Today’s show: Alex interviews two incredible founders from the TWIST 500! First, Replit CEO Amjad Masad breaks down how AI-powered coding is changing software development and what the future of agents looks like. Then, Starfish Space co-founder Austin Link explains how they’re building a satellite towing service to extend missions and clean up orbit. Two deep dives into the future of tech and space.

Timestamps:

(0:00) Alex kicks off the episode!

(0:53) Discussing Replit's capabilities and introduction of CEO Amjad Masad

(4:17) Replit's evolution and turning down a billion-dollar acquisition offer

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(11:42) Impact of LLMs and AI agents

(17:13) Choosing Anthropic's Claude for Replit

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(21:29) Anthropic success and closed source AI implications

(24:37) Replit market response and economics of AI models

(28:14) Future of Replit's AI tools and plans

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(35:12) Introduction to Starfish Space and its mission

(38:50) Core missions and challenges of the Otter satellite

(47:29) First official mission with Otter and key partnerships

(50:57) Economics and ownership of satellite services

(53:11) Key components of the Otter project

(57:19) Startups in the space economy and comparison with Orbit Fab

(59:08) Starfish Space hiring push and final thoughts

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amjadmasad/

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LinkLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/austin-link-space/

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