What is an SRE, really? In this episode, Iyanu and Dammy are joined by Opeyemi Onikute - a Senior SRE at Cloudflare - who breaks down Systems Reliability Engineering at three levels: explained like you’re 5, in high school, and a CS graduate.

We then dive into some of the biggest tech stories right now: AI agents and agentic tools, AI assistants organising themselves online, PayPal’s return to Nigeria via Paga, and more.

Chapters🎙️
00:00 - Intro
01:47 - SRE 101 Crash Course
07:30 - What is Anthropic up to?
07:51 - Claude Cowork
10:49 - How Agentic tools can help everyday people
17:16 - What is Observability?
18:52 - OpenClaw and Moltbook
30:32 - Waymo under fire
34:49 - Amazon Layoffs
36:18 - Are we cooked?
38:43 - LLM's and ART...red flag
39:40 - Paypal returns to Nigeria
41:39 - Outro

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Ladies and gents, welcome to episode 7. Big tech made three loud moves, and they all point to where AI is heading next.

Meta cut 1,000+ jobs in Reality Labs (about 10%), with reports of multiple VR studios being shut down. Apple and Google confirmed a multi-year deal to base Apple’s next-gen foundation models on Gemini. And OpenAI quietly rolled out “ChatGPT Translate,” signalling a push into single-purpose consumer utilities.

We also cover Wikimedia’s new AI partnerships, Paystack launching a microfinance bank in Nigeria, and OpenAI’s reported $10B+ compute deal with Cerebras.

Chapters
00:00 - Intro
00:30 - Meta Layoffs
06:03 - Apple and Google collaborate on foundational models and cloud tech
08:51 - Open AI acquired Torch
11:15 - What is a 4-dimensional user flow?
12:39 - ChatGPT Translate
16:59 - GTA VI launch date is shifted again
18:54 - Wikipedia foundation to partner with AI platforms
20:34 - Paystack MFB
25:07 - Open AI purchases 750MW of computing power from Cerebras
27:04 - Outro
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This week, Iyanu and Dammy unpack some of the biggest tech stories shaping the future of AI, media, and money.

We discuss Alphabet becoming the world’s second most valuable company off the back of its AI bets, and why Warner Bros. is leaning toward Netflix over Paramount despite regulatory hurdles. The conversation also dives into OpenAI’s new ChatGPT Health feature, exploring its potential, risks, and what it could mean for healthcare access globally.

The episode rounds out with reactions to Disney+ testing short-form video, Spotify’s new messaging feature, X restricting Grok image generation to paying users, and Flutterwave’s acquisition of Mono, a major moment for open banking and fintech in Africa.
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