Tesla Limits Engineer AI Spending, Microsoft to Cut 4,800 Jobs, Is Claude Enabling a SaaSpocalypse?

The Information's Laura Bratton talks with Rocket Drew about small firms ditching Salesforce for custom AI apps. We also talk with Grace Kay about Tesla's strict new weekly AI spending caps for engineers, and Aaron Holmes discusses Microsoft laying off 4,800 employees while overhauling its Copilot strategy.

Articles discussed on this episode: 

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/small-firms-use-claude-quit-salesforce

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/tesla-caps-employee-ai-spend-200-per-week-adoption-push 

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/microsoft-memo-details-ai-app-overhaul-earn-right-exist 

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