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Venture Step — 123 episodes
HOW TO USE CODEX BEYOND THE FIRST PROMPT
HOW GOOGLE AND MICROSOFT SEE THE SAME PROMPT
THE AI PARTNERSHIP THAT CHANGED INTO A RIVALRY
THE RISE OF THE AI COWORKER
BUILDING BETTER PRODUCTS BY REFUSING TO ACCEPT "GOOD ENOUGH" WITH JOSH SPRAGUE
BUILDING WITH ANTIGRAVITY 2.0: THE UPDATES YOU NEED TO KNOW
THE WORLD'S STRONGEST ROBOTIC ARM: HOW RISE ROBOTICS REINVENTED THE ACTUATOR
THE ZERO-HUMAN EQUATION: HOW REI VARDI DE-RISKED ASSET SHARING WITH EON RIDES
THE ILLUSION OF OUTPUT: WHY PROCESS GOALS BEAT OUTCOME GOALS BY 15X
PHIL KNIGHT'S NIKE: THE STORY OF SHOE DOG AND HOW MODERN NIKE LOST ITS IDENTITY
GOOGLE CLOUD NEXT: SCALING AUTONOMOUS AI WORKFLOWS
BEN GILLILAND & FUTURE PROOF: AI BLUEPRINT FOR CLIMATE RISK MITIGATION & PROPERTY HARDENING
THE AI THAT ACTUALLY DOES THINGS: OPENCLAW, DISCORD, AND GEMMA 4
VIBE CODING AND THE EVERYTHING CLAUDE REPO
THE NYC RENAISSANCE: HEALTH, HUSTLE, AND HIGH-SCALE AUTOMATION
THE BIG WORD: SURVIVING THE AI DISRUPTION CYCLE WITH JOSHUA GOULD
QUILL: AI CHIEF OF STAFF WITH MICHAEL DAUGHERTY
LIVE DEMO: BUILDING A GO BACKEND WITH JULES THE AI DEVELOPER
KID COMPANY & UARE.AI: WHY YOU ARE THE BEST AI WITH ROBERT LOCASCIO
THE SPACE SAFE: HOW A SMART SAFE IS DISRUPTING A CENTURE-OLD INDUSTRY WITH OSCAR HEDAYA
FOUNDER READINESS INSTITUTE: VERTICAL DEVELOPMENT SCIENCE WITH LOGAN YONAVJAK
BACKSTROKE: FROM SELLING HOURS TO SELLING OUTCOMES WITH RJ TALYOR
RECAP: KEY TOPICS OF 2025
SOCIAL LEVERAGE: THE EVOLVING LANDSCAPE OF FINTECH AND AI WITH MATT OBER
NAPLAB: PROOF OF VALUE WITH DEREK HALES
STRETCH: TRANSFORMING GROCERY SHOPPING WITH ANDY ELLWOOD
THE VIBE CODER REVIEW: BASE44 VS. EMERGENT, LOVABLE & RIPLET
EXPLORING GOOGLE WORKSPACE STUDIO: A DEMO OF AI-DRIVEN WORKFLOWS
SURVEILLANCE PRICING: THE NEW CONSUMER CHALLENGE
THE LOYALTY PENALTY: WHY YOUR FAITHFUL SHOPPING HABITS ARE COSTING YOU MORE
THE SYNTHETIC RUBICON: CROSSING THE UNCANNY VALLEY
ROUGH VIBES: WHEN THE HYPE CRASHES
THE SOCIAL CONTRACT IS BROKEN: WHEN INSURERS AVOID RISK AND REGULATORS SUPPRESS PREMIUMS
HOW TO HANDLE DIFFICULT PEOPLE: FROM CONFRONTATION TO CONVERSATION
PROCRASTINATION: THE ART OF GETTING THINGS DONE
AI VIDEO WARS: COMPARING OPENAI'S SORA 2 AND GOOGLE'S VEO
GOOGLE TURNS OFF THE TAB: WHAT THE NUM=100 CHANGE MEANS FOR SEO
STRAVA VS. GARMIN: THE LAWSUIT THAT BACKFIRED
VENTURE STEP PERSONAL UPDATE: BOUNCING BACK FROM THE CATABOLIC STATE
THE DIGITAL ADDICTION CRISIS: X AI'S ANI, META VIBES, AND THE PURSUIT OF 'AI SLOP'
META'S NEXT REALITY: META CONNECT
GOOGLE'S NANO BANANA: THE VIRAL TREND THAT DETHRONED CHATGPT
REIMAGINING TRADITION: AI'S INFLUENCE ON REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE WITH LUKE TATMAN
Zero Click SEO for AI Search, Google Rankings & Agentic AI
WHY MADE BY GOOGLE EVENT BOMBED - DESPITE INCREDIBLE PRODUCTS
MY TAKEAWAYS FROM EXTREME OWNERSHIP BY JOCKO WILLINK & LEIF BABIN
THE WINDSURF STORY: FROM BILLION-DOLLAR DREAMS TO FOUNDER BACKLASH
CAN AI AND DATA CENTERS BE SUSTAINABLE? THE TENSION BETWEEN TECH AND COMMUNITIES
HOW AI DATA CENTERS ARE DRAINING POWER, WATER, AND PATIENCE: THE HIDDEN COSTS OF THE CLOUD
THE SICKNESS: 30-POUND FEVER DREAM
Tesla's Robotaxi Pilot: The $4.20 Ride
Toolchains vs. Monoliths: Apple's Illusion of Thinking
The Hard Thing About Hard Things: If You’re Gonna Eat Sh*t, Don’t Nibble
Veo 3’s Visual Uprising: AI’s Video Magic and the Shift Back to Text
Scaling Venture Step: Guest Goals, Production Glow-Up, and Paul Graham Vibes
Isaac GR00T N1: The First Open Humanoid Robot Foundation Model
TAKE IT DOWN Act: Fighting Digital Abuse Against Non-consensual Imaging
The B&W Prospective: Finding a Colorful World Through Tech and Color Minimalism
Google Cloud Next 25: Building and Managing AI Agents A2A Protocol
SUS Learnings: Reframing My Perspective With Six Hypotheses
The Imperfect Echo: AI Voice Cloning and Its Current Limits
Callousing the Mind: Unpacking David Goggins' "Can't Hurt Me"
Google Keeps Shipping: Canvas, Gemini 2.0 Flash Experimental
SUS Learnings: Is NYC Cracked?
You're Not Special, But Your Impact Can Be: Valkyrie Holmes and Faura AI
SUS Learnings: Analyzing Potential Ideas
The Rise of Grok: Rapid AI Development and the Future of Thinking
SUS Learnings: The Counterintuitive Truths About Startups Ideas & Founders
The Rise of DeepSeek: A New Contender
My VR Journey: Exploring the Metaverse and Beyond
California Wildfires: A Deep Dive into the Crisis with Tom Mercer
Scaling Up: Lessons from the High Growth Handbook
Level Up 2025: Building Systems, Seeking Truth, and Launching Ventures
Dream Big, Aim High: Reflections on the Venture Step Journey
Gemini Deep Research: Your Future AI Analyst
Financial Crimes & Shell Games: The Impact of Beneficial Ownership Reporting
The Dark Side of Uber's Innovation: Greyball
CoTracker3: Revolutionizing Point Tracking with Simplicity
From Pixels to Perception: How Sparsh is Changing Touch
Meta’s Shipping Spree: From Robotics to Video
Disrupting the Duopoly: How Stripe's Stablecoin Strategy Could Shake Up Visa and Mastercard
AI-Power Productivity: Copilot Flight and Slack Gets Smart
Megacity Showdown: Seoul vs Tokyo vs Mexico City
RCS, Pixels, and Missing Pixel Buds: A Tech Update
From Earth to Mars: SpaceX's Starship and Tesla's AI Ambitions
The AI That Wasn't: Unmasking Reflection 70B
Unlocking the Power of Cursor AI: Your AI-Powered Coding Companion
From VR to AI: Meta's Ambitious Vision for the Future
AI Tutors: The Future of Personalized Learning with Google
First Impressions: An Americans's Early Days in Japan
AI Agents From Corporate Productivity to Playful Social Engagement
Beyond the Clock: My Productivity Stack
Beyond the Hype: Llama 3's Safety and Power Unleashed
Pixelated Dreams: Google's AI is Making Magic, The New Pixel Lineup
Beyond the Hype: Understanding Llama 3's True Potential
AI Agent: Building Intelligent Assistants with Meta's AI Studio
Unlocking the Power of Open-Source AI: Exploring Meta's Llama 3.1 Release
Meta's AI Power Play: Llama 3.1 405b, Reel Search
The Road to Self-Driving: A Bumpy but Fascinating Journey
Milestones, Interviews, and What's Been Keeping Me Busy
The Filter Bubble Blues: The Personalized Reality
Beyond the Logo: Risa Salyor on Building Brands That Connect
Apple Unleashed: WWDC 2024's Biggest Reveals & What They Mean for You
Discipline: The Purest Form of Self-Love
AI in the Workplace: Boosting Productivity & Transforming How We Work
Microsoft and OpenAI's Conversational AI: CoPilot Plus and ChatGPT 4-O
AI Unveiled: Google's Latest Breakthroughs and the Future of Artificial Intelligence
AlphaFold 3 and GPT-4o: Revolutionizing Drug Discovery and AI Capabilities
Bet on Yourself: A Review of Annie Duke's 'Thinking in Bets'
AI and the Future of Interaction: Meta’s Vision with Quest 3 and Ray-Ban Meta Glasses
Beyond Reality: Unpacking Meta's latest AI and VR innovations
Timeless Wisdom: A Look at Marcus Aurelius's "Meditations"
Building Vibition: The E-commerce Journey & Unveiling Winning Product Trends
The Robot Revolution: Nvidia's GROOT, Neuralink Breakthroughs & Our Cyborg Future
The Power Playbook: Unpacking "The 48 Laws of Power"
AI Leaps Forward: Robot Butlers & Nvidia's Super Brain Chip
Evolving the Venture Step Podcast: My Learning Journey
Finding Wisdom in the Everyday: My 'Daily Stoic'
Decoding Nvidia: Chips, Code, and Innovation
AI Explosion: Gemini 1.5, Gemini Advanced, Open AI Sora, & Disrupting Insurance
Rekindling the Venture: My Journey Back to the Mic
Introduction Podcast and First Business Mistakes
Business Insights & Lessons Learned: with James Carpenter at Rapid Removal