Episode 729: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to Zapier founder Wade Foster ( https://x.com/wadefoster ) about how to build AI Agents.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(5:57) DEMO: Instant Dossier
(10:49) Model Context Protocol
(19:30) DEMO: Read Strategy memos like a Harvard MBA
(29:13) DEMO: Inbox Zero Agent
(36:00) Getting your team to use AI
(40:00) DEMO: Employee fraud detector
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Links:
• Zapier – zapier.com
• Claude – Claude.ai
• Glean – https://www.glean.com/
• Databricks – https://www.databricks.com/
• Superwhisper – https://superwhisper.com/
• Wisprflow – https://wisprflow.ai/
• N8n – https://n8n.io/
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• Shaan’s weekly email – https://www.shaanpuri.com
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Check Out Sam’s Stuff:
• Hampton – https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp – https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That – https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey – https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List – http://samslist.co/
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