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# AI companies prepare for the 'DAY AFTER': Report

Fox Business, 9 October 2026, YouTube. 21,761 views as of 10 October 2026.
Kind: Interview.
Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07op3mqx1ro

## Why it is here

Network TV (The Claman Countdown): Zeta Global's David Steinberg and John Sculley discuss Axios's report that AI firms are gaming out a 'day after' catastrophe response; ~22k views.

## Description (written by Gemini from the video)

**Summary**  
Fox Business host Liz Claman anchors a segment on *The Claman Countdown* discussing an *Axios* report on frontier AI labs privately planning for "the day after" a catastrophic AI disaster. She is joined by Zeta Global co-founders David A. Steinberg (Chairman & CEO) and John Sculley (Vice Chairman Emeritus and former Apple CEO), who share their reactions to catastrophic risk scenarios and discuss Zeta Global's newly announced enterprise intelligence operating system, AthenaOS.

**What is shown**  
- [00:35] On-screen graphics displaying an *Axios* report by Maria Curi headlined *"AI Companies Plot 'The Day After'"*, quoting that top executives at Anthropic, OpenAI, and other labs are scenario-planning responses to catastrophic cyberattacks or public revolt.
- [01:23] Promotional and UI demonstration footage of Zeta's AI platform and conversational assistant ("Athena"), showing chat interfaces, query prompts, and automated reporting.
- [04:17] List of Zeta Global's enterprise customers and partners, including United, Samsung, TJX, Amazon AWS, Palantir, Nvidia, and Snowflake.
- [04:34] Event footage of Palantir CEO Alex Karp and Zeta CEO David Steinberg on stage at Zeta's conference discussing data sovereignty and enterprise operating systems.
- [06:17] UI mockups and dashboard walkthroughs showing Athena inference models built with NVIDIA Nemotron open models, automated campaign optimization, budget adjustments, and performance progress tracking.

**Claims & numbers**  
- The presenter cites an *Axios* report indicating AI leaders are quietly preparing for potential large-scale catastrophic AI events, such as cyberattacks shutting down financial services, internet connectivity, power, or water.
- David Steinberg states that 51% of the Fortune 100 trust Zeta Global with their data.
- Steinberg states that inside AthenaOS, enterprise clients will face "no token cost" because Zeta uses its own inference models and provides predictable, fixed pricing.
- John Sculley states that open-source models and alternative architectures will drive token costs down significantly across the industry.
- Sculley notes that Jensen Huang previously stated the "real internet economy" is starting now around the AI inference layer sitting atop frontier models.
- Claman notes Zeta Global stock was up approximately 65% year-to-date and 70% over the trailing year at the time of broadcast.

**Notable quotes**  
- [02:07] John Sculley: *"I think that's a big exaggeration from anything that I'm aware of... we've got a lot of really smart people running AI companies."*
- [03:19] David Steinberg: *"It's just not the conversations we're having about AI. Most of the conversations we're having about AI is how it can make humanity a better place, not a worse place."*
- [06:46] David Steinberg: *"We actually are going to have no token cost inside of AthenaOS. We're going to use our own inference models, we're going to give fixed pricing so our clients know exactly what their expense is going to be."*

**Assessment**  
This is a televised business news interview covering industry reporting and a corporate product announcement. The software capabilities are shown via pre-recorded marketing slides and interface screencasts rather than live, unscripted demonstrations.

_Described by gemini-3.8-flash on 2026-10-10 from the video's audio and frames._

## Related

- 2026-10-09: [Axios: AI labs plan for the 'day after' a major AI disaster](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-10-09-axios-ai-labs-day-after-scenarios/)

## People in it

- [Jensen Huang](https://postcutoff.com/person/jensen-huang/), Founder, president and CEO, NVIDIA