Podcast Episodes

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!

1 year, 1 month 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 imag…

1 year, 1 month 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 prod…

1 year, 1 month 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 BELI…

1 year, 1 month 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 T…

1 year, 1 month 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 …

1 year, 1 month 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'…

1 year, 1 month ago

Communist coffee hits NYC, RIP Hulu, GPT-5 arrives and more | E2161

Today's show:

It's a brand-new PACKED episode of TWiST. Jason and Alex welcome guest Zach Dive of Adam.new, to tell us why he made a deepfake AI ad s…

1 year, 1 month ago

Lina Khan's Figma victory lap, Meta's Superintelligence Team, BYD mega car-carrier video & MORE | E2160

Today's show:

Jason and Alex are running down the biggest tech, startup, and business stories of the day on a brand-new Monday TWIST.Which countri…

1 year, 1 month ago

TWiST 500 interviews with Cortical Labs, Turing, AND Mercor | E2159

Today's show:

Alex is back with three more awesome interviews with founders on the bleeding edge of innovative tech.

1 year, 1 month ago