Sunny and Vinny are back to demo some new AI tools (14:08), discuss open-source vs. "ClosedAI" (38:45), and more! (0:00) Jason kicks off the show (1:31) Jason's trip to the UAE and Abu Dhabi's 30-year investment horizon (12:39) Miro - Sign up for a free account at https://miro.com/startups (14:08) Sunny demos ChatPDF and LLMs' future in the workforce (24:23) Lemon.io - Get 15% off your first 4 weeks of developer time at https://Lemon.io/twist (25:41) Google's new universal translator (30:11) What is Hugging Face?  (37:26) iConnections - Get 20% off iConnections Miami 2024 event at http://iconnections.io/twist (38:45) Open-source vs. "ClosedAI" and the race to build AI hardware (48:28) Comparing Google Bard to ChatGPT (1:01:13) Google's vision for Gmail and AWS's partnership with Hugging Face FOLLOW Vinny: https://twitter.com/VinnyLingham FOLLOW Sunny: https://twitter.com/sundeep FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis Links: https://www.semianalysis.com/p/google-we-have-no-moat-and-neither https://www.chatpdf.com https://huggingface.co/espnet/kan-bayashi_ljspeech_vits Subscribe to our YouTube to watch all full episodes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkkhmBWfS7pILYIk0izkc3A?sub_confirmation=1 FOUNDERS! Subscribe to the Founder University podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/founder-university/id1648407190

Sunny and Vinny are back to break down ChatGPT's latest innovation: the Code Interpreter. They demonstrate its capabilities with two separate datasets on EVs in America and US Bank Failures (10:58) before discussing how platforms like ChatGPT will revolutionize organizational efficiency (31:19). (0:00) Jason kicks off the show (2:06) ChatGPT's new code interpreter (9:24) OpenPhone - Start your free trial and get 20% off at https://openphone.com/twist (10:58) ChatGPT's Code Interpreter example with EV data (23:50) Coda - Get a $1,000 startup credit at https://coda.io/twist (25:13) The global GPU shortage (28:10) ChatGPT's Code Interpreter example with US Bank Failures  (31:19) How ChatGPT will change the modern-day organization (38:55) Release - Get your first month free at https://release.com/twist (40:27) Getting more efficient with ChatGPTs new updates (47:53) Web browsing with ChatGPT   (56:11) How this technology will enable people (1:04:15) How this has impacted Sunny FOLLOW Sunny: https://twitter.com/sundeep FOLLOW Vinny: https://twitter.com/vinnylingham FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis Subscribe to our YouTube to watch all full episodes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkkhmBWfS7pILYIk0izkc3A?sub_confirmation=1 FOUNDERS! Subscribe to the Founder University podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/founder-university/id1648407190 OTHER LINKS: https://twitter.com/jbrowder1/status/1652387444904583169?s=20

Vinny and Sunny join Jason for another AI roundtable to demo ChatGPT’s web browsing capabilities (1:44), discuss AI’s effect on productivity and the workforce (13:53), demo Opus Clip and ChatGPT’s Zillow plugin (33:44), and more! (0:00) Vinny and Sunny join Jason (1:44) GPT-4 web browsing demo (9:10) Inside.com’s AI strategy (12:22) LinkedIn Marketing - Get a $100 LinkedIn ad credit at https://linkedin.com/thisweekinstartups (13:53) AI’s effect on productivity and the workforce (23:36) Hyperice - Get $50 off your order of $150 or more with code TWIST50 at http://hyperice.com/ (25:04) Personal use cases for ChatGPT (30:56) Market Pull (33:44) Opus Clip demo (39:55) Trovata - Use code TWIST at https://trovata.io/twist for 30% off one year of premium features, like AI forecasting (41:08) Synthesia (43:11) Zillow plugin demo  (49:51) The future of ChatGPT Plugins FOLLOW Sunny: https://twitter.com/sundeep FOLLOW Vinny: https://twitter.com/vinnylingham FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis Subscribe to our YouTube to watch all full episodes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkkhmBWfS7pILYIk0izkc3A?sub_confirmation=1 FOUNDERS! Subscribe to the Founder University podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/founder-university/id1648407190

Vinny and Sunny join Jason to discuss AI’s blistering pace and compare its development to other product launches (2:47). They also break down the anxiety artists and developers feel from AI automation (14:47), the rise of AutoGPTs, Twitter’s reported LLM project, and more (37:01). (0:00) Jason kicks off the show (2:47) The blistering pace of AI (9:44) Developer builds Flappy Bird in 1-hour (11:24) Squarespace - Use offer code TWIST to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain at https://Squarespace.com/TWIST (12:53) Developers leveraging gains in AI (14:47) Ai anxiety (23:55) Instacart’s ChatGPT plugin  (26:06) Preserving your advantage against AI (29:10) Vanta - Get $1000 off your SOC 2 at https://vanta.com/twist (30:14) AI artists (35:54) Crowdbotics - Get a free scoping session for your next big app idea at http://crowdbotics.com/twist (37:01) Automating with AutoGPT (47:09) LLMs vs. Knowledge retrieval systems  (57:06) Is Google’s Bard behind?  (1:02:42) Twitter’s alleged generative AI project (1:08:30) Ethereum and Bitcoin updates FOLLOW Sunny: https://twitter.com/sundeep FOLLOW Vinny: https://twitter.com/VinnyLingham FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis Subscribe to our YouTube to watch all full episodes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkkhmBWfS7pILYIk0izkc3A?sub_confirmation=1 FOUNDERS! Subscribe to the Founder University podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/founder-university/id1648407190

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Vinny and Sunny join Jason to discuss the three phases of AI adoption and the emergence of new business models (1:55), which leads to a conversation about Grimes open-sourcing her AI-generated vocals before debating whether the government should regulate AI (24:57). They wrap with a conversation about AI’s technical constraints, OpenAI’s transparency issues, and the future of startups (39:31). (0:00) Show start (1:04) Vinny and Sunny join Jason  (1:55) The three phases of AI adoption (11:15) CacheFly - Get 10 terabytes free by signing up at https://twist.cachefly.com (12:41) Building AI applications (18:27) House of Macadamias - Get 20% off your first purchase and a free bottle of cold-pressed macadamia oil at http://houseofmacadamias.com/twist by using code twist20 (19:59) Emerging business models (24:57) Grimes’ approach to AI-generated music  (28:31) Notion - Take the first step toward an organized, happier team. Apply for Notion for Startups at https://notion.com/jason. (30:04) Regulating AI  (39:31) The technical constraints of AI  (45:33) Becoming more efficient with AI  (51:16) OpenAI’s lack of transparency  (1:01:44) Lessons from Mahalo (1:05:55) The future of startups  (1:08:36) Reflecting on the Starship launch FOLLOW Sunny: https://twitter.com/sundeep FOLLOW Vinny: https://twitter.com/vinnylingham FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis Subscribe to our YouTube to watch all full episodes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkkhmBWfS7pILYIk0izkc3A?sub_confirmation=1 FOUNDERS! Subscribe to the Founder University podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/founder-university/id1648407190

Vinny and Sunny join the show to cover all the angles of Sam Bankman-Fried selling FTX to Binance after a liquidity crunch! (0:54) (0:00) Intro! (0:54) Vinny Lingham and Sunny Madra join to break down SBF selling FTX to Binance after a liquidity crunch! (13:36) Squarespace - Use offer code TWIST to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain at https://Squarespace.com/TWIST (15:04) Comparing FTX's bank run to traditional finance, understanding leverage, culture of: make money first, clean up later, Vinny's theory on Alameda's locked Solana (23:24) Embroker - Use code TWIST to get an extra 10% off insurance at https://Embroker.com/twist (24:35) Three areas of crypto, understanding where FTX and FTT fall in this, risks of centralized exchanges (32:01) How this might impact broader crypto regulation, Bitcoin decoupling from the greater crypto market (37:33) Lemon.io - Get 15% off your first 4 weeks of developer time at https://Lemon.io/twist (38:57) Understanding what happened to Binance's FTT: Who is the bag holder? How might this unravel going forward? (42:55) FTX fundraising breakdown: could this situation break the crypto VC model? FOLLOW Vinny: https://twitter.com/VinnyLingham FOLLOW Sunny: https://twitter.com/sundeep FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis FOLLOW Molly: https://twitter.com/mollywood Subscribe to our YouTube to watch all full episodes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkkhmBWfS7pILYIk0izkc3A?sub_confirmation=1

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This Week in Startups is presented by: MasterClass. Learn from the world’s best minds - anytime, anywhere, and at your own pace. Get 15% off an annual membership to MasterClass at https://masterclass.com/startups. Merge. Let your developers get back to their core product. Merge is a single API to add hundreds of integrations to your app. Integrate up to 3 customers for free today at https://merge.dev/twist Lemon.io - Hire pre-vetted remote developers, get 15% off your first 4 weeks of developer time at https://Lemon.io/twist * Todays show: Vinny and Sunny are back! First, Vinny demos Waitroom (2:12), before the group breaks down Apple’s new Vision Pro headset (41:10), then, Sunny demos a suite of new AI tools, including Meta’s MusicGen model(19:53). Follow Vinny: https://twitter.com/vinnylingham Checkout Waitroom: https://waitroom.com/ Follow Sunny: https://twitter.com/sundeep Checkout Definitive: https://definitive.io/ * Time stamps: (00:00) Vinny and Sunny join Jason (2:12) Waitroom's features (5:38) Waitroom's design for VC's and Sunny's thoughts (9:42) Features to add to next (13:43) Masterclass - Get 15% off an annual membership to MasterClass at ⁠https://masterclass.com/startups.⁠ (19:53) Meta's MusicGen (24:26) Creating music with AI (29:03) Merge - Integrate up to 3 customers for free today at ⁠https://merge.dev/twist (30:35) Exploring authenticity as AI becomes more prevalent (32:27) Sunny demos LumaLabs (36:55) Jason AI interviews Steve Jobs (39:45) Lemon.io - Get 15% off your first 4 weeks of developer time at https://Lemon.io/twist (41:10) Apple's Vision Pro headset (42:32) The key differences between Oculus Meta Quest and Apple's Vision Pro (49:49) The effects of headsets in the workplace (52:53) Using ControlNet to create artwork for QR codes (56:39) Developing code using Replit * Read LAUNCH Fund 4 Deal Memo & Apply for Funding Buy ANGEL Great recent interviews: Brian Chesky, Aaron Levie, Sophia Amoruso, Reid Hoffman, Frank Slootman, Billy McFarland, PrayingForExits, Jenny Lefcourt Check out Jason’s suite of newsletters: https://substack.com/@calacanis * Follow Jason: Twitter: https://twitter.com/jason Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jason LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasoncalacanis * Follow TWiST: Substack: https://twistartups.substack.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/TWiStartups YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/thisweekin * Subscribe to the Founder University Podcast: https://www.founder.university/podcast

Vinny Lingham and Sunny Madra are back for another crypto roundtable! The show starts with a discussion on Nvidia's new high-powered graphics cards (2:35) and an AI-generated podcast interview. (15:21) Then, the group breaks down the SEC investigating Yuga Labs over whether or not Bored Apes are securities! (27:07) (0:00) J+M tee up today's crypto roundtable! (2:35) J+M welcome Sunny Madra and Vinny Lingham; Vinny breaks down his new Nvidia purchase and how graphics cards will power the next wave of AI (14:03) Dell for Startups - Apply for Dell for Startups and get an additional 10% off at http://dell.com/twist (15:21) Podcast.ai's AI-generated Steve Jobs/Joe Rogan interview (25:50) Vanta - Get $1000 off your SOC 2 at https://vanta.com/twist  (27:07) The SEC is investigating Yuga Labs over its Bored Apes NFT collection, regarding whether or not the NFTs are securities (36:24) Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub - Apply in 5 minutes, no funding required, sign up at http://aka.ms/thisweekinstartups (37:26) What is this SEC investigation actually about? Why or why not are they securities? What are other similar examples? (50:55) More interesting developments in the NFT space, Google announces it will use Coinbase to accept crypto payments FOLLOW Vinny: https://twitter.com/vinnylingham FOLLOW Sunny: https://twitter.com/sundeep FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis FOLLOW Molly: https://twitter.com/mollywood Subscribe to our YouTube to watch all full episodes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkkhmBWfS7pILYIk0izkc3A?sub_confirmation=1