The Notorious B2B Show’s Podcast

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...

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 to...

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...

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, an...

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...

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...

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...

Everyone keeps announcing their LinkedIn breakup, and somehow nobody ever actually leaves. Tas and Tim opened on the platform question the whole industry keeps circling, whether the grass is really greener over on X, TikTok, or anywhere that is not LinkedIn, and whether piling up followers on a new feed does anything for actual revenue or just scratches the dopamine itch.     From there it only go...

This week we talk about:   Stripe and Advent's reported $53B bid to buy PayPal, Dentsu's 360i agency getting caught copy-pasting an entire newsletter writer's Substack in their "State of Social" report with zero credit, and Kieran Flanagan's new "Content Taste" AI skill promises to teach LinkedIn creators taste and our special guest is not having it.   Plus: the LinkedIn "death spiral" algorithm t...

In this episode, we break down the Hubspot data enrichment sharing fiasco - the announcement, the backlash, and the reversal.   Then we move on to how Meta is letting AI use your Instagram photos, a move sure to spark privacy concerns for many B2B marketers. It's a bold play that could reshape how we think about content ownership online.   Wait, there's more…we also dive into Google Search Console...

Zoom announces it’s acquiring Common Room and inches closer to being an all-in-one revenue platform?? Anthropic’s Fable 5 access is back after the government put a hold on it, and OpenAl delayed its IPO to 2027 while blaming the weather (the market weather, apparently). Also, an employee gets fired over an Elmo meme, a 28-year-old faked 4 million customers to sell JPMorgan a $175 million lie, and...

Tim Davidson unpacks the wild story of Cyber Dive Co-Founder Jeffrey Gottfurcht, now facing federal wire fraud charges after allegedly embezzling $1.5 million from his company. He blew it on a Lamborghini, a diamond ring, and a house for an escort he was seeing. You can't make this stuff up. Wait, there's more… Also hear about using AI for dog branding, a "Claude" impersonator's Slack antics, and...

This week, Tim and Tas circle back to a massive acquisition, where Salesforce spent billions on Intercom, yet for two years claimed they already had the same capabilities with their own "Agentforce."   Wait, there's more… We're also diving into the official US ban of Anthropic's Fable 5 and what Anthropic's statement is REALLY trying to say, and SpaceX buying Cursor for $60B.   As always, we balan...

Jason Lemkin’s SaaStr is making headlines this week, and we’re ripping into the implications. The world’s biggest SaaS conference is hiring a *human* marketer to report to its AI agent “10K,” which already drives 80% of their marketing and manages eight figures in revenue.  Wait, there's more… We’re talking about LinkedIn DMs turning into true love, the ethics of telling candidates why they were r...

Tim Davidson breaks down why LinkedIn is actively combating AI-generated content and automated comments. It's not just about filtering out 'AI slop'; the platform is also dealing with state-sponsored fake profiles targeting sensitive information. Wait, there's more…Tas is floating a B2B event idea, Delta gives out free cookies, and companies are backtracking on token maxing. If you've got a take,...

Bloomberg caught Salesforce red-handed. Tim Davidson dives into the report exposing that the Agentforce demos at Dreamforce were largely simulated, with key clients still on legacy systems months later. Don't fall for the smoke and mirrors. Wait, there's more…we cover Google Search's new AI-first search - the first search UI change in 25 years, AI shoppers converting better, and a CMO of a pretty...

Is this the most unhinged CEO move of the year, or a genius play? Tim breaks down why Bolt's CEO fired his entire HR department and what he claims happened next.   Wait, there’s more…we also get into Meta's massive AI pivot, LinkedIn's algorithm killing your reach, and why Google just broke SEO for good.   If you've got a take, drop it in the comments or send this to someone who needs it.   Timest...

ZoomInfo just set a new low for corporate cowardice, allegedly laying off 20% of their staff via text message. Tim breaks down how a B2B darling could get it so disastrously wrong. Is this the future of work or just a new bottom for shitty leadership? Wait, there's more…we also get into AI that monitors your emotions, the stealth AI startup trying to "remove humans", Deloitte and Zoom rolling back...

Google just dropped a 4GB surprise on your device, and they didn't bother asking for permission. Tas Bober is joined by special guest Chelsea Castle for a "girls’ hour" deep dive into the wildest week in B2B news. We’re kicking things off with the 4GB surprise Google just dropped on your device without asking: the secret installation of Gemini Nano through Chrome. We break down the total lack of c...

China just killed a $2 billion deal, and Zuck is officially left at the altar. This week, we’re breaking down the absolute chaos of the blocked Manus AI acquisition, from the "missing" CEOs to the Chinese government flex that just reminded everyone who’s actually in charge of the IP. We’re also calling out the "vibe-coding" of it all—because let’s be honest, Manus basically just control-C, control...

LinkedIn’s world just got a major shakeup. This week, we’re breaking down the end of an era: Ryan Roslansky is stepping down as CEO. But is this just a standard leadership hand-off, or the first domino in what’s looking like the "Great CEO Exodus of 2026"? With heavyweights like Apple and Hootsuite also clearing out the C-suite, we speculate on what’s really going on.    But wait, there’s more! We...

Allbirds collapsed, rebranded as an AI company, and the market reacted immediately, what’s really going on? Tim is joined by special guest Chelsea Castle to break down the strategy, the timing, and what this kind of pivot actually signals for B2B companies and the current AI hype cycle.   Wait, there’s more…LinkedIn is cracking down on tools like Shield, Apollo.io is back after a year off-platform...

Anthropic just made its move and it changed everything.   They’re limiting usage, locking down access, and even holding back their most powerful model because it’s “too dangerous” for the public. At the same time, pricing is shifting, power users are getting squeezed, and AI is quietly becoming a pay-to-play system.   Meanwhile, OpenAI is going in the opposite direction buying distribution, acquir...

Connect with the hosts: Tim Davidson – linkedin.com/in/tadavidson41 Tas Bober – linkedin.com/in/tasbober   Subscribe for more no-BS breakdowns of the internet’s wildest B2B moments.   What does corporate loyalty look like in 2026? This week, a single automated notification from Oracle provided a sobering answer for the B2B community. Tim Davidson goes solo (donning a tie for the occasion) to break...

Connect with the hosts:   Tim Davidson –   https://www.linkedin.com/in/tadavidson41   Tas Bober –  https://www.linkedin.com/in/tasbober     Subscribe for more no-BS breakdowns of the internet’s wildest B2B moments. This week on Notorious B2B, we break down the Delve story—the SOC 2 compliance startup that wasn’t actually doing compliance. What looked legit on the surface quickly turned into someth...