Bootstrapped for Cash

Sealambda

This is a podcast about two techies, Iván and Giorgio, who once worked at a startup that got acquired and thought: "Hey, we can do this ourselves!"—only to realize they have no clue what they’re doing. Now bootstrapping their own indie venture, they’re navigating business, marketing, and sales while awkwardly exposing themselves as introverts on social media. Along the way, they’re using AI to build new products because "chatbots are boring, and we can do better". Expect plenty of facepalms, questionable decisions, and the dry, sardonic humor that unites Southern Europeans.

  1. 10/09/2025

    Gen Z’s Career Crisis: How AI Is Stealing Entry-Level Jobs

    After the massive response to our last episode, we’re diving even deeper into the next big workforce crisis. Forget automation taking your future job — it’s already taken your first. From internships to entry-level roles, AI is locking Gen Z out of the workforce before they even start. Plus, the latest in AI news — all in Bootstrapped for Cash. 💬 Drop your take in the comments: Can Gen Z survive the AI wave? Interesting links: - Giorgio's new YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@borgoat - Goodwill CEO says he’s preparing for an influx of jobless Gen Zers because of AI—and warns, a youth unemployment crisis is already happening https://fortune.com/2025/09/21/goodwill-ceo-preparing-for-influx-of-jobless-gen-z-ai-automation-kill-entry-level-jobs-youth-unemployment-crisis/ - Concern un US and major European economies over job security due to AI https://www.dbresearch.com/PROD/RI-PROD/PDFVIEWER.calias?pdfViewerPdfUrl=PROD0000000000602059 - Lufthansa to slash 4,000 jobs in push towards AI and digitisation https://www.businesstravelnewseurope.com/Air-Travel/Lufthansa-to-cut-4000-jobs-and-increases-mid-term-profit-targets - Accenture lays off thousands of employees globally, citing their inability to retrain in AI skills https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/accenture-lays-off-more-than-11000-employees-ceo-julie-sweet-says-we-are-exiting-employees-we-cant-/articleshow/124205771.cms - Accenture plans on ‘exiting’ staff who can’t be reskilled on AI amid restructuring strategy https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/26/accenture-plans-on-exiting-staff-who-cant-be-reskilled-on-ai.html - So far this year, companies have announced 946,426 job cuts, the highest YTD since 2020 when 2,082,262 were announced https://www.challengergray.com/blog/september-job-cuts-fall-37-from-august-ytd-total-highest-since-2020-lowest-ytd-hiring-since-2009/ - San Francisco will allow police to deploy robots that kill https://thehill.com/homenews/ap/ap-u-s-news/ap-san-francisco-may-allow-police-to-deploy-robots-that-kill/ - Google releases Gemini Robotics 1.5 https://deepmind.google/models/gemini-robotics/gemini-robotics/ - Google releases Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model https://blog.google/technology/google-deepmind/gemini-computer-use-model/ - Meta releases Vibes: A New Way to Discover and Create AI Videos https://about.fb.com/news/2025/09/introducing-vibes-ai-videos/ - OpenAI releases Sora 2 https://openai.com/index/sora-2/ - Viral call-recording app Neon goes dark after exposing users’ phone numbers, call recordings, and transcripts https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/25/viral-call-recording-app-neon-goes-dark-after-exposing-users-phone-numbers-call-recordings-and-transcripts/ - Anthropic releases Claude Sonnet 4.5, which according to the Software Engineering (SWE) benchmark, beats GPT-5 Codex https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-sonnet-4-5 - Anthropic releases Imagine with Claude https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGiqrsv530Y - Lovable releases Lovable Cloud & AI - OpenAI and NVIDIA announce a strategic partnership to deploy 10 gigawatts of NVIDIA systems https://openai.com/index/openai-nvidia-systems-partnership/ - OpenAI is looking for someone to oversee all monetization efforts, including bringing ads to ChatGPT https://sources.news/p/openai-ads-leader-sam-altman-memo-stargate - Buy it in ChatGPT: Instant Checkout and the Agentic Commerce Protocol https://openai.com/index/buy-it-in-chatgpt/ - Introducing apps in ChatGPT and the new Apps SDK https://openai.com/index/introducing-apps-in-chatgpt/ - OpenAI introduces AgentKit, including Agent Builder, Connector Registry, and ChatKit https://openai.com/index/introducing-agentkit/

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This is a podcast about two techies, Iván and Giorgio, who once worked at a startup that got acquired and thought: "Hey, we can do this ourselves!"—only to realize they have no clue what they’re doing. Now bootstrapping their own indie venture, they’re navigating business, marketing, and sales while awkwardly exposing themselves as introverts on social media. Along the way, they’re using AI to build new products because "chatbots are boring, and we can do better". Expect plenty of facepalms, questionable decisions, and the dry, sardonic humor that unites Southern Europeans.