Building GPT agents for specific tasks and role prompting

2min Snip

00:00

Play full episode

Summary

Transcript

Episode notes

GPT agents are a piece of software that can be instructed to perform different tasks. By building on top of this concept, it is possible to create AI agents that can act as developers, researchers, or perform other functions. One challenge is obtaining information from search engines, but with further development, these agents can provide more accurate answers.

This Week in Startups is brought to you by…

Embroker. The Embroker Startup Insurance Program helps startups secure the most important types of insurance at a lower cost and with less hassle. Save up to 20% off of traditional insurance today at Embroker.com/twist. While you’re there, get an extra 10% off using offer code TWIST.

Vanta. Compliance and security shouldn't be a deal-breaker for startups to win new business. Vanta makes it easy for companies to get a SOC 2 report fast. TWiST listeners can get $1,000 off for a limited time at vanta.com/twist

Superside. Design and creative are crucial for growth. Tech companies like Shopify, Amazon, and Meta have found the perfect solution: Superside. Get quality design at scale without breaking the bank for your startup at superside.com/TWIST

Today’s show:

VenturusAI founder Emanuel Ciciu joins Jason as he dives into the origin story of his new startup before talking about building vertical AI solutions (1:30). Then Blackbird VC's Samantha Wong gives a presentation at Angel Summit about identifying soon-to-explode startup markets (41:53).

Time stamps:

(0:00) Emanuel joins Jason

(1:30) VenturusAI origin story

(5:20) The evolution of prompt engineering

(9:09) Embroker - Use code TWIST to get an extra 10% off insurance at https://Embroker.com/twist

(10:23) The true cost of building on top of a LLM

(12:56) Building vertical AI solutions

(18:15) VenturusAI demo

(23:36) Vanta - Get $1000 off your SOC 2 at https://vanta.com/twist

(24:42) VenturusAI path to 100 customers

(29:51) Next steps for VenturusAI

(35:40) Jason places a bet