AI for Investors, Publisher Rewards, Sleep Tech & More – 2024 Jam with JCal Recap | E2032
This Week in Startups
Jason Calacanis
4.4 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 24 October 2024
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
In this episode we look back at all the Jam with JCal sessions from 2024. This is where startups pitch their groundbreaking ideas to Jason, covering everything from AI-driven investor tools and gamified publisher rewards to sleep tech and architecture compliance software. Watch as these innovative founders get unfiltered feedback and game-changing advice! Don’t miss these exciting pitches that could be the next big thing.
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Timestamps: (0:00) Alex kicks off the show, setting the stage for our "Jam with JCal" season recap, focusing on startups using .TECH domains.
(0:53) Jason discusses the origins of the Jam with JCal sessions and how Travis from Uber inspired the format.
(1:39) Ramsey Shaffer presents Uptrends AI, explaining how it helps financial advisors manage and stay ahead of market news.
(17:24) Ana Malhotra introduces Rome, a yard-sharing service for dogs.
(32:24) Tyce Herrman talks about Ullama, software for architects that analyzes 3D building models for code compliance, highlighting their journey and challenges.
(44:56) Ulan Abdurazakov presents CorePod, an AI-powered device designed to help users get better sleep with personalized voice interaction
(57:25) Elliot Easterling presents Bonbon, a rewards platform for publishers to boost engagement through gamification, and discusses their go-to-market strategy.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody Alex from this week in startups here. Today's episode is a special one. |
| 0:07.0 | We are going to wrap up Jam with J-Cal for the season. Now if you're new to the show Jam with JCal became a staple over the last couple of months, |
| 0:16.7 | it's where some of the most promising startups out there, all using dot-tech domains, |
| 0:21.7 | had the chance to brainstorm on the show with Jason Live and tackle their biggest |
| 0:26.3 | challenges on the road to success. The segment has been a hit, so today we're doing a recap of all the jams that have aired. If you missed one, don't |
| 0:35.2 | worry, we got you, lots of Jason coming your way. Before we get started though, I do want to say a |
| 0:40.7 | shout out to dot-tech domains for sponsoring jam with |
| 0:43.8 | jacal because you know for any tech company out there dot-tech is a pretty |
| 0:47.4 | reasonable domain to pursue so please sit back enjoy this episode and I'll see you |
| 0:52.3 | on the other side. |
| 0:53.9 | All right, everybody. |
| 0:54.5 | It's time for another jam session with JCal. |
| 0:57.5 | This is a very simple project that I came up with. |
| 1:01.6 | This is my invention. No, it's not, actually. You know who's an invention it is? |
| 1:04.8 | Travis from Uber used to do something called a Jam Sesh. And it was just like a couple of founders getting |
| 1:09.6 | together, they hang out, you know, pop up in a couple of cold ones and talk about business and jam out on ideas. |
| 1:16.7 | Man, it was some of the best times they ever had and we're bringing it back to this week in |
| 1:20.3 | startups and we have got a partner on this program. The partner is |
| 1:25.4 | dot-tech domain names and they came up with a simple idea. Hey listen if you got |
| 1:30.3 | under two million in funding and you got a dot-tech domain name, |
| 1:33.4 | which is a really cool domain name to have, you get to come on the program if you've got a great |
| 1:37.8 | idea and a great company. And so today we're going to hear from Ramsey Schaefer |
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