Pangram CEO says we're 'dangerously close' to dead internet theory

We’re ‘dangerously close’ to dead internet theory, says Pangram’s CEO

Pangram CEO Max Spero told TechCrunch's Equity podcast that AI-generated text is flooding job applications, product reviews, and insurance claims, pushing the internet toward dead internet theory. His startup raised $9M and partnered with Substack to flag AI-written newsletters. Spero argues measuring how much AI was used is harder but more useful than a binary label, and that bottom-tier writing jobs may be gone for good while quality human writing gains value.