Episode 825 | Talking Tailwind CSS and Founder Fitness (with Adam Wathan)
Adam Wathen, co-founder of Tailwind CSS, joins Rob Walling to discuss the sudden revenue decline at Tailwind Labs that led to 75% engineering layoffs, the role of AI in disrupting their business model, and how a candid podcast post unexpectedly revived their finances through corporate spo
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