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#2307 Eric Ries: Why Anthropic Won and How To Build Incurruptible companies

#2306 Is Polsia a $250M Scam? I Asked the Founder to His Face

#2305 I earned $500k when AI replaced my managers

#2304 “I make $4.5 million implementing AI”

Entrepreneur Jon Cheney details his journey from a solo founder using AI tools to building a $4.5 million annual recurring revenue business. By leveraging platforms like Repl.it and ChatGPT for rapid prototyping—a process he terms "vibe coding"—Cheney bypassed traditional, expensive development agencies. His business m...

#2303 Convos: Instant OpenClaw on your phone

#2302 Superpowering Claude with 10,000 apps

#2301 How Nat Eliason’s OpenClaw earned $177,417

The interview explores Nat Eliason's experiment with Felix, an autonomous OpenClaw agent managing a company with multiple revenue streams. Felix, built on Claude Opus 46 and OpenClaw, has generated $177,000 but still requires human intervention for complex judgment calls and strategic direction. Eliason emphasizes trea...

#2300 Revenue jumped when he sold to AI agents

#2299 Zapier is using AI to sell to AI

The discussion centers on leveraging AI tools and strategies within business operations. Wade Foster, founder of Zapier, shares insights on "agent marketing," which involves optimizing content and APIs to be favored by AI agents like ChatGPT and Claude. He emphasizes the importance of clear documentation and fast web p...

#2298 This AI generates $689K

#2297 Elad Gil backed 40 unicorns. This is next

AI is fundamentally transforming software development by democratizing the ability to build complex tools, effectively putting the power of creation into the hands of millions. While early consumer internet products often felt like toys, modern AI-driven development focuses on high-ROI, vertical-specific solutions that...

#2296 The $7 Million Vibe Coded App

Josh Mohrer, the creator of Wave AI, discusses building a profitable AI-powered audio note-taking app as a solo founder. Mohrer highlights how AI tools, especially Claude Code, have enabled him to handle engineering, customer support, and product development single-handedly, leading to a $7 million ARR business with si...

#2295 Ryan Carson: How AI does my marketing for me

#2294 He Claude Code: Build Me a YouTube Replacement

#2293 $2 million / year AI engineering firm

Tarun Thummala, founder of AI engineering firm PressW, details how his company builds custom AI applications, generating over $2 million in annual revenue. He shares how PressW automates document processing for background checking companies, achieving up to 95% automation. Thummala emphasizes the importance of networki...

#2292 AI Automation that makes cold calls

#2291 He keeps launching AI businesses

In this episode of the podcast, Andrew Warner interviews Joe Apfelbaum, a serial entrepreneur who has built multiple companies using AI. Joe shares five different ways people can make money using AI, including offering AI-powered services like headshots and infographics, creating AI-generated courses, and building basi...

#2290 He’s building an AI media empire

#2289 Building companies using Zapier’s AI automations

#2288 She had people do AI’s work