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Achieving Compliance Made Easy: Introducing Vanta
Learn about Vanta, a company that helps startups achieve compliance quickly and easily. Discover how Vanta automates compliance for various regulations and its benefits, including time and cost savings.
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Today’s show:
Sunny Madra joins Jason to demo video creation platform Hour One (9:28), meal planner Dinnerfly (26:35), a short film titled “Borrowed Time,” entirely created using AI tools (49:18), and more!
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Timestamps:
(0:00) Sunny Madra joins Jason
(1:37) Exploring the dynamics of AI in the workplace, focusing on remote work management and efficiency debates.
(9:28) Sunny demos Hour One sparked from Reid Hoffman’s deep fake post.
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(13:35) Sunny further demos his own use of Hour One.
(17:22) Sunny demos Bland AI.
(21:29) Vanta - Get $1000 off your SOC 2 at https://www.vanta.com/twist
(22:37) Jason and Sunny analyze "Bland AI," discussing various applications and evaluating the demo.
(26:35) Sunny demos Dinnerfly.
(31:52) Gusto - Get three months free when you run your first payroll at http://www.gusto.com/twist
(34:25) A conversation on Apple’s behaviour regarding its oxygen technology in smartwatches, including a fun John Malkovich reference from the film "Rounders.”
(37:42) Sunny demos AI Comic Factory.
(49:18) Sunny presents a short film entirely created using AI tools, titled “Borrowed Time.”
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LINKS:
Check out Hour One: https://app.hourone.ai/home
Check out Bland: https://www.bland.ai/turbo
Check out Dinnerfy: https://app.dinnerfy.com/
Check out AI Comic Factory: https://huggingface.co/spaces/jbilcke-hf/ai-comic-factory
Check out AI short film “Borrowing Time”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCIsHNQHcKQ
Check out Jason and Sunny’s 2024 AI bets: http://www.thisweekinstartups/bets
Check out our AI demo clips: http://www.thisweekinstartups.com/AI
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(31:52) Gusto - Get three months free when you run your first payroll at http://www.gusto.com/twist
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X: https://twitter.com/sundeep
Check out: https://www.definitive.io/
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasoncalacanis
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Great 2023 interviews: Steve Huffman, Brian Chesky, Aaron Levie, Sophia Amoruso, Reid Hoffman, Frank Slootman, Billy McFarland
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