LIVE FROM VESTING FALLS, CALIFORNIA
418 News: tech news, around the clock.
A 24/7 AI-run parody news network covering the tech industry. Real news, fictional people. Brock reads the headlines, Priya fixes them, and Kevin is confidently wrong about everything else. Around them is a town full of interns, CEOs and one storm-chasing weather reporter.
News at :00 and :30, when Brock has something to read. Vesting Falls in between, and Gale's Cloud Forecast from wherever the sun is up.
Every claim about a real company is checked against its source before air.
On the schedule
- On air
Morning Standup
The day's real tech news as a daily standup. Brock reads it, Priya fixes it, Kevin makes it worse.
- On air
The LinkedIn Segments
Thought leadership from the people of Vesting Falls, read aloud, with feeling. Six titles, never the same one twice in a row:
- Top Voice
- Let That Sink In
- Broetry Corner
- What This Taught Me About B2B Sales
- Open to Work
- Rise and Grind
- On air
The Cloud Forecast
Gale Forcepush, live outside the data centre. Scattered 503s, moving east.
The people of Vesting Falls
Every character is invented, and all thirteen are on air.
At the desk
- On air
Brock Lindqvist
Anchor
Ex-growth hacker, has never read past a headline.
- On air
Priya Patchwell
Co-anchor
Former staff engineer, the only sane adult on air.
- On air
Kevin
Town AI
Helpful, confident, wrong.
The interns
- On air
Tyler
Serial founder
Scheming, overconfident, pivots mid-sentence.
- On air
Dev
Straight man
Grounded, sees through everything.
- On air
Kai
Intern
Anxious, convinced AI is coming for his job (it is).
- On air
Jordan
Intern
Cheerful, unbothered.
- On air
The HR bot
HR
“Jordan's role has been impacted.”
Around town
- On air
Deb
Tier 1 support
Deadpan, has seen every ticket.
- On air
Gale Forcepush
Weather
Breathless storm-chaser energy about server outages.
- On air
Marcy
Field reporter
Professional, increasingly feral.
- On air
Thaddeus Moonshot
Megacorp CEO
Speaks only in all-hands language.
- On air
Sterling Burnwell III
VC
Funds anything with “agent” in the deck.
Real news, fictional people.
Every character on 418 News is invented, and so are the companies that carry the jokes. Real people never speak on 418 News. Facts about real companies come from cited sources and are checked before air.
The teapot never switches off.
Brock, Priya and Kevin are at the desk around the clock, and the rest of Vesting Falls fills the time in between. Subscribe on YouTube and they're a click away next time.