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Google I/O Killed SEO

Deep Moat··22 May 2026·25 min

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Google just shipped enough at I/O to become the Apple of AI. We get into Gemini 3.5 Flash beating last year's Pro, why Spark is built so you never leave Google, and how Universal Cart quietly killed SEO. In this episode: What Gemini 3.5 Flash actually changes (and why it costs more) Why Spark is the lock-in play, not the agent play Gemini Omni vs Seedance and why everyone misses the point Universal Cart and what's left of search traffic Why Karpathy picked Anthropic over everyone Timestamps 00:00 Intro 00:26 Gemini 3.5 Flash beats the old Pro 04:22 Why every AI model is getting more expensive 06:41 Gemini Spark and the OpenClaw question 12:14 Gemini Omni vs Seedance 16:08 Universal Cart and the death of SEO 22:34 Karpathy joins Anthropic