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AI With Friends S2E10: "AI Love Island" - The Windsurf Drama, Vibe Coding, and 9,000 Jobs Gone 💔

This episode covers the wildest AI startup saga of the year - we're calling it "AI Love Island" because of the drama, betrayal, and billion-dollar heartbreak. Plus we dive deep into the reality of AI coding tools and their limitations.

**Key Topics:**
• The Windsurf acquisition saga: $3B OpenAI deal → $2.4B Google acqui-hire → Company collapse
• "Vibe Coding" with Claude Sonnet 4, Cursor, and AI development workflows
• Why AI coding agents hallucinate and how to work around their limitations
• Microsoft eliminates 9,000 call center jobs, saving $500M through AI automation
• The "save scumming" approach to AI-assisted development
• Multi-agent AI workflows: Using Claude + Google Gemini CLI together
• Investment firm losses: Kleiner Perkins and others lose $250M+ in Windsurf collapse
• Real-world AI coding failures: fake URLs, cheating tests, and ignored failures

We explore the current instability in AI development tools, why you should "hold your beliefs lightly" about which platforms will survive, and practical tips for working with unreliable AI coding agents.

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