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Growth Stories
by Alex Hirsu
Join me and top web3 growth leaders for a rapid-fire podcast series, hosted by yours truly, Growth Beast. We’ll dive into the insights and strategies that drive the most successful onchain marketing campaigns—all in 15 minutes or less.
Episodes
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Deep Dive: Martin of Corso AI | Agentic Workflows for the Factory Floor
Deep dive with Martin, co-founder of Corso AI — a YC company building agentic workflows for factories and manufacturers, with a customer base concentrated in Asia and a deliberate focus on the parts of manufacturing that most software has skipped. Corso started before the idea did. Martin and his...
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Deep Dive: Naman of Manicule | The AI-Native Studio Writing Docs for Agents
Deep dive with Naman, co-founder of Manicule — a YC Spring 2026 studio that writes end-to-end documentation for developer tools companies, with a specific focus on making those docs readable by AI agents, not just humans. Manicule is a studio, not a product, and that distinction is the whole...
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Deep Dive: Varun and Kratik of Kinect | Dynamic Storefronts for Humans and AI Agents
Deep dive with Varun and Kratik, co-founders of Kinect — a YC Spring 2026 company building dynamic e-commerce storefronts that adapt in real time to every visitor, including the AI agents that are starting to shop on their owners' behalf. Both founders met at Reevo, where they were building...
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Deep Dive: Cyrus Kelly of t.day - On-Brand Editable AI Graphics
Deep dive with Cyrus Kelly, co-founder of tday — a YC Spring 2026 company building AI-generated graphics that stay on-brand and stay editable. Cyrus and his co-founder were building communities.one, a student club platform sold into universities, which moved at the speed of fintech and higher-ed...
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Deep Dive: George and Art of Revnu | From Sneaker Botting at 14 to YC
Deep dive with George and Art, co-founders of Revnu — a YC-backed all-in-one growth platform that integrates with your codebase and runs your SEO, ads, outreach, and content as autonomous agents. The thesis behind Revnu starts from a problem the founders watched accelerate over the last two…
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Deep Dive: Roman and Pierre of Gojiberry AI | The All-in-One Intelligence Layer for Outbound GTM
Deep dive with Roman and Pierre, co-founders of Gojiberry AI — a recent YC cohort company building autonomous agents for go-to-market. Gojiberry finds the right contacts, writes personalized messages, and books meetings, all from a single tool. The thesis comes from a problem Roman and Pierre…
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Deep Dive: Dr. Seb Fox of Composo | The Eval Layer Between AI Capability and Production Trust
Deep dive with Dr. Sebastian Fox, founder of Composo, on building the eval layer that catches the failures every other monitoring tool misses. Seb's path to Composo started in medicine at Oxford, moved through McKinsey and Quantum Black, and landed on a specific problem nobody had solved at…
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Ep. 38: AI Agent Security | An AI Agent Rewrote Its Own Security Policy to Bypass It
Three AI agent stories worth your attention: Cisco and CrowdStrike disclosed at RSA Conference that 85% of enterprises run agent pilots but only 5% ship to production, Anthropic published the first frontier-lab red-team data showing its most capable models can autonomously execute influence...
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Ep. 37: AI Agent Security: Anthropic's Mythos Got Breached on Day One & 26% of Enterprises Use OpenAI to Govern OpenAI.
Three AI agent stories worth your attention: Anthropic's Mythos cybersecurity model was breached on day one through a vendor supply chain gap, a VentureBeat survey found that 26% of enterprises use OpenAI as their primary AI security solution, and Moonshot AI's new Kimi K2.6 ran autonomously for...
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Deep Dive: Tej of Stet - The Anti-Agent Playbook for Killing the Junior Analyst Job
Deep dive with Tej, co-founder of Stet, the OS for M&A deals that extracted 220 data points from an 85-page memorandum in two seconds, without making a single API call to Claude, GPT, or any other LLM. Tej's pitch sits uncomfortably on a podcast about AI agents, because Stet isn't one. He built a...
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Ep. 35: AI Agent Governance: The NSA Runs Anthropic's Most Powerful Model. The Pentagon Blacklisted Its Vendor.
Three walls the AI agent economy hit this week: a sovereignty wall (the NSA is running the same Anthropic model the Pentagon flagged as a national security risk), a control wall (NanoClaw 2.0 shipped the best human-in-the-loop architecture we've seen while MIT Tech Review argued all of it might…
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Deep Dive: Ivan Milev of Codeboarding - Coding Agents Have a Black Box Problem
Deep dive with Ivan Milev, co-founder of Codeboarding — the open-source tool turning your codebase into a live architecture diagram that updates in real time as coding agents modify your code. Coding agents have a black box problem. AI writes the code, humans don't read it line by line anymore…
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Ep. 33 - AI Agent Governance: Microsoft Chained GPT and Claude. Nobody Knows Who's Liable.
Three AI agent stories worth your attention: Microsoft chained GPT and Claude, Alibaba deployed autonomous agents to millions of merchants, and Apple made itself the App Store for AI agents on iOS 27. Microsoft wired GPT and Claude into the same Copilot Cowork workflow. GPT drafts, Claude edits....
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Deep Dive: Alex Hoodz Built a Restaurant Booking Tool in 6 Hours. Then Gave His Barber an AI Receptionist. All with OpenClaw
This week's guest is Alex Hoots — he's spent 6 weeks and over 200 hours building with OpenClaw, and he's not a developer. It started with a real problem. His sister owns a restaurant on the Normandy coast and was paying €160/month for a reservation tool. Alex built her a replacement in 6 hours...
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Ep. 31: Hackers Hijacked Claude's Search Results. A Judge Protected Anthropic's Ethics Policy. Reddit Is Making Agents Prove They're Human.
Three things happened this week that nobody connected. A verified Google advertiser created a fake Anthropic website and bought search advertising against "GitHub plugin Claude Code." Developers found it, read the installation instructions, and pasted a credential-stealing terminal command into...
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Ep. 30: Europe Delayed Its Own AI Rulebook & OpenAI Is Paying Strangers to Find the Holes in Their Agents.
Three things happened this week that belong in the same sentence. The European Parliament voted to delay key enforcement provisions of the EU AI Act — the most comprehensive AI governance framework ever written — pushing the compliance deadline for high-risk AI systems to 2027. Three years to…
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Ep. 29: Anthropic Shipped Its Answer to OpenClaw. Musicians Found AI Clones of Themselves on Spotify.
Three things happened this week that nobody put in the same sentence. Grammarly rebranded as Superhuman and launched "Expert Review" — AI writing feedback supposedly inspired by real, named people. People who never agreed to be in it. The Verge investigated after a reporter found the feature...
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Ep. 28: Agents Can Now Publish to 43% of the Internet. OpenAI Wants a Fully Automated Researcher by September. And Someone Just Gave Agents Their Own Wallets.
Three things happened over the weekend that belong in the same sentence. WordPress — which powers 43% of all websites on the internet — launched integrations allowing AI agents to draft, edit, and publish content autonomously across 409 million monthly visitors. The only human safeguard: one…
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Ep. 27: OpenAI's Agents Were Hiding From OpenAI. Meta Deployed Enforcement Agents for 3 Billion Users. Then Made Them Unauditable.
Three things happened this week that belong in the same sentence. OpenAI published an internal safety report documenting months of their own coding agents evading security controls. Encoding commands in base64 to bypass filters. Hiding which tools they used. Misrepresenting completed tasks.…
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Ep. 26: Meta's Own Agent Caused a Data Breach. The Pentagon Says AI Kill Switches Are the Real Threat.
Two stories. Both happened in the last 24 hours. Both change how you should think about deploying AI agents. A Meta AI agent autonomously posted on an internal forum without permission. That single unsanctioned action triggered a cascade that exposed sensitive company and user data to…
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Ep. 25: Moltbook Says You Own Everything Your Agent Does. Hong Kong Is Winning the Governance Race.
Three things changed the legal and technical landscape for anyone deploying AI agents this week. Moltbook — the social network for AI agents that Meta just acquired — updated its terms of service. You are now solely responsible for everything your agent does on the platform. Every action. Every...
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Ep. 24: AI Chatbots Coached People Toward Violence & Docker Says Breaches Are Inevitable.
Three stories from this week that don't get easier to say out loud. A lawyer representing families in multiple AI-related mass casualty cases told TechCrunch that chatbots — including ChatGPT and Gemini — coached vulnerable users step by step toward violence. A parallel study tested 8 of the 10...
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Ep. 23: Google Shipped an Autonomous Agent to Your Phone. Good Luck Returning It.
Three stories from the last 24 hours that I couldn't wait until Monday to cover. A US Defense Department official went on record with MIT Technology Review explaining that the military may use ChatGPT and Grok to rank and prioritise strike targets, with human review required before action. That...
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Ep. 22: Your AI Agent Can Be Hijacked Mid-Task. OpenAI Just Confirmed It.
Three stories that didn't make enough noise this week. China's national cybersecurity agency issued its second warning in under a week about OpenClaw, the open-source AI agent framework going viral across China. This time with a government dos and don'ts list. Anthropic filed suit against the...
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Ep. 21: Amazon's AI Broke Amazon. Here's What That Means For Your Agents.
Three things that happened this week that every person deploying AI agents needs to hear. Amazon's AI coding agents caused AWS outages — the company's own cloud, taken down by its own agents. The response: senior engineers now sign off on every AI-assisted code change before it ships. Microsoft...
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Ep. 20: Revenue Over Everything: Inside the Mind of a Crypto TVL King
Joshua Betancourt, CRO of BitVault and VaultCraft, broke the mold by bringing traditional sales fundamentals to crypto—and the results speak for themselves. In just 9 months at P2P.org, he generated $1.7B in TVL, then scaled Vaultcraft from $2M to over $100M using sales techniques from books...
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Ep. 19: Levva 2.0, 10M $LVVA Incentive seasons, and Building DeFi for the Masses
In this episode of Growth Stories, we sit down with IsReallyBadMan, GM of Levva, the AI-powered DeFi platform aiming to make yield optimization as simple as pressing a button. We dive deep into Levva 2.0, its mission to simplify DeFi via onchain AI agents, and the way users can participate in a…
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Ep. 18: How to Market Stablecoin Infrastructure w/ Nicole Schaefer of M0
Discover how M0's Senior Marketing Manager Nicole Schaefer turned a provocative slogan into a standout brand campaign with "Everything is a Bank." In this episode, Nicole breaks down the strategic thinking behind their bold messaging, reveals how to effectively segment and market to crypto...
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Ep. 17: "I Was Disappearing in Crypto Bro Culture - Until I Built Something Just for Me" (with Winny of Chipped)
Winny, founder of Chipped (the NFC-enabled press-on nail company), shares how she went from losing her femininity in crypto's "bro culture" to building a product that's redefining what tech accessories can be - and landed a collaboration with Paris Hilton along the way. In this episode, you'll...
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Ep. 16: From Airdrops to AI: How Moxie Is Rethinking Growth in Web3
In this episode of Growth Stories, Jason Goldberg (Airstack & Moxie) shares what it really takes to build lasting value in web3. We talk: 🔹 The vision behind Moxie and AI-native UX 🔹 Lessons from Farcaster, frames & airdrops 🔹 What growth looks like beyond the hype 🔹 How to help users earn...
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Ep. 15: Marketing Technical Products: How Redstone is Challenging the Oracle Monopoly
How do you market highly technical products without "thousand percent yields" to promote? Campbell Easton, CMO of Redstone, reveals their playbook for challenging Chainlink's market dominance through education, community building, and strategic positioning. Learn the "startup marketing trilemma,"...
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Ep. 14: Marketing w/o AI in 2025: Why Your Company Won't Survive w/ Diana Felkina
If you think AI won't transform marketing in 2025, this episode will be your wake-up call. Diana Felkina, CMO at Tectum, reveals why the AI marketing industry is exploding from $20B to $80B - and why companies not adapting will simply die off. Get insider insights on: - Smart contract marketing...
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Ep. 13: Scaling Web3 Events: Real Growth, Real Partnerships, Real Results
In this episode of Growth Stories, we’re joined by Ashton Barger, Partnerships Manager at OnChain Foundation. Ashton shares his journey from scaling the UK’s biggest web3 conference to reshaping how projects think about growth and partnerships. What’s inside: ✅ Reinventing NFTs: Membership models...
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Ep. 12: EtherMail’s Playbook for Smarter, Safer Web3 Messaging w/ Alek Hannessian
In this episode of Growth Stories, Alek, Head of Partnerships at EtherMail, dives into how this web3-native email platform is transforming communication in crypto. Highlights: ✉️ Why email still matters in web3. 🔑 How EtherMail merges on-chain data with off-chain communication. 📈 Strategies for...
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Ep. 11: Building Web3’s Ultimate Gaming Community w/ Sam Vuong
In this episode of Growth Stories, Sam Vuong, Treasure’s first marketing hire, shares her journey of building one of web3’s most active gaming communities. Highlights: 🎯 Decentralized marketing strategies that work. 📊 Metrics for scaling web3 games. 🚀 Why retention beats hype in gaming. 🎧…
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Ep. 10: From Marketer to Founder: Jinelle D'Lima on Building Nozomi
In this episode of Growth Stories, we’re joined by Jinelle D'Lima, CEO and co-founder of Nozomi - the ultimate hub for web3 entrepreneurs. 🚀 Jinelle dives into her transformation from marketer to founder, reveals how Nozomi builds community-driven resources, and shares must-know tips for…
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Ep. 9: Pods, Perks, and the Onchain Media Shake-Up w/ Lucas Campbell
In this episode of Growth Stories, we’re joined by Lucas Campbell, co-founder of Pods, the platform revolutionizing how podcasts are minted and consumed onchain. Lucas shares insights on scaling Pods, driving creator engagement, and the future of onchain media. 🎧 Tune in & collect the episode…
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Ep. 8: The SVM Revolution with SOON
n this episode of Growth Stories, we’re joined by Joanna Cook, co-founder of one of the most efficient rollup stacks pushing the boundaries of L1 performance. Joanna shares how her team is tackling scalability head-on with their product first approach. Tune in & collect the episode for more...
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Ep. 7: Building a Mermaid World with A Top Lens Influencer
Carla, an Italian Lens influencer, is building one of the largest communities on Phaver and Lens. Discover her growth strategies as she brings Monniverse to life—the first underwater realm designed with Lens in mind. 💡 Don’t miss this chance to dive into her world and uncover the secrets behind...
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Ep. 6: Event Strategy & Brand Building in Web3 B2B Marketing w/ Angus Tookey from Chronicle Protocol
Join Crypthena as she hosts Chronicle's Head of Marketing Angus Tookey. Angus shares invaluable insights on building a B2B brand in web3, from leveraging Maker DAO's established presence to crafting targeted event strategies. Discussing: - Framework for evaluating B2B marketing channels in DeFi -...
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Ep. 5: Taking Gate.io Global: The Partnership Playbook w/ Marie, ex-Gate.io CMO
Join us on Growth Stories as we chat with Marie Tatibouet, former CMO of Gate.io and current Marketing Lead at Metis. Marie shares her journey in web3 marketing, from rapid growth in China where she helped transform Gate.io from a relatively unknown exchange into a global powerhouse to leading...
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Ep. 4: From Zero to 100k Users: The Growth Path via Quests
In this episode, we dive into how Intract grew into a leading user acquisition platform in the Web3 space. Apurv, the co-founder of Intract, talks about how he built Intract's foundation with a real-user focus, leveraged partnerships with major ecosystems, and gained the trust of top projects in...
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Ep. 3: How To Build The BEST Creator Program in Web3 - w/ Chris Comrie @Phaver
Tune in for a quick deep dive on building the ultimate creator program for any web3 protocol.& discover how to become the biggest content creator in the web3 social space. Subscribe to the Growth Stories newsletter for the latest web3 marketing news and deep dives on protocol growth!
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Ep. 2: The Top 1% Web3 Growth Leaders in ONE Place - w/ Justin Vogel @Safary
In this episode, we dive into how Safary grew into a leading community-driven brand in the space. Justin talks about how he built Safary's foundation with a community-first approach, leaned on growth leaders from the start, and gained the trust of top industry leaders. Tune in to learn the key...
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Ep. 1: How To BUILD & SCALE a Web3 Creative Studio - w/ Tommy Thomas @PachyFunk
Welcome to the second edition of the Growth Stories Minicast! In this episode, we sit down with Tommy Thomas, co-founder of Pachi Funk, a full-service creative studio in the web3 space. Tommy shares his insights on what it takes to build and scale a creative studio or marketing agency in today’s...
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Join me and top web3 growth leaders for a rapid-fire podcast series, hosted by yours truly, Growth Beast. We’ll dive into the insights and strategies that drive the most successful onchain marketing campaigns—all in 15 minutes or less.
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