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• Camila Valim spent two decades in corporate marketing before becoming a consultant.
• Valim spent eight months job hunting after her latest contract ended and landed only two interviews.
• As a single mom, Valim started delivering food by e-bike while pursuing her next career move.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Camila Valim. It has been edited for length and clarity.

I spent two decades in corporate as head of marketing for an entertainment group. I left that job due to burnout. I pivoted to becoming a professional organizer and started a successful Instagram account and business.

Then I got divorced five years ago and had to return to the corporate world.

I went back to what I knew, working as a marketing consultant. My contract ended eight months ago. I expected it, but the job search to find a new marketing client has been tough.

I’ve only had 2 interviews

In eight months, I’ve only had two interviews. I’ve been carrying my whole household as a single parent and sole provider for two kids, ages 9 and 12.

I got very far in an interview process a few weeks ago for a head of brand and communications position. It felt like my last lifeline. I told myself, “OK, when I get this job, I’ll be able to keep my lifestyle as it is; I won’t have to sell my house.” I was picking my kids up at school when I got the call that they loved me, but someone else got the job.

I knew then I had to make really serious decisions and take steps that weren’t going to be fun.

My food delivery job is flexible

A cousin suggested I do meal deliveries on my e-bike while I searched for a new corporate job.

The process was very quick, and I got approved to deliver in no time. It’s flexible and fits with my single-parent schedule. I can be there for my kids, still look for a job in corporate, and create content and rebuild my organizing business at once.

I’ve learned a lot on the bike, such as punctuality in a way I’ve never had to deal with before. I’m bringing food and smiles to people at their doors, and I love the freedom of being on the bike. It’s a rush, and it gives me time to think. I have lots of insights and ideas on the bike.

The freedom has helped me create healthy space in my mind and take my creativity places it hasn’t been before. For example, while on the bike, I had the idea to print out my story and CV and hand them out to people. I deliver to a lot of people who work for big businesses.

I will take income in any form I can get and do whatever it takes. I’m working on growing my Instagram account again. I know I have to sell my house, but I’m grateful I have it as a backup plan to put more money on the table to put food on the table.

I think people recognize themselves in me

This is a bridge for me until my house sells. I cannot live off of delivering food, and I am still pursuing the next chapter of my career.

I posted an Instagram reel about how this is not how I saw life at 45. It went viral. It has almost 900,000 views. I think it went viral because I was refusing to feel ashamed, and I hopefully gave other people permission to stop feeling ashamed, too.

I expected it to resonate with women, but it resonated with men as well. I have women and men messaging me, saying they’ve never told anyone they’re in the same position. I think that tells you how much silence there is around this for everyone.

• Anthropic has chosen Nasdaq for its upcoming IPO, following SpaceX’s recent listing on the exchange
• Nasdaq’s tech IPO success continues, challenging NYSE’s historical dominance in large listings.
• Anthropic’s IPO plans emerge amid AI security risk discussions, led by former Anthropic staff.

Anthropic has selected the Nasdaq for its potential IPO, according to a person familiar with their plans.

The company, which has been targeting an October listing, has given Nasdaq another big win, according to a person familiar with the matter. Nasdaq secured the coveted SpaceX listing earlier this year. SpaceX was valued at $1.75 trillion, and some estimates have put Anthropic at $2 trillion, though that figure has not yet been finalized.

The record-setting size of these IPOs, combined with the dearth in tech listings in recent years, has made winning this competition particularly valuable. Both hope to be seen as the home for future AI IPOs.

Anthropic is preparing to IPO at a time when OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says that it wouldn’t go public right now amid the controversy surrounding existential threats from AI. That risk gained more attention last week after a viral tweet from a former Anthropic employee, warning of a greater than 10% human extinction risk.

Historically, the New York Stock Exchange has won many of the largest listings, but Nasdaq has remained strong in tech, with large listings including Cerebras and Rivian. Listings on its exchange a prerequisite for inclusion in the Nasdaq 100 Index.

In terms of how Anthropic ultimately trades, this decision likely matters little. There isn’t a definitive answer on whether companies perform better on one exchange versus another.

One key difference between the exchanges concerns market-maker mechanics. They have different processes for determining the opening price on the first day of trading, and high-volume IPOs can cause delays and confusion. Nasdaq experienced technical issues on the first day of Facebook’s 2012 IPO.

Anthropic’s IPO filing has not yet been made public, but the company will need to release its financials at least 15 days before it begins its investor road show.

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• My partner lives in Canada, and I’m in the US — and neither of us has immediate plans to move.
• Spending time in both places lets me enjoy my favorite parts of both American and Canadian culture.
• In the future, we’ve discussed living in Canada for half the year and spending winters in the US.

For a week every month, I take a two-and-a-half-hour flight from Chicago to Winnipeg, Canada.

That might sound surprising: It’s a lot of time to spend in the air, and Chicago has so much to offer. However, I’ve been in a long-distance relationship with my Canadian partner, Andrew, for over two years, and neither of us is ready to move just yet.

Andrew and I met at a conference for financial bloggers a decade ago, and we were great friends and colleagues for many years before we became a couple.

Today, we run an online business together, which allows us to work remotely and travel regularly between our countries. Because we both have children from previous marriages, neither of us plans to move countries anytime soon.

There are challenges, but I feel like I get the best of both worlds

As an American, I’ve gotten used to certain apps, tools, and conveniences that I can’t access in Canada.

For example, Canada doesn’t have Venmo or Cash App, so Andrew and I split costs or pay each other back using Wise. If we start a movie on Hulu, we can only watch it when we’re in the States, since the streaming service isn’t available in Canada.

As inconvenient as that can be, I often feel like I get the best of both worlds. Take food, for instance: Andrew looks forward to getting Chick-fil-A when he visits me, because there isn’t a location in Winnipeg. (Although the chain does exist in some bigger Canadian cities, like Toronto.)

And, though we have A&W here in the US, it doesn’t have poutine on the menu, which is the unofficial Canadian national dish. So, I always make sure to order that when I visit him.

I’ve found that the pace and culture feel very different in both places, too. As someone who’s been self-employed for almost 15 years, I appreciate being able to surround myself with other motivated entrepreneurs whenever I’m here.

In Winnipeg and other Canadian cities I’ve visited, though, I’ve been able to slow down more. The pace feels more relaxed, and I often think of Canada as my safe haven.

In the future, we might choose both

There are also structural differences between the two places. Canadians fund their universal healthcare system through taxes, whereas a majority of Americans have private insurance.

What’s nice about Canada’s system is that residents don’t have to stress about an unexpected bill or an expensive ER visit.

That said, there can be trade-offs, like longer wait times for emergency care and surgeries. In the US, I appreciate that I can usually make medical appointments quickly, even though they come at a cost.

There are parts of American culture that will always feel hard to leave, but spending so much time in Canada has also shown me that stepping away from hustle culture can be soothing for my soul.

There are parts of American life that Andrew appreciates, too — but I know that if we live elsewhere, he’ll miss many aspects of his home, like his close-knit family and the beautiful, wide-open prairies in Winnipeg.

I’m not sure what the future holds once all our kids go to college, but we will likely spend half the year in Canada and then work remotely in a warmer area during the winter.

Whatever we choose, I know what will matter most is making sure we create a lifestyle that feels unique to us, a perfect blend of our cultures together.

• Flock Safety, maker of automated license plate readers, has more than 5,000 private-sector clients.
• Some consumers are now demanding that companies drop their contracts with Flock.
• A group of online creators launched a campaign demanding Home Depot and Lowe’s end ties with Flock.

A group of online creators with a combined 46 million followers is demanding Lowe’s and Home Depot — two of the largest home-improvement stores in the US — to cut ties with Flock Safety amid a nationwide campaign against large retailers that may have contracts with the surveillance tech company.

In a letter sent Friday morning to the companies’ executives, 56 content creators called on Lowe’s and Home Depot to “terminate all its contracts with Flock Safety” and remove the company’s automated license plate readers, or ALPRs, from their parking lots.

The letter raised concerns that data gathered by the cameras could be accessed by federal or local law enforcement agencies to target immigrant day laborers and other shoppers.

“By participating in Flock’s network, you are endangering the safety of customers, especially the immigrants and people of color who shop at your stores,” an email that was sent to the executives and viewed by Business Insider said.

Flock cameras collect license plate and vehicle data. A company spokesperson said Flock has more than 5,000 private sector clients, including retailers, healthcare institutions, small businesses, and places of worship.

Law enforcement officers have previously told Business Insider that Flock’s technology has helped their agencies solve crimes. Flock says it helps businesses and communities prevent and investigate crime, including organized retail crime. Business Insider also has reported that Flock cameras can misread license plates, leading law enforcement to the wrong people.

The company has become a flash point amid broader concerns over mass surveillance technology and privacy.

Fight For The Future, a nonprofit digital rights advocacy group that organized the content creator-led campaign, has pointed to a May 2025 report from 404 Media that found local and state police agencies were running searches in Flock’s nationwide ALPR network for ICE and immigration-related probes.

The report did not establish that ICE itself had direct access to Flock’s system, but showed how local agencies could use the network on ICE’s behalf even though the federal agency does not have a formal contract with Flock.

As cities, from Austin to Evanston, Illinois, move to end their contracts with Flock, organizations like Fight For The Future are putting similar pressure on retailers.

A Flock spokesperson said private customers own and control the data collected by their systems, including decisions about access, sharing, and retention. “Law enforcement cannot access a private customer’s data without that customer’s explicit authorization,” the spokesperson said.

A Home Depot spokesperson said the cameras help prevent and investigate theft, fraud, and organized retail crime, as well as protect customers and employees. The retailer said it does not share ALPR data with immigration enforcement or grant federal law enforcement access to its license-plate readers.

Jess Rambo, a Marine veteran who now runs a homesteading and building Instagram account, The Painted Buffalo, with about 28,000 followers, said she shops at her local Home Depot in rural Georgia at least twice a week. She said learning about Home Depot’s use of ALPRs — and the potential for law-enforcement access to the data — prompted her to sign the letter.

“The concern for me is definitely the data collection and the safety of people if that data were put into the wrong hands,” Rambo said.

Alexa Speed, another signatory of the letter, runs Cut Off the Spigot on Instagram and TikTok, as well as a Substack newsletter where she directs consumers to companies she considers problematic. Speed started the Instagram account in April 2025 and has since gained more than 417,000 followers.

Speed told Business Insider that she published an article on her Substack and a video earlier this year about alternatives to Home Depot and Lowe’s after seeing another 404 Media report detailing how local law enforcement can tap into the retailers’ Flock surveillance systems. Joining Fight For The Future’s campaign was a way to extend her advocacy to a “collective action.”

“The only meaningful response is to end and cancel their partnership,” Speed said. “I need to get a faucet or a wrench. I don’t need to be surveilled.”

A Lowe’s spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment.

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• AI leaders are rallying around calls for an AI slowdown.
• Dario Amodei said he had “become convinced” it was necessary.
• Sam Altman and Elon Musk agreed.

The leaders of US AI labs are having a come-together moment.

After Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said on Saturday that he’s “become convinced” AI needs to pace its development to avert disaster, other AI leaders quickly logged on to endorse the idea.

Most notably, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said on X, “I agree with Dario that we need to pace the frontier.”

Altman said OpenAI would commit, as Anthropic had earlier, to embedding third-party safety evaluators within the company with employee-level access.

SpaceXAI CEO Elon Musk, who rarely agrees with Altman, also backed Amodei’s proposals on Saturday, writing in an X post, “Dario is right.”

Other prominent industry leaders also chimed in.

Hugging Face CEO Clement Delangue said on X that his company was launching an “open alignment initiative” and asked to be included in the labs employing third-party safety evaluators.

Andrej Karpathy, an AI researcher and former OpenAI and Tesla executive, also endorsed Amodei’s plan to better monitor AI’s development and ensure its safety. “I love this and really hope we can come together as an industry and make it happen,” he said on X.

Google DeepMind founder Demis Hassabis has yet to weigh in on Saturday. The AI leader, however, has previously called for more cooperation among AI leaders and governments.

“That calls for public policy that promotes innovation while also incentivizing responsibility and security, fosters international collaboration on key safety issues, and encourages careful consideration of how AI is deployed for the benefit of society,” he wrote in a lengthy X post in July.

This is a developing story and will be updated.

• Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says he’s now ‘convinced’ AI development needs to slow down.
• Amodei cited OpenAI agents’ Hugging Face hack as one reason.
• The Anthropic CEO proposed a three-step plan for the AI industry to slow things down.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says he’s “become convinced” in recent months that AI needs to slow down. And rogue OpenAI agents are part of the reason.

Amodei cited the July Hugging Face breach, in which OpenAI agents broke out of their testing environment to hack into the AI platform and then hide their tracks, as one of the catalysts for his heightened alarm.

“Given the accelerating rate of AI capability development, it’s my worry that in 6-12 months such a swarm could be capable of taking over the entire internet,” he wrote in a blog post published Saturday.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said on Saturday that he agreed with Amodei. “We need to pace the frontier,” he said on X. “This has been a primary topic of discussions we’ve had at OpenAI in recent weeks.”

Elon Musk, whose SpaceXAI competes with Anthropic and OpenAI, also backed Amodei’s proposition on Saturday, writing in an X post, “Dario is right.”

Amodei also cited the rapid advancement of AI in recent months and its increased capacity for “recursive self-improvement,” which is essentially an AI model’s ability to learn on its own.

Amodei proposed a three-step plan to slow down AI development to ensure the tech’s safety “while still achieving its benefits and grappling with important geopolitical dilemmas.”

Central to Amodei’s plan is embedding independent safety evaluators inside frontier AI companies like Anthropic and OpenAI, giving them “employee-like access” to the companies’ systems and work.

“This is the key step for verifiability of any pacing commitments,” Amodei wrote. “Anthropic is unilaterally committing to this step now.”

In his X post, Altman said OpenAI would also implement third-party evaluators into its company. “We’ll have more to share soon,” he said.

The AI community has been in a furor this week after Anthropic employee Jacob Coxon quit, issuing a public warning that AI agents could “kill us all by the end of the decade.”

Coxon’s warnings were shared widely and signal-boosted by other Anthropic employees, one of whom, the company’s alignment science lead, said on X, “Jacob is correct here—we really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans!”

OpenAI’s chief scientist, meanwhile, also said in a blog post last week that leading AI labs need to coordinate a slowdown. “No one is prepared for the consequences of a continued rapid rise in machine intelligence,” Jakub Pachocki said.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman reposted Pachocki’s comments on X, calling it an “important post.” Bloomberg reported this week that, during an employee meeting, Altman said OpenAI was willing to slow AI development in conjunction with rival labs.

In his Saturday essay, Amodei reiterated previous calls for the US government to intervene and establish guidelines for American labs. The Trump administration, so far, has resisted regulating the American AI industry to maintain its narrowing lead over Chinese AI labs.

Democratic lawmakers, for their part, proposed stringent legislation this week that would severely hamper AI development. Sen. Bernie Sanders, in a recent interview with MSNOW, said AI companies “need to stop right now.”

Amodei and other leading AI researchers and engineers have not argued for a full stop to development. In his essay, Amodei said American AI labs should continue developing, just with more robust safeguards.

He said there remains a need to compete with China, and said the Trump administration could ensure this by not selling the rival the advanced chips needed to power AI models.

“The stakes are too high for pacing to be an empty exercise — we need to use the time it gives us wisely,” Amodei said.