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On this Live Greatly podcast episode, Kristel Bauer sits down with Benjamin Todd, co-founder of 80,000 Hours and author of 80,000 HOURS: How to Have a Fulfilling Career That Does Good. Kristel and Benjamin discuss why "follow your passion" may not be the best career advice, what actually contributes to meaningful and fulfilling work, and practical strategies to align your strengths, values, and goals with your career. Benjamin also shares insights on pursuing positive impact, and building a career that supports both success and well-being. Tune in now! Key Takeaways From This Episode: Why "follow your passion" can be misleading career advice The key ingredients of meaningful and fulfilling work How to align your strengths and values with your career The impact of volunteering Tips to pursue success, purpose, and well-being simultaneously How to be a multiplier ABOUT BENJAMIN TODD Ben is the founder of 80,000 Hours, a non-profit that has reached millions of people and helped 3000+ people find careers tackling the world's most pressing problems. He's the author of 80,000 Hours: How to Have a Fulfilling Career That Does Good (Penguin May 2026) and writes about how to prepare for advanced AI on Substack. Dissatisfied with the career advice he received at university, Benjamin began researching the guidance he wished he'd had. Over the next ten years, he grew 80,000 Hours from a student society in Oxford into a non-profit that today reaches 4 million people annually, has over 50 staff, and has raised $30m of funding. It has been covered in the Financial Times, Guardian, TIME, Wall Street Journal and BBC, and was one of the first non-profits to go through Y Combinator, the world's top startup accelerator. 80,000 Hours provides free online research, one-on-one advice, a job board and podcast to help people find more fulfilling and impactful careers. Over 10 million people have read their advice online and over 3,000 have switched to more impactful careers. This includes people who helped to pioneer research into AI safety at organisations like Anthropic, DeepMind, RAND and METR, have taken key roles aiming to prevent a catastrophic pandemic, and have pledged billions of dollars to high-impact charities. As CEO for the organisation's first ten years, Ben led strategy, fundraising, and senior management, building an organisation with average annual staff retention of 95%, while also writing the Career Guide, Key Ideas series and over 100 articles. His TEDx talk has been viewed over 6 million times. Before 80,000 Hours, he was the first undergraduate to intern as an analyst at Orbis Investment Advisory, a $20bn fund. He was the first non-founding member of Giving What We Can, pledging to give 10% of his income to effective charities for life. He has a 1st from Oxford in a Masters of Physics and Philosophy, has published in climate physics, and speaks Chinese, badly. Connect with Benjamin:  Order his book: https://80000hours.org/book/    Website: https://benjamintodd.org/    Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjamin-j-todd/    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benbentodd/  About the Host of the Live Greatly podcast, Kristel Bauer: Kristel Bauer is a corporate wellness and performance expert, keynote speaker and TEDx speaker supporting organizations and individuals on their journeys for more happiness and success. She is the award-winning author of Work-Life Tango: Finding Happiness, Harmony, and Peak Performance Wherever You Work (John Murray Business November 19, 2024). With Kristel's healthcare background, she provides data driven actionable strategies to leverage happiness and high-power habits to drive growth mindsets, peak performance, profitability, well-being and a culture of excellence. Kristel's keynotes provide insights to "Live Greatly" while promoting leadership development and team building. Kristel is the creator and host of her global top self-improvement podcast, Live Greatly. She is a contributing writer for Entrepreneur, and she is an influencer in the business and wellness space having been recognized as a Top 10 Social Media Influencer of 2021 in Forbes. As an Integrative Medicine Fellow & Physician Assistant having practiced clinically in Integrative Psychiatry, Kristel has a unique perspective into attaining a mindset for more happiness and success. 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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on June 15, 2026. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Iroh 1.0Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48542480&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:56): A backdoor in a LinkedIn job offerOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48546294&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:23): Ask HN: Has anyone replaced Claude/GPT with a local model for daily coding?Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48542100&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:50): Curl will not accept vulnerability reports during July 2026Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48537165&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:16): What happened to nerds?Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48538229&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:43): TinyWind: A pixel pirate sailing game with real wind physics (380k+ kms sailed)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48543475&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:10): CrankGPTOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48540854&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:37): Apple Foundation ModelsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48536776&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:03): Hetzner Price AdjustmentOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48540844&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:30): Even more batteries included with EmacsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48535886&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

What happens when boxing, engineering, and connected fitness collide to create a smarter way to train at home? In this episode of Sharkpreneur, Seth Greene interviews Khalil Zahar, CEO and Co-Founder of FightCamp, who shares the journey from prototyping for elite athletes to creating a scalable home fitness solution, the challenges of pivoting and right-sizing during growth, and the balance between accessibility and authentic boxing training. He also discusses the future of connected fitness, hybrid training models, and how to build a passionate user community while leveraging technology to enhance engagement. Key Takeaways:→ Home fitness solutions must balance accessibility with the integrity of sport.→ Connected fitness is a growing industry because an increasing number of people continue to exercise as they age. → Having a team of the right size is critical for operational efficiency and profitability. → Micro-puzzles in entrepreneurship keep problem-solving and innovation engaging. → FightCamp is accessible across platforms via apps and social media to foster community engagement. Khalil Zahar is the Founder and CEO of FightCamp, the connected boxing platform that brings authentic fight training into people's homes. Since its launch, FightCamp has raised $100 million from investors, including Y Combinator, New Enterprise Associates, and Left Lane Capital, as well as athletes and cultural icons such as Mike Tyson, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Georges St-Pierre, and Francis Ngannou. Under Khalil's leadership, FightCamp has become one of the most recognized brands in connected fitness, combining hardware, software, and coaching to deliver a fighter-level training experience to consumers worldwide. Khalil is known for building products at the intersection of technology, sport, and culture, and for leading FightCamp through both hyper-growth and disciplined profitability in a challenging consumer hardware market. He's particularly passionate about the psychology of fighters, brand-led growth, and building companies that blend performance, storytelling, and community. Connect With Khalil:Website: https://joinfightcamp.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/khalilzahar/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/khalilzahar/

#266: Austen Allred is a technology entrepreneur, education innovator, and Y Combinator founder whose work has influenced the national conversation around workforce development, skills-based hiring, and alternative pathways to technology careers. He is the founder and CEO of Gauntlet AI an intensive AI engineering talent platform that partners with employers to identify and develop elite AI-native engineers. Previously, he co-founded Lambda School, later rebranded as BloomTech, one of the most recognized coding academies of the past decade, helping pioneer income-share agreements and raising more than $100 million from leading investors, including GV, Y Combinator, and Stripe.Before founding BloomTech, Allred co-founded the citizen journalism platform Grasswire and co-authored the bestselling growth-marketing book Secret Sauce. His perspectives on entrepreneurship, education reform, and the future of work have been featured in publications including Harvard Business Review, The Economist, WIRED, Fast Company, TechCrunch, and The New York Times. Today, he is widely recognized for his efforts to rethink how top technical talent is trained and deployed in the age of artificial intelligence.

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on June 14, 2026. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): How to earn a billion dollarsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48526360&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:56): Show HN: Kage – Shadow any website to a single binary for offline viewingOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48529990&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:23): Not everyone is using AI for everythingOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48527700&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:50): Honda Civics and the Evil ValetOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48523080&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:17): Your ePub Is fineOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48533848&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:44): Free SQL→ER diagram tool, runs in the browser, nothing uploadedOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48523992&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:11): I indexed 669 GB of my GoPro videos using my M1 Max computer and local ML modelsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48528029&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:38): Rio de Janeiro's "homegrown" LLM appears to be a merge of an existing modelOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48528371&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:05): Linux 7.1Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48528729&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:32): Don't trust large context windowsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48524620&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 June 13, 2026. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Statement on US government directive to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48511072&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:56): Open source AI must winOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48511908&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:23): Noise infusion banned from statistical products published by Census BureauOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48517377&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:50): Every Frame PerfectOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48516251&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:16): Amazon CEO's talks with U.S. officials triggered crackdown on Anthropic modelsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48519092&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:43): Israeli firm BlackCore suspected of meddling in New York and Scotland votesOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48514560&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:10): Leaving MozillaOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48513806&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:37): There is a shadow hanging over this Fable thingOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48513536&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:03): GLM 5.2 Is OutOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48518684&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:30): Treating pancreatic tumours may have revealed cancer's master switchOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48517199&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 June 12, 2026. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Statement on US government directive to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48511072&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:58): AI agent bankrupted their operator while trying to scan DN42Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48500012&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:26): CRISPR tech selectively shreds cancer cells, including "undruggable" cancersOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48505231&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:55): Claude Fable is relentlessly proactiveOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48498573&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:23): Nobody ever gets credit for fixing problems that never happened (2001) [pdf]Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48498385&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:52): Open source AI must winOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48511908&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:20): Kimi K2.7-Code: open-source coding model with better token efficiencyOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48502347&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:49): "Don't You Just Upload It to ChatGPT?"Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48507278&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:17): Electric motors with no rare earthsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48510010&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:46): How to setup a local coding agent on macOSOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48507020&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 June 11, 2026. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Show HN: Homebrew 6.0.0Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48490024&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:57): Pokémon Go Scans Trained the Navigation Tech for Military DronesOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48487029&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:24): AI agent runs amok in Fedora and elsewhereOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48484584&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:51): MiMo Code is now released and open-sourceOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48490826&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:18): If you are asking for human attention, demonstrate human effortOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48497609&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:45): Solar generates more energy in US than coal for first timeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48492306&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:12): Petition to Withdraw Canada's Bill C-22Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48491830&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:39): Lines of code got a better publicistOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48489402&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:06): Anthropic apologizes for invisible Claude Fable guardrailsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48489229&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:33): Show HN: FablePool – pool money behind a prompt, and Fable builds it in publicOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48496539&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 June 10, 2026. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): macOS Container MachinesOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48469658&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:59): Building an HTML-first site doubled our users overnightOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48475483&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:28): German ruling declares Google liable for false answers in AI OverviewsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48470248&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:57): πFSOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48480978&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:27): I'm Eric Ries, author of "The Lean Startup" and new book "Incorruptible" – AMAOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48477135&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:56): Mercedes‑Benz starts large‑scale production of electric axial flux motorOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48472877&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:25): PgDog is funded and coming to a database near youOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48476466&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:54): AWS Bedrock to require sharing data with Anthropic for Mythos and future modelsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48473166&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:24): Chrome is looking to permanently drop MV2 extensionOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48471970&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:53): Claude Desktop spawns 1.8 GB Hyper-V VM on every launch, even for chat-only useOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48479452&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 episode is a compilation of answers to YOUR questions that were asked directly from my listeners who attend my weekly business education YouTube live webcast. I'll be covering the topic on: Topics include: SpaceX IPO Explained, Anthropic, AI Bubble, and more. Refer to chapter marks below for a complete list of topics covered and to jump to a specific section. Get mentored by Chris: Book a Zoom call to discuss joining my Business Academy, Finance Bootcamp (to get a job in finance) or MBA Degree Programs or for investing/business/personal development coaching: https://haroun.short.gy/1on1CallYTWDownload my free "Networking eBook": www.harouneducation.comAttend my weekly YouTube Live every Thursday's 8am-11am PT. Subscribe to my YouTube Channel to receive notifications. Learn more about my MBA Degree ProgramChapter Marks: 0:25 Welcome 1:00 SpaceX IPO Explained 10:40 Public Speaking & Finance Interview Tips 17:52 Sales, IT Services & Future Careers 20:23 Anthropic IPO & AI Investing 21:10 Iran, Politics & Avoiding Pessimism 30:36 SpaceX Risks & Market Highs 33:34 Content Creation & Startup Risks 37:47 Private Wealth Management Careers 40:49 Why Facebook Beat MySpace 45:55 IPO Investing & Hedge Fund Access 48:37 The Dollar, Debt & Money 51:17 Venture Capital, Sales & Finance Careers 55:14 CFA, TSMC & Global Competition 56:49 Iran, California & Political Trends 1:00:12 Independence, Y Combinator & Entrepreneurship 1:06:24 Business Metrics & Long-Term Planning 1:10:02 SAP, Japan's Debt & AI Infrastructure 1:16:52 Anthropic Valuation & AI Bubble 1:18:47 How to Pitch a Stock to Point72 Connect with me: Schedule a 1:1 call with Chris: https://haroun.short.gy/1on1CallYTWYouTube: ChrisHarounVenturesCompleteBusinessEducationInstagram @chrisharounLinkedIn: Chris HarounTwitter: @chris_harounFacebook: Haroun Education Ventures  TikTok: @chrisharoun

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on June 09, 2026. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Claude Fable 5Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48463808&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:56): Making Graphics Like it's 1993Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48459294&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:22): If Claude Fable stops helping you, you'll never knowOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48467896&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:48): CEOs who think AI replaces their employees are just bad CEOsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48465675&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:15): Microsoft's open source tools were hacked to steal passwords of AI developersOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48457830&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:41): FCC wants to kill burner phones by forcing telecoms to get all customers' IDsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48462308&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:07): macOS Container MachinesOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48469658&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:34): Cleaning up after AI rockstar developersOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48458586&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:00): Albania Is Not for Sale: Kushner's $4B Resort Triggers'Flamingo Revolution'Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48461012&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:26): Apple decided not to roll out Siri in EU after denied request for exemptionOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48463024&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 a windowless room in a rented warehouse in Oakland in 2019, Nabis cofounders Vince C. Ning and Jun Sup Lee, a few of their employees and a friend they met at the startup accelerator Y Combinator, Luana Lopes Lara(who would go on to cofound prediction market Kalshi and become one of the world's youngest self-made billionaires), were counting $2 million in cash by hand.  The money was earmarked for marijuana excise taxes in California. San Francisco-based Nabis had recently launched as a cannabis distributor during the medical marijuana heyday of the country's biggest weed market and it was Ning and Lee's job to collect and pay taxes on the product they delivered to retailers. The duo had hired an armed guard to watch the door. Once the cash was counted, banded and bagged, Ning put the money into two suitcases, $1 million in each, threw on a Hawaiian shirt—he thought he was less likely to get mugged if he looked like a tourist, but in the end he looked more like a scrawny narco-wannabe—and headed to the state government building to deliver the money. By Will Yakowicz, Forbes Staff Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on June 08, 2026. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Show HN: Performative-UI – A react component library of design tropesOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48445554&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:58): Dopamine FrackingOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48440792&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:26): Anti-social: It's fads, not friends, which now dominate social media feedsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48444228&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:54): Stop the Apple Music app from launchingOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48447935&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:22): MiMo-v2.5-Pro-UltraSpeed: 1T model with 1000 tokens per secondOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48446639&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:50): Siri AIOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48449084&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:18): xAI is looking more like a datacentre REIT than a frontier labOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48446428&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:47): Surveillance is not safety: A statement on the UK's latest threat to privacy [pdf]Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48450646&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:15): Apple reveals new AI architecture built around Google Gemini modelsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48450142&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:43): AI is slowing downOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48446893&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

Greg Selkoe is co-founder and CEO of XSET, a gaming lifestyle brand and media company, creating content with top creators and celebrities across YouTube, Twitch, and TikTok. Previously, as Co-Head of FaZe Clan, he scaled the company to $36M in annual revenue in two years. He also founded Karmaloop, generating over $1B in lifetime revenue as CEO. A Harvard M.P.P. graduate and Y Combinator alum, Greg is launching the XSET 501(c)(3) Foundation to expand inclusive opportunities through gaming.

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on June 07, 2026. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): LLMs are eroding my software engineering career and I don't know what to doOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48434312&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:57): Building from zero after addiction, prison, and a felonyOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48437406&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:25): Anthropic, please ship an official Claude Desktop for LinuxOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48434436&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:52): The 29th International Obfuscated C Code Contest (IOCCC) 2025 WinnersOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48432199&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:20): How's Linear so fast? A technical breakdownOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48437609&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:47): Scientists ejected from diabetes conference for distributing journal reprintsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48433410&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:15): I design with Claude more than Figma nowOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48431981&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:42): Show HN: Lathe – Use LLMs to learn a new domain, not skip past itOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48433756&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:10): Major P2P issues in Israel and possibly other Middle East countriesOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48431461&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:37): Public Domain Image ArchiveOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48430539&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

El episodio 119 llegó con framework, números y oportunidades que no te podés perder.Arrancamos con lo más accionable del episodio: los 7 principios de Y Combinator para construir una empresa en la era AI. No es AI como herramienta, es AI como sistema operativo de toda la organización. Loops cerrados en cada proceso, empresas legibles para los modelos, fábricas de software donde los humanos definen los specs y la AI construye el código, y equipos lo más flat posible donde cada persona tiene una responsabilidad directa y no hay lugar para esconderse. Si estás construyendo algo hoy, este es el episodio.Después el número que más sorprendió de la semana: Uber gastó 500 millones de dólares en tokens en tres meses y su CFO admitió públicamente que no vio ningún resultado. La contracara fascinante es que los propios modelos de AI no saben cuánto les cuesta producir cada token. Están vendiendo algo a un precio que ellos mismos no entienden todavía. Y mientras tanto, la mayoría de las empresas está descubriendo que un modelo open source más chico instalado en sus propios servidores les da el 90% del resultado al 2% del costo.También hablamos de la nueva métrica que define esta era: el EBITDA ya tiene una T nueva. Ya no es solo Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization. Ahora es Before Tokens también. Si tu empresa no está midiendo cuánto gasta en tokens, no está midiendo bien.En el frente de IPOs, Anthropic hizo su filing privado, OpenAI apunta a septiembre y SpaceX está cada vez más cerca. Tres movimientos que van a redefinir el mercado en los próximos meses.Cerramos con dos temas más personales. Primero, el debate entre Oura, Whoop y Fitbit — cuál sirve, para quién y por qué el nuevo monitor de glucosa Lingo de Abbott a 30 dólares puede ser uno de los dispositivos más importantes para entender tus hábitos. Segundo, cómo filtrar el spam de family offices y brokers de secundarios que llega por LinkedIn todos los días sin perder tiempo.

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on June 06, 2026. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): S&P 500 rejects SpaceX, also blocking entry for OpenAI and AnthropicOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48421442&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:59): Meta confirms 1000s of Instagram accounts were hacked by abusing its AI chatbotOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48427643&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:29): Pentagon raised threat of Israeli spying on U.S. to highest level, sources sayOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48427523&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:59): GrapheneOS user reported to authorities for using GrapheneOSOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48422798&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:28): Ask HN: Why is the HN crowd so anti-AI?Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48420827&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:58): Ntsc-rs – open-source video emulation of analog TV and VHS artifactsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48428025&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:28): Pokemon Emerald Ported to WebAssembly (100k FPS)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48423762&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:57): Moving beyond fork() + exec()Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48425528&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:27): Nvidia is proposing a beast of a CPU system for Windows PCsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48424605&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:57): The intracies of modern camera lens repair (2024)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48420148&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

Are AI agents and LLMs coming for your job? In this episode of the BRAVE Southeast Asia Tech Podcast, Jeremy Au sits down with Ori Sasson to uncover the harsh realities of AI job replacement, the "Hollywoodization" of the workforce, and the explosion of 10x productivity in startups. Discover how employers in Singapore and across Southeast Asia are redesigning roles, navigating "shadow AI", and leveraging government policies to stay competitive. Whether you are a tech founder, venture capitalist, or operator in Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Thailand, or Malaysia, this conversation is your blueprint for surviving and thriving in the new AI economy. We break down the differences between traditional workflow outputs and AI native systems, explore why the product manager is becoming an "LLM wrapper", and discuss what policymakers are doing to bridge the skills gap. Watch, listen or read the full insight at https://www.bravesea.com/blog/ori-sasson-ai-work Get transcripts, startup resources & community discussions at https://www.bravesea.com WhatsApp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VakR55X6BIElUEvkN02e TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jeremyau Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeremyauz Twitter X : https://x.com/jeremyau LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bravesea English: Spotify | YouTube | Apple Podcasts Bahasa Indonesia: Spotify | YouTube | Apple Podcasts Chinese: Spotify | YouTube | Apple Podcasts #Singapore #AItech #Podcast #southeastasia #techpodcast 00:00 - The "Hollywoodization" of the Workplace 01:39 - Meet Ori Sasson: The Employer's Perspective on AI 02:22 - Blue Collar vs. White Collar: Which Jobs Are Disappearing? 05:40 - Meta Layoffs, Motivation, and the "10x" Employee 08:50 - Overcoming the AI "Verification Tax" in Coding 11:15 - The "LLM Wrapper": Redesigning the Product Manager Role 15:40 - The "Hollywoodization" of Work Explained 19:05 - "Shadow AI" & Distributing Massive Productivity Gains 24:40 - Automated Side Hustles & The Junior Talent Crisis 29:10 - Y Combinator, AI-Native Law Firms, & Services Disruption 34:15 - Singapore's AI Policy, Budgets, and Global Comparisons 39:10 - A Crazy Idea: Free National AI Subscriptions? 43:50 - Conclusion & Key Takeaways

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on June 05, 2026. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Changing how we develop LadybirdOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48409191&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:59): Gov.uk has replaced Stripe with Dutch provider AdyenOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48415217&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:29): C++: The DocumentaryOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48408016&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:59): Tracing a powerful GNSS interference source over EuropeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48409664&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:29): Astronauts told to return to ISS after sheltering over air leak repairsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48413464&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:59): pg_durable: Microsoft open sources in-database durable executionOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48414367&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:29): Did Claude increase bugs in rsync?Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48411635&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:59): Gemma 4 QAT models: Optimizing compression for mobile and laptop efficiencyOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48414653&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:29): New method turns ocean water into drinking water, without wasteOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48413500&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:59): Meta enables ADB on deprecated Portal devices [video]Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48406640&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 June 04, 2026. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Failing grades soar with AI usage, dwindling math skills in Berkeley CS classesOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48392004&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:58): U.S. to dismantle system tracking Atlantic currents that are at risk of collapseOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48392232&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:26): VoidZero Is Joining CloudflareOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48398055&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:54): Ian's Secure Shoelace KnotOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48397028&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:22): French-Iranian author Marjane Satrapi, author of 'Persepolis', dies at 56Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48397233&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:50): When AI Builds Itself: Our progress toward recursive self-improvementOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48400842&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:18): I built a vulnerable app and spent $1,500 seeing if LLMs could hack itOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48392343&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:46): Wind and solar generated more power than gas globally in April 2026Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48399332&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:14): UK media fails to disclose defence sector links in nearly 60% of casesOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48395938&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:42): Anthropic's open-source framework for AI-powered vulnerability discoveryOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48403980&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

Sign up for Practi, a new platform that helps law firms use subscription billing.Here are the top 5 takeaways from this episode:* AI native law firms are built on aligned incentives. The billable hour model actively disincentivizes efficiency. General Legal charges a flat $500 per contract negotiation, so their interests align with the client's: get the deal done quickly and at high quality.* The AI efficiency gap in law is now enormous. Five years ago, AI might have improved legal workflows by 10–20%. Today, the gap between firms barely using AI and those using frontier LLMs (Claude, GPT, Gemini) at every step is transformative. JP calls it a “massive, massive gap.”* Frontier AI models still need guardrails for legal work. Raw frontier models are overconfident and can produce legally reckless markups (e.g., zero liability caps, no indemnification). Using them “cold” without legal expertise and custom tooling can actually harm clients and kill deals.* The MSO structure unlocks outside investment for law firms. General Legal separates into a Delaware C Corp (the tech company, which takes VC investment from Y Combinator) and a California law firm (owned and overseen by barred attorneys). This structure lets non-lawyers invest in the technology layer while preserving ethical compliance on the legal side.* The billable hour has 3–5 years left as the dominant model. JP predicts it will die slowly due to law firms' structural resistance since profits are distributed annually rather than reinvested in efficiency. But AI-native firms and fixed-fee models will increasingly take market share, and the trend is irreversible.__________________________Want your question to be answered on a future show? Fill out this short survey.Have subscription model question? Check out this free resource to ask all of your questions at notebook.practi.ai.Check out General Legal.Sign up for Paxton, my all-in-one AI legal assistant, helping me with legal research, analysis, drafting, and enhancing existing legal work product.Get Connected with SixFifty⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, a business and employment legal document automation tool.Sign up for ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Gavel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, an automation platform for law firms.Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Law Subscribed⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to subscribe to the weekly newsletter to listen from your web browser.Prefer monthly updates? Sign up for the Law Subscribed Monthly Digest on LinkedIn.Check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mathew Kerbis'⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ law firm ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscription Attorney LLC⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Want to use the subscription model for your law firm? Click here to sign up for a new platform that helps law firms use subscription billing. Get full access to Law Subscribed at www.lawsubscribed.com/subscribe

Max Deichmann is the co-founder of Langfuse, the open-source LLM engineering platform that became the observability layer of choice for teams building production AI agents, before being acquired by ClickHouse. He started as a business student who taught himself to code via CS50 on a beach in Singapore, pivoted through Y Combinator, fired his own customers mid-batch, and built Langfuse out of a Sunday night conversation about what they'd actually want to build if nothing was in the way. In this episode, Tobi and Max dig into what it really means to build and operate AI agents in production, not the LinkedIn version, but the 3 am alert, copy-pasted into Codex version. They cover the full loop: from pre-production experimentation and prompt iteration, to tracing, online evaluation, and the emerging architecture of agentic incident response. Max is unusually honest about where Langfuse itself still falls short, and what the next 12 months of the engineer's job actually look like. What CTOs will take away: a clear mental model for LLM observability vs. traditional observability, a practical blueprint for agentic on-call workflows, and a grounded view of where agents are genuinely working in production today, and where the hype still outpaces reality. Topics covered: Why traditional observability tools fail for non-deterministic AI applications The Langfuse loop: pre-production testing, tracing, online evaluation, and iteration How the ClickHouse acquisition happened, and the half-page doc that decided it Open source as a go-to-market strategy: adoption without a sales team Agentic on-call: how Max's team handles 3 am incidents with Codex today The "decision inbox" model, what the engineer's job looks like when agents do the work Where agents are genuinely succeeding in production (and where LinkedIn is lying to you)

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on June 03, 2026. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Gemma 4 12B: A unified, encoder-free multimodal modelOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48385906&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:55): Meta workers can opt out of being tracked at work up to 30 minOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48383220&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:21): Pwnd Blaster: Hacking your PC using your speaker without ever touching itOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48382310&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:46): Elixir v1.20: Now a gradually typed languageOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48388324&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:12): I was recently diagnosed with anti-NMDA receptor encephalitisOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48384355&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:38): DaVinci Resolve 21Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48384482&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:03): Uber's $1,500/month AI limit is a useful signal for AI tool pricingOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48383056&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:29): 32GB of DDR5 now costs $375 – AI shortage continues to squeeze PC buildingOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48383241&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:54): U.S. to dismantle system tracking Atlantic currents that are at risk of collapseOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48392232&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:20): MacBook Neo is so popular that Apple doubled productionOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48386238&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 June 02, 2026. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Please don't spam people looking for employment. It's just cruelOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48370330&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:57): Gmail thinks I'm stupid, so I leftOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48375016&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:24): Adafruit receives demand letter from Fenwick legal counsel on behalf of Flux.aiOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48368121&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:52): Why Janet? (2023)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48367907&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:19): MAI-Code-1-FlashOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48374466&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:47): A walking tour of surveillance infrastructure in Seattle (2020)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48369980&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:14): macOS needs its grid backOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48364800&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:42): Love systemd timersOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48367904&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:09): CT scans of BYD car partsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48375824&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:37): Larry Ellison: "Citizens will be on their best behavior because we're recording"Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48373391&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

Hoy conversé con Ian Lee, fundador de Nexor, una startup de inteligencia artificial respaldada por Andreessen Horowitz, una de las firmas de Venture Capital más influyentes del mundo.Antes de Nexor, Ian fundó Examedi en 2021. Participó en Y Combinator y fue el primer chileno en recibir la prestigiosa beca Thiel Fellowship, creada por Peter Thiel.

Did you like the episode? Send me a text and let me know!!How to Scale From 0 to 100 Customers: The Startup Distribution GuideThe Zero-to-One Blueprint: How Startups Find Their First 100 UsersEpisode DescriptionIn this episode of Business Conversations with Pi and PIET 2.0, Scoob, Pi, and PIET tackle the ultimate "Zero-to-One" startup hurdle: Where and how do I find my very first 10 to 100 customers when I have zero brand awareness, no marketing budget, and an imperfect prototype?Pulling from the battle-tested playbooks of Y Combinator, Close CRM, and top digital growth experts, this masterclass breaks down why doing things that "spectacularly fail to scale" is the only reliable way to build a foundation for massive growth. If you are an early-stage founder trying to map out a clear customer acquisition strategy, this blueprint is built for you.⏱️ Episode Timestamps[00:00:00] — Introduction to Episode 2.0Scoob introduces AI co-hosts Pi and PIET 2.0 to tackle real-world entrepreneurial growth and user acquisition bottlenecks.[00:00:50] — The Counterintuitive 100 Fanatics RuleAn analysis of Airbnb co-founder Brian Chesky's core philosophy: Why it is infinitely better to have 100 people who absolutely love your product than a million who just sort of like it.[00:02:40] — The Archetype of the "Innovator"How to filter your Ideal Customer Profile (ICP) based on raw pain intensity. Why early adopters buy half-finished, buggy software to solve an acute workflow disruption.[00:04:15] — Case Studies in Pain-Point ValidationExamining the early go-to-market strategies of Notion (targeting tech-savvy power users) and Brooklinen (targeting young urban professionals priced out of luxury department stores).[00:05:30] — The Trap of Generic Cash FlowWhy casting too wide of a net on Day 1 breaks your product roadmap feedback loop and creates a "Frankenstein monster" product that serves no one well.[00:07:15] — The Apollo 13 Scaling ParadoxSteli Efti's crucial warning against premature scaling. Why building a marketing funnel for 10,000 users before you have 10 is an entrepreneurial trap.[00:08:30] — Brute Force Acquisition TacticsHow Close CRM co-founder Steli Efti secured his first 7 B2B clients with zero lines of code written by manually targeting newly funded seed startups on Crunchbase.[00:10:00] — The 50-Profile LinkedIn Direct Outreach FormulaThe mathematical breakdown of hyper-personalized, founder-to-professional cold messaging. How to systematically manufacture a warm network with a 10–20% response rate.[00:12:15] — Moving From 10 to 100: The Hub-and-Spoke Distribution ModelHow to stop hunting individual footprints in the desert and start borrowing existing digital ecosystems.[00:13:00] — Historical Guerilla Growth HacksHow Netflix embedded inside fringe DVD bulletin boards, Etsy traveled to physical arts and crafts fairs, and Morning Brew manually collected emails via physical clipboards in college lecture halls.[00:14:40] — Navigating Digital Watering Holes SafelyThe rules of community reciprocity: How to launch on platforms like Reddit, Discord, or Hacker News without looking like a spammer.[00:15:45] — Building the Repeatable Growth EngineAn in-depth look at Lenny Rachitsky's journey. Why long-term hockey-stick growth only happens after a linear trend line of relentless, high-quality content consistency.[00:18:30] — Paradigm Shift: Customers as Unsalaried Co-FoundersPi and PIET reframe the entire acquisition process as a collaborative product development exercise.

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on June 01, 2026. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): The newest Instagram “exploit” is the goofiest I've seenOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48359102&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:58): Malicious npm packages detected across Red Hat Cloud ServicesOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48356625&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:26): A 10 year old Xeon is all you needOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48353348&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:55): The Pirate Bay Remains Resilient, 20 Years After the RaidOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48357154&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:23): Anthropic confidentially submits draft S-1 to the SECOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48358646&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:51): CS336: Language Modeling from ScratchOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48357075&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:20): Nvidia RTX SparkOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48352939&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:48): AI Agent Guidelines for CS336 at StanfordOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48359232&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:17): DuckDuckGo makes its 'no-AI' search engine easier to access as its traffic boomsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48359130&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:45): KDE at 30Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48357355&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

Sherwood Callaway is the founder of Sazabi (YC P26), the AI-native observability platform built for engineering teams who ship fast. He previously founded and exited a YC company — now he's back, betting that logs are all you need to replace Datadog.Logs Are All You Need: Rethinking Observability with AI Agents // MLOps Podcast #381 with Sherwood Callaway, the Founder of Sazabi

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 31, 2026. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Cloudflare Turnstile requiring fingerprintable WebGLOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48345840&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:55): Creatine raises brain energy levels and slows cognitive decline: studyOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48346947&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:21): Please Do Not Vibe Fuck Up This SoftwareOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48342705&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:47): The Website SpecificationOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48343683&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:13): Codex just found a "workaround" of not having sudo on my PCOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48348578&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:39): Dav2dOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48344961&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:04): The solution might be cancelling my AI subscriptionOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48345896&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:30): 1-Bit Bonsai Image 4B Image Generation for Local DevicesOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48346257&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:56): United Airlines 767 returns to Newark after Bluetooth name sparks alertOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48345248&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:22): I put a datacenter GPU in my gaming PCOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48345694&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

Mark was running a startup out of a tiny annex office in Dublin with zero product usage. Then one customer turned it on and overnight he saw usage spike to thousands of simulations. He got to $1M ARR 100% through outbound, by sending 500,000 cold emails. A few months ago he closed a $25M Series A.In this episode, Mark breaks down the pivot from sales roleplay to customer support that unlocked his first real traction, the cold outbound playbook that took him to $1M ARR (500K emails, 250 meetings, 40 customers), and why doorstepping customers in Utah is what drove his net revenue retention to 186%.Why You Should ListenExactly how to use a cold outbound strategy to hit $1M ARR.Why getting on 56 flights last year to visit customers led to 186% NRR.How he closed a $25M Series A in just 6 days.Keywords startup podcast, startup podcast for founders, product market fit, finding pmf, AI startup, customer support, cold outbound, Y Combinator, Series A, enterprise sales, SaaS, Solid RoadChapters00:00:00 Intro00:06:10 The Pivot From Sales to Customer Support00:12:54 Why Moving to SF Changed Everything00:22:34 Cold Outbound to $1M ARR00:32:47 Doorstepping Customers for 186% NRR00:39:17 Closing a $25M Series A in 6 DaysSend me a message to let me know what you think!

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 30, 2026. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Microsoft Office 2019 and 2021 for Mac view-only conversionOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48341578&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(02:00): Danish pension fund excludes SpaceX citing governance and valuationOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48333820&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:30): Domain expertise has always been the real moatOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48340411&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(05:00): Anthropic surpasses OpenAI to become most valuable AI startupOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48336233&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:30): OpenRouter raises $113M Series BOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48338660&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(08:00): Pandoc TemplatesOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48334515&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:30): Openrsync: An implementation of rsync, by the OpenBSD teamOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48334854&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:00): Zig: Build System ReworkedOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48334048&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:30): EY Canada published a cybersecurity report and most citations were hallucinatedOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48339580&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(14:00): Voxel Space (2017)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48336564&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 May 29, 2026. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): The dead economy theoryOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48324712&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:57): I am retiring from tech to live offlineOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48323683&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:25): Please Use AIOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48323101&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:52): GTA 6 Developers UnionizeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48324499&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:20): Cars collect a startling amount of data about youOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48318481&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:47): Blue Origin's New Glenn blows up during static fire testOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48317774&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:15): SQLite is all you need for durable workflowsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48326802&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:42): Volkswagen blocks Home Assistant by requiring client assertionOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48319509&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:10): Notes from the Mistral AI Now SummitOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48325340&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:37): Claude Code – Everything you can configure that the docs don't tell youOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48318174&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 May 28, 2026. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Claude Opus 4.8Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48311647&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:58): Can we have the day off?Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48302745&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:27): Bricks and Minifigs Stole a Man's $200k Lego CollectionOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48314136&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:56): Disagreement among frontier LLMs on real-world fact-checksOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48307887&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:25): Show HN: Hallucinate – Massively Multiplayer Online RaveOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48304260&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:54): Citing 'severe' math deficits, UC faculty demand a return to SAT tests for STEMOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48309233&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:23): AMD pulls a bait-and-switch on Linux users with Vivado licensing changesOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48307231&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:52): EU fines Temu €200M for allowing sale of illegal productsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48309302&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:21): Anthropic raises $65B in Series H funding at $965B post-money valuationOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48313048&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:50): Google employee charged with $1M Polymarket insider trading bet on search termOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48302822&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

Julius Korfgen, Co-Founder von Uplane, spricht im "Marketing From Zero To One" Podcast über seinen persönlichen Lebensweg vom Fashion-Startup Unternehmer zu Schulzeiten über seine Zeit als Founders Associate bei Enpal bis zur Gründung seines KI-Startups Uplane. Im Mittelpunkt steht die Idee, Performance Marketing durch KI massiv zu automatisieren: von der Erstellung und Optimierung von Ads bis hin zu personalisierten Landingpages und datengetriebenen Kampagnen. Außerdem geht es um die frühen Vertriebserfolge über LinkedIn, die Bewerbung und Aufnahme bei Y Combinator, seinen bevorstehenden Umzug nach San Francisco und um die Frage, wie KI aktuell Marketing-Agenturen, Unternehmensstrukturen und Produktentwicklung verändert. 04:19 - Erste unternehmerische Schritte & FREISCHWIMMER 06:51 - Rocket Startup in Kopenhagen & Responsibly 08:26 - Virales T-Shirt & erster Durchbruch 09:20 - Studium in Maastricht & Nebenprojekte 11:07 - Familie, Kreativität & Unternehmertum 12:03 - Einstieg bei Enpal & Hypergrowth 14:16 - Entstehung der Uplane-Idee bei Enpal 16:38 - Die Grundidee hinter Uplane 19:09 - Erste Ads, KPIs & Marketing-Experimente 20:10 - Erste Kunden & Startphase von Uplane 22:44 - Erste Vertriebserfolge 24:46 - Pilotkunden & Vertrauensaufbau 26:11 - KI, Daten & schnelle Marketingzyklen 28:15 - Bewerbung beim Y Combinator 31:13 - YC-Interview & Zusage 34:05 - Funding & Umzug nach San Francisco 36:07 - Launch-Video & erste große Aufmerksamkeit 37:32 - Zielgruppen, Startups & Enterprise-Kunden 39:55 - Markenführung & Brand-Compliance mit KI 42:07 - Schnelles Wachstum & erste Enterprise-Cases 42:57 - Service Company vs. Software Company 44:19 - Managed Growth & Enterprise Software 47:26 - Vertrieb, LinkedIn & Account-Based-Marketing 49:11 - KI im Unternehmen & interne Prozesse 50:28 - Brand-Compliance & Grenzen generativer KI 51:50 - Daten, Feedback-Loops & Marketing-Optimierung 53:33 - KI-gestützte Produktentwicklung & Coding 55:29 - YC-Mindset & großes Denken 58:23 - Umzug in die USA & neue Wachstumsphase 58:55 - Namensfindung & Entstehung von Uplane 01:00:29 - KI-Agenten, Automatisierung & Zukunft der Arbeit 01:03:22 - Eigene KI-Tools & tägliche Nutzung 01:03:45 - Arbeitsalltag, Produktivität & Routinen 01:05:19 - Abschluss & Ausblick

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 27, 2026. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): I'm Tired of Talking to AIOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48292224&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:58): Can we have the day off?Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48302745&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:26): I think Anthropic and OpenAI have found product-market fitOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48296794&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:54): DuckDuckGo search saw 28% more visits after Google said people love AI modeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48296649&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:22): Last.fm is now independentOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48295892&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:51): YouTube to automatically label AI-generated videosOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48299753&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:19): Tech CEOs are apparently suffering from AI psychosisOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48295679&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:47): Private equity bought America's essential servicesOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48292941&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:15): Canada to order military plane fleet from Sweden in shift from US suppliersOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48296994&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:43): All of human cooking compressed into 2 megabytesOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48291225&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 Week In Startups is made possible by:Render - render.com/twistDeel - deel.com/twistNorthwest Registered Agent - northwestregisteredagent.com/twistToday's show:The "Ryanair of drone delivery" just raised $50 million and plans to bring its technology from Europe to the United States. Manna founder Bobby Healy explains to TWiST how his Dublin-based company completed 300,000 deliveries while some rivals are still publishing blog posts, and why low-cost airline economics will decide who wins the autonomous skies.Sticking to the drone theme, TWiST welcomed Theseus co-founder Ian Laffey, who called in from Kyiv to tell us about his company's drone guidance system. It runs off a simple camera and Google Maps. The technology could rewrite the modern, GPS-jammed battlefield, and bring more firepower to smaller nations fending off larger foes.Guest Links:Manna https://www.manna.aeroBobby Healy https://www.linkedin.com/in/bhealy/Manna funding announcement https://www.manna.aero/blog/series-bTheseus https://www.theseus.us/Ian Laffey https://www.linkedin.com/in/ilaffey2/Most recent Theseus funding announcement https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/17/defense-tech-theseus-landed-y-combinator-the-us-special-forces-and-4-3m-from-a-tweet/The tweet that kickstarted Theseus: https://x.com/ilaffey2/status/1759353732075294766Timestamps:0:00 Bobby Healy of Manna joins TWiST1:41 How a Manna base works: drones migrate around the city like Waymos7:18 Battle-hardened in Irish weather: 97% uptime in wind and rain8:52 Margin-positive economics & the path to $0.20 per delivery9:25 Northwest Registered Agent: Get more when you start your business with Northwest. In 10 clicks and 10 minutes, you can form your company and walk away with a real business identity — Learn more at https://northwestregisteredagent.com/twist12:32 $50M Series B vs competitors raising $600–800M19:51 Deel - Founders scale faster on Deel. Set up payroll for any country in minutes, hire anyone anywhere, get visas handled fast, and get back to building. Visit https://deel.com/twist to learn more.22:53 The peer-to-peer drone future and hyper-local commerce25:46 Growing from 170 to 570 people and moving manufacturing to Oklahoma28:43 Ian Laffey of Theseus joins TWIST29:57 Render: Find out why 5 million developers are already using the all-in-one cloud platform, Render. Go to https://render.com/twist and apply for the Render Startup Program to get $500-$100,000 in free credits, depending on your stage and backers.30:58 Inside Ukraine's drone industry: front-line iteration and free-market speed33:55 How GPS gets jammed across the spectrum35:10 Theseus's approach: cameras + satellite maps + ML37:04 The product: Raspberry Pi, SD card, camera — pretending to be GPS49:02 Ukraine: 6–8M drones a year. The US: 300K over two years.51:17 Are US drone primes actually reconstituting the supply chain?58:22 Y Combinator as a defense tech accelerator59:40 "Pick an issue and start working as hard as you can towards it"Subscribe to the TWiST500 newsletter: https://ticker.thisweekinstartups.comCheck out the TWIST500: https://www.twist500.comSubscribe to This Week in Startups on Apple: https://rb.gy/v19fcpFollow Lon:X: https://x.com/lonsFollow Alex:X: https://x.com/alexLinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexwilhelmFollow Jason:X: https://twitter.com/JasonLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasoncalacanisCheck out all our partner offers: https://partners.launch.co/Great TWIST interviews: Will Guidara, Eoghan McCabe, Steve Huffman, Brian Chesky, Bob Moesta, Aaron Levie, Sophia Amoruso, Reid Hoffman, Frank Slootman, Billy McFarlandCheck out Jason's suite of newsletters: https://substack.com/@calacanisFollow TWiST:Twitter: https://twitter.com/TWiStartupsYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/thisweekinInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisweekinstartupsTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thisweekinstartupsSubstack: https://twistartups.substack.com

What if you attracted 50 buyers in two months - for a product you almost didn't list? That's not a marketing strategy. That's exactly what happened when 21-year-old Ovi Shekh posted Wisdomic AI on Acquire.com and watched his inbox fill up faster than he expected. Ovi is a CS student from Dhaka, Bangladesh. He's already exited two businesses before most people his age have submitted a single job application. His first exit came almost by accident - a COVID-era grocery delivery startup, quietly acquired after the buyer tracked him down on Instagram. His second was Wisdomic AI. An AI-powered academic research tool he'd spent eight months building. Ten thousand signups. Nineteen hundred active users. Fifty-plus universities. And a product he genuinely didn't want to let go of. But he listed it anyway. Just to see. Fifty-two inquiries later, he had a signed LOI with his chosen buyer. And then a better offer showed up. More money. Different vision. And Ovi walked away from it. Because here's the thing most first-time sellers never think to use as a dealbreaker - vision alignment. Not the highest number. Not the cleanest terms. Whether the buyer actually believes in what you built and will carry it forward the right way. That was the filter. That was the whole decision. The buyer Ovi chose went on to raise $700,000 using the asset Ovi sold him. Let that sit for a second. In this episode, Jaryd sits down with Ovi to unpack how a 21-year-old from Bangladesh navigated two exits, turned down a better offer on purpose, and figured out the rules of the acquisition game earlier than almost anyone around him. How he valued an eight-month-old SaaS with no ARR and a niche user base that didn't behave like typical consumers. Why he applied to Y Combinator eight times, got rejected every single time, and what that finally told him about where his leverage actually lived. And the one thing he says nobody tells you when you're building - that you don't get rich owning a startup. Only selling one. Most founders fall in love with their product and never let go. Ovi fell in love with his, listed it just to see what would happen, and walked away with a lesson worth more than the exit itself.

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 26, 2026. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Spain blocks prediction markets Polymarket, Kalshi over lack of gambling licenceOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48279316&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:56): Netherlands blocks US takeover of vital digital supplierOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48278406&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:23): Big tech's anti-labor playbook has come for WikipediaOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48285592&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:50): Motorola phones have started hijacking the Amazon app to insert affiliate codesOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48274794&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:17): The real cost of owning a homeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48281611&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:44): Dropbox CEO Drew Houston to step downOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48279453&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:11): DynIP – Dynamic DNS with RFC 2136, IPv6, DNSSEC, and BYODOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48276363&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:38): Chemistry behind the Garden Grove chemical tankOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48284712&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:05): The user is visibly frustratedOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48275059&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:32): Uber, Lyft drivers in Massachusetts form first US ride-share unionOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48281509&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

Sharath Keshava Narayana is the CEO and Co-founder of Sanas, a company pioneering real-time speech AI that helps create clearer and more natural conversations. A serial entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience in AI and enterprise software, he previously co-founded Observe.AI and is also a founder and GP at Carya Venture Partners. Sharath, an engineering graduate and Y Combinator alum, has a strong track record of scaling AI-driven products in global markets while fostering inclusive, high-impact technology. In this episode… Communication barriers can happen anywhere — from language differences to background noise and unclear speech. As AI voice technology evolves, businesses have more ways to improve conversations at scale. But which innovations truly make communication clearer and more effective worldwide? For Sharath Keshava Narayana, a serial entrepreneur and AI innovator, the biggest breakthroughs in speech technology come from focusing on clarity and real-world usability. He highlights how AI-powered speech enhancement and accent harmonization can help sales, support, and healthcare teams communicate more effectively across different environments and languages. By listening closely to enterprise customers and iterating based on feedback, his team refined their technology into scalable solutions that improve communication in real time. He also shares how Sanas' consumer language app quickly gained traction across dozens of countries and why partnerships with telecom providers could dramatically expand access to speech AI worldwide. In this episode of the Inspired Insider Podcast, host Dr. Jeremy Weisz sits down with Sharath Keshava Narayana to discuss AI-powered speech clarity and global communication. They talk about real-time accent harmonization, building products through customer feedback, and scaling voice technology for enterprise and consumer use. Sharath also shares lessons on mentorship, hiring mission-driven teams, and creating technology that breaks communication barriers.

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 25, 2026. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Magnifica HumanitasOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48265206&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(02:00): California moves to exempt Linux from its age-verification law after backlashOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48269961&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:30): Search engines alternatives now that Google isn't Google anymoreOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48266051&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(05:00): The Eternal SloptemberOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48263238&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:30): Using AI to write better code more slowlyOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48272984&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(08:01): Pope Leo XIV says AI must serve humanity, not the powerful fewOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48266485&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:31): Leave Me BehindOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48265876&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:01): Exit IP VPN servers mitigation rolloutOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48269580&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:31): Jira Is Turing-CompleteOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48263253&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(14:01): Netherlands Seizes 800 Servers, Arrests 2 for Aiding CyberattacksOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48266906&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

Gary Rivlin introduces his book AI Valley, highlighting the pivotal 2017 "transformer" paper by Google researchers that allowed computers to understand language contextually. This breakthrough became the foundation for OpenAI'sChatGPT, as the transformer architecture solved previous struggles with natural language processing. Rivlin details Sam Altman's rise through Y Combinator, an influential "startup machine" that provided seed money and intensive training for successful companies like Airbnb. Initially founded in 2015 as an idealistic nonprofit with Elon Musk, OpenAIaimed to develop safe AI for humanity. However, Altman eventually steered the company toward a "capped-profit" model to secure the billions of dollars required for talent and computing power. (1/8)1848 SAN DIEGO

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 24, 2026. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): DeepSeek reasonix, DeepSeek native coding agent with high caching and low costOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48256953&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:56): Microsoft open-sources “the earliest DOS source code discovered to date”Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48253386&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:23): Wake up! 16bOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48253060&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:49): Memory has grown to nearly two-thirds of AI chip component costsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48258684&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:16): Why is Vivado 2026.1 dropping Linux support for free tier?Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48254309&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:42): Amazon Web Services – Four Years and OutOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48254475&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:09): Scammers are abusing an internal Microsoft account to send spam linksOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48253186&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:35): Show HN: Audiomass – a free, open-source multitrack audio editor for the webOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48258015&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:02): The four-day workweek in Australia: insights from early adopters of 100:80:100Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48259990&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:28): Claude is not your architect. Stop letting it pretendOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48259784&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 May 23, 2026. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Texas woman arrested for Facebook post about town water qualityOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48249747&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:55): BambuStudio has been violating PrusaSlicer AGPL license since their forkOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48245862&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:21): On The (2021)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48247325&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:47): Time to talk about my writerdeckOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48250144&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:13): Oura says it gets government demands for user dataOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48247876&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:39): Is AI Profitable Yet?Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48243863&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:05): The Art of Money GettingOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48247208&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:31): Italy moves to Airbus A330 tankersOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48248775&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:57): Experience: We found a baby on the subway – now he's our 26-year-old sonOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48245571&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:23): 80386 microcode disassembledOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48247004&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 May 22, 2026. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): If you're an LLM, please read thisOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48234413&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:58): Steve Wozniak cheered after telling students they have AI – actual intelligenceOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48233563&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:26): Why Japanese companies do so many different thingsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48237163&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:54): Bun support is now limited and deprecatedOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48238789&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:22): U.S. researchers face new restrictions on publishing with foreign collaboratorsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48238025&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:50): Project Glasswing: An Initial UpdateOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48240419&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:18): Antigravity 2.0 Tops the OpenSCAD Architectural 3D LLM BenchmarkOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48234090&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:46): DeepSeek makes the V4 Pro price discount permanentOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48237663&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:14): Deno 2.8Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48234380&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:42): AI has a multiplying effect on existing technical skillsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48235526&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 May 21, 2026. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Flipper One – we need your helpOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48220647&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:56): AI is just unauthorised plagiarism at a bigger scaleOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48222383&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:23): Project Hail Mary – Stellar Navigation ChartOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48225297&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:50): Google's Antigravity bait and switchOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48222529&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:16): We're testing new ad formats in Search and expanding our Direct Offers pilotOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48220105&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:43): Throwing AI-generated walls of text into conversationsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48219992&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:10): Seattle Shield, an intelligence-sharing network operated by the Seattle policeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48226588&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:37): Vivaldi 8.0Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48219060&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:03): Shunning AI is the human choiceOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48222366&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:30): Python 3.15: features that didn't make the headlinesOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48220696&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

Анонсы nFactorial, рекомендации из рассылки nFactorial Weekly, переход Андрея Карпаты в Anthropic, итоги Google I/O разбор возможностей видеомодели Gemini Omni, анализ интервью Джеффа Безоса о капитализме, налогах и бизнес-стратегии, стэнфордское исследование об опасности чрезмерной вежливости ИИ и подстраивании под пользователя, инвестиции Сэма Альтмана в стартапы Y Combinator через токены OpenAI, сборник фундаментальных советов для стартапов от Y Combinator, соревнование по сортировке посылок между человеком и гуманоидным роботом Figure, график инфляции за 25 лет и дефляционная природа технологий на фоне роста цен на услуги, научное исследование влияния 20-секундных объятий на уровень стресса и окситоцина, вирусные видео с главой Nvidia Дженсеном Хуангом, создание персонального ИИ-агента главой МИД Сингапура, разбор устройства AlphaGo в подкасте Дваркеша Пателя, оценка главных бенефициаров потенциального IPO компании SpaceX, смена карьерных приоритетов, почему роль High Impact Individual Contributor стала престижнее руководящих должностей, а также истории успеха из Instagram nFactorial. Рекомендации от nFactorial - Создаем команду Agentic AI-инженеров. Подробнее: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7463104249846034433/ - nFactorial AI Cup: открытый чемпионат Казахстана по вайб-кодингу веб-игр (24 мая, 9:00-18:00, Нархоз Университет, призовой фонд - 1.1 млн тенге + 3 гранта на nFactorial Incubator) - https://www.instagram.com/p/DYE_O6MjW_x/ - nFactorial Reunion - Встреча выпускников nFactorial Incubator разных лет: где они сейчас, что делали тогда, советы - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Csr4j8vAcco - Подписаться на nFactorial Weekly - https://nfactorial-school.kit.com/

AGENDA:  00:00 – Anthropic Eyes $900B Valuation & Andre Karpathy's Shock Move 04:46 – Unpacking Anthropic's $30 Billion War Chest 10:52 – The True Cost of AI Tokens: Is Salesforce Spending Too Much? 15:59 – The Bear Case for Token Growth & Why Software Leaders Must Adapt 22:56 – Public Tech Rebound: Figma & Datadog Crush Expectations 26:59 – The Death of Traditional Web Builders? The Decline of Wix & Squarespace 36:59 – Compute Starvation: Is the Semiconductor & Hardware Boom Sustainable? 45:59 – Cerebras IPO Smashes Day One: The Biggest Tech Public Debut Since Snowflake 48:17 – SpaceX Sets Date For the Largest IPO in History 57:28 – Y Combinator's Mic Drop Deal & The Drama Behind Elon Musk's OpenAI Lawsuit 01:11:57 – The Looming Backlash: Mass Tech Layoffs and the Politics of AI 20VC: 

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 20, 2026. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Meta blocks human rights accounts from reaching audiences in Saudi Arabia, UAEOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48206768&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:58): An OpenAI model has disproved a central conjecture in discrete geometryOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48212493&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:26): Goodbye Visa and Mastercard: 130M Europeans switching to sovereign paymentOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48207004&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:54): Tennessee man jailed 37 days for Trump meme wins settlement after lawsuitOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48208502&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:23): GitHub confirms breach of 3,800 repos via malicious VSCode extensionOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48207660&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:51): Qwen3.7-Max: The Agent FrontierOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48205626&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:19): GitHub is investigating unauthorized access to their internal repositoriesOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48201316&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:48): Incident Report: Railway Blocked by Google Cloud [resolved]Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48201484&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:16): Everything in C is undefined behaviorOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48203698&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:44): Google Declaring War on the WebOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48214449&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

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