Startups And Code by John Mann

Startups And Code by John Mann

1,200 AI Employees Just Asked the Government to Make Them Stop

When your fiercest competitor agrees to slow down with you, that’s not ethics. That’s exhaustion wearing a lab coat.

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John Mann
Aug 02, 2026
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Real John here, let’s chat before we get into this week’s newsletter.

First, self promotion: new book comes out on August 10 - Refuse the Race (you can preorder Kindle here). Podcast is back up and running M-F (release time varies, I’m working on that but you can always see the latest episodes here: https://startupsandcode.com/podcast or wherevery you …

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