Microsoft's agent playbook, Altman's AI apocalypse reversal, and Anthropic IPO | Now Shipping

Welcome to Episode 1 of Mind the Product's brand new weekly AI briefing show for product people — with three key stories to pay attention to.

In this episode, we cover:

(00:00) Introduction to Now Shipping

(01:12) Microsoft's agentic AI playbook and the "frontier firm"

(07:09) Sam Altman walks back job displacement predictions

(13:32) Anthropic files for IPO — and what it means for product builders

Referenced:

— Microsoft Digital at Microsoft Build: https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2025/05/19/microsoft-digital-becomes-a-frontier-firm/

— Yale Budget Lab study on AI and the labour market (May…

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