Microsoft's agent playbook, Altman's AI apocalypse reversal, and Anthropic IPO | Now Shipping

Welcome to Episode 1 of Mind the Product's brand new weekly AI briefing show for product people. In each episode, Mike Belsito covers three key stories that's worth paying attention to. 

In this episode, we cover:
(00:00) Introduction to Now Shipping
(01:12) Microsoft's agentic AI playbook and the "frontier firm"
(07:09) Sam Altman walks back job displacement predictions
(13:32) Anthropic files for IPO — and what it means for product builders

Referenced:
— Microsoft Digital at Microsoft Build: https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2025/05/19/microsoft-digital-becomes-a-frontier-firm/
— Yale Budget Lab study on AI and the labour market (May 2025): https://budgetlab.yale.edu
— Anthropic S-1 IPO filing (June 2025): https://www.anthropic.com
— Fortune's article on Sam Altman and Dario Amodei walking back on AI predictions: https://fortune.com/2026/05/26/sam-altman-dario-amodei-walking-back-ai-jobs-apocalypse-prophecies-ipo/