004: Claude 5x is all you need w/ Josh Pigford

004: Claude 5x is all you need w/ Josh Pigford

This week Ian is joined by Josh Pigford, founder of Baremetrics, to talk about Codex Sites, Alphabet raising money for AI, Josh's personal AI setup, and so much more. Sponsored by Bento [https://bentonow.com/]. Links: * Josh Pigford [http://joshpigford.com] * Microsoft Scout [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2026/06/02/introducing-microsoft-scout-your-always-on-personal-agent/] * Uber caps AI spend [https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/02/uber-caps-employee-ai-spending-after-blowing-through-budget-in-four-months/] * Codex Sites [https://developers.openai.com/codex/sites] * Conductor [https://www.conductor.build] * Polyscope [https://getpolyscope.com] * Alphabet's trying to raise $80 billion [https://blog.google/alphabet/investor-presentation-june-2026/] * Anthropic submits an S-1 [https://www.anthropic.com/news/confidential-draft-s1-sec]

003: Opus 4.8 & Pope Leo XIV

This week Aaron & Ian talk about Claude Opus 4.8, Pope Leo XIV's thoughts on AI, dynamic workflows in Claude, and the absolute hottest take you've ever heard on a podcast. Sponsored by Bento [https://bentonow.com/]. Links: * Opus 4.8 [https://x.com/claudeai/status/2060042702150930686?s=20] * Dynamic Workflows [https://x.com/claudeai/status/2060042710753382816] * Claude Code performance improvements [https://x.com/ClaudeDevs/status/2059701677981413812] * Anthropic prepares Mythos 1 [https://www.testingcatalog.com/anthropic-prepares-mythos-1-for-claude-code-and-claude-security/?utm_source=tldrnewsletter] * Claude Code's usage command [https://x.com/bcherny/status/2057476878110261587] * AI trends in the US [https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2026/05/28/united-states-ai-adoption-shows-steady-growth-but-distribution-remains-uneven/#:~:text=More%20than%2030%20percent%20of,should%20we%20take%20from%20it%3F] * Pope Leo XIV's Encyclical [https://www.anthropic.com/news/chris-olah-pope-leo-encyclical]

002: Karpathy is back!

This week on Token Town, Aaron & Ian talk about the return of Karpathy, the avalanche of new AI announcements from Google, Mythos & Symfony CVE's, & more. Sponsored by Bento [https://bentonow.com/]. Links: * OpenAI employees selling shares [https://x.com/WSJ/status/2053645525644169590?s=20] * Karpathy is at Anthropic [https://x.com/karpathy/status/2056753169888334312?s=20] * OpenAI trial verdict [https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/05/18/technology/openai-trial-verdict-altman-musk?unlocked_article_code=1.jVA.tEz9.76hsEiRWDMXz&smid=url-share] * Gemini 3.5 Flash [https://x.com/Google/status/2056788266872140232] * QuiverAI [https://x.com/QuiverAI/status/2056755329774338395?s=20] * Gemini Spark [https://gemini.google/overview/agent/spark/] * Mythos & Symfony [https://symfony.com/blog/claude-mythos-audited-symfony-and-found-19-vulnerabilities]

001: What is Anthropic Doing?!

In the first-ever episode of Token Town, Aaron & Ian break down pricing changes for Claude -p and the Agent SDK, a temporary 50% increase to Claude's limits, leaps in hacking ability, and more. Sponsored by Bento [https://bentonow.com]. Links: * Claude pricing changes [https://x.com/ClaudeDevs/status/2054610152817619388?s=20] * 'Anthropic beats OpenAI on business adoption' [https://ramp.com/leading-indicators/ai-index-may-2026] * Claude Code weekly limits are 50% higher [https://x.com/ClaudeDevs/status/2054639777685934564] * Solo [https://soloterm.com] * Amp [https://ampcode.com] * Superpowers [https://github.com/obra/superpowers] * Mythos & cybersecurity [https://x.com/aisecurityinst/status/2054589763173126339?s=46]

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