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AI itineraries, newsletters, doodles, and more with Sunny Madra! | E1778

Jul 18, 2023

Sunny Madra, co-founder of Definitive Intelligence, dives into the latest in AI tools, showcasing six innovative products. He demonstrates Copilot2Trip, an AI travel assistant that outshines Google Bard in itinerary planning. The conversation touches on the future of journalism in the digital age, highlighting AI's role in content creation and summarization. Additionally, he explores the powerful features of Hoppy Copy and Stable Doodle, emphasizing how these tools revolutionize user engagement and creativity in everyday tasks.

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Sunny Madra

Highlights

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The Challenges of Scaling a Newsletter Business and the Role of AI

01:06

Amazon's AI-Powered Personalization and Anticipation

00:50

Deep Dive with Niche Content

02:22

Negotiating the best deal and understanding market dynamics

02:17

Intro

2min

Navigating Podcasting and AI Innovations

8min

Exploring Entrepreneurial Opportunities in AI and Travel

3min

Innovating in Travel Startups and AI Dynamics

15min

Revolutionizing Project Management and the Future of Journalism

4min

The Evolving Landscape of Journalism and AI

6min

Evolving Voice Interfaces and Personalized User Engagement

3min

AI and Event Planning Innovations

9min

AI-Powered Website Creation Simplified

5min

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Today’s show:

Sunny Madra joins Jason to demo 6 awesome AI products and features including Copilot2Trip(4:25), Hoppy Copy(19:40), Stable Doodle(34:31), and much more!

Time stamps:

(00:00) Sunny Madra joins Jason (4:25)Sunny demos Copilot2Trip’s AI travel assistant (6:30) OpenAI’s fine-tuning ability (11:26) .Tech Domains - Apply to get your startup featured on This Week in Startups at https://startups.tech/jason (12:26) Comparing Copilot2Trip’s itinerary capabilities to Google Bard’s (16:51) What will become of Google Bard and ChatGPT (19:40) Sunny demos Hoppy Copy (24:41) Journalism in the digital era (28:55) Notion - Try Notion Projects for free today at notion.com/twist (31:01) The San Francisco Chronicles article and where AI struggles in journalism (34:31) Sunny demos Stable Doodle (36:32) Bringing back the voice interface (39:42) OpenPhone - Get 20% off your first six months at https://openphone.com/twist (43:01) Google Bard’s new Multimodal capability (50:39) Sunny demos 10Web’s AI website builder

Check Out Copilot2Trip: https://copilot2trip.com/ Check Out Hoppy Copy: https://www.hoppycopy.co/ Check Out Stable Doodle: https://clipdrop.co/stable-doodle Check Out 10Web: https://10web.io/ Follow Sunny: https://twitter.com/sundeep *

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