The Next New Thing

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 – Intro Montage 00:52 – Every’s portfolio: Monologue, Spiral, Cora, and Sparkle 01:48 – How many people use their tools today? 02:15 – Mostly bootstrapped, with a small raise from Reid Hoffman 04:00 – Building based on internal needs and workflows 06:45 – Monologue’s origin story: weekend build, instant love 09:00 – Why Monologue works for “hybrid language” thinkers 10:30 – Wri...

⏱️ Timestamps / Episode Guide 00:00 – Intro 01:12 – Why most companies fail to get ROI from AI 02:06 – The #1 mistake: Using AI for content without strategy 03:00 – Fragmented data = wasted AI potential 04:00 – How Neil’s team fixes that: Find what drives revenue first 05:24 – Real case study: Med spas using AI to win back Google traffic 07:00 – How to get your pages in Google's AI Overview box 09...

⏱️ Timestamps / Episode Guide 00:00 – Intro 00:46 – Garry Tan on CaseText, early LLMs, and hallucination risk 04:00 – The first AI breakthroughs in legal tech 08:00 – How vertical SaaS outperforms general AI platforms 11:00 – Avoca & HVAC: beating ServiceTitan with niche AI 13:00 – YC startup growth rates: 10%–20% revenue weekly 17:00 – The “startup energy” coming back in 2025 20:00 – Garry’s...