By Tommy Vee

Happy Monday, fellas! OpenAI is hiring someone to stop its own creations from going off the rails, Disney is stuffing generative AI straight into the engine room of storytelling, and India’s startup investors are counting receipts instead of dreams. This is not the future creeping up quietly. It is the future asking for supervision, brand guidelines, and a solid business plan before it gets funded. Let’s get to the juice!

OpenAI Panic Button: Hiring a Babysitter for Superintelligence

AI is turning into that friend who promised glory and dropped you into a pit fight with a chainsaw, and now OpenAI is hiring a “Head of Preparedness,” aka a professional horror movie lookout, to babysit the monsters they helped build. At a cool $555K plus equity, this job is not about petting puppies. It is about staring straight into the abyss of AI mental health fallout and cyber threats that can outthink a hacker on espresso. Sam Altman is basically saying “send help, the models are getting ideas,” while telling the world they need someone brave enough to keep these bots from breaking into your brain or your firewall. At this point, hiring a Preparedness czar sounds less like safety and more like buying premium insurance for the apocalypse.

OpenAI and Disney: A Billion Dollar AI Playbook

Disney is playing with generative AI like it just found a glowing lamp in a haunted basement, inviting OpenAI inside to rewrite fairy dust with lines of code while promising it will be cute and controlled. The company is folding AI into its guts by licensing its prized characters to Sora and wiring OpenAI’s tech into internal tools and Disney+ experiences, hoping to supercharge engagement without letting Goofy loose on the copyright lawyers or the internet mobs. It is the House of Mouse saying yes to robots making Mickey memes and short videos like an eccentric theme park ride, while trying to keep the wild parts locked in a cage and labeled safe. The internet is already throwing popcorn and pitchforks, arguing that this move could either reinvent storytelling or unleash cheap AI slop across classic franchises.

India’s Hard Look: $11B in Funding, Fewer Deals

India’s startup scene raised about $11 billion in 2025, but it did it like someone holding a tiny firecracker instead of a flamethrower: far fewer deals, way more judgment, and not a lot of blind optimism. Investors are scoping startups like bouncers at a VIP club, letting in only the ones with real revenue footprints and product traction while the rest stand outside yelling “but we’re future unicorns!” Total rounds slid nearly 39 percent, seed stage got slapped down by 30 percent, and late-stage cash cooled off too, while early-stage got a rare nod and a wink. AI startups eked out a tiny 4 percent rise in funding, proving that in India AI still needs a business plan before it gets the cheque. The whole deal-making vibe here feels like disciplined poker, not Vegas fireworks.

The Tommy Vee Take

Whether it’s OpenAI tightening the leash, Disney turning magic into infrastructure, or India rewarding discipline over hype, the message is loud and clear. The era of reckless wonder is ending, and the era of controlled power has officially begun.

Stay dangerous, stay curious, and make sure the machines work for you, not the other way around. This is Tommy Vee, signing off.