TWiST News: Headphones.com, How Sound Takes Down Drones, TollBit Secures Series A | E2031
This Week in Startups
Jason Calacanis
4.4 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 23 October 2024
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Todays show:
Jason and Alex dive into the latest updates from Claude AI, exploring the new “Use Computer” feature and its implications. Next, Andrew Lissimore of headphones.com shares the journey of turning a side hustle into a thriving business, highlighting the advantages of owning a premium domain and leveraging YouTube for customer acquisition. The team from Prandtl Dynamics then joins to showcase their handcrafted, anti-drone technology. Finally, the episode concludes with an in-depth discussion on TollBit’s Series A funding and their strategies for scaling in the competitive marketplace space.
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Timestamps:
(0:00) Jason and Alex kick off the show
(2:52) Claude AI's new feature “Use Computer”
(8:33) Future of AI assistants and employment effects
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(11:36) AI's impact on white-collar jobs and economic implications
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(22:13) Andrew Lissimore from headphones.com joins the show
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(32:06) Deep dive into high-end audio and audiophile community
(38:03) The role of reviews and content at headphones.com
(47:00) Leveraging Organic search and YouTube for brand growth
(50:11) Prandtl Dynamics team on anti-drone technology
(55:21) Building cost-effective anti-drone solutions
(1:03:42) Prandtl Dynamics business potential and funding
(1:09:04) TollBit's Series A funding news and AI data marketplace
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| 0:00.0 | quarter millie check non dilutive funding you guys are my heroes that's amazing |
| 0:05.5 | wow the chap table stays pure I like it that's that Canadian socialism at work they |
| 0:12.0 | they love you see Jason it's good on Canadian socialism at work. They have. |
| 0:13.8 | You see, Jason, it's good for business. |
| 0:15.6 | Here they are incubating the youths. |
| 0:17.6 | Yeah, but you know what? |
| 0:18.6 | They didn't have to convince venture capitalists |
| 0:21.6 | to clear market. |
| 0:22.5 | So that's the only problem in all seriousness |
| 0:25.8 | with these gifts. |
| 0:27.0 | Other governments do it to New Zealand, Japan, |
| 0:29.6 | I've seen it all around the world where grants are given. |
| 0:32.8 | Sometimes people get better at pleasing the grant committee |
| 0:36.8 | than they do at selling venture capitalists on a hundred times return, |
| 0:41.2 | which are two different things. |
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