The deal seemed too good to be true. There’s a website that’s been selling top quality diamonds at bizarrely low prices. Prices we couldn’t find at any retail outlet. Prices so low, we could buy a diamond on a public radio budget. So we did. What we got in the mail was a tiny ziploc … Read more
Kaitlyn Albertoli, CEO and cofounder of Buzz Solutions, discusses how the company uses vision AI to enhance the reliability of the electric grid by quickly identifying potential issues such as broken components, encroaching vegetation, and wildlife interference from inspection data collected by drones and helicopters. This technology helps prevent outages and wildfires, ensuring the grid … Read more
This month, a16z’s Consumer team released the fourth edition of the GenAI 100 — a data-driven ranking of the top 50 AI-first web products and mobile apps, based on unique monthly visits and active users. In just six months, the consumer AI landscape has shifted dramatically. Some products surged ahead, others plateaued, and a few … Read more
Scott weighs in on the school choice debate and whether vouchers could make private education more accessible. Then, he breaks down Reddit’s stock struggles—and why he still sees it as a strong long-term investment. Plus, we’re introducing something new: The Reddit Hotline, where we pull questions straight from Reddit. Scott answers listener questions on generational … Read more
Craig Mod is a writer, photographer, and walker living in Tokyo and Kamakura, Japan. He is the author of Things Become Other Things and Kissa by Kissa. He also writes the newsletters Roden and Ridgeline and has contributed to The New York Times, The Atlantic, Wired, and more. Sponsors: David Protein Bars 28g of protein, 150 … Read more
💰 Get the Side Hustle Ideas Database [free] Episode 690: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) tell the story of the smartest YouTube rollup they’ve ever seen. — Show Notes: (0:00) $3B of nursery rhymes rollup (21:55) Sam goes all-in on IRL (36:03) All-in dads (38:37) Shotsy (41:49) PEDs for … Read more
How do you turn 5,127 failures into a multi-billion-dollar empire? James Dyson turned dust into possibility, failure into discovery, and frustration into revolution. Dyson didn’t just build a better vacuum; he redefined a whole industry. Facing thousands of failed prototypes, crushing financial setbacks, and a dismissive industry that insisted a superior vacuum was … Read more
Jessica and Scott dive into the chaos at the Social Security Administration after its chief threatened to shut it down—only to backtrack when a federal judge shut him down. They break down the latest threats to Social Security, Trump’s push to dismantle the Department of Education, and what cuts to special education and civil rights … Read more
Episode 51: Is it really possible to rebuild an entire website using A.I.? Matt Wolfe (https://x.com/mreflow) and Nathan Lands (https://x.com/NathanLands) dive into the evolving world of AI-driven development, sharing their insights on the latest buzzword, vibe coding. In this episode, Matt discusses how he is rebuilding the Future Tools website from scratch using AI, detailing … Read more
American government has a speed issue. Both parties are slow to solve problems. Slow to build new things. Slow to make any change at all. Until now. The Trump administration is pushing through sweeping changes as fast as possible, completely changing the dynamic. And the Democrats? They’ve been slow to respond. Slow to mount a … Read more