Jason interviews EatKind CEO Neetha Avalakki and ‘TWiST Mean Tweets’ with Lon Harris | E1638
This Week in Startups
Jason Calacanis
4.2 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 16 December 2022
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Summary
First up, Jason interviews Neetha Avalakki, the founder and CEO of EatKind. EatKind is an AI-powered search engine that converts ANY food or recipe into a vegan alternative. (3:20) Then Lon Harris joins Molly and Jason for another segment of This Week in Streaming. They play a TWiST version of celebrity mean tweets and discuss Neptune Frost. (36:41)
(0:00) M+J Kick off the show
(3:20) CEO of EatKind joins Jason
(8:31) Embroker - Use code TWIST to get an extra 10% off insurance at https://Embroker.com/twist
(9:41) Training EatKind’s AI + Product Market Fit
(18:29) LinkedIn Jobs - Post your first job for free at https://linkedin.com/twist
(19:44) Being a founder in India
(35:12) Squarespace - Use offer code TWIST to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain at https://Squarespace.com/TWIST
(36:41) TWiST Mean Tweets with Lon Harris
(49:46) Reviewing Neptune Frost
(1:06:01) Directors and their breakthrough movies
(1:12:22) James Gunn’s plan for the DC Universe
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| 0:00.0 | But he welcomed to this week in startups on Thursday, Molly. |
| 0:02.7 | I'm back at it. |
| 0:03.5 | I'm new founders early. |
| 0:05.9 | Yes. |
| 0:06.8 | And I'm so excited. |
| 0:07.8 | Today I have a founder and CEO who is making an AI |
| 0:11.1 | powered search engine that converts any food recipe |
| 0:13.5 | into a vegan alternative and tells you how to do that. |
| 0:16.8 | AI, we're wondering what are the usage uses |
| 0:19.0 | when we found out with this great founder. |
| 0:20.9 | And she is from India. |
| 0:23.0 | I asked her a bunch of questions about entrepreneurship |
| 0:25.2 | in India and I got a huge lesson. |
| 0:28.1 | And this is really what this week in startups is about. |
| 0:29.9 | You get to meet an entrepreneur, you get to learn, |
| 0:32.0 | you get to be inspired. |
| 0:33.1 | I came out of this interview which is ready to go to India |
| 0:36.1 | and meet 10 more Indian entrepreneurs, really, really excited |
| 0:39.9 | that we're bringing a lot of early stage interviews |
| 0:41.9 | back to this week in startups. |
| 0:43.2 | Absolutely, love it. |
| 0:44.0 | And this is an ongoing thing, by the way. |
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