CEO Fires 80% Over AI 😳🤖

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by The Business Model Analyst

Hello, Biz Enthusiasts!
Some CEOs are firing humans faster than AI writes resumes, Gen Z is going broke on $12 lattes, and Meta thinks you’ll swap your iPhone for glasses that look like they belong in Black Mirror. Meanwhile, ChatGPT’s mobile app is printing money like a Vegas slot machine, and scientists just figured out how to read your silent thoughts (so yes, even your “shower arguments” are no longer safe). Let’s dive in. 🚀

Hot Takes 🚀

1. CEO Axes 80% of Staff for “Not AI Enough” 🤖✂️
IgniteTech’s CEO Eric Vaughan basically said: “Learn AI or learn unemployment.” He replaced nearly 80% of his company because employees didn’t adapt fast enough. Two years later, he says he’d do it again. Lesson? The only thing scarier than AI taking jobs is your boss using it as an excuse.
👉 See why he went full Terminator on his team

2. ChatGPT Mobile App Crosses $2B 🤑📱
In just two years, ChatGPT’s mobile app made more money than every other chatbot combined. With 690M installs and $193M rolling in monthly, OpenAI basically turned curiosity into cash. Competitors? Still fumbling with their app stores.
👉 Check how ChatGPT is eating the app economy

3. Gen Z’s “Little Treat” Economy Is Huge ☕🍪
Why save for rent when you can buy a $12 coffee or $30 plushie? Over half of Gen Z splurge weekly on “treats,” even if they’re broke. From cookies to TikTok hauls, it’s retail therapy disguised as self-care. Landlords everywhere are crying.
👉 Peek inside Gen Z’s treat-yourself culture

4. Meta’s Smart Glasses Priced Like iPhones 👓📱
Meta’s new “Hypernova” glasses are landing at $800 — basically iPhone pricing for a single-lens Android strapped to your face. Zuck is betting you’ll ditch your phone for glasses. History says: remember Google Glass?
👉 See why Meta thinks glasses can kill the iPhone

5. Scientists Can Read Silent Thoughts Now 🧠🔊
Stanford cracked the code to translate your “inside voice” into words with up to 74% accuracy. This could be life-changing for people with speech loss — but also terrifying if your brain’s sass gets leaked mid-meeting.
👉 Read how your brain just got less private

Strategy Deep Dive

Quick Hits 📰

• Europe’s IPO Meltdown: Companies like Klarna and Arm are ditching London for Wall Street, leaving Europe’s exchanges looking dusty.
  👉 Why Europe’s markets are losing stars

• OpenAI Goes Open Again: For the first time since GPT-2, OpenAI dropped open-weight LLMs — gpt-oss-20b & 120b. Nerds rejoice.
  👉 Dive into the architectures

• AI Hosting Inconsistencies: Same model, wildly different scores depending on the provider. Apparently even AIs have bad Wi-Fi days.
  👉 See why your model might flunk math

• Why LLMs Still Suck at Coding: They can generate code, but can’t hold a “mental model” like real engineers. Basically, interns with infinite coffee.
  👉 Read why software is safe… for now

• $800 Credit Cards Are Hot: Airlines and banks want only rich rich customers. Travel hackers? Sorry, the house always wins now.
  👉 See how perks got pricier

• Neuralink Rival in Hiding: Synchron, backed by Gates & Bezos, runs brain-implant trials in secret NYC offices.
  👉 Inside their “secret HQ”

• Roblox Facing Child-Safety Lawsuits: Parents & lawyers prepping hundreds of cases accusing Roblox of failing to protect kids.
  👉 Why lawsuits could flood Roblox

• Adults Go to Camp for Friends: Sleep-away camps for 20–30-somethings are booming. S’mores + networking = millennial dream.
  👉 See how grown-ups are “treating themselves” differently

• AI-Powered Plushies for Kids: Chatbots disguised as stuffed animals ($99 a pop). Parents say “cute,” psychologists say “creepy.”
  👉 Meet the AI toys gunning for Barbie

• iPhone Texts Getting Safer: Apple testing end-to-end encryption for Android-iPhone RCS chats in iOS 26. Green bubbles rejoice.
  👉 When your texts might finally be private
  

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