUJZG7jeaY