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Bootstrapped for Cash

Sealambda

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This is a podcast about two techies, Iván and Giorgio, who once worked at a startup that got acquired and thought: "Hey, we can do this ourselves!"—only to realize they have no clue what they’re doing. Now bootstrapping their own indie venture, they’re navigating business, marketing, and sales while awkwardly exposing themselves as introverts on social media. Along the way, they’re using AI to build new products because "chatbots are boring, and we can do better". Expect plenty of facepalms, questionable decisions, and the dry, sardonic humor that unites Southern Europeans.

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This is a podcast about two techies, Iván and Giorgio, who once worked at a startup that got acquired and thought: "Hey, we can do this ourselves!"—only to realize they have no clue what they’re doing. Now bootstrapping their own indie venture, they’re navigating business, marketing, and sales while awkwardly exposing themselves as introverts on social media. Along the way, they’re using AI to build new products because "chatbots are boring, and we can do better". Expect plenty of facepalms, questionable decisions, and the dry, sardonic humor that unites Southern Europeans.

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AI toys are here — but are your kids safe?

Bootstrapped for Cash

35 minutes 16 seconds

4 months ago

AI toys are here — but are your kids safe?

Mattel — the company behind Barbie and Hot Wheels — just announced a partnership with OpenAI to bring artificial intelligence into children’s toys. But what’s the tradeoff?

In this episode, Giorgio and Iván dive into the hidden risks of letting AI influence how kids learn, play, and grow — plus a roundup of this week’s biggest AI news from OpenAI, Meta, and more.

Links:

Collaboration with Mattel:

https://corporate.mattel.com/news/mattel-and-openai-announce-strategic-collaboration

Dangers of AI and mental health:

https://archive.is/s1g7e

o3 Pro release:

https://help.openai.com/en/articles/9624314-model-release-notes

o3 price reduction:

https://x.com/OpenAIDevs/status/1932532777565446348

https://x.com/edwinarbus/status/1932534578469654552

Partnership with Google:

https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/openai-taps-google-unprecedented-cloud-deal-despite-ai-rivalry-sources-say-2025-06-10/

Break-up with Microsoft:

https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/openai-and-microsoft-tensions-are-reaching-a-boiling-point-4981c44f

Meta acquires Scale AI and hires Alexandr Wang:

https://www.theverge.com/meta/685711/meta-scale-ai-ceo-alexandr-wang

Meta offers up to $10M to hire people for their AI Lab:

https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/13/meta_offers_10m_ai_researcher/

Seedance 1.0:

https://seed.bytedance.com/en/seedance

Hailuo 2.0:

https://hailuoai.video/

Universal and Disney sue Midjourney:

https://www.npr.org/2025/06/12/nx-s1-5431684/ai-disney-universal-midjourney-copyright-infringement-lawsuit

Chinese AI companies smuggle training data to Malaysia:

https://www.perplexity.ai/discover/top/chinese-ai-companies-smuggle-t-DWkKaFZTTCCPpWH9CljVCg