CxC Ep34: AI Industry Rundown - with Anand Pant & Przemysław Nowak
About this episode
This week on Code x Connor, we’re joined by Codestrap’s own Anand Pant and Przemysław Nowak to discuss the latest news around AI, from the increasingly unsustainable cost of token burn to Anthropic and OpenAI’s looming IPOs, and the growing disconnect between AI hype and business outcomes.
Anand is a Founding Partner and Builder at Codestrap, where he helps customers build operating systems they can trust as they scale into the AI era. A world-class data and AI architect known for building differentiated product experiences, from voice-driven operator workflows to text-to-CAD, Anand spent seven years at PwC before joining Codestrap.
Przemysław is also a Founding Partner and Codestrap’s Principal Engineer, where he’s focused on building scalable platform architecture and developing AI coding assistants. Previously, Przemek led Brainly’s Frontend Infrastructure team and co-created Brainly Gene, the open-source NX + React framework
In this episode, we discuss:
→ Sam Altman admitting that companies are spending their AI budgets too quickly
→ Exploding token costs and why companies are walking back their AI strategies
→ How AI hype led companies to optimize for token usage instead of business outcomes
→ The risks of treating AI tools as employees instead of software tools
→ How AI coding assistants are changing developer behavior, incentives, and skill development
→ Where AI actually delivers value today—from rapid prototyping to knowledge discovery
→ The importance of CapEx versus OpEx when evaluating AI investments
→ What Anthropic and OpenAI's IPOs mean for the industry
→ The challenges of SpaceX’s proposed “data centers in space”
→ Why trillion-dollar AI company valuations may not be supported by business fundamentals
→ The future of AI economics, enterprise adoption, and the coming "finding out" phase
Be sure to follow this channel for insights and perspective from industry leaders, and schedule a meeting with us through www.codestrap.com to learn more about our offering.
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Codestrap
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Przemyslaw: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nowakprzemek/
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Codestrap (X): https://x.com/Codestrap_ai
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CodeStrap (LI): https://www.linkedin.com/company/codestrap
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