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Pablo Omeñaca left a YC-backed company right after a $75M acquisition — not to rest, but to build again. This week on Signal, he joins Ramón and Andrea to talk about Karumi: an AI agent that demos your software product live, on a video call, in any language, 24/7.We cover PMF signals, building moats in the AI application layer, the YC principle every founder should internalize, and what the Claude 5 ban tells us about Europe's AI vulnerability. Plus: why Pablo flew to Africa to put LLMs on laptops for kids with no internet.There's nothing more important in your professional career than your connections. At Nova we know this and help our members connect with the best in every industry. We've built the professional network that helps you grow. If you want to know how to join Nova, find the link here: https://www.novatalent.comHow much qualified talent applies to the positions you post? The average is 2–3% according to LinkedIn. If you want the best to apply to your positions, post them on Nova — your HR team will thank you. Learn more ⬇️https://www.novatalent.com/hire-novas

This week on Signal, Nova's weekly show on the future of work, AI, and tech, Andrea and Ramón are back together to break down the biggest signals of the week, from bot traffic overtaking humans to a possible AI valuation crash. In this episode:Bot traffic has officially surpassed human traffic online for the first time, years ahead of scheduleScott Galloway's prediction of a 50 to 70% correction in AI company valuationsDario Amodei's thesis on a world with high GDP growth and high unemployment at the same timeNvidia's RTX Spark: the first AI-native chip for personal computers, and what it means for local agentsGitHub reports 3x more code shipped in 5 months of 2026 than all of 2025Merakore's rise from $1M to $1B ARR in two yearsEcosystem wins: Factorial's €150M raise, Bending Spoons' $20B NASDAQ IPO filing, and Stack AI's acquisition by AsanaNova 111 UK Gala recap and first day at Nova House in Madrid🎙 New episodes every week. #FutureOfWork #AI #Tech #Startups #Podcast

This week on Signal, Nova's weekly show on the future of work, AI, and tech, we sit down with Javier Cuesta, founding partner at Bedford & Bailey to dig into what AI is really doing to recruiting and careers.In this episode:- Where AI already beats the average recruiter, and the trust layer it can't replace- The Jevons paradox: why cheaper code means more engineers, not fewer- The real state of the entry-level job market- Salary transparency, and what the US already learned- Nova House launches in Madrid🎙 New episodes every week.#FutureOfWork #AI #SoftwareEngineering #Hiring #Podcast

An AI just solved a geometric problem open for 70 years. SpaceX filed for a $1.75T IPO. Google's CEO named 2030 as his year for AGI. And inside Nova, the team went from a frontier model to one that costs 15 times less and performs 2.5x better on AI shortlisting.This week Ramon sits down with Christian, CPO at Nova, and Jesus, Head of AI at Nova, to cover what's shipping at Nova and what shaped the week across AI, tech, and the future of work.This week's news- GPT cracks the Erdos geometry problem, open and unsolved for 70 years- SpaceX files for a $1.75T IPO, selling roughly 4% of shares- Google I/O: 7x more tokens processed year-on-year, CEO says AGI by 2030- EU Pay Transparency directive goes live next week, enforcement still pending in most countries- Micron and AMD up 6x in 2 months as agents drive unexpected demand for CPU and RAM over GPU- XAI and Cursor: why Grok needs a platform, not just a better modelTimeless takeaways- How Nova went from a frontier model to one that's 15x cheaper and 2.5x more accurate on shortlisting, using eval datasets and LLM-as-a-judge- Fine-tuning vs. prompting in 2026: when each makes sense and why most teams are still prompting- How Nova's product team now ships full projects end-to-end, from data pipelines to the website, without handing off to engineering- The "Become an AI Recruiter" course: how Christian built it solo with AI and one LinkedIn post hit 1,400 comments the day after- IC vs. manager: why the best career move in 2026 is staying in the field, not climbing above it- Claude Code: why the desktop app is the better onboarding path for non-technical teamsThe episode closes with a sharp conversation on the IC vs. manager shift, why mid-management built on information relay is quietly being replaced, and what the actual future of knowledge work looks like.Signal is hosted by Ramon Rodriganez and Andrea Marino, co-founders of Nova. New episode every week.#Signal #AINews #FutureOfWork #Nova

Everyone is watching Anthropic vs. OpenAI. Meanwhile, in the labs, robots are being built that will reshape the economy in ways that make the current AI debate look small.Matthias, Nova 111 UK Supernova and Harvard PhD researcher, joined Ramón and Andrea to talk about the real frontier of AI — the physical world. From exoskeletons helping people with Parkinson's walk, to humanoid robots promising to replace entire industries, the conversation cuts through the hype to what actually matters: when robotics truly unlocks at scale, the blue collar shock will make today's white collar AI disruption look manageable. If a robot costs less than a human, there's no debate — companies will hire the robot. That's not pessimism. That's math.We also got into Europe vs. the US: why the continent's best engineering talent keeps ending up at Harvard, MIT, and ETH Zurich before crossing the Atlantic for good. The schools are world-class. The pay isn't. The ecosystem doesn't pull. And that's a structural problem Europe hasn't solved — and is running out of time to fix.On the news side: Google's Gemini quietly taking over classified Pentagon work, OpenAI removing its safety handover clause from its founding charter, China becoming the first government to legally protect workers from AI-driven layoffs, the Oscars banning AI actors and AI-written scripts, Sam Altman pitching OpenAI as the Stripe of intelligence, and Stripe launching wallets so agents can spend your money — while 47% of internet traffic is already bots.The best connections in your career aren't a matter of chance. Nova is the merit-based professional network where you'll find the greatest talent. Want to be a part of it? Link here 👉 https://www.novatalent.com/top-talent?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=signal-ep08&utm_content=bio-linkLooking to hire top talent? Nova Recruiter is the world's most advanced tool to find and engage qualified talent. Search in a +800M public profile database with merit-based filters, multi-channel sequencing and AI agents that automate your work E2E and save up to 98% of the sourcing time (~22h / process). Try it for free 👉 https://www.novatalent.com/nova-recruiter?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=signal-ep08&utm_content=bio-link

OpenAI is no longer just a model company. They raised $4 billion to enter the consulting and services layer, with McKinsey and Bain among the backers. Anthropic is doing the same through a partner ecosystem. The question isn't whether this works technically; it's whether the lock-in holds when switching an API key is easier than switching a SAP implementation.This week, Ramón Rodrigáñez and Andrea Marino also dig into Cerebras, the chip company targeting a $26 billion IPO that might be the most credible challenger to Nvidia yet, with an OpenAI compute deal of $20 billion already signed. And Gary Tan, CEO of Y Combinator, who builds personal AI until 2am every morning: thin harness, fat skills, fat data, and an open-source skill that turns any book into a personal reflection on your own life.There's also a practical tip going viral inside Anthropic: stop asking for Markdown outputs, ask for HTML instead. The model takes slightly more tokens, but you absorb the output in a fraction of the time. A small change with a surprisingly large impact on how you interact with AI day to day.And a harder question to close: is AI making us more productive or just busier? Employee disengagement is at a three-year low in 2026. Meta got caught installing tracking software on employee computers to train replacement models. And trust in AI in the US is now lower than trust in ICE. The edge users are having fun. Everyone else is worried.The best connections in your career aren't a matter of chance. Nova is the merit-based professional network where you'll find the greatest talent. Want to be a part of it? Link here 👉 https://www.novatalent.com/top-talent?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=signal-ep07&utm_content=bio-linkLooking to hire top talent? Nova Recruiter is the world's most advanced tool to find and engage qualified talent. Search in a +800M public profile database with merit-based filters, multi-channel sequencing and AI agents that automate your work E2E and save up to 98% of the sourcing time (~22h / process). Try it for free 👉https://www.novatalent.com/nova-recruiter?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=signal-ep07&utm_content=bio-link

Everyone is watching Anthropic vs. OpenAI. Meanwhile, in the labs, robots are being built that will reshape the economy in ways that make the current AI debate look small.Matias, Nova 111 UK Supernova and Harvard PhD researcher, joined Ramón and Andrea to talk about the real frontier of AI — the physical world. From exoskeletons helping people with Parkinson's walk, to humanoid robots promising to replace entire industries, the conversation cuts through the hype to what actually matters: when robotics truly unlocks at scale, the blue collar shock will make today's white collar AI disruption look manageable. If a robot costs less than a human, there's no debate — companies will hire the robot. That's not pessimism. That's math.We also got into Europe vs. the US: why the continent's best engineering talent keeps ending up at Harvard, MIT, and ETH Zurich before crossing the Atlantic for good. The schools are world-class. The pay isn't. The ecosystem doesn't pull. And that's a structural problem Europe hasn't solved — and is running out of time to fix.On the news side: Google's Gemini quietly taking over classified Pentagon work, OpenAI removing its safety handover clause from its founding charter, China becoming the first government to legally protect workers from AI-driven layoffs, the Oscars banning AI actors and AI-written scripts, Sam Altman pitching OpenAI as the Stripe of intelligence, and Stripe launching wallets so agents can spend your money — while 47% of internet traffic is already bots.The best connections in your career aren't a matter of chance. Nova is the merit-based professional network where you'll find the greatest talent. Want to be a part of it? Link here 👉 https://www.novatalent.com/top-talent?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=signal-ep06&utm_content=bio-linkLooking to hire top talent? Nova Recruiter is the world's most advanced tool to find and engage qualified talent. Search in a +800M public profile database with merit-based filters, multi-channel sequencing and AI agents that automate your work E2E and save up to 98% of the sourcing time (~22h / process). Try it for free 👉https://www.novatalent.com/nova-recruiter?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=signal-ep06&utm_content=bio-link

Julia is the Supernova of the Year of the Nova 111 Student List in Spain. She studies physics and mathematics at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and is doing her PhD in astronomy, cosmology and data science at Cambridge.In this episode of Signal she talks about something that is already happening inside the best universities in the world: PhD students who haven't written a single line of code on their own in six months. Not because they can't. Because they don't need to anymore.We also talk about what the next generation understands better about AI than senior professionals, why universities are redesigning their exams because of LLMs, and whether juniors entering the job market today are at a disadvantage or actually ahead.Plus the week's news: GPT 5.5 drops and challenges Claude on benchmarks, Tim Cook's era at Apple comes to an end, OpenAI and Microsoft quietly break up, Cursor hits $6B ARR, and Google doubles down on TPUs as the infrastructure race heats up.No scripts. No filters. Just a conversation worth having.New episode every Thursday. 🔔The best connections in your career aren't a matter of chance. Nova is the merit-based professional network where you'll find the greatest talent. Want to be a part of it? Link here 👉 https://www.novatalent.com/top-talent?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=signal-ep05&utm_content=bio-linkLooking to hire top talent? Nova Recruiter is the world's most advanced tool to find and engage qualified talent. Search in a +800M public profile database with merit-based filters, multi-channel sequencing and AI agents that automate your work E2E and save up to 98% of the sourcing time (~22h / process). Try it for free 👉https://www.novatalent.com/nova-recruiter?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=signal-ep05&utm_content=bio-link#SignalByNova #Nova #FutureOfWork #AI #Nova111 #Cambridge #GPT5 #Claude #Tech #Startups

Tiago Santos has built a community of 3,000+ HR leaders in Spain. He's also one of the first people outside Nova to test Nova Recruiter. In this episode of Signal, he shares what he actually thinks.We talk about where AI is already better than humans in recruiting, where it breaks, and where it should never make the final call. Why sourcing went from intuition-driven to insight-driven. And why the danger is not using AI. It's delegating thinking to AI.We also cover the week's news: Anthropic receiving offers at double its valuation from one month ago, Salesforce moving to usage-based pricing, a robot breaking the half marathon record by six minutes, and why the biggest VC quarter in history had 75% of capital going to just five firms.No scripts. No filters. Just three people trying to make sense of a world moving faster than anyone can track.New episode every Thursday. 🔔The best connections in your career aren't a matter of chance. Nova is the merit-based professional network where you'll find the greatest talent. Want to be a part of it? Link here 👉 https://www.novatalent.com/top-talent?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=signal-ep04-tiago-santos&utm_content=bio-linkLooking to hire top talent? Nova Recruiter is the world's most advanced tool to find and engage qualified talent. Search in a +800M public profile database with merit-based filters, multi-channel sequencing and AI agents that automate your work E2E and save up to 98% of the sourcing time (~22h / process). Try it for free 👉 https://www.novatalent.com/hire-novas?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=signal-ep04-tiago-santos&utm_content=bio-link#SignalByNova #FutureOfWork #AI #Recruiting #HRTech #Nova #NovaRecruiter

In November, Williams Aguilera, Nova's CTO, was using Cursor 8 hours a day. When he came back from paternity leave in January, he hasn't opened it once.In this episode of Signal we talk about what's really happening inside tech teams in 2026. How the developer role has shifted from writing code to directing agents. Why the bottleneck is no longer producing code but reviewing it. And what it means to be a CTO when your work no longer fits inside a text editor but inside a conversation.Andrea and Ramón also cover the week's news: Cursor hits $2B ARR while its early adopters cancel their subscriptions, Oracle lays off 30,000 people to fund AI infrastructure, and why SaaS software valuations have dropped to a quarter of what they were in 2022.No scripts. No filters. Just two people building from the inside.New episode every Thursday. 🔔The best connections in your career aren't a matter of chance. Nova is the merit-based professional network where you'll find the greatest talent. Want to be a part of it? Link here 👉 https://www.novatalent.com/top-talent?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=signal-ep03-williams-aguilera&utm_content=video-descLooking to hire top talent? Nova Recruiter is the world's most advanced tool to find and engage qualified talent. Search in a +800M public profile database with merit-based filters, multi-channel sequencing and AI agents that automate your work E2E and save up to 98% of the sourcing time (~22h / process). Try it for free 👉https://www.novatalent.com/hire-novas?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=signal-ep03-williams-aguilera&utm_content=video-desc#SignalByNova #nova #FutureOfWork #AI #Startups #CTO #ClaudeCode #Tech

AI is not changing the future of work. It's already changed it.In this episode of Signal, we sit down with the two Supernova of the Year winners from the Nova 111 List 2026. Sofía Radley, co-founder and COO of Axmed, is building a B2B pharmaceutical marketplace active in 20+ markets with a team of 52. And Giulia Musacci, senior advisor at ghSmart, helps CEOs and boards find the right people for the right moment at organizations with thousands of employees.Two very different vantage points. One conversation that cuts through the noise.We cover what's actually happening with AI inside organizations right now: why most large corporates are still using Copilot to make emails sound nicer while startups are shipping internal tools daily, why experienced hires are replacing juniors across industries, what the Sapia AI fluency model is and how Aximmun bakes it into every hiring decision, and why being fluent in AI without judgment is actually dangerous.No scripts. No filters. Just two people seeing this transformation from the inside.New episode every Thursday. Subscribe so you don't miss the next one. 🔔The best connections in your career aren't a matter of chance. Nova is the merit-based professional network where you'll find the greatest talent. Want to be a part of it? Link here 👉 https://www.novatalent.com/top-talent?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=signal-ep02&utm_content=video-descLooking to hire top talent? Nova Recruiter is the world's most advanced tool to find and engage qualified talent. Search in a +800M public profile database with merit-based filters, multi-channel sequencing and AI agents that automate your work E2E and save up to 98% of the sourcing time (~22h / process). Try it for free 👉 https://www.novatalent.com/hire-novas?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=signal-ep02&utm_content=video-desc#SignalByNova #NovaTalent #FutureOfWork #AI #Startups #Nova111

The weekly filter on tech, AI and the future of work.Every week, Nova's founders and members cut through the noise so you can stay on top of what matters in tech, AI and the future of work, before it reaches your feed. No scripts, no filters: just real insight from the people shaping their sectors.In Episode 1, Nova's co-founders Ramón Rodrigáñez and Andrea Marino sit down with Cristian Garcia, Chief Product Officer at Nova, for a conversation about what's actually changing inside tech teams right now.Topics covered: how AI agents like Claude Code doubled Nova's engineering productivity in weeks (and business teams too). Why the quarterly roadmap is gone and what replaced it. Why judgment is now the most valuable skill a PM can have. How a recruiter with zero coding experience built a full ATS in three weeks. The state of tech jobs, with openings at a 3-year high, while AI engineer and recruiter demand hit record highs. The latest Y Combinator batch, one of the strongest ever, with one startup hitting $27M in annual revenue at Demo Day. The latest moves from Anthropic, OpenAI, and Meta. And the "Rent-a-Human" trend: 666,000 people signing up to be hired by AI agents.👉 Subscribe so you don't miss the next episodes.The best connections in your career aren't a matter of chance. Nova is the merit-based professional network where you'll find the greatest talent. Want to be a part of it? Link here 👉 https://www.novatalent.comLooking to hire top talent? Nova Recruiter is the world's most advanced tool to find and engage qualified talent. Search in a +800M public profile database with merit-based filters, multi-channel sequencing and AI agents that automate your work E2E and save up to 98% of the sourcing time (~22h / process). Try it for free 👉 https://www.novatalent.com/nova-recruiter#SignalByNova #NovaTalent #ProductManagement #futureofwork

The weekly filter on tech, AI and the future of work.Every week, Nova's founders and members cut through the noise so you can stay on top of what matters in tech, AI and the future of work, before it reaches your feed. No scripts, no filters: just real insight from the people shaping their sectors.In Episode 00, Nova's co-founders Ramón and Andrea sit down together for the first time in over a year to talk about what's changed at Nova, and in the world, since they last recorded together. Both became fathers in the past year. It changed the way they think about the future they're building.What we cover in this episode:🏢 How Nova transformed from a services company into an AI product company🚀 The launch of Nova Recruiter: a merit-based recruiting tool with 800M+ public profiles, multi-channel sequencing, and AI agents that automate up to 98% of sourcing time💰 How crossing 200K ARR in 8 weeks led to a $1.5M funding extension and a path to Serie A🤝 Nova's first acquisition and the move into vertical communities🔗 What's next: AI-powered connections at scale within the network🤖 How AI is reshaping the future of work, and what it means for the next generation💡 And why top talent has never been more valuable than in a world where one great person with the right tools can outperform an entire team👉 Subscribe so you don't miss the next episodes. New episode every Thursday.The best connections in your career aren't a matter of chance. Nova is the merit-based professional network where you'll find the greatest talent. Want to be a part of it? Link here 👉 [https://www.novatalent.com](https://www.novatalent.com/)Looking to hire top talent? Nova Recruiter is the world's most advanced tool to find and engage qualified talent. Search in a +800M public profile database with merit-based filters, multi-channel sequencing and AI agents that automate your work E2E and save up to 98% of the sourcing time (~22h / process). Try it for free 👉 https://www.novatalent.com/nova-recru...#SignalByNova #NovaTalent #FutureOfWork #AI #Startups