Podcasts about YC

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on September 15, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Hosting a website on a disposable vapeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45252817&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:52): Hosting a website on a disposable vapeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45249287&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:14): Denmark's Justice Minister calls encrypted messaging a false civil libertyOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45248802&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:37): PayPal to support Ethereum and BitcoinOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45249915&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(05:59): React is winning by default and slowing innovationOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45252715&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:21): The Mac app flea marketOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45246971&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(08:44): Wanted to spy on my dog, ended up spying on TP-LinkOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45251690&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:06): Language models pack billions of concepts into 12k dimensionsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45245948&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:28): macOS TahoeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45252378&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:51): RustGPT: A pure-Rust transformer LLM built from scratchOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45247890&utm_source=wondercraft_aiThis is a third-party project, independent from HN and YC. Text and audio generated using AI, by wondercraft.ai. Create your own studio quality podcast with text as the only input in seconds at app.wondercraft.ai. Issues or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: team@wondercraft.ai

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on September 14, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Models of European metro stationsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45238055&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:52): ChatControl update: blocking minority held but Denmark is moving forward anywayOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45242458&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:15): Repetitive negative thinking associated with cognitive decline in older adultsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45239085&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:38): EPA Seeks to Eliminate Critical PFAS Drinking Water ProtectionsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45239803&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:01): Betty Crocker broke recipes by shrinking boxesOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45243635&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:24): Writing an operating system kernel from scratchOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45240682&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(08:47): Why We SpiralOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45240146&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:10): Grapevine canes can be converted into plastic-like material that will decomposeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45243803&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:33): If my kids excel, will they move away?Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45236411&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:56): Bank of Thailand freezes 3M accounts, sets daily transfer limits to curb fraudOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45240304&utm_source=wondercraft_aiThis is a third-party project, independent from HN and YC. Text and audio generated using AI, by wondercraft.ai. Create your own studio quality podcast with text as the only input in seconds at app.wondercraft.ai. Issues or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: team@wondercraft.ai

Eldon put a $150K line of credit on his house to start eSentire in 2001. No VCs would touch him—they didn't understand services businesses. He worked 12-hour days, 7 days a week for 7 years to hit $1M in revenue. His co-founder coded while he flew to New York on $99 JetBlue flights from Buffalo to save money. Then something clicked: they brought in an experienced CEO who transformed their scrappy cybersecurity consulting into a managed service. Revenue grew from $1M to $10M in just 3 years. They won 95% of competitive deals against Dell-backed SecureWorks by comparing themselves to a local burger joint versus McDonald's. Today eSentire is worth over a billion dollars. This is the raw, unfiltered story of building a massive B2B company without following any of the Silicon Valley playbook—no YC, no venture capital for years, just pure survival mode.Why You Should Listen:How to win head-to-head sales battles against bigger competitors with no marketing budget.Why taking a long time to hit $1M ARR doesn't mean failure.How bringing in an experienced CEO after 8 years saved the company.Keywords (comma-separated):Startup podcast, Startup podcast for founders, eSentire, Eldon Sprickerhoff, cybersecurity, bootstrapping, managed services, B2B sales, Canadian startup, MSSP, founder-led sales, pivot00:00:00 Intro00:01:00 Starting eSentire after 9/1100:03:26 The dot-com crash reality00:05:23 $150K home equity line to start00:08:32 Landing first customer at ING00:14:03 Making up the rules as they went00:19:09 Bringing in an experienced CEO00:22:44 The hamburger pitch that beat Dell00:28:36 From $1M to $10M in 3 years00:34:39 Common founder mistakes00:40:39 Chief survival officer mindsetSend me a message to let me know what you think!

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on September 13, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Show HN: A store that generates products from anything you type in searchOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45231378&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:52): SkiftOS: A hobby OS built from scratch using C/C++ for ARM, x86, and RISC-VOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45229414&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:14): AI codingOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45230677&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:37): Myocardial infarction may be an infectious diseaseOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45235648&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(05:59): Japan sets record of nearly 100k people aged over 100Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45232052&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:21): Social media promised connection, but it has delivered exhaustionOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45229799&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(08:44): Life, work, death and the peasant: Rent and extractionOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45228472&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:06): Four-year wedding crasher mystery solvedOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45232562&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:29): Magical systems thinkingOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45233266&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:51): ‘Overworked, underpaid' humans train Google's AIOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45231239&utm_source=wondercraft_aiThis is a third-party project, independent from HN and YC. Text and audio generated using AI, by wondercraft.ai. Create your own studio quality podcast with text as the only input in seconds at app.wondercraft.ai. Issues or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: team@wondercraft.ai

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on September 12, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): EU court rules nuclear energy is clean energyOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45224967&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:54): The treasury is expanding the Patriot Act to attack Bitcoin self custodyOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45221274&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:18): Qwen3-NextOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45219228&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:42): Many hard LeetCode problems are easy constraint problemsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45222695&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:06): Corporations are trying to hide job openings from US citizensOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45223719&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:30): UTF-8 is a brilliant designOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45225098&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(08:54): Float ExposedOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45217415&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:18): Chat Control faces blocking minority in the EUOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45221580&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:42): QGIS is a free, open-source, cross platform geographical information systemOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45224156&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:06): Debian 13, Postgres, and the US time zonesOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45218111&utm_source=wondercraft_aiThis is a third-party project, independent from HN and YC. Text and audio generated using AI, by wondercraft.ai. Create your own studio quality podcast with text as the only input in seconds at app.wondercraft.ai. Issues or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: team@wondercraft.ai

Apple ships hardware while everyone else ships AI press releases. The MOL quad debates whether Apple's “ignore the hype” strategy wins, why YC is full of “made-to-chart” AI startups, what unique conviction really means for investors, and how meme warfare is becoming the new GTM.Chapters: 01:02 – “Ozempic iPhone” and why “thin” might be back10:06 – Market reaction: “Not enough AI,” money flows to Oracle16:49 – YC protest: is relevance measured by outrage?25:47 – Creator-led startups as an investing edge26:49 – Khosla: bargain hunting is a poor AI bet37:20 – Why money feels unlimited again (FOMO returns)40:29 – Quiet shakeout: sub-$100M seed funds at risk42:05 – Crypto policy clarity as 2025 macro driver50:11 – Meme warfare: the next GTM playbookWe're also on ↓X: https://twitter.com/moreorlesspodInstagram: https://instagram.com/moreorlessYouTube: https://youtu.be/xzlAjHPZtW4Connect with us here:1) Sam Lessin: https://x.com/lessin2) Dave Morin: https://x.com/davemorin3) Jessica Lessin: https://x.com/Jessicalessin4) Brit Morin: https://x.com/brit

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on September 11, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Germany is not supporting ChatControl – blocking minority securedOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45209366&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:51): Court rejects Verizon claim that selling location data without consent is legalOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45206567&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:12): Behind the scenes of Bun InstallOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45210850&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:33): Top model scores may be skewed by Git history leaks in SWE-benchOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45214670&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(05:54): Nano Banana image examplesOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45215869&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:15): GrapheneOS and forensic extraction of data (2024)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45210910&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(08:36): Gregg Kellogg has diedOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45210564&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:58): Seoul says US must fix its visa system if it wants Korea's investmentsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45206805&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:19): Claude's memory architecture is the opposite of ChatGPT'sOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45214908&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:40): Reshaped is now open sourceOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45209558&utm_source=wondercraft_aiThis is a third-party project, independent from HN and YC. Text and audio generated using AI, by wondercraft.ai. Create your own studio quality podcast with text as the only input in seconds at app.wondercraft.ai. Issues or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: team@wondercraft.ai

Here's the thing. Most enterprise AI pitches talk about scale and speed. Fewer talk about trust, tone, and culture. In this conversation with Inflection AI's Amit Manjhi and Shruti Prakash, I explore a different path for enterprise AI, one that combines emotional intelligence with analytical horsepower, enabling teams to ask more informed questions of their data and receive answers that are grounded in context. Amit's story sets the pace. He is a three-time founder, a YC alum, and a CS PhD who has solved complex problems across mobile, ad tech, and data. Shruti complements that arc with a product lens shaped by real operational trenches, from clean rooms to grocery retail analytics.  Together, they built BoostKPI during the pandemic, transforming natural language into actionable insights, and then joined Inflection AI to help refocus the company on achieving enterprise outcomes. Their shared north star is simple to say yet tricky to execute. Make data analysis conversational, accurate, and emotionally aware so people actually use it. We unpack Inflection's shift from Pi's consumer roots to privacy-first enterprise tools. That history matters because it gives the team a head start on EQ. When you combine a deep well of human-to-AI conversations with modern LLMs, you get systems that explain, probe, and adapt rather than dump charts and call it a day.  Shruti breaks down what dialogue with data looks like in practice. Think back-and-forth exchanges that move from "what happened" to "why it happened," then on to "where else this pattern appears" and "what to do next," all grounded in an organization's language and values. Amit takes us under the hood on deployment choices and ownership. If a customer wants on-prem or VPC, they get it. If they're going to fine-tune models to their vernacular, they can. The model, the insights, and the guardrails remain in the customer's control. I enjoyed the honesty around adoption. Chasing AGI makes headlines, but it rarely helps a merchandising manager spot an early drop in lifetime value or a CX lead understand churn risk before quarter end. The duo keeps the conversation grounded in everyday questions that drive numbers and reduce meetings. They describe a path where EQ and IQ come together to form what Shruti calls contextual intelligence, and where brands can trust AI agents to assist without losing ownership or voice. If you care about making data useful to more people, and you want AI that sounds like your company rather than a generic assistant, this one is for you. We cover startup lessons, the reality of cofounding as a couple during lockdowns, and how Inflection is working with large enterprises to bring conversational analysis to real workloads. It is a grounded look at where enterprise AI is heading, and a timely reminder that technology should elevate humans, not replace them. ********* Visit the Sponsor of Tech Talks Network: Land your first job  in tech in 6 months as a Software QA Engineering Bootcamp with Careerist https://crst.co/OGCLA

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on September 10, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): I didn't bring my son to a museum to look at screensOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45199931&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:52): Charlie Kirk killed at event in UtahOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45202200&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:14): I replaced Animal Crossing's dialogue with a live LLM by hacking GameCube memoryOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45192655&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:37): Pontevedra, Spain declares its entire urban area a "reduced traffic zone"Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45195520&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(05:59): ChatGPT Developer Mode: Full MCP client accessOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45199713&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:21): KDE launches its own distributionOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45204393&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(08:44): OrioleDB Patent: now freely available to the Postgres communityOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45196173&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:06): Court rejects Verizon claim that selling location data without consent is legalOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45206567&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:28): We can't circumvent the work needed to train our mindsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45198420&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:51): TikTok has turned culture into a feedback loop of impulse and machine learningOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45199760&utm_source=wondercraft_aiThis is a third-party project, independent from HN and YC. Text and audio generated using AI, by wondercraft.ai. Create your own studio quality podcast with text as the only input in seconds at app.wondercraft.ai. Issues or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: team@wondercraft.ai

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on September 09, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): New Mexico is first state in US to offer universal child careOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45182372&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:50): iPhone AirOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45186015&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:10): We all dodged a bulletOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45183029&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:30): ICE is using fake cell towers to spy on people's phonesOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45184368&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(05:50): Claude now has access to a server-side container environmentOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45182381&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:10): U.S. added 911k fewer jobs in year through March than reported earlierOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45182111&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(08:30): Memory Integrity EnforcementOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45186265&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:50): E-paper display reaches the realm of LCD screensOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45185756&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:10): Immunotherapy drug clinical trial results: half of tumors shrink or disappearOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45188945&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:30): US High school students' scores fall in reading and mathOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45182657&utm_source=wondercraft_aiThis is a third-party project, independent from HN and YC. Text and audio generated using AI, by wondercraft.ai. Create your own studio quality podcast with text as the only input in seconds at app.wondercraft.ai. Issues or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: team@wondercraft.ai

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on September 08, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): NPM debug and chalk packages compromisedOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45169657&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:51): Signal Secure BackupsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45170515&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:12): Chat Control Must Be StoppedOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45173277&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:34): 14 Killed in anti-government protests in NepalOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45166972&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(05:55): Immich – High performance self-hosted photo and video managementOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45165684&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:17): Meta suppressed research on child safety, employees sayOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45167705&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(08:38): iPhone dumbphoneOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45171200&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:00): Experimenting with Local LLMs on macOSOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45168953&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:21): No adblocker detectedOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45176206&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:43): How RSS beat MicrosoftOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45166750&utm_source=wondercraft_aiThis is a third-party project, independent from HN and YC. Text and audio generated using AI, by wondercraft.ai. Create your own studio quality podcast with text as the only input in seconds at app.wondercraft.ai. Issues or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: team@wondercraft.ai

In Episode 38 of Chain Reactions, we talk with Louis and Jinelle, the duo behind Nozomi, an open-source YC-style platform built to support the next generation of crypto founders.We unpack how Nozomi is helping Web3 founders with three key things: resources, funding, and network.Louis shares how years of work in digital marketing, early-stage infra, and advisory at Immutable led him to realize just how hard it is to build in crypto. Jinelle walks through her journey from working in advertising with brands like Porsche to navigating India's early e-comm & Bitcoin scene, to leading ecosystem work across crypto.Together, they break down:Why building in crypto is way harder than it should beWhat founders get wrong when pitching VCs (and how to fix it)How ecosystems can go from ghost chains to kingmakersWhy Nozomi is backing community-first raises through LegionThe ECAI framework: how to convert yappers into real contributorsIf you're fundraising, incubating, launching a token, or trying to retain users without just farming attention — this is one to study.Listen and mint the episode at pods.media/myosinxyz

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on September 07, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Show HN: I recreated Windows XP as my portfolioOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45154609&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:50): The MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hingeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45158968&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:11): Serverless HorrorsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45157110&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:31): Using Claude Code to modernize a 25-year-old kernel driverOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45163362&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(05:52): Show HN: I'm a dermatologist and I vibe coded a skin cancer learning appOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45157020&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:12): Pico CSS – Minimal CSS Framework for Semantic HTMLOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45161855&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(08:33): Navy SEALs reportedly killed North Korean fishermen to hide a failed missionOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45154856&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:53): Air pollution directly linked to increased dementia riskOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45157897&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:14): I am giving up on Intel and have bought an AMD Ryzen 9950X3DOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45155986&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:34): Unofficial Windows 11 requirements bypass tool allows disabling all AI featuresOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45155398&utm_source=wondercraft_aiThis is a third-party project, independent from HN and YC. Text and audio generated using AI, by wondercraft.ai. Create your own studio quality podcast with text as the only input in seconds at app.wondercraft.ai. Issues or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: team@wondercraft.ai

Sahil was 18 when TechCrunch published a hit piece calling him a copycat. His co-founder Aaron was 16. They'd just raised $6 million from YC and top VCs for their crypto startup, then got subpoenaed by a state government and watched their business implode. So they fired everyone, moved back to their parents' homes, and spent months cold-calling dentists and lawn care companies to find a real problem. What they discovered: 80% of SMBs still use community banks from 1995. Now Affiniti has 2,000 customers, $10M ARR run rate, and just raised $17M by partnering with trade associations to acquire customers at 25% the cost of traditional fintech. This is the raw story of teenage founders who got punched in the face by Silicon Valley and came back swinging.Why You Should Listen:How getting destroyed on TechCrunch at 18 and subpoenaed by the government led to a $3M revenue pivot in 12 monthsWhy going back to square 0 is often the best moveThe trade association go-to-market strategy that worked for SMB.Why 200 VC rejections and raising $6M in peak 2021 couldn't save their first startup—but taught them everything they needed to know.Get comfortable with bad days—stoicism is the only way to survive.Keywords:Affiniti, Sahil Phadnis, SMB fintech, startup pivot, Y Combinator, teenage founders, Series A, B2B payments, startup failure, trade associations00:00:00 Intro00:01:50 COVID existential crisis at 1600:08:36 Building websites for restaurants00:11:11 Meeting Aaron on Instagram00:15:17 200 VC rejections then raising $6M00:23:03 Getting called a fraud on TechCrunch00:29:15 Firing everyone and moving home00:31:16 Faking toothaches to research SMBs00:40:50 Launching Affiniti00:47:00 The trade association growth hack00:55:03 Raising Series A in 3 weeks00:58:30 Stoicism and bad daysSend me a message to let me know what you think!

Patrocinado por Fleet:Fleet simplifica la gestión IT con equipos bajo suscripción, MDM, soporte global y renovación fácil. Ya confían +2000 empresas.https://get.fleet.co/es/itnig-x-fleetEn este episodio charlamos con Pablo Palafox, fundador de Happy Robot, la “AI workforce” que está automatizando el trabajo repetitivo en la economía real: logística, transporte, energía y más. Pasamos del titular “sois el call center de la IA” a entender por qué su primer nicho (freight brokers) ya les da para construir un negocio grande y cómo sus agentes conversacionales por teléfono, email y SMS, negocian mejor que humanos, hacen customer quoting, check calls, payment collections y recruiting, integrándose con los sistemas del cliente y orquestando operaciones a escala.Pablo cuenta el viaje: pivot desde computer vision, entrada en Y Combinator, lanzamiento del primer cliente en 2024, y crecimiento acelerado que culmina en serie A con a16z y una ronda posterior significativa. Entramos al detalle técnico de su plataforma: workflow builder low-code para conectar herramientas y procesos, orquestador propio de voz (STT/LLM/TTS), detección de fin de turno de habla, reducción de latencia, guardrails y auditoría de calidad.También hablamos de anécdotas como dos bots negociando entre sí, 100.000 llamadas/día en picos, y de márgenes negociados del 20–22% en algunos casos. Más allá de la tecnología, desgranamos el go-to-market enterprise: el rol de los Forward Deployed Engineers (mezcla de producto, ventas y éxito de cliente), cómo enfocan pricing por uso vs. por resultados (minutos, emails, por llamada o outcome-based), por qué han empezado muy verticalizados en logística, y cómo están expandiendo a energía y navieras (mencionan clientes globales) sin perder foco. Tocamos el marco legal y ético (divulgación de IA en Europa vs. EE. UU.), el impacto en empleo (“¿qué pasa con el humano desplazado?”) y por qué San Francisco sigue siendo el mejor sitio para vender y financiar producto deep-tech, mientras abren presencia en Europa para captar talento.

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on September 06, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): 996Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45149049&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:52): AI surveillance should be banned while there is still timeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45149281&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:14): Show HN: I recreated Windows XP as my portfolioOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45154609&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:36): Let us git rid of it, angry GitHub users say of forced Copilot featuresOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45148167&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(05:58): We hacked Burger King: How auth bypass led to drive-thru audio surveillanceOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45148944&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:20): Qwen3 30B A3B Hits 13 token/s on 4xRaspberry Pi 5Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45148237&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(08:42): How the “Kim” dump exposed North Korea's credential theft playbookOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45152066&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:04): Rug pulls, forks, and open-source feudalismOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45146967&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:26): A Navajo weaving of an integrated circuit: the 555 timerOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45152779&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:48): Why language models hallucinateOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45147385&utm_source=wondercraft_aiThis is a third-party project, independent from HN and YC. Text and audio generated using AI, by wondercraft.ai. Create your own studio quality podcast with text as the only input in seconds at app.wondercraft.ai. Issues or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: team@wondercraft.ai

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on September 05, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): I ditched Docker for PodmanOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45137525&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:49): Anthropic agrees to pay $1.5B to settle lawsuit with book authorsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45142885&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:09): I'm absolutely rightOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45137802&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:29): Fil's Unbelievable Garbage CollectorOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45133938&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(05:48): Purposeful animationsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45139088&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:08): I bought the cheapest EV, a used Nissan LeafOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45136103&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(08:28): European Commission fines Google €2.95B over abusive ad tech practicesOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45140730&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:47): Nepal moves to block Facebook, X, YouTube and othersOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45137363&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:07): ML needs a new programming language – Interview with Chris LattnerOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45137373&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:27): Making a font of my handwritingOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45141636&utm_source=wondercraft_aiThis is a third-party project, independent from HN and YC. Text and audio generated using AI, by wondercraft.ai. Create your own studio quality podcast with text as the only input in seconds at app.wondercraft.ai. Issues or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: team@wondercraft.ai

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on September 04, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): 30 minutes with a strangerOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45124003&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:52): Almost anything you give sustained attention to will begin to loop on itselfOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45126503&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:14): Stripe Launches L1 Blockchain: TempoOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45129085&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:36): Atlassian is acquiring The Browser CompanyOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45126358&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(05:58): Le Chat: Custom MCP Connectors, MemoriesOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45125859&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:20): WiFi signals can measure heart rateOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45127983&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(08:42): LLM VisualizationOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45130260&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:04): Google deletes net-zero pledge from sustainability websiteOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45128640&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:26): Wikipedia survives while the rest of the internet breaksOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45128391&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:48): Fil's Unbelievable Garbage CollectorOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45133938&utm_source=wondercraft_aiThis is a third-party project, independent from HN and YC. Text and audio generated using AI, by wondercraft.ai. Create your own studio quality podcast with text as the only input in seconds at app.wondercraft.ai. Issues or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: team@wondercraft.ai

Google's long-running antitrust case has reached its remedy stage, and the outcome was far lighter than many expected. No breakup, no ban on default search deals, just a few constraints on bundling apps and some required data sharing, but it may not be quite as simple as it seems on the surface.Meanwhile, OpenAI dropped $1.1 billion to acquire Statsig, a product analytics company. What are the details of the deal, and what does it reveal about the future of OpenAI?To top the week off, Y Combinator released its Fall 2025 Request for Startups, and the lineup is surprisingly AI-heavy. Is this really a good indicator of successful startups, or are YC missing the mark with this one? Chris and Yaniv discuss this at length, cutting deeply into why these criteria were chosen, what you should (and shouldn't) listen to, and where founders can looking for investors instead.In this episode, you will:Understand why Google's “light touch” antitrust remedies sent its stock up 8% overnightLearn what OpenAI's Statsig acquisition signals about its long-term strategyExplore why YC's latest startup requests are so heavily AI-focused, and why that's a mistakeCompare today's antitrust rulings with the Microsoft case of the 1990sDiscover how AI may disrupt not just tech, but also government consulting and enterprise softwareGet Yaniv's insider view on why intent-driven marketplaces may be the next frontierThe Pact Honor the Startup Podcast Pact! If you have listened to TSP and gotten value from it, please:Follow, rate, and review us in your listening appSubscribe to the TSP Mailing List to gain access to exclusive newsletter-only content and early access to information on upcoming episodes: https://thestartuppodcast.beehiiv.com/subscribe Secure your official TSP merchandise at https://shop.tsp.show/  Follow us here on YouTube for full-video episodes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNjm1MTdjysRRV07fSf0yGg Give us a public shout-out on LinkedIn or anywhere you have a social media followingKey linksGet your question in for our next Q&A episode: https://forms.gle/NZzgNWVLiFmwvFA2A The Startup Podcast website: https://www.tsp.show/episodes/Learn more about Chris and YanivWork 1:1 with Chris: http://chrissaad.com/advisory/  Follow Chris on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrissaad/  Follow Yaniv on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ybernstein/Producer: Justin McArthur https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-mcarthurIntro Voice: Jeremiah Owyang https://web-strategist.com/

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on September 03, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Claude Code: Now in Beta in ZedOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45116688&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:54): MIT Study Finds AI Use Reprograms the Brain, Leading to Cognitive DeclineOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45114753&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:18): Where's the shovelware? Why AI coding claims don't add upOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45120517&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:42): %CPU utilization is a lieOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45110688&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:06): VibeVoice: A Frontier Open-Source Text-to-Speech ModelOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45114245&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:30): Voyager – An interactive video generation model with realtime 3D reconstructionOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45114379&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(08:54): Nuclear: Desktop music player focused on streaming from free sourcesOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45117230&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:18): The 16-year odyssey it took to emulate the Pioneer LaserActiveOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45114003&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:42): Evidence that AI is destroying jobs for young peopleOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45121342&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:06): Microsoft BASIC for 6502 Microprocessor – Version 1.1Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45118392&utm_source=wondercraft_aiThis is a third-party project, independent from HN and YC. Text and audio generated using AI, by wondercraft.ai. Create your own studio quality podcast with text as the only input in seconds at app.wondercraft.ai. Issues or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: team@wondercraft.ai

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on September 02, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Next.js is infuriatingOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45099922&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:59): Google can keep its Chrome browser but will be barred from exclusive contractsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45108548&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:28): Anthropic raises $13B Series FOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45104907&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:57): FreeDroidWarnOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45098722&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:26): You don't want to hire "the best engineers"Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45103646&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:56): X(Twitter) Shadow Bans Turkish Presidential CandidateOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45104597&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:25): The Little Book of Linear AlgebraOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45103436&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:54): A staff engineer's journey with Claude CodeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45107962&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:23): Kazeta: An operating system that brings the console gaming experience of 90sOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45098269&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:53): We already live in social credit, we just don't call it thatOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45106011&utm_source=wondercraft_aiThis is a third-party project, independent from HN and YC. Text and audio generated using AI, by wondercraft.ai. Create your own studio quality podcast with text as the only input in seconds at app.wondercraft.ai. Issues or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: team@wondercraft.ai

Engineer-turned-founder Sriharsha “Sai” Guduguntla, CEO of Hyperbound, joins the SaaS Sales Performance Podcast to unpack how voice AI roleplay is reshaping sales enablement. We cover de-risking AI initiatives, why practice beats pipeline obsession, and why the top reps are the hungriest users of coaching tech. Plus: the wild go-to-market behind Hyperbound's viral launch and what the future holds for enablement teams.In this episode, Matt sits down with Sai Guduguntla, co-founder & CEO at Hyperbound, an AI platform that lets enterprise sales teams practise real conversations through intelligent voice roleplay and coaching. Sai shares the founder journey from YC acceptance to a hard pivot, why “inbox-only selling” is fading, and how reinforcement—not one-off training—wins.You'll learn:The research sprint behind Hyperbound: 25k LinkedIn messages, 10k cold emails, 2k user interviewsWhy Hyperbound pivoted from AI SDR to AI coaching—and why realism is everythingHow to de-risk AI in GTM (start with the problem, not the tool)The enablement reboot: reinforcement, measurement, and coordination at scaleWhy top reps adopt practice tools fastest—and how laggards get found outTech notes: going from 15s latency to ~800ms; voice first, avatars later00:00 — Intro: Welcome & guest setup (Sai, CEO & co-founder, Hyperbound)01:20 — Founder Journey: Engineer → Salesforce → 20-month build; YC entry; 17+ ideas07:00 — The Pivot: CROs react to AI roleplay; moving from AI SDR to enablement10:30 — Viral Traction: Launch (22 Jan 2024), influencer wave, fully inbound growth13:00 — YC & Conviction: Why YC backed the team over any single idea14:30 — AI in GTM: Signal orchestration, account research, AI coaching at scale17:00 — De-risking AI: Start with the business problem, not the shiny tool20:00 — Change Management: Why enterprise; accelerating rollouts with AI22:00 — Sellers & Tech: Curiosity vs ROI; looking beyond “more pipeline”25:00 — Practice Works: A-players use it most; turning Cs into As with reinforcement28:00 — Enablement 2.0: From events to ongoing reinforcement & measurement31:00 — Mediums & UX: Voice AI today; avatars/AR/VR when realism arrives33:30 — Latency Leap: 15s → ~0.8s responses; what the next year could bring36:00 — Closer: Are great sellers made or born? (Made.)

My Fintech Newsletter for more interviews and the latest insights:↪︎ https://rexsalisbury.substack.com/Chaos in the global supply chain and big regulatory shifts set the stage as Ryan Petersen, founder and CEO of Flexport, explains how his team steered through COVID disruptions, rapid growth, and major pivots. Learn how Flexport tackled crises, restructured after setbacks, and built fintech products—plus candid founder lessons, B2B marketing hacks, and the realities of working with changing government policies.00:00:00 - Supply chain chaos: What's really happening?00:01:35 - Flexport's origin and YC journey with Paul Graham00:04:05 - The 2007 legal change that made Flexport possible00:06:16 - COVID hits: Hospitals, chaos, and pivoting to crisis aid00:09:37 - Airlifting masks & Flexport.org's massive response00:11:07 - Post-pandemic: Scaling pains and CEO turnaround story00:13:27 - Surviving and fixing operational meltdown00:15:39 - Should startups focus or diversify? Lessons from Convoy00:17:46 - Acquisitions, exits, and core customer clarity00:21:06 - Why every company is a fintech: Flexport Capital's story00:24:32 - Lending innovations: Maritime law, risk, and collections00:26:52 - Asset-backed lending, funding growth, and private credit00:32:05 - Stablecoins, international payments, and FX tradeoffs00:37:04 - Direct mail, toy planes, and B2B marketing ROI00:41:06 - Brand, ROI, and investing in event-based relationships00:42:19 - Policy shocks: De minimis, tariffs, and rapid pivots00:46:20 - Lobbying government: How Flexport approaches...

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on September 01, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Google AI Overview made up an elaborate story about meOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45092925&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:53): Bear is now source-availableOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45092490&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:17): Cloudflare Radar: AI InsightsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45093090&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:40): Patrick Winston: How to Speak (2018) [video]Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45095849&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:04): Implementing a Foil Sticker EffectOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45095460&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:27): The time picker on the iPhone's alarm app isn't circular, it's just a long listOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45093765&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(08:51): CocoaPods trunk read-only planOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45091493&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:14): Amazon has mostly sat out the AI talent warOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45095603&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:38): Israel committing genocide in Gaza, scholars group saysOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45094165&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:02): FreeDroidWarnOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45098722&utm_source=wondercraft_aiThis is a third-party project, independent from HN and YC. Text and audio generated using AI, by wondercraft.ai. Create your own studio quality podcast with text as the only input in seconds at app.wondercraft.ai. Issues or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: team@wondercraft.ai

It seems like startup accelerators are everywhere these days. But what are they? What's the point of them? And most importantly, is it worth having your startup go through one? Based on their own experience with YC and startups, Chris and Yaniv talk you through it all. In this episode, you will:Learn what startup accelerators are and how they work. Discover the primary benefits of going through a startup accelerator.Understand whether applying to a startup accelerator is right for you.Explore the process of choosing an accelerator.Listen to Yaniv's first-hand experience going through the Y Combinator accelerator.The Pact Honor the Startup Podcast Pact! If you have listened to TSP and gotten value from it, please:Follow, rate, and review us in your listening appSubscribe to the TSP Mailing List to gain access to exclusive newsletter-only content and early access to information on upcoming episodes: https://thestartuppodcast.beehiiv.com/subscribe Secure your official TSP merchandise at https://shop.tsp.show/ Follow us here on YouTube for full-video episodes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNjm1MTdjysRRV07fSf0yGg Give us a public shout-out on LinkedIn or anywhere you have a social media followingKey linksGet your question in for our next Q&A episode: https://forms.gle/NZzgNWVLiFmwvFA2A The Startup Podcast website: https://www.tsp.show/episodes/Learn more about Chris and YanivWork 1:1 with Chris: http://chrissaad.com/advisory/ Follow Chris on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrissaad/ Follow Yaniv on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ybernstein/Producer: Justin McArthur https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-mcarthurIntro Voice: Jeremiah Owyang https://web-strategist.com/

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on August 31, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): We should have the ability to run any code we want on hardware we ownOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45087396&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:55): “This telegram must be closely paraphrased before being communicated to anyone”Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45082731&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:21): Google: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now' [video]Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45082750&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:46): Eternal StruggleOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45086020&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:12): Notes on Managing ADHDOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45083134&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:37): Jujutsu for everyoneOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45083952&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:03): My phone is an ereader nowOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45079962&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:28): Why haven't quantum computers factored 21 yet?Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45082587&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:54): Git Diagramming "The Weave"Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45080720&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:19): FDA official demands removal of YouTube videos of himself criticizing vaccinesOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45083845&utm_source=wondercraft_aiThis is a third-party project, independent from HN and YC. Text and audio generated using AI, by wondercraft.ai. Create your own studio quality podcast with text as the only input in seconds at app.wondercraft.ai. Issues or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: team@wondercraft.ai

The #1 Podcast in AEC.This episode marks a first: KP sits down with Nick for their debut recording together on KP Unpacked. Funny enough, you heard their second episode (on the MIT AI Report) before this one because the MIT discussion was too timely to hold back. But here's where it all started.Expect raw takes, sarcastic banter, and unfiltered truths about startups, venture capital, and the built world.Highlights from KP & Nick's first rodeo:“You know nothing” - why KP tells teams to stop looking for answers from the boss and start listening to the market.Henry Ford's “faster horses” quote and why KP calls it a dumb take.AI + robotics roll-ups and who's really the customer when law firms and AE shops adopt agentic tools.The death of niche features and why vibe coding and no-code kill most startup theses before they begin.The illusion of being venture fundable and how KP decides when he's out, even on good ideas.Why venture theses get stale fast and why copying YC or Sequoia is a losing move.Resources / Links mentioned in this episode:MIT AI Report was wrong KP Reddy on LinkedInSounds like you? Join the waitlist at https://kpreddy.co/Check out one of our Catalyst conversation starters, AEC Needs More High-Agency ThinkersHope to see you there!

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on August 30, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Cognitive load is what mattersOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45074248&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:56): Are we decentralized yet?Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45077291&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:22): Show HN: Hacker News em dash user leaderboard pre-ChatGPTOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45071722&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:48): Six months into tariffs, businesses have no idea how to price anythingOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45077937&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:14): Nokia's legendary font makes for a great user interface fontOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45074071&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:40): FBI cyber cop: Salt Typhoon pwned 'nearly every American'Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45074157&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:06): You Have to Feel ItOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45075048&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:32): Agent Client Protocol (ACP)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45074147&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:58): Why Romania excels in international OlympiadsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45070793&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:24): AI models need a virtual machineOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45074467&utm_source=wondercraft_aiThis is a third-party project, independent from HN and YC. Text and audio generated using AI, by wondercraft.ai. Create your own studio quality podcast with text as the only input in seconds at app.wondercraft.ai. Issues or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: team@wondercraft.ai

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on August 29, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Updates to Consumer Terms and Privacy PolicyOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45062683&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:57): Do the simplest thing that could possibly workOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45068091&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:24): Tesla said it didn't have key data in a fatal crash, then a hacker found itOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45062614&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:51): Some users have noticed settings that let Meta analyze and retain phone photosOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45062910&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:19): Claude Sonnet will ship in XcodeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45058688&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:46): The Synology End GameOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45060920&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:13): Grok Code Fast 1Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45063559&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:40): If you have a Claude account, they're going to train on your data moving forwardOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45062738&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:08): The web does not need gatekeepers: Cloudflare's new “signed agents” pitchOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45066258&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:35): John Carmack's arguments against building a custom XR OS at MetaOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45066395&utm_source=wondercraft_aiThis is a third-party project, independent from HN and YC. Text and audio generated using AI, by wondercraft.ai. Create your own studio quality podcast with text as the only input in seconds at app.wondercraft.ai. Issues or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: team@wondercraft.ai

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on August 28, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Ask HN: The government of my country blocked VPN access. What should I use?Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45054260&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:58): Altered states of consciousness induced by breathwork accompanied by musicOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45046916&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:26): Are OpenAI and Anthropic losing money on inference?Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45050415&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:55): Open Source is one personOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45047460&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:23): The Deletion of Docker.io/BitnamiOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45048419&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:52): UncertainOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45054703&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:20): AI adoption linked to 13% decline in jobs for young U.S. workers: studyOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45052423&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:49): Important machine learning equationsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45050931&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:17): Claude Sonnet will ship in XcodeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45058688&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:46): Some thoughts on LLMs and software developmentOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45055641&utm_source=wondercraft_aiThis is a third-party project, independent from HN and YC. Text and audio generated using AI, by wondercraft.ai. Create your own studio quality podcast with text as the only input in seconds at app.wondercraft.ai. Issues or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: team@wondercraft.ai

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on August 27, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, the endOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45034537&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:55): MonodrawOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45037904&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:20): Scientist exposes anti-wind groups as oil-funded, now they want to silence himOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45036231&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:45): Nx compromised: malware uses Claude code CLI to explore the filesystemOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45038653&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:10): The Therac-25 Incident (2021)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45036294&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:35): Google has eliminated 35% of managers overseeing small teams in past yearOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45045398&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:01): Unexpected productivity boost of RustOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45041286&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:26): Uncomfortable Questions About Android Developer VerificationOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45035699&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:51): I Am An AI HaterOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45043741&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:16): Malicious versions of Nx and some supporting plugins were publishedOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45034496&utm_source=wondercraft_aiThis is a third-party project, independent from HN and YC. Text and audio generated using AI, by wondercraft.ai. Create your own studio quality podcast with text as the only input in seconds at app.wondercraft.ai. Issues or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: team@wondercraft.ai

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on August 26, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Gemini 2.5 Flash ImageOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45026719&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:54): Claude for ChromeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45030760&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:19): We regret but have to temporary suspend the shipments to USAOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45029579&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:44): Michigan Supreme Court: Unrestricted phone searches violate Fourth AmendmentOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45029764&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:08): US IntelOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45024786&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:33): Framework Laptop 16Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45027725&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(08:58): macOS 26 Tahoe's Dead Canary Utility App IconsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45020685&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:23): Proposal to Ban Ghost JobsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45028785&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:47): Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, the endOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45034537&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:12): Show HN: A zoomable, searchable archive of BYTE magazineOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45028002&utm_source=wondercraft_aiThis is a third-party project, independent from HN and YC. Text and audio generated using AI, by wondercraft.ai. Create your own studio quality podcast with text as the only input in seconds at app.wondercraft.ai. Issues or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: team@wondercraft.ai

Started Papa to care for my grandfather. Today: 7,000 cities, $240M raised.

This week on Tacos & Tech, Neal sits down with Drew Wilson, longtime North County founder, designer, engineer, and community builder. From launching products solo to landing a GoDaddy acquisition, Drew's track record speaks for itself. Now he's back with a new company, Opacity, and relaunching his beloved creative conference, ValioCon, right in the heart of Oceanside. In this episode, Drew shares his journey from early design days and Flash websites to building Plasso, navigating acquisition, and diving headfirst into GenAI-powered product development. He also gives us a behind-the-scenes look at what's coming with Opacity, why he's bullish on version control for designers, and how tools like Midjourney and Claude are shaping his build stack. Key Points Building Plasso as a solo founder and selling to GoDaddy Going through YC while still working at GoDaddy Launching (and shutting down) a modern digital bank The origins of ValioCon and why it's back after 9 years The inspiration behind Opacity and the future of visual coding Building products in the GenAI era — what's actually different His go-to North County burrito and tales from Cave Week Links & Resources Learn more about Opacity Grab your ticket to ValioCon Connect with Drew & Neal Follow Drew on Linkedin & X Follow Neal: LinkedIn & X      

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on August 25, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Google will allow only apps from verified developers to be installed on AndroidOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45017028&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:54): What are OKLCH colors?Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45010876&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:18): Show HN: Base, an SQLite database editor for macOSOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45014131&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:42): Ban me at the IP level if you don't like meOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45010183&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:06): Building the mouse Logitech won't makeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45014993&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:30): FCC bars providers for non-compliance with robocall protectionsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45015354&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(08:54): Temporary suspension of acceptance of mail to the United StatesOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45016517&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:18): Google's Liquid CoolingOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45016720&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:42): An illustrated guide to OAuthOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45013131&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:06): macOS 26 Tahoe's Dead Canary Utility App IconsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45020685&utm_source=wondercraft_aiThis is a third-party project, independent from HN and YC. Text and audio generated using AI, by wondercraft.ai. Create your own studio quality podcast with text as the only input in seconds at app.wondercraft.ai. Issues or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: team@wondercraft.ai

In 2017, Andrew Parker launched Papa with a 1-800 number, offering 'grandkids-on-demand' in Miami. By 2021, the company was valued at $1.4bn (backed by SoftBank and Tiger Global).This is a YC-backed gig economy company operating in the regulated elder care market at unicorn scale. On paper it shouldn't have worked -- and yet it did.LinksPapa: https://www.papa.com/Dr Mustafa Sultan: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.musty.io⁠

We ran the biggest public study on YC company's successes and failures in history. This is what we learned about the most prolific startup incubator in history.    Thanks for tuning in! Catch new episodes every Sunday and Thursday.   Don't miss GTM2025 — the only B2B tech conference exclusively for GTM executives. Use code TOPLINE for 10% off your GA ticket.   Subscribe to Topline Newsletter.   Tune into Topline Podcast, the #1 podcast for founders, operators, and investors in B2B tech.   Join the free Topline Slack channel to connect with 600+ revenue leaders to keep the conversation going beyond the podcast!   (00:00) - The Biggest Study on YC (00:40) - Personal Updates and Banter (03:47) - What Is Y Combinator? (04:24) - Our Research's Findings (06:26) - Advantages of Joining YC (10:40) - Challenges and Criticisms of YC (14:34) - Personal Experiences and Insights (29:47) - YC's Branding and Marketing Power (30:31) - YC's Expansion and Its Impact (31:16) - The Value of YC's Brand (34:04) - Dilution and Founders' Naivety (36:04) - Branding Lessons from YC (37:44) - Challenges and Opportunities for YC (46:17) - Chat GPT-5: Initial Impressions (50:31) - AI Companies and Market Dynamics (56:23) - Concluding Thoughts and Wins  

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Get help with Y Combinator from a 3x alum, learn about the newest VC in Oregon, and hear how Oregon regional innovation hubs fare from state funding. Plus I go off on a rant of sorts

Max Junestrand is the Co-Founder and CEO @ Legora, the collaborative AI powering the next generation of lawyers. Now this is an insane story for many reasons; first, Max turned down a multi-million dollar career in gaming to build Legora. Second, he has raised from the best of the best including Benchmark and IVP. Third, he has scaled the firm with 1/6th of the capital of his closest competitor, Harvey have raised a reported $800M while Legora have raised just $120M.  Agenda: 00:03 – From Pro Gamer to AI Founder: How World of Warcraft Shaped Max's Mindset 04:58 – The $5–10M Gaming Career He Walked Away From 07:55 – Are AI Models Plateauing… or Just Getting Started? 10:02 – Swarms of LLMs: The 100x Cost Bet That Could Change Legal Forever 12:00 – Partnering With the Lawyers You're “Killing” 15:00 – How He Cracked Sweden's Hardest-to-Enter Law Firm 21:45 – The $500K Coffee That Saved the Company at YC 30:00 – Closing 15 Term Sheets in 7 Days – Why Benchmark Won 36:00 – Beating a $5BN Rival With a Fraction of the Funding 53:50 – Building a Cult Culture: The 9-9-6 Mentality in Europe  

If you're a non-technical founder building your first product, this episode is for you. In today's lesson, Robyn Exton shares the real story of how she went from branding agency employee to founder of a global tech company — without writing a line of code. She didn't raise millions on day one. She learned by doing, made all the early-stage mistakes, and got her first users with vodka shots in nightclubs. Now, her app has millions of users and she's been through Y Combinator. Robyn is the founder of HER, the dating app for queer women. Listen to this episode to learn: How to build a tech product without knowing how to code What to do when your first version fails The difference between product design and graphic design (and why it matters) How to work with developers when you don't speak tech Whether you're dreaming up your first MVP or struggling through version two, this is your honest guide to building in the dark — and making it work.   Chapters 00:00 — Vodka shots for downloads: the hustle begins 03:10 — From branding job to building a tech product 10:30 — The wake-up call: “You're doing too many things” 14:00 — Fake research, failed MVP, and what she learned 27:20 — How a non-technical founder led a dev team 33:45 — Hiring a CTO, letting go of ego, and building trust 45:35 — Raising $1M before YC — and why she joined anyway 51:10 — Final audience Q&A: churn, product, and user feedback   FREE Course: 5 Tech Concepts Every Business Leader Needs To Know https://www.techfornontechies.co/freecourse   Growth Through Innovation If your organisation wants to drive revenue through innovation, book a call with us here. Our workshops and innovation strategies have helped Constellation Brands, the Royal Bank of Canada and Oxford University. For the full transcript, go to: https://www.techfornontechies.co/blog/265-from-vodka-shots-to-y-combinator-how-a-non-technical-founder-built-a-global-tech-company

Digit Software is transforming how manufacturers and distributors manage their operations through what they call a "system of progress" - an AI-powered alternative to traditional ERP systems. With $3.3 million in funding, Digit targets the 87% of U.S. companies with fewer than 50 employees who have been locked out of expensive legacy ERP systems. In this episode of Category Visionaries, we sat down with Dan Koukol, CEO and Co-founder of Digit, to explore how his decade of consulting experience and hands-on CEO role at a manufacturing company shaped his vision for modernizing business operations software. Topics Discussed: Why ERP systems have remained frozen in time while other software categories evolved Digit's unique "framework-first" approach versus traditional module-based systems The company's successful turnaround of Prodigy Disc as proof of concept Creating a new category called "systems of progress" instead of competing in ERP Leveraging Reddit and AI search for B2B vertical SaaS marketing Building a marketing team of two that generates significant leverage through AI tools The beachhead strategy focusing on distributors and light manufacturers GTM Lessons For B2B Founders: Turn operational experience into category insight: Dan's decade of consulting for 100+ manufacturers and distributors, plus his hands-on CEO experience at Prodigy Disc, gave him unique insights that pure tech founders lack. He explains, "I can tell you if you're a manufacturer, you probably have a workbench that, you know, you have old inventory shelf and some plywood over it that you know, work on your tooling. Like we've been in the day to day, we've gotten our shoes dirty." B2B founders should deeply embed themselves in their target customers' daily operations to build authentic understanding and credibility. Create blue ocean through strategic language positioning: Rather than competing head-to-head in the crowded ERP market, Dan positioned Digit as a "system of progress" - deliberately avoiding ERP terminology with its negative connotations of being "slow, rigid, expensive." He notes, "Digit's not an ERP is kind of the framing. We are a system of progress for a system of action." B2B category creators should identify existing category baggage and create new language that reframes the conversation around their unique value proposition. Provide framework before features: Unlike traditional ERPs that "throw a bunch of modules at you and let you fend for yourself," Digit starts with a comprehensive framework showing companies exactly what they should be doing to succeed. Dan describes it as "a 10 by 10 grid like in Excel, where the hundred cells represent everything as a company you need to be doing to be great." B2B founders should lead with strategic guidance and frameworks rather than just feature sets, especially when targeting less sophisticated buyers. Leverage emerging channels for B2B vertical SaaS: Dan discovered that Reddit became one of their best lead generation engines, with communities around specific legacy systems where users complain "thread after thread." They use Reddit for both product development insights and lead generation. B2B founders should explore non-traditional channels where their target customers gather to discuss pain points, especially in vertical markets. Optimize for AI search alongside traditional SEO: Digit intentionally strategies to get mentioned across AI models like ChatGPT, Grok, and Gemini, using YC company tools to measure AI mention frequency. Dan explains they're "actively doing" this measurement on their internal scorecard. B2B founders should develop parallel strategies for traditional search and AI recommendation engines, as customer discovery patterns evolve. Build efficient teams through AI leverage: With just a two-person marketing team, Digit generates significant output using AI tools like Google's VO3 for video production and various automation tools for personalized messaging. Dan emphasizes how "revenue per employee, that metric is going way up" due to AI capabilities. B2B founders should prioritize AI-powered efficiency over headcount growth, especially in go-to-market functions.   //   Sponsors: Front Lines — We help B2B tech companies launch, manage, and grow podcasts that drive demand, awareness, and thought leadership. www.FrontLines.io The Global Talent Co. — We help tech startups find, vet, hire, pay, and retain amazing marketing talent that costs 50-70% less than the US & Europe.  www.GlobalTalent.co   //   Don't Miss: New Podcast Series — How I Hire Senior GTM leaders share the tactical hiring frameworks they use to build winning revenue teams. Hosted by Andy Mowat, who scaled 4 unicorns from $10M to $100M+ ARR and launched Whispered to help executives find their next role. Subscribe here: https://open.spotify.com/show/53yCHlPfLSMFimtv0riPyM 

Welcome back to another episode of Upside at the EUVC Podcast, where Dan Bowyer, Mads Jensen of SuperSeed and Lomax from Outsized Ventures unpack what's happening in European tech and venture capital.This week: Why Meta and Microsoft are minting cash from AI, what Figma's IPO signals for SaaS, whether the EU got rolled in its new trade deal with the US, and how Europe's AI scene is finally delivering billion‑dollar exits. Plus: OpenAI's new “Study Mode” and Harry Stebbings' Project Europe—an “anti‑YC” deep‑tech accelerator for founders under 25.

Qasar Younis is the co-founder and CEO of Applied Intuition, a leading vehicle intelligence platform that helps companies develop and deploy autonomous systems at scale. In June 2025, the company raised $600M at a $15B valuation. Before Applied Intuition, Qasar was the COO and a group partner at Y Combinator, and earlier founded TalkBin, which was acquired by Google. He's also held engineering roles at General Motors and Bosch. In today's episode, we discuss: • The two founder traits Silicon Valley undervalues • How to get 1–3 extra months of work done every year • Lessons from YC on pattern matching and founder feedback • The battle-tested startup formula Qasar used at Applied • Why co-founder fit is make-or-break • Applied's playbook: vertical SaaS, product-led GTM, and leveraging VC networks • Why Applied went multi-product in the early days • Contrarian takes on startup culture, compensation, and cost control • Why domain expertise is making a comeback • And much more… Referenced: • Applied Intuition: https://www.appliedintuition.com • Ansys: https://www.ansys.com • Bilal Zuberi: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bzuberi • Bosch: https://www.bosch.com • Elad Gil: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eladgil • General Motors: https://www.gm.com • “Google's Acquisition of TalkBin”: https://techcrunch.com/2011/04/25/google-acquires-talkbin-a-feedback-platform-for-businesses-thats-only-five-months-old/ • “High Output Management”: https://www.amazon.com/High-Output-Management-Andrew-Grove/dp/0679762884 • Kyle Vogt: https://x.com/kvogt • Marc Andreessen: https://x.com/pmarca • “Only the Paranoid Survive”: https://www.amazon.com/Only-Paranoid-Survive-Strategic-Inflection/dp/0385483821 • Paul Graham: https://x.com/paulg • Peter Ludwig: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterwludwig • Sam Altman: https://x.com/sama • TalkBin: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/talkbin • “The History of the Standard Oil Company”: https://www.amazon.com/History-Standard-Oil-Company-Volumes/dp/1519455860 • Waymo: https://waymo.com • Y Combinator: https://www.ycombinator.com • Zoox: https://zoox.com Where to find Qasar: • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/qasar/ Where to find Brett: • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brett-berson-9986094/ • Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/brettberson Where to find First Round Capital: • Website: https://firstround.com/ • First Round Review: https://review.firstround.com/ • Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/firstround • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FirstRoundCapital • This podcast on all platforms: https://review.firstround.com/podcast Timestamps: (01:26) Two founder traits Silicon Valley undervalues (04:23) Gain 1-3 extra months of productivity yearly (05:52) Why founders should read outside the startup canon (07:27) Lessons from YC (13:44) Why it's harder to start than to quit (15:52) The moment you become a real founder (20:24) How great founders master luck (21:46) Qasar's battle-tested startup formula (25:37) The founding insight for Applied (31:42) How Applied expanded beyond automotive (38:05) Why Applied went multi-product early (45:45) What no one says about startup secondaries (49:02) Why being cheap is a startup superpower (51:04) The myth of "competition doesn't matter" (53:50) Early scrappiness: The Sunnyvale house setup (54:50) Why domain knowledge is making a comeback (58:32) The mentors who shaped Qasar

Use cases, not just features.That's how Simon Ooley, co-founder of Veles,  a YC-backed startup reshaping how enterprise sales teams engage buyers, and former sales leader at Procore and Builder, reframes the future of enterprise sales. Instead of selling products, he helps teams sell outcomes—anchored in urgency, ROI, and the real problems customers are trying to solve.In this episode of the B2B Go-To-Market Leaders podcast, Simon joins Vijay to unpack his journey from BDR to founder and YC-backed entrepreneur. They dive deep into:Why traditional sales roles are merging under the GTM umbrella.How can large teams eliminate inefficiencies in quoting and deal desk processes?The power of use case-based selling to drive urgency, personalization, and long-term customer successSimon breaks down why founder-led sales isn't just about hustle, but about curiosity, experimentation, and relentless clarity on what your buyers actually care about. You'll learn how Velus is shifting sales conversations from product features to business cases—and why that shift might be the most important evolution in GTM strategy today.Whether you're scaling a sales team or starting from zero, this conversation is packed with tactical insight and a whole lot of heart.Connect with Simon Ooley on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonooley/Connect with Vijay Damojipurapu on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/vijdam/Brought to you by: stratyve.com

Y Combinator is the tech incubator that has launched many of today's largest companies–Airbnb, DropBox, Door Dash, Open AI and many, many others. Jonathan Levy, Managing Director and former GC of YC had a role in many of them. On this episode of The Legal Department, Jonathan shares how legal can support start-up companies and help shape the future. He talks about adopting a CEO's mindset, keeping your opinions (and attitude) in check and not letter fears of what might go wrong prevent you from seeing what might go right. YC is also seeding several legal tech companies–Jonathan shares his thoughts about some of these and why they might disrupt the current market leaders. Join us for another episode on how lawyers support innovation.

Imagine being a fly on the wall, hearing what people really say about your business when you're not in the room. That's the promise of AI-driven SEO today. I sat down with Michael Buckbee, a marketing and tech veteran, to talk about how tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity are reshaping brand visibility. This isn't your standard SEO conversation, it's a peek behind the digital curtain to discover what AI thinks about your business. Trust me, it's more revealing than you might expect. Whether you're refining your brand, trying to figure out your target audience, or stalking your competitors (in the most professional way, of course), AI can offer surprisingly honest and useful feedback. If you know what to ask. Key Takeaways: AI tools reflect public perception: AI platforms synthesize massive amounts of data and offer a “consensus view” of your brand. This feedback can be shockingly accurate, or totally misaligned with your goals, but either way, it's insight you shouldn't ignore. Your content influences AI responses: AI can hallucinate when it lacks clear information, often making up details to fill in gaps. You can reduce misinformation by creating targeted, well-written content that clarifies key facts about your business. Use AI for brand audits and competitive research: You can (and should) ask ChatGPT and similar tools what they think of your competitors. Discover what they're doing well and where they're falling short. Low-volume search content now matters more: Traditional SEO focused on high-volume keywords. Today, many questions are answered directly in AI tools, making long-tail, intent-driven content more valuable than ever. Empathy and intent are your SEO secret weapons: Instead of chasing trends, focus on what your ideal customer is trying to accomplish. Answer their real questions with real solutions, and both humans and AI will reward you. What can you do today?  Type your business name into ChatGPT, Perplexity, or Gemini and ask: “What do you know about [your company name]?” and “Who is their target audience?” Ask ChatGPT to perform a SWOT analysis of your business — you might be surprised by what it sees as strengths or weaknesses. Look up a competitor in the same way to uncover gaps or areas where your brand could shine brighter. Review your content library. Are you answering the right questions? If not, prioritize content that clarifies your expertise and speaks directly to your audience's needs. Don't just write for Google anymore. Make sure your website is accessible to AI bots, and focus on content that solves problems clearly and helpfully. AI doesn't have to be a mystery. it can be your mirror, your marketing consultant, and your competitive edge. You just have to ask the right questions.   About Michael Buckbee   Michael has worked at the intersection of marketing and technology for nearly two decades. Past clients include the US Navy, Fortune 100 companies, YC startups, presidential candidates, federal agencies, rock bands, and foreign governments. Today, he's the co-founder of Knowatoa, a service that tracks brand visibility, rankings, and sentiment within AI search services like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google Gemini. LEARN MORE

David Hsu from Retool joins Adam to discuss how he built Retool. From the pivot in YC, to building the most widely used internal tools platform, to now being the platform for AI agents in the enterprise—on this episode we cover David journey from YC to building agents for the enterprise.