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This week on Techish, Michael and Abadesi unpack why Issa Rae doesn’t feel successful despite, well, all her success; Donald Glover’s revelation that he suffered a stroke and had a hole in his heart; and why Pharrell Williams can’t simply opt out of politics. And for the Patreon fam: the uproar on Chinese social media after a man who froze his wife was spotted with a new partner.

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Chapters

00:23 Issa Rae, Donald Glover, And The Truth About Success
13:10 Pharrell Williams Says Politics Isn’t Real
20:55 Man Who Froze His Wife Now Has A New Girlfriend [Patreon-Only]

Extra Reading & Resources

• Issa Rae Reflects on Highs, Lows, and the Fear of Losing It All | Not My Best Moment with KevOnStage [YouTube]
• Childish Gambino Reveals He Suffered a Stroke: ‘They Found a Hole in My Heart’ [VICE] 
• Pharrell Williams Reveals His Political Stance, Says Picking Sides Inadvertently Supports ‘Division’ [Complex] 
• Man who cryogenically froze late wife sparks debate by dating new partner [BBC] 

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This week on Techish, Abadesi and Michael talk about why Y Combinator founders are suddenly getting way younger, the TikToker who called churches pretending to be a mom needing baby formula, the CEO who fired two employees over an affair, and the Cryptoqueen who got jailed over her £5bn Bitcoin stash.

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Chapters

00:25 Y Combinator Founders Are Getting Younger and Younger
 12:08 TikToker Exposes Churches That Failed To Help Mom in Need
 24:24 CEO Fires Two Employees for Having an Affair
 34:17 The Fall of Crypto Scammers

Extra Reading & Resources

• YC founders are getting younger and feeling the pressure [Business Insider]
• TikToker pretending to be needy mom called megachurches for help with their responses going viral [The Independent]
• Cryptoqueen who fled China for London mansion jailed over £5bn Bitcoin stash [BBC]

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This week, Techish host Michael Berhane teams up with TechCrunch reporter Dominic-Madori Davis to break down why Silicon Valley is leaning into the intense 996 work culture. They also dive into  Black beauty brands like Ami Colé struggling to stay afloat. Flo’s privacy trial, and Mira Murati’s $2 billion seed round. And for the Patreon subscribers: why the Tea app is in hot water and the dark side of tech’s H-1B visas.

Chapters

00:43 Silicon Valley Embraces Controversial 996 Workweek

07:11 Black-Owned Beauty Brand Ami Colé Shuts Down

13:33 Period-Tracking App Flo's Data Privacy Lawsuit

17:46 Former OpenAI CTO Raises $2 Billion With No Product

23:08 The Tea App Is In Hot Water [Patreon-Only]

31:25 Are Tech Companies Exploiting H-1B Visa Holders? [Patreon-Only]

Extra Reading & Resources

• Silicon Valley AI Startups Are Embracing China’s Controversial ‘996’ Work Schedule [Wired] 
• Why I Am Closing Ami Colé My beauty brand offered Black women shades they couldn’t find elsewhere. Why wasn’t that enough? [The Cut] 
• Sephora or Against? [Puck, $]
• As class action trial looms, Meta and Flo could face 'mind-boggling' damages [Reuters]
• Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab valued at $10bn after $2bn fundraising [FT] 

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Techish is back with a brand new episode and this week hosts Michael & Abadesi dive into:

• Millennials first generation to not get more conservative as they age (01:30)
• Acceptable careers for African parents (07:45)
• Burna Boy sells out London stadium  (16:05)
• Study reveals skinny women earn more (17:45)
• TikTok prankster Mizzy and the attention economy (23:20) 

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 Further reading:
Mark Zuckerberg completes extreme fitness challenge in 9kg vest
Millennials are the FIRST generation that has not become more Tory as they have got older
Buff billionaires are latest sign that bulk is now beautiful for male body image
It pays to be skinny
Burna Boy makes history with sold-out London Stadium gig
The disturbing rise of Mizzy: this is what happens when culture values nothing but attention
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Techish is back with a brand new episode and this week hosts Michael & Abadesi dive into:

• Apple Vision Pro - is it worth the price tag? (01:45)
• Apple fixes 'ducking hell' autocorrect with AI (05:00)
• VR vs Generative AI vs Crypto  (09:20)
• Liz Holmes finally heads to prison (13:45)
• Succession comes to an end (16:40)

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 Further reading:
Apple Vision Pro is Apple’s new $3,499 AR headset - The Verge
OpenAI Introduces ChatGPT App for the iPhone - The New York Times
Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes begins 11-year prison sentence - BBC News
As Elizabeth Holmes heads to prison for fraud, many puzzle over her motives - Politico

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Techish is back with a brand new episode and this week hosts Michael & Abadesi dive into:

• Frenemies cloning your tech product (01:55)
• Is joining a startup worth it?  (06:55)
• RIP Tina Turner (15:00)
• Sunday Times’ 35 Richest Under 35 (16:00)
• Star signs of the rich and successful (23:45)
• Succession comes to an end (26:00)

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Techish is back with a brand new episode and this week hosts Michael  & Abadesi break down: 

• Snapchat influencer launches herself as an AI-powered 'virtual girlfriend' (02:00)
• Uber's DEI chief suspended over 'Don't Call Me Karen' event (12:55)
• Facebook and Instagram want to copy Twitter  (21:15)
• Is Buzzfeed using AI to develop authentic ethnic content? (27:30)
• Beyonce’s making bank on tour and teases a new haircare line (38:30)

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Further reading:

• 23-year-old Snapchat influencer used OpenAI’s technology to create an A.I. version of herself that will be your girlfriend for $1 per minute
• Uber's DEI Chief Placed On Leave After 'Don't Call Me Karen' Event Backlash
• Is Buzzfeed Using AI To Develop Black, Asian, Latine Content In "Authentic Voice"?
• Beyoncé has just announced a hair care line is in the works, but is the backlash fair criticism or is it steeped in racism?

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Techish is back with a brand new episode and this week hosts Michael  & Abadesi break down:

• Elizabeth Holmes and the glamorisation of White criminals (02:00)
• Autonomous vehicles are racists and we aren't surprised (04:15)
• Chief.com, The Wing and why women can't have nice things (05:25)
• Eboni  K. Williams, financial expectations when dating and the future of white collar jobs (12:00)
• The real price of luxury goods (22:50)

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Further reading:

• Liz Holmes Wants You to Forget About Elizabeth 
• Elizabeth Holmes is rebranding herself as a sweet, devoted mother. Will anyone buy it?
• DJ Envy, Eboni K. Williams Debate Men And “Mediocrity” Following “Bus Driver” Comment
• Private Women’s Membership Group, Chief, Is Being Called Out For White Feminism
• Is amassing power for corporate women a worthy goal in itself?

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Techish are back in the studio this week and in this episode, hosts Michael  & Abadesi break down:

• Thoughts and prayers go out to Jamie Foxx (00:58)
• Google's push to AI and why the big tech is in trouble (04:50)
• Jack Dorsey, Jay Z, and Tidal (15:15)
• The downfall of millennial media companies Vice and BuzzFeed (17:05)
• Geoffrey Hinton the godfather of AI speaks out against the technology (20:25)

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• Jack Dorsey and Tidal 
• Google's Perk-cession 
• Google AI 
• How Vice and Buzzfeed fell 
• Godfather of AI speaks out against it 

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Techish is back with a digital blackface special!  Michael with Abadesi break down:

• Black virtual model Shudu.gram created by white man secures high value deals
• Shudu.gram 3D model creator responds to virtual blackface backlash 
• The return of blackface "digital models" with generative AI
• Levi plans to use AI models to boost diversity instead of real people 

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