Why AI Agent Swarms Will Break Traditional Cybersecurity
Jason Lemkin and Rory O'Driscoll explain why autonomous AI agent swarms make cybersecurity attacks cheap, continuous, and unmanageable.
NVIDIA Crushes Quarter | OpenAI Cuts Off Cursor | Instinct Hits $2.5B Valuation
With Harry Stebbings, Jason Lemkin, Rory O’Driscoll · Sunday, September 6, 2026
Harry Stebbings, Jason Lemkin, and Rory O'Driscoll break down NVIDIA's monster quarter and acquisition of Hugging Face, analyze OpenAI's decision to cut off Cursor, and examine the cybersecurity risks posed by swarming AI agents. They also debate the emergence of compound startups, the valuation dynamics behind Cognition, Clay, and Linear, and whether systems of record like Salesforce can survive the transition to agentic workflows.
Why Agents Choose Clay at $7B and Linear at $2.5B
Jason Lemkin and Rory O'Driscoll explain why AI agents buying software creates massive upside for Clay at $7B and Linear at $2.5B.
Cognition's $46B Valuation and the Rise of Compound Startups
Jason Lemkin and Rory O'Driscoll explain why AI velocity is turning every software company into a multi-product compound startup.
Why Software Guardrails Fail AI Agents at Scale
Jason Lemkin and Rory O'Driscoll explain why AI guardrails fail and how agents building defensibility win through hard external caps.
Why NVIDIA Is Buying Hugging Face for $12.9B
Rory O'Driscoll explains how NVIDIA commoditizes AI software margins to protect its hardware pricing power.
Why Salesforce Is Turning Its UI Into an Open MCP Server
Jason Lemkin and Rory O'Driscoll explain why Salesforce is opening its system of record to Claude and moving to outcome pricing.
Why OpenAI Cut Off Cursor: IP Distillation and API Wars
Rory O'Driscoll and Jason Lemkin explain why OpenAI severed Cursor's access and the real risk of model distillation.