351: IAM the One Spending All Your AI Money

351: IAM the One Spending All Your AI Money

Author: Justin Brodley, Jonathan Baker, Ryan Lucas and Matt Kohn | Cloud Computing & AI News April 14, 2026 Duration: 1:27:14

Welcome to episode 351 of The Cloud Pod, where the weather is always cloudy! Justin, Matt, and Ryan are in the studio today and ready to bring you the latest in cloud and AI news. And it’s that time of year again – we’re coming up quickly on Google Next, place your AI money bets, so we’ve got our yearly predictions for what’s coming from Vegas, as well as more news about Mythos, Amazon finally becoming a utility, and even an aftershow where we discuss the computing power of Artemis. It’s a great show, so let’s get started! 

Titles we almost went with this week

  • Three StorageClasses Walk Into an AI Workload
  • Deprecated Models Don’t Die, They Just Fail Your API Calls
  • SQL Walks Into a Graph Bar and Stays
  • Too Many Agents Spoil the Workflow
  • One Registry to Rule All Your Rogue AI Agents
  • Eight CPUs Walk Into Space, Only One Comes Back
  • Stop Retyping the Same Gemini Prompt Like a Caveman
  • Claude Code Routines Let AI Work While You Sleep
  • AWS Builds a Yellow Pages for Your AI Agents
  • GPT Finally Stops Refusing to Talk About Hacking
  • None of the hosts is ready for Next
  • We are once again trying to look into our next next next crystal ball and failing
  • Google is gonna announce AI, it’s just mandatory now
  • Las Vegas is calling, our Livers are crying

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We also wanted to tell you about something coming to the US for the first time — WeAreDevelopers World Congress! 

They’ve been doing this in Europe for years, 15,000-plus attendees in Berlin, it’s one of the biggest developer events over there. Coté from Software Defined Talk is actually speaking at their Berlin event this summer, so we’ve got some firsthand context here. In September, they’re launching the North America edition. San José, September 23 to 25. 500-plus speakers, 18 tracks — cloud, infrastructure, DevOps, security, AI, data engineering, all of it. Speakers from Datadog, Honeycomb, Sentry, Google, LinkedIn, and Stack Overflow. Olivier Pomel, Christine Yen, Milin Desai, Kelsey Hightower – plus workshops and masterclasses, not just talks. These are people who know how to do a developer conference at scale. wearedevelopers.us, code DEVPOD26 for 15% off. Group rates on top of that for 4 or more.

Follow Up

01:47 AI Cybersecurity After Mythos: The Jagged Frontier 

  • Since the original Mythos/Project Glasswing announcement, AISLE published follow-up testing showing that small, inexpensive open-weight models can replicate much of the vulnerability detection work Anthropic attributed to Mythos, with all 8 tested models detecting the flagship FreeBSD NFS buffer overflow, including a 3.6B parameter model costing $0.11 per million tokens.
  • A notable correction to the framing of the original announcement: cyb

Every week, the team behind The Cloud Pod gathers to sift through the constant stream of announcements from AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. Hosts Justin Brodley, Jonathan Baker, Ryan Lucas, and Matt Kohn bring their combined expertise to the table, translating complex platform updates and new service launches into practical insights. This isn't just a headline recap; it's a detailed analysis meant for engineers, architects, and tech leaders who need to understand the "why" and "how" behind the news. You'll hear them debate the real-world implications of the latest AI tooling, unpack FinOps strategies for managing costs, and track the evolving competitive landscape between the major providers. The conversation is grounded in years of hands-on experience, offering a perspective that goes beyond the press releases. Tuning into this weekly podcast provides a consistent, informed checkpoint for anyone whose work depends on the cloud. It’s a direct line to understanding the innovations and shifts that are actively reshaping how businesses build and scale technology, all from one of the most enduring voices in the space.
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