Together with

Good Morning, AI Enthusiast! 

Today’s headline that’s got everyone talking? Coinbase just fired engineers who refused to adopt AI coding assistants making it clear AI isn’t optional anymore.

Let’s break it down.

Today’s Unfiltered Report Features:

• Top Stories Including: Meta Strikes Deal With Midjourney and OpenAI Cracks Down on SPVs

• How to Survive the AI Hiring Wave

• Coinbase CEO Fires Engineers Over AI Refusal

Read Time: 5 Minutes

Top Stories

Meta Strikes Deal With Midjourney: Meta is teaming up with Midjourney to license its AI image and video tech, a move aimed at supercharging Meta’s own AI products and keeping pace with rivals like OpenAI and Google. The partnership gives Meta access to one of the most popular creative AI platforms, known for generating hyper-realistic visuals, while Midjourney stays independent. It’s the latest in Zuckerberg’s billion-dollar push to stack AI talent, tools, and partnerships to win the next wave of the AI race.

OpenAI Cracks Down on SPVs: OpenAI issued a warning to investors about firms pitching “special purpose vehicles” (SPVs) as a backdoor into its equity, cautioning that such deals won’t be recognized and could be worthless. The company said some groups may be trying to dodge its transfer restrictions and urged people to double-check anyone claiming to have access. The move mirrors a broader AI-industry pushback, with Anthropic reportedly forcing VCs like Menlo Ventures to invest directly rather than through SPVs.

Read more here.

Fiberon’s AI Pilot Proves the ROI of Predictive Maintenance: Fiberon’s New London plant showed just how powerful AI can be in manufacturing, saving $274,000 and avoiding 178 hours of downtime in just eight months. Using Augury’s Machine Health platform, the team spotted early signs of equipment failure, planned repairs in advance, and achieved a 2.5x return on investment. Trust in the system was high, with plant staff responding to 96% of AI alerts. The success of this pilot has Fortune Brands Innovations scaling the technology to 1,000+ machines across 16 sites worldwide, proving that predictive maintenance is more than hype, it’s a competitive edge.

Read Full Article Here.

Quick Poll

We’re always curious how people actually use AI, not just the hype, but the day-to-day stuff that saves you time or makes life easier. Your answers help us see real patterns, test ideas, and create content that’s actually useful (instead of just guessing).

How to Survive the AI Hiring Wave

AI is no longer a side tool in hiring, it’s now running the front lines.

More than 80% of companies are using it to scan resumes, 40% rely on AI chatbots to talk with candidates, and about a quarter are already letting algorithms handle interviews. With layoffs climbing past 800,000 this year and jobless claims hitting their highest levels since 2020, applicant pools are overflowing, and employers are turning to automation to keep up.

The catch? Only one in four job seekers trust AI to judge them fairly, and most still prefer face-to-face interviews. To boost your odds of making it past the bots and into human hands, check out these 10 tips for applicants.

Together with Pacaso

Learn from this investor’s $100m mistake

In 2010, a Grammy-winning artist passed on investing $200K in an emerging real estate disruptor. That stake could be worth $100+ million today.

One year later, another real estate disruptor, Zillow, went public. This time, everyday investors had regrets, missing pre-IPO gains.

Now, a new real estate innovator, Pacaso – founded by a former Zillow exec – is disrupting a $1.3T market. And unlike the others, you can invest in Pacaso as a private company.

Pacaso’s co-ownership model has generated $1B+ in luxury home sales and service fees, earned $110M+ in gross profits to date, and received backing from the same VCs behind Uber, Venmo, and eBay. They even reserved the Nasdaq ticker PCSO.

Invest for $2.90/Share

_{Paid advertisement for Pacaso’s Regulation A offering. Read the offering circular at invest.pacaso.com. Reserving a ticker symbol is not a guarantee that the company will go public. Listing on the NASDAQ is subject to approvals.}

What’s Trending

Coinbase CEO Fires Engineers Over AI Refusal

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong revealed that a handful of engineers were fired after refusing to onboard with AI coding assistants like GitHub Copilot and Cursor, despite the company buying licenses for every developer. Armstrong said he gave a blunt mandate in the engineering Slack channel, demanding everyone at least set up accounts within a week or explain themselves in a Saturday meeting. While some employees had valid excuses, those who didn’t comply were let go, a move Armstrong admitted was “heavy-handed” but necessary to signal that AI adoption at Coinbase isn’t optional. Since then, the company has doubled down with monthly sessions where teams share how they’re using AI to speed up coding, even as Armstrong himself acknowledges the long-term challenge of managing AI-written code.

That’s a Wrap for Today 👋

Thanks for reading see you tomorrow!

Future AI Team

Have feedback or AI tips? Reply to this newsletter, we read every one.