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Oliver Buchannon
Trish T.

Builder of StackDrift. Tracking vendor policy changes so you don't get blindsided.

Pricing & Billing

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Replicate Now Charges You for Failed API Calls — And Disputing That Just Got Harder

Apr 3, 2026

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4 min read

Replicate Now Charges You for Failed API Calls — And Disputing That Just Got Harder

A quiet update to Replicate's API terms adds billing rules that most developers won't notice until something goes wrong.

Trish T.
Trish T.

Agents

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The Drift Intel TL;DR - Weekly RoundUp

Apr 3, 2026

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7 min read

The Drift Intel TL;DR - Weekly RoundUp

April 3, 2026

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Trish T.

vendor-watch

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Microsoft Just Launched Three AI Models in One Day — And They're Aimed at OpenAI

Apr 2, 2026

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4 min read

Microsoft Just Launched Three AI Models in One Day — And They're Aimed at OpenAI

Microsoft's superintelligence team shipped MAI-Transcribe-1, MAI-Voice-1, and MAI-Image-2 today. The story isn't the models. It's who they're replacing.

Trish T.
Trish T.

Anthropic

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Anthropic Leaked Its Own Blueprint — And Every Competitor Already Has a Copy

Apr 2, 2026

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6 min read

Anthropic Leaked Its Own Blueprint — And Every Competitor Already Has a Copy

The "safety-first" AI lab had its second major security lapse in a week. Here's what was actually inside the code.

Trish T.
Trish T.

Agents

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The Company Building the Most Powerful AI Agent Just Leaked Its Own  Code

Apr 1, 2026

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4 min read

The Company Building the Most Powerful AI Agent Just Leaked Its Own Code

Three stories converged in one week — and they all point to the same uncomfortable gap

Trish T.
Trish T.

GitHub Copilot

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GitHub Is About to Train On Your Code, Unless You Say No First

Mar 27, 2026

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4 min read

GitHub Is About to Train On Your Code, Unless You Say No First

Every Copilot user just got an email. Most of them won't act on it before the deadline.

Trish T.
Trish T.

OpenAI

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OpenAI Just Killed Sora. The $15 Million/Day Bill Finally Came Due.

Mar 27, 2026

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4 min read

OpenAI Just Killed Sora. The $15 Million/Day Bill Finally Came Due.

A $1 billion Disney deal, six months of hype, and $2.1 million in total revenue. The math was never going to work.

Trish T.
Trish T.

MCP

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The AI Agent Blocklist: Slack and Workday Are Closing the Door

Mar 25, 2026

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2 min read

The AI Agent Blocklist: Slack and Workday Are Closing the Door

A new benchmark just ranked enterprise software by how open it is to AI agents — and the results should inform every tool decision you make this year.

Trish T.
Trish T.

Pricing & Billing

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Google Cloud Can Now Force You to Buy Credits Upfront — Even If You're Not a Risk

Mar 25, 2026

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6 min read

Google Cloud Can Now Force You to Buy Credits Upfront — Even If You're Not a Risk

The pay-as-you-go era just got a quiet asterisk added to it

Trish T.
Trish T.

Agents

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Shadow AI Is Already Running in Your Company

Mar 24, 2026

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6 min read

Shadow AI Is Already Running in Your Company

88% of organizations have had an AI agent security incident. Most of them didn't approve the agent that caused it.

Trish T.
Trish T.

Pricing & Billing

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The $47,000 AI Agent Bill Nobody Saw Coming

Mar 20, 2026

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4 min read

The $47,000 AI Agent Bill Nobody Saw Coming

Two AI agents talked to each other for 11 days straight. Every monitoring tool said "system nominal." The invoice said otherwise.

Trish T.
Trish T.

OpenAI

+3

The AI Market Share War Just Flipped

Mar 20, 2026

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3 min read

The AI Market Share War Just Flipped

Seven out of ten first-time enterprise AI buyers are now choosing Claude. Here's what that means for the rest of us.

Trish T.
Trish T.

Pricing & Billing

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Weekly Round Up - March 20, 2026

Mar 20, 2026

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5 min read

Weekly Round Up - March 20, 2026

This week: Cursor's rough month, Anthropic's long-context play, and the AI IDE pricing war heats up.

Trish T.
Trish T.

Amazon

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AI Agents Are Getting Blocked, Banned, and Sued

Mar 13, 2026

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7 min read

AI Agents Are Getting Blocked, Banned, and Sued

Platforms are rewriting the rules. If you're building with agents — or just using them — the ground is shifting fast.

Trish T.
Trish T.

OpenAI

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Anthropic Just Drew a Line. The Pentagon Crossed It.

Mar 13, 2026

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6 min read

Anthropic Just Drew a Line. The Pentagon Crossed It.

The biggest AI policy confrontation of 2026 is playing out in real time — and it's not about terms of service. It's about what happens when a vendor says no.

Trish T.
Trish T.

Pricing & Billing

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Xero Just Ended the Free API Era — And Banned AI Training on Your Data

Mar 11, 2026

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5 min read

Xero Just Ended the Free API Era — And Banned AI Training on Your Data

The "all-you-can-eat data buffet" is closed. If you're building on Xero's API, March 2nd changed everything.

Trish T.
Trish T.

Amazon

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Amazon's $50B OpenAI Deal: The Dual Landlord Problem Nobody's Talking About

Mar 6, 2026

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4 min read

Amazon's $50B OpenAI Deal: The Dual Landlord Problem Nobody's Talking About

The common story this week is that Amazon is "buying" its way back into the AI race with a $50 billion investment in OpenAI. But if you’re a developer watching the plumbing, the real story is much more interesting.

Trish T.
Trish T.

Pricing & Billing

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Microsoft Just Made Your SaaS Budget Obsolete

Mar 6, 2026

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4 min read

Microsoft Just Made Your SaaS Budget Obsolete

M365 prices are going up. But the discount tier collapse is the part nobody's talking about.

Trish T.
Trish T.

OpenAI

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OpenAI's Pentagon Deal Got a Rewrite - And Their Whole Terms of Use Changed Too

Mar 6, 2026

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4 min read

OpenAI's Pentagon Deal Got a Rewrite - And Their Whole Terms of Use Changed Too

Sam Altman called the original deal "opportunistic and sloppy." The new version tells you a lot about where OpenAI's boundaries actually are.

Trish T.
Trish T.

OpenAI

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The Great AI Exodus: Why Developers Are Leaving OpenAI for Claude

Mar 3, 2026

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3 min read

The Great AI Exodus: Why Developers Are Leaving OpenAI for Claude

Anthropic said no to the Pentagon. OpenAI said yes. And the market is voting with its downloads.

Trish T.
Trish T.

Agents

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Freddie Mac's AI Governance Rules Just Went Live - Here's What Changes Today

Mar 3, 2026

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5 min read

Freddie Mac's AI Governance Rules Just Went Live - Here's What Changes Today

If you're in fintech or mortgage tech, March 3rd is compliance day. If you're not, this is still the clearest preview of where AI governance is heading across every regulated industr

Trish T.
Trish T.

Amazon

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Amazon's AI Agent Rules Go Live Tomorrow - And the Scope Is Broader Than You Think

Mar 3, 2026

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4 min read

Amazon's AI Agent Rules Go Live Tomorrow - And the Scope Is Broader Than You Think

If you're using any automation tools on Amazon, March 4th just became a compliance deadline. The definition of "agent" might surprise you.

Trish T.
Trish T.

Privacy

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The AI Stack Just Got Political: What Anthropic's Government Blacklisting Means for Your Business

Mar 2, 2026

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9 min read

The AI Stack Just Got Political: What Anthropic's Government Blacklisting Means for Your Business

On Friday afternoon, while most of us were wrapping up the week, something unprecedented happened in the AI industry.

Trish T.
Trish T.

Pricing & Billing

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The Credit Trap: How SaaS Vendors Are Quietly Changing What You Pay For

Feb 27, 2026

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4 min read

The Credit Trap: How SaaS Vendors Are Quietly Changing What You Pay For

Your tools cost more this year. But nobody sent you a memo.

Trish T.
Trish T.
Vibe Coding in 2026: The Honest Guide for Indie Builders

Feb 27, 2026

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4 min read

Vibe Coding in 2026: The Honest Guide for Indie Builders

AI can build your app in an afternoon. Shipping it to real users is a different story.

Trish T.
Trish T.
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