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The “Assistant Axis”

Tech Brew Ride Home

Amalgamated Internets, LLC

Tech News, Technology, News

4.71K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2026

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Netflix ups its bid with all cash. Sony is spinning off its legendary TV business with TCL. One of the biggest seed rounds I’ve ever heard of. Reels continues to win for Zuck. And let me introduce you to the “Assistant Axis” and what it might mean for AI. Netflix revises its offer for Warner Bros. Discovery. Now, it’s all cash (CNN) Sony’s TV business is being taken over by TCL (The Verge) An A.I. Start-Up Says It Wants to Empower Workers, Not Replace Them (NYTimes) Most of Instagram’s ads ran on Reels in 2025, data shows (CNBC) Anthropic Uncovers AI Personality Crisis as Models Secretly Switch Identities (eWeek) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:15.1

Welcome to the TechBrew Ride Home for Tuesday, January 20th,

0:22.0

20th, 26. I'm Brian McCullough today.

0:24.3

Netflix ups its bid with all cash.

0:26.7

Sony is spinning off its legendary TV business with TCL.

0:30.3

One of the biggest seed rounds I've ever heard of.

0:33.1

Reels continues to win for Zuck,

0:34.6

and let me introduce you to the Assistant Ax axis and what it might mean for AI.

0:39.0

Here's what you miss today in the world of tech.

0:49.1

There's a lot of chatter about using AI agents right now, but no one seems to be talking about how these agents aren't always perfect. Sometimes they delete the wrong files or make changes you didn't

0:58.2

authorize. And when that happens, you're left to clean up the mess. That is, unless you're

1:03.5

using Rubric Agent Cloud. It's the only platform that allows you to monitor, govern,

1:08.1

and rewind AI agent actions.

1:14.5

And if your business relies on AI agents, you need those abilities.

1:20.0

On a singular platform, it helps you unleash more agents faster while mitigating risk.

1:24.8

If you're running AI agents and want to sleep better at night, Rubrik is worth checking out. Right now, my listeners get exclusive early access to the platform.

1:28.5

Head to rubric.com. That's rubr-b-r-k.com.

1:35.9

Netflix and Warner Brothers Discovery say that Netflix has revised its WBD offer to an all-cash

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