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Apr 17, 2024 2 hr 8 min

Leading and building Raycast

from Changelog Interviews

This week Adam is joined by Thomas Paul Mann, Co-founder and CEO of Raycast, to discuss being productive on a Mac, going beyond their free tier, the extensions built by the community, the Raycast Store, how they're executing on Raycast AI chat which aims to be a single interface to many LLMs. Raycast has gone beyond being an extendable launcher -- they've gone full-on productivity mode with access to AI paving the way of their future.

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Leading and building Raycast

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  1. 0:00 This week on The Changelog
  2. 1:24 Sponsor: FireHydrant
  3. 3:44 Start the show!
  4. 5:20 Adam loves Raycast
  5. 6:28 Why launchers are popular on a Mac?
  6. 9:00 Beyond launching apps
  7. 15:54 Why did you build this?
  8. 20:01 Building with native code on a Mac
  9. 23:05 We respect your privacy
  10. 27:20 Are you talking to users?
  11. 33:51 The team size
  12. 35:59 Keeping the urgency
  13. 37:49 I don't see that momentum
  14. 39:46 Sponsor: Cloudflare
  15. 42:06 That's a nice Changelog
  16. 44:51 Maintaining a connection to your fans
  17. 48:06 Solving the "keeping connected" problem
  18. 49:58 Subtle nudges
  19. 53:41 No emails of users?
  20. 54:18 The problem of a broken updater
  21. 56:41 Building the right thing
  22. 1:05:25 What is the Raycast Store?
  23. 1:13:59 MIT licensed
  24. 1:16:06 Changelog extension for Raycast
  25. 1:17:13 More on extensions
  26. 1:23:35 Sponsor: Sentry
  27. 1:24:48 Sponsor: Factor
  28. 1:26:43 Let's talk about AI!!
  29. 1:37:50 You've got all the models
  30. 1:41:03 The UX of sub-apps
  31. 1:49:50 Standalone Raycast AI chat app?
  32. 1:51:56 Raycast AI chat is hidden
  33. 1:54:42 This is brand level challenge
  34. 1:58:42 What's over the horizon?
  35. 2:04:17 Wrapping up
  36. 2:05:34 Closing thoughts

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