The Notorious B2B Show’s Podcast

What company logo would you like to flush down the toilet?
This week on Notorious B2B, Tas and Tim talk about the hottest new LinkedIn features and share their ideas on how to get more followers. Plus hear about the CEO whose bank statements got shared in the company Slack, the best-worst idea from Lovable, and how using "superintelligence" to play your AI-music can get you sent to (believe it or not) jail.
 
Find all this and more on Notorious B2B.
 
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Timestamps:0:00 Tas is Back!2:36 New LinkedIn features10:29 AI agent posts CEO’s bank records14:17 Lovable wants to run your ads23:19 ClickUp controversy29:24 Two bots named “Intake”36:15 Fake Songs + Real Money = Jail41:49 Nike layoffs in 202747:32 OpenAI bugged by employee49:49 HubSpot layoffs
 
Follow us on LinkedIn already! Tim Davidson - ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/tadavidson41⁠ Tas Bober - ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/tasbober⁠
Sources:
Urgent All Hands
⁠LinkedIn Updates1⁠
⁠LinkedIn Updates2⁠
⁠LinkedIn Updates3⁠
Let's Noodle
⁠Agent Posted Its CEO's Bank Balances to Slack⁠
Big Prompt Energy
⁠Two Legal AI Rivals Both Named Their New Product "Intake"⁠
⁠Fake AI Songs + Fake Streams = $8M in Real Money⁠ Just Flagging
⁠Layoffs Are Coming. We'll Tell You Who in 2027.⁠
⁠OpenAI Found a Recording Device Behind the TV⁠ Circling Back
⁠Three Sentences About 660 Layoffs⁠

Would you leave a job 24 hours after you got a raise?
 
This week on Notorious B2B, Tim is joined by guest host Madeleine Work, and together they try to survive the SaaSpocalypse. Plus, companies learn that employees quit, and X is a good place to start public beef. Come for the corporate espionage, stay for the cold plunge on Notorious B2B.
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Timestamps:0:00 Cold open1:39 Public Beef: Factory vs. Cognition10:29 Reverse Glassdoor (LinkedIn? Reddit?)18:02 First-Day Cold Plunge23:28 HubSpot prepares for the SaaSpocalypse28:31 New ads tested in ChatGPT33:25 “I highly recommend being born into generational wealth”
 
Connect with the hosts: Tim Davidson - ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/tadavidson41⁠ Tas Bober - ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/tasbober⁠
Guest host:
Madeleine Work - ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/madeleinework⁠
 
RESOURCES:
Let's Noodle ⁠Factory CEO Accuses Board Adviser⁠
Just Flagging ⁠OpenAI tests ads inside ChatGPT⁠
Closed Won ⁠Tanner W. LinkedIn post
X Posts:Matan Grinberg PostMatan Grinberg ThreadChris Degnan PostChris Degnan ResponseScott Wu Post
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Did Zapier just create the weirdest B2B growth play of the year?
 
This week on Notorious B2B, Tas and Tim get into the customer who legally changed his name to Zapier for lifetime access, the iced coffee job interview debate taking over LinkedIn, and Meta Muse going rogue on Facebook Marketplace.
 
And somehow, there’s more: OpenAI’s Dots release getting trolled, AI tech houses have become a thing, B2B trying to vibe code tool replacements, and a LinkedIn feature that got us excited even though it should’ve been table stakes years ago.
 
Somewhere between a legal document, an iced latte, and an AI agent giving out your address, B2B had a very normal week.
 
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Timestamps:
00:00 Cold open00:39 A customer legally changes his name to Zapier04:54 AI tech houses and the AGI House story10:21 OpenAI Dots, dot.com, and Grok13:37 Meta Muse and cute AI agents18:31 Meta Muse goes rogue on Facebook Marketplace22:58 The iced coffee interviews debate30:51 Jason Lemkin’s vibe-coded Calendly alternative38:05 LinkedIn starts showing real post dates
 
Connect with the hosts:
Tim Davidson - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tadavidson41
Tas Bober - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tasbober
RESOURCES:
LET'S NOODLE
Elon Trolls OpenAI's "Dots" Launch
Meta's Cute Muse The Iced Coffee Interview
Interview With Sizzling FajitasVibe-Coding a Calendly+
SF's $10K AI Tech Houses
Legally Changed His Name to Zapier
 
JUST FLAGGING
LinkedIn Now Shows Real Dates on Posts
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A Canva event interruption turned into AI backlash discourse, but that was only the start of this week’s B2B weirdness.
 
This week on Notorious B2B, Tas and Tim get into Dave Gerhardt’s viral quit-your-job post, why LinkedIn’s interest algorithm might be reading posts too literally, BattlBox saying $266K is missing after Braintree froze/suspended their account, and Gemini hacking three companies in a security test. 
 
Plus some funny wholesome LinkedIn posts to balance out the crazy.  B2B remains deeply normal. Obviously.
 
Timestamps: 
0:00 - Trailer: Canva's AI Event Gets Heckled
1:12 - Intro
2:56 - Canva's AI event gets heckled
9:15 - Dave Gerhardt's quit-your-job post
21:26 - Gemini hacks three companies in a security test
28:04 - AI model pricing updates
32:36 - LinkedIn's interest algorithm gets too literal
35:58 - BattlBox's frozen $266K with Braintree
38:01 - Closed-won LinkedIn chaos
 
Connect with the hosts:
Tim Davidson - ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/tadavidson41⁠
Tas Bober - ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/tasbober⁠
 
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What does the AI doomsday theory actually say? This week, Tas and Tim recap the scenarios behind the panic: loss of control, human misuse, bioweapons, nuclear war, missing safeguards, and why OpenAI and Anthropic are still building while warning everyone else to slow down.
 
Then they get into Bending Spoons buying Miro for $1.36B after already buying Airtable, and what happens when beloved B2B tools get scooped up at a fraction of their peak valuations.
 
Plus: the creator rate-card fight, brands lowballing influencers, why “we have other creators” can backfire, one truly cursed AI cold email, and LinkedIn math that refuses to math.
 
If you’ve got a take, drop it in the comments or send this to someone who needs it.
 
Timestamps:
0:00 - Trailer: The AI Doomsday Theory Explained
0:54 - Drive, INBOUND FOMO, and conference chaos
3:21 - The AI doomsday theory explained
14:45 - Bending Spoons buys Miro after Airtable
18:11 - Creator lowballing, rate cards, and brand reputation
30:07 - The AI cold email that showed the whole prompt
33:59 - Close Won: LinkedIn subject lines, Elon's resume, Teams hate, and broken analytics
 
Connect with the hosts:
Tim Davidson - ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/tadavidson41⁠
Tas Bober - ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/tasbober⁠
 
Resources
Urgent All Hands
⁠The AI Doomsday Debate⁠
⁠Jensen Huang rejects a coordinated slowdown⁠⁠Update claude.md So It Won't Kill You⁠
⁠Bending Spoons Buys Miro for $1.355B
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Let's Noodle
⁠Lowballing Creators
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Closed Won ⁠
Name in the Subject Line
⁠⁠Replace "How Was School"⁠
⁠Guess the Résumé⁠
⁠Baiting Engagement Under Bad Takes⁠⁠657 People, 39 Impressions⁠
⁠Marketing Is 10x Harder Than Product⁠
 
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Recorded live at Drive by Exit Five in Stowe, Vermont, Tas and Tim break down the ex-Anthropic employee whose viral resignation post reignited AI doomsday panic, NVIDIA's acquisition of Hugging Face, and Clay’s Head of Growth's controversial hiring take.
 
Plus: what Drive feels like in year three and the funniest LinkedIn chaos of the week.
 
If you've got a take, drop it in the comments or send this to someone who needs it.
 
Timestamps:0:00 - Trailer: Ex-Anthropic Employee Sounds the AI Alarm0:38 - Live from Drive by Exit Five in Stowe, Vermont0:48 - Drive year three: summer camp to real conference2:57 - What changed at Drive this year7:54 - The Notorious B2B moment at an AEO workshop9:12 - NVIDIA buys Hugging Face10:32 - Clay's controversial hiring take17:37 - Ex-Anthropic employee sounds the AI alarm23:23 - Closed Won: LinkedIn's funniest posts of the week26:30 - Final thoughts
 
Connect with the hosts:
Tim Davidson - ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/tadavidson41⁠
Tas Bober - ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/tasbober⁠
 
Resources & Sources:
 
Urgent All Hands:
⁠NVIDIA Buys Hugging Face for ~$13B⁠
 
Let's Noodle:
⁠Olga Denisova's post⁠
⁠Erin Riska's post⁠
 
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OpenAI is cutting off Cursor after the SpaceX acquisition, Hugging Face is selling a $399 robot duck, and HockeyStack’s cofounder is leaving after years of building in public.
This week on Notorious B2B, Tas and Tim get into OpenAI vs Cursor, billionaire tech pettiness, workplace audacity, Hugging Face’s Microduck, Reddit vs LinkedIn trend timing, Amir leaving HockeyStack, viral ChatGPT flyers, and the week’s weirdest sales posts.
If you’ve got a take, drop it in the comments or send this to someone who saw the OpenAI/Cursor news and immediately knew the customer was about to lose.
Timestamps:
0:00 - Episode 75 kickoff1:29 - OpenAI cuts off Cursor after SpaceX acquisition3:29 - Workplace harassment, "difficult" employees, and conference weirdness10:38 - Hugging Face's $399 Microduck robot15:11 - Reddit vs LinkedIn for spotting trends18:59 - Amir leaves HockeyStack24:05 - Closed Won: ChatGPT flyers, AI agents, weird personalization, and ABM armor
 
Connect with the hosts:Tim Davidson - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tadavidson41Tas Bober - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tasbober
Resources & Sources:
Let's Noodle:⁠OpenAI Cuts Cursor Off After SpaceX Buys It⁠ ⁠Called "Difficult" for Refusing⁠
⁠Hugging Face's $399 Duck Robot⁠ ⁠Newsjacking With an AI Agent⁠ Just Flagging:
⁠Emir Atli Leaves HockeyStack⁠ Closed Won: ⁠ChatGPT Flyers Look Cheap⁠ ⁠"You're Such a Good Writer"⁠ ⁠The CEO AI Agent Clapback⁠ ⁠Alli Pope jokes that calling her boss "Big Dawg" has done wonders for their working relationship.⁠ ⁠The Strangest Cold Call You've Received
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Is your AI visibility strategy built on a platform that can disappear from the answers overnight?
 
This week on Notorious B2B, Tas and Tim get into Accenture asking employees to skip August PTO, Reddit citations reportedly dropping sharply in ChatGPT, Google bidding for Spirit Airlines data, Dan Sanchez leaving LinkedIn over AI slop, and one of the worst outreach personalization fails we’ve seen in a while.
 
Basically: corporate pressure, AI search volatility, data privacy weirdness, and LinkedIn being LinkedIn.
 
If you’ve got a take, drop it in the comments or send this to someone who needs it.
 
Timestamp:
0:00 - Trailer: Reddit Citations in ChatGPT Dropped 80%
1:44 - Accenture asks employees to skip August PTO
10:02 - Dan Sanchez exits LinkedIn over AI slop
16:41 - LinkedIn tests AI comment flagging
19:47 - Outreach personalization gone wrong
26:06 - Google bids for Spirit Airlines data
35:35 - Reddit citations in ChatGPT dropped 80%
 
Connect with the hosts:
Tim Davidson - ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/tadavidson41⁠
Tas Bober - ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/tasbober ⁠
 
Resources & Sources
 
BIG PROMPT ENERGY:
Reddit citations in ChatGPT⁠ Sami's Post ⁠
 
Google buys Spirit Airlines data
⁠Forbes Article ⁠
 
LET'S NOODLE
⁠Dan Sanchez - the AI Marketing Guy Post ⁠
 
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Are the AI tools B2B marketers are using every day starting to create bigger problems than they solve?
 
This week on Notorious B2B, Tas and Tim get into a viral AI billboard that turned out to be one human, Claude watermarking AI-generated text, Otter and Granola facing AI note-taker lawsuits, Lovable raising at a massive $13B valuation, and Airtable selling to Bending Spoons after its $11B peak
 
If you've got a take, drop it in the comments or send this to someone who needs to check what their AI stack is quietly doing.
 
Timestamps:0:00 - Trailer: The "AI" Billboard That Was Actually a Person4:53 - Airtable sells to Bending Spoons8:24 - Lovable's $13B valuation13:54 - Claude starts watermarking AI text21:43 - The "AI" billboard that was actually a person28:04 - Otter, Granola, and the AI note-taker consent problem38:31 - AI agents finding loopholes in the real world47:52 - Closed Won: The best B2B LinkedIn posts of the week
 
Connect with the hosts:
Tim Davidson - ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/tadavidson41⁠
Tas Bober - ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/tasbober⁠
 
Resources & Sources
 
URGENT ALL HANDS:
⁠TechCrunch⁠
 
LET'S NOODLE:
⁠Thomas Peham's post⁠
 
CLOSED WON:
⁠Renée Shaw's post
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Is LinkedIn really going to let people report posts as “AI slop”?
 
This week on Notorious B2B, Tas and Tim get into LinkedIn’s latest advice on “insight + personality,” the new “Seems like AI slop” report button, Substack and Pangram’s AI detection push, Adam Robinson’s AI whiplash, and one deeply unhinged Claude-in-Slack moment.
 
Basically: everyone wants more humanity, but half the internet is asking Claude how to sound human.
 
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Timestamps:00:00 Intro03:09 Tim’s almost-DJ career and the B2B album05:22 Does follower count even matter on LinkedIn anymore?09:36 What It Takes to Win on LinkedIn (LinkedIn CEO Dan Shapero)14:44 Why LinkedIn’s interest-based feed feels broken21:02 LinkedIn’s New "Seems Like AI Slop" feature28:12 Substack’s AI detection and "Claudefishing"41:20 Testing Pangram: Can AI detectors spot real human writing?44:47 Adam Robinson warns against AI over-reliance
 
Connect with the hosts:Tim Davidson - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tadavidson41Tas Bober - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tasbober
 
Resources & Sources
LET'S NOODLE:Dani Markovits' post
Nick Bennett's post
Sara Stella Lattanzio's post
BIG PROMPT ENERGY:Adam Robinson's post
CLOSED WON:Ashley Amber Sava's post
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