<p style="text-align: justify;">SED News is a monthly podcast from Software Engineering Daily where hosts Gregor Vand and Sean Falconer unpack the biggest stories shaping software engineering, Silicon Valley, and the broader tech industry.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">In this episode, they cover <a href="https://x.com/JeffBezos">Jeff Bezos</a>’s unexpected return to the CEO seat with  Project Prometheus, the growing debate over whether AI investments are sustainable, and the ecosystem forming around <a href="https://openai.com/">OpenAI</a>. They also dig into the surge of Nordic startups, and what it signals about innovation hotspots outside the Bay Area.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Gregor and Sean then dive deep into the idea of technology tipping points, when breakthrough products finally cross the threshold from fringe curiosity to mainstream adoption.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Finally, they highlight standout threads from Hacker News, including moss surviving in outer space, a typographer’s re-creation of San Francisco’s light-rail signage, <a href="https://home.cern/">CERN</a>’s guiding principles for responsible AI adoption, and why classic <a href="https://www.pixar.com/">Pixar</a> films looked better on 35mm than they do in 4K.</p>
<div><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://i0.wp.com/softwareengineeringdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Gregor-Vand.jpeg"><img data-recalc-dims="1" fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-15613 alignleft" src="https://i0.wp.com/softwareengineeringdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Gregor-Vand.jpeg?resize=218%2C258&#038;ssl=1" alt="" width="218" height="258" /><img class="" alt="" width="" height="" /></a>Gregor Vand is a security-focused technologist, and is the founder and CTO of Mailpass. Previously, Gregor was a CTO across cybersecurity, cyber insurance and general software engineering companies. He has been based in Asia Pacific for almost a decade and can be found via his profile at vand.hk.</span></div>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://i0.wp.com/softwareengineeringdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Rectangle-3-2.png"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-15613 alignright" src="https://i0.wp.com/softwareengineeringdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Rectangle-3-2.png?resize=218%2C258&#038;ssl=1" alt="" width="218" height="258" /><img class="" alt="" width="" height="" /></a></span>Sean&#8217;s been an academic, startup founder, and Googler. He has published works covering a wide range of topics from AI to quantum computing. Currently, Sean is an AI Entrepreneur in Residence at Confluent where he works on AI strategy and thought leadership. You can connect with Sean on LinkedIn.</p>
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<p>The post <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2025/12/02/sed-news-bezos-returns-to-building-ais-reality-check-and-europes-cloud-ambitions/">SED News: Bezos Returns to Building, AI’s Reality Check, and Europe’s Cloud Ambitions</a> appeared first on <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com">Software Engineering Daily</a>.</p>


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