API's and Disintermediation

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API's are actually in their interest, right? Where social companies have a bigger downside that they have to protect against. Twitter got spooked and said, well, shoot, we don't want like our business front end to get disintermediateed with our users through one owner. So, if you can figure out a clever way to like protect against that outcome from happening, then I think the sort of, it's all upside from a sort of monetization standpoint.

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Today’s show:

Zapier’s Mike Knoop joins Jason to discuss the early days of Zapier before breaking down the evolution of app integrations and API usage (1:20). They dive into reducing friction for Zapier users, regulating AI, the limitations of present-day AI architecture, and more (43:06).

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(0:00) Mike Knoop joins Jason

(1:20) Zapier’s origin story

(8:40) Zapier’s key inflection point and its profit-sharing model

(14:05) Zapier’s business model

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(17:03) The evolution of app integrations and API usage

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(25:00) Zapier demo + incorporating AI into your workflow

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