Stage Zero Studio with Wil Waldon

Both models are good enough that the right question is which one does the specific thing you need better. This episode breaks down where each one wins for actual work. The short version. Claude wins on writing quality, instruction-following, long-document analysis, and agentic work. ChatGPT wins on image generation, voice, custom GPTs, and ecosystem breadth. Where Claude pulls ahead. For anything...

I'm building a paid community platform in the open, and this stream is where the work happens. The idea is simple. Social media broke when it started optimizing for clicks and outrage. The feeds got loud, the news got dumped, and connecting with people got buried under engagement bait. This is an attempt at the opposite. A paid space with real identity, reverse-chronological feeds, threaded discus...

Day 1 of building a million dollar AI app. I'm 20 years into software development and I use AI agents and tools like Lovable to ship faster than I ever could by hand. In this video I walk through the AI coaching feature I just implemented in Stable Manager Pro, an app that helps riding instructors give better feedback to students. The feature uses OpenAI Vision to analyze a photo of a rider on...

Today I want to walk through the difference between an AI tool and an AI system, because the gap between those two things is where most of the money is. We're working with Claude and Claude Cowork today, nothing else. By the end of this you'll understand why one-off prompts don't compound no matter how good they are, you'll be able to spot where a system pays for itself within the first month, and...

Most people think selling software means building an app. It doesn't. A static HTML, CSS, and JS file solves real problems for local businesses, costs nothing to build with Claude's free tier, and sells for $200 a pop with the right framing. This episode walks through the whole process — what kinds of businesses buy this, what you actually hand them, and how to price and pitch it without a...

Most service businesses either automate the wrong things or try to automate everything at once. This episode walks through a simple process using Claude to figure out what's actually worth automating, what order to do it in, and what to leave alone. What You'll Walk Away With 1. A method for tracking where your time actually goes each week 2. A scored automation roadmap based on frequency,...

Wil walks through how he repurposes each Frontier AI Labs episode into a newsletter draft, five or more social posts, and a set of show notes using Claude. He covers how to set up a Claude Project with your own writing samples so the output matches your voice, how to prompt for each deliverable in the same conversation, and what the whole workflow costs. About thirty minutes of work after recordin...

Today I want to talk about something I see constantly, which is small businesses putting AI chatbots on their websites and thinking they've solved a problem when they've actually created a new one. I'm going to walk through a better approach using three tools, Claude, Make, and Tally, and by the end you'll know how to replace your chatbot with a form that actually performs better,...

Today I want to walk through the differences between ChatGPT and Claude and a third tool called NotebookLM that most people haven't heard of yet. By the end of this you'll know which tool to reach for in which situation, how to stop paying for two subscriptions that overlap, and how to pick the right one depending on whether you need content, research, or operations work done. Book your free evalu...

Today I want to walk through how a roofing company can use AI to book more jobs without hiring more office staff. The tools are Claude, Make, and Cal.com. By the end of this you'll know how to respond to inspection requests within a minute, generate quote ranges from photos and a zip code, and let customers book the inspection themselves without a phone call. Get help here >> ⁠⁠ https://...

Today I want to walk through how to set up an AI system specifically for real estate agents using three tools. Claude, Make, and Tally. By the end of this you'll know how to qualify buyer leads before you waste time on a call, draft personalized follow-ups for cold prospects, and generate property descriptions from a handful of bullet points. Get help here >> ⁠⁠ https://wilwaldon.com ⁠⁠...

Today I want to walk through how to automate the customer support side of a small business using three tools. Claude, Make, and Gmail. By the end of this you'll know how to set things up so incoming emails get triaged by urgency automatically, the common questions get personalized replies drafted for you, and anything that actually needs a human gets flagged so you don't miss it. Get help...

Today I want to walk through how to put together a simple AI system for a small business using three tools. Claude, Make, and a form builder like Typeform or Tally. By the end of this you'll know how to set things up so new customer inquiries get answered automatically, leads who go quiet get followed up with, and a two-minute voice memo turns into a week of social media posts. Before any of t...

The development of  next-generation positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT)  systems to supplement or replace the aging  Global Positioning System (GPS) .  SpaceX  has formally proposed using its  Starlink  satellite constellation to provide  low-Earth orbit (LEO)  navigation services, highlighting its potential for  resilient, high-bandwidth connectivity  that functions independently of traditi...

OpenAI, Anthropic, and Nvidia are moving artificial intelligence beyond chatbots and into one of the most valuable markets in tech: cybersecurity and enterprise AI. OpenAI recently introduced Daybreak , a GPT-5.5-powered cybersecurity platform built to find software vulnerabilities before hackers can exploit them. The launch puts OpenAI in direct competition with Anthropic’s Mythos model and Proje...

Mira Murati testimony, Sam Altman OpenAI ouster, Musk vs Altman trial, OpenAI lawsuit, Altman Murati texts, directionally very bad, OpenAI 2023 firing, Shivon Zilis testimony, ChatGPT launch board, Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers

Anthropic is testing a change that removes Claude Code from the Pro plan for some new users, and I think it is a mistake. In this video, I break down what changed, why people noticed so fast, and why this kind of pricing test sends a bad message to the exact users most likely to adopt Claude Code, stick with it, and eventually upgrade. I also go through Anthropic’s response, why it feels like dama...

OpenAI's Sunday court filing exposed a private text exchange where Elon Musk pushed for settlement two days before trial, then threatened Greg Brockman and Sam Altman when Brockman pushed back. Inside the filing, the judge's ruling, the Kalshi market collapse, and what it all means for the rest of the trial.

A high-stakes legal confrontation has emerged in  Oakland, California , as  Elon Musk  takes  OpenAI  and its leadership to court. The lawsuit centers on allegations that  Sam Altman  and  Greg Brockman  abandoned the organization's original  nonprofit mission  in favor of commercial interests and massive private investments. While  Musk  is pursuing billions of dollars in damages to be return...

A significant escalation in digital risk following the emergence of  Claude Mythos , an advanced AI model capable of  autonomously breaching corporate networks . Reports from the UK’s  AI Security Institute  and various cybersecurity experts highlight that this technology can discover  zero-day vulnerabilities  and execute complex attack chains in seconds, far outstripping human defensive capabili...

NASA is currently addressing persistent  hydrogen leaks  and ground equipment failures hindering the  Artemis 2  moon mission's preparation. Recent "confidence tests" intended to verify repairs to the  Space Launch System  rocket's fueling seals were only partially successful due to a faulty filter. Despite these technical setbacks, agency leadership remains optimistic about meet...

The deal values the combined company at roughly $1.2 trillion, stepping SpaceX up from about $800 billion and putting xAI north of $200 billion, per a source familiar with the transaction.

SpaceX is preparing to launch Starship Flight 12, the maiden flight of Block 3 vehicles. Booster 19 and Ship 39 will fly with Raptor 3 engines for the first time, generating 19 to 22 percent more thrust than Block 2. The launch window opens in late February or March 2026 from Pad 2 at Starbase. SpaceX will not attempt a booster catch on this flight. Ship 39 will attempt a controlled reentry over t...

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