Podcast Episodes

Google is Nano Banana, Apple AI plans & The Great H1B Visa Debate | E2170

Today’s show:

On a brand-new TWiST, Jason and Alex are asking why there are SO MANY note-taking AI apps?

Plus another death has been linked to ChatGPT… is it too easy to get past chatbot guardrails? Wh…

Published on 12 hours ago

xAI’s App Store lawsuit, Intel shares vs. grocery stores, and Netskope’s IPO | E2169

Today’s show:

On an upbeat and optimistic new TWiST, Jason and Alex are debating why any new innovation or technology gets hit with a wave of bitter cynicism.

PLUS Jason defends the government taking s…

Published on 2 days, 11 hours ago

Do Kwon Guilty, Powell Pivot & OpenAI’s $12B Run Rate | E2168

Today’s show:

Terra’s collapse, Powell’s pivot, and OpenAI’s explosive growth all collide in this TWiST deep dive.

Do Kwon has pled guilty after Terra/Luna’s $60B implosion, Fed Chair Powell hints at a…

Published on 5 days, 12 hours ago

Is Chalk.ai the ‘Next Databricks’? + Tollbit’s Bot Paywall for AI Agents | E2167

Today’s show:

In this TWiST 500 double feature, Alex sits down with two breakout founders: Chalk’s Marc Freed-Finnegan & Tollbit’s Toshit Panigrahi!

First, Chalk’s CEO Marc Freed-Finnegan is tackling o…

Published on 1 week ago

Scaling AI Photo Editing to 300M Users with Photoroom’s Matt Rouif | AI Basics with Google Cloud

In this AI Basics episode, Jason sits down with Matt Rouif, Co-founder & CEO of Photoroom — the AI photo editing app with 300M+ downloads and 5B images processed annually.

They break down:

Published on 1 week, 1 day ago

Decart makes AI faster, Lume teaches lamps to fold laundry | E2166

Today’s show:

We’re back with two insightful new TWiST founder interviews.

First up: Dean Leitersdorf of Decart tells us about squeezing maximum productivity out of your GPUs. But it’s not all talk: he…

Published on 1 week, 2 days ago

Meta’s “Sensual” AI Doc LEAKS, Opendoor’s dreams became memes +  OpenAI plans $1T data center spend | E2165

It’s a Friday TWiST and Jason and Alex are FIRED UP about this internal Meta doc laying out appropriate vs. inappropriate AI behavior… You won’t BELIEVE with what Zuck approves for 8-year-old users.

P…

Published on 1 week, 5 days ago

The End of the ZIRP Era, and why recruiting is SO PAINFUL | E2164

Today’s show:

We’re back with another all-star VC roundtable discussion.

Joining Jason are Dave McClure of Practical VC, NVNG’s Grady Buchanan, and Tomasz Tunguz of Theory VC. Together, they’re having …

Published on 2 weeks ago

GPT Psychosis is spreading, the NYT is Super-Doxxing Zuck, and Trump is wetting his beak on Chinese chip exports | E2163

Today’s show:

On an all-new Monday TWiST, Lon joins Jason and Alex to talk about a whole bunch of stories at the intersection of tech, business, and pop culture.

First up, is GPT Psychosis real? And if…

Published on 2 weeks, 2 days ago

GPT-5 comes alive, Apple is struggling, and Ripple bought Rail | E2162

Today’s show:

Jason and Lon recorded a Thursday night special edition, so no Alex this time, but still lots to talk about.

First up, Jason thinks it’s time for Tim Apple to exit the stage in lieu of a …

Published on 2 weeks, 5 days ago