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Today’s show: Jason kicks off the show discussing the reported talks between OpenAI, Jony Ive, and Masayoshi Son to build the "iPhone of AI” (1:17), and the antitrust lawsuit against Amazon (9:45). Then, Roam Around CEO Shie Gabbai joins Jason to discuss the journey of doing a travel startup in the AI space (20:53), and much more!

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(00:00) Jason kicks off the show (1:17) OpenAI in advanced talks with Jony Ive and Masayoshi Son, aiming to Raise $1 Billion for the "iPhone of AI” (8:13) Supergut - Get 25% off with code TWIST at https://supergut.com (9:45) The FTC and 17 states have brought an antitrust lawsuit against Amazon and Lina Khan's agenda (13:48) Quick recap of Lina Khan’s results so far as FTC chair and the tactics used in the Amazon lawsuit (19:24) Catalog - Get $1200 off right now at https://trycatalog.com/twist (20:53) Roam Around CEO Shie Gabbai joins Jason (23:51) Shie demos Roam Around and explains the driving idea behind the app (27:23) The emergence of multimodal LLMs and other technological advancements (31:46) Business model, additional product features, and the path ahead (37:01) Codecademy - Try Codecademy Pro FREE for 14 days at http://codecademy.com/TWiST (38:21) The B2B side of AI and the travel industry's tension with Google