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I owe my SOUL.md to the company store
pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/12/ai-companies-try-to-pay-staff-in-ai-tokens-not-money - blog post
(REUPLOAD for fixes, this is the 12 March 2026 edition)
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Sources:
Silicon Valley is buzzing about this new idea: AI compute as compensation businessinsider.com/ai-compute-compensation-software-engineers-greg-brockman-2026-3
I am increasingly asked during candidate interviews https://x.com/thsottiaux/status/2024635825997459841
the inference compute available to you is increasingly going to drive overall software productivity https://x.com/gdb/status/2024662197692223857
Sam Altman: Getting Fired (and Re-Hired) by OpenAI, Agents, AI Copyright issues (2024) youtube.com/watch?v=nSM0xd8xHUM
Sam Altman: This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von #599 (2025) youtube.com/watch?v=aYn8VKW6vXA
Nvidia CEO hints at end of investments in OpenAI, Anthropic reuters.com/business/nvidia-will-not-be-able-invest-100-billion-openai-due-ipo-ceo-jensen-says-2026-03-04
Nvidia Will Spend $26 Billion to Build Open-Weight AI Models, Filings Show wired.com/story/nvidia-investing-26-billion-open-source-models
Previously on Pivot to AI:
Sam Altman rebrands Worldcoin to ‘World’, still wants your eyeballs pivot-to-ai.com/2024/10/20/sam-altman-rebrands-worldcoin-to-world-still-wants-your-eyeballs
What Satya Nadella actually said at Davos about the AI bubble pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/21/what-satya-nadella-actually-said-at-davos-about-ai
video: youtube.com/watch?v=oOPPKG7XLZk&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
OpenAI’s ‘$110b’ funding round is $25b and some promises pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/03/openais-110b-funding-round-is-25b-and-some-promises
video: youtube.com/watch?v=vXdofxSKtDg&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
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I owe my SOUL.md to the company store
pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/12/ai-companies-try-to-pay-staff-in-ai-tokens-not-money - blog post
(REUPLOAD for fixes, this is the 12 March 2026 edition)
Patreon: patreon.com/davidgerard (get in with the cool kids)
Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/A1529D5
Buy us useful things: amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6
Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com
Send in your story tips: dgerard@gmail.com
Sources:
Silicon Valley is buzzing about this new idea: AI compute as compensation businessinsider.com/ai-compute-compensation-software-engineers-greg-brockman-2026-3
I am increasingly asked during candidate interviews https://x.com/thsottiaux/status/2024635825997459841
the inference compute available to you is increasingly going to drive overall software productivity https://x.com/gdb/status/2024662197692223857
Sam Altman: Getting Fired (and Re-Hired) by OpenAI, Agents, AI Copyright issues (2024) youtube.com/watch?v=nSM0xd8xHUM
Sam Altman: This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von #599 (2025) youtube.com/watch?v=aYn8VKW6vXA
Nvidia CEO hints at end of investments in OpenAI, Anthropic reuters.com/business/nvidia-will-not-be-able-invest-100-billion-openai-due-ipo-ceo-jensen-says-2026-03-04
Nvidia Will Spend $26 Billion to Build Open-Weight AI Models, Filings Show wired.com/story/nvidia-investing-26-billion-open-source-models
Previously on Pivot to AI:
Sam Altman rebrands Worldcoin to ‘World’, still wants your eyeballs pivot-to-ai.com/2024/10/20/sam-altman-rebrands-worldcoin-to-world-still-wants-your-eyeballs
What Satya Nadella actually said at Davos about the AI bubble pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/21/what-satya-nadella-actually-said-at-davos-about-ai
video: youtube.com/watch?v=oOPPKG7XLZk&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
OpenAI’s ‘$110b’ funding round is $25b and some promises pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/03/openais-110b-funding-round-is-25b-and-some-promises
video: youtube.com/watch?v=vXdofxSKtDg&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
Full Pivot to AI playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
Audio-only podcast: pivottoai.libsyn.com
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pivot-to-ai/id1844698298
