Money Stuff: The Podcast · Friday, September 25, 2026
Ryan Patch and John Seale, professional puzzle hunt creators, discuss the evolution of Midnight Madness, a charity puzzle hunt for the finance industry. They note a shift in client types, with fewer tech companies seeking events and more hedge funds and AI companies becoming clients, reflecting broader industry trends.
“And so, as the type of company where young, ambitious, really smart people work at kind of shifts, we do see that in our, in our clients as well.”
“And then post-pandemic, we've seen a lot fewer tech companies. And when the tech companies do come, this is more of a return to office thing, but it's a much smaller group. So people are getting together in much smaller groups, they're going out with their, their immediate five to 12 team members and not their full division or whatever.”
“And at the same time, we've seen a lot more hedge funds and AI companies coming in.”