AI Demos: New Runway, Flux, Grok 2.0 & Jam Session with Ulama | E1997
This Week in Startups
Jason Calacanis
4.4 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 23 August 2024
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
Todays show:
Sunny joins Jason to dive into all things AI, including: utilizing ChatGPT for efficiency and quick answers (7:03, the future of AI applications and Claude demo (12:47), Flux demo (36:56). Runway Gen-3 Alpha (41:13), and new Jam with JCal with Tyce Herrman of Ulama.
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Timestamps:
(0:00) Sunny joins Jason to jump in to AI demos. (1:24) Sundeep Madra on AI market trends and consumer adoption (3:31) AI-native interns and AI's role in career trajectories (7:03) Utilizing ChatGPT for efficiency and quick answers
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(12:47) Future of AI applications and Claude demo
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(20:56) Operating systems and AI integration (22:20) Grok for real-time information and AI images of public figures (25:14) AI-generated content concerns and parody vs misinformation
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(31:07) AI's impact on the 2024 election and content regulation (36:56) Introduction to Flux and demo of AI-generated images (41:13) AI's potential misuse in elections and Runway ML's new model (44:00) Creativity, fan films, and real-time editing advancements in AI (51:13) AI platforms for service industries and Mastertech AI applications (57:22) Funding opportunities for startups and closing remarks (1:01:55) Jam with JCal! Ulama introduction and software overview (1:04:34) AI in code compliance and architect feedback (1:07:45) Challenges in launching a standalone product and market potential (1:12:27) Strategies for architectural firm integration and marketing strategies
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LINKS:
Check out Grok 2.0: https://x.com/i/grok
Check out Flux: https://replicate.com/black-forest-labs/flux-pro
@RyanMorrisonJer’s tweet about Midjourney and Flux: https://x.com/ryanmorrisonjer/status/1822637652501319684?s=42
Check out Runway Gen-3 Alpha: https://runwayml.com/research/introducing-gen-3-alpha
Check out Avoca: https://www.avoca.ai/
Check out MasterTech AI: https://www.mastertech.ai/
Check out the Jam with JCal contest: https://jamwithjcal.tech/
Check out Ulama: https://www.ulama.tech/
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Follow Sunny:
X: https://twitter.com/sundeep
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sundeepm
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Follow Tyce: X: https://x.com/tycecycle
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyceherrman/
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Follow Jason:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasoncalacanis
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| 0:00.0 | Well, Jason, can I give you a real-time hack that I just did while you were talking about searching for a Chrome extension? |
| 0:06.1 | Okay, perfect. I like an impromptu demo here we go. |
| 0:08.0 | One of the things that you can do in Claude because they have these artifacts, |
| 0:12.4 | yes, is you can do this. |
| 0:14.4 | Can you make me a Chrome extension that opens new tabs to chat geepte. |
| 0:18.7 | call and look what this does. It created the Chrome extension for you and you can download, you know, you can publish this for others to use. |
| 0:26.4 | Look at the world we're in, Jason. Yes. Literally, if the Chrome extension doesn't exist, go ahead and make one. |
| 0:32.8 | Isn't that incredible Jake, come on? |
| 0:35.8 | It's nuts. |
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| 1:06.0 | And Linear. Linear helps product teams focus on what they do best, planning and building great products. |
| 1:14.0 | Streamline issues, projects, and product roadmaps in a tool your team will actually enjoy using. |
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| 1:24.0 | All right everybody welcome back to this week in startups. |
| 1:27.0 | I am super excited because after his whirlwind tour he's raised some money, he's been growing grock, my boy, Sunny Sandep Madra is back and he is here to talk AI. |
| 1:39.4 | I'm going to do a bunch of demos. |
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