Brian Hecht

THE NEW BUILDER

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The New Builder brings founders together to rethink how companies get built, with AI as the foundation, not just a tool. Hosted by Brian Hecht, a 20-year founder and 10-year investor who never wrote a line of code until AI changed everything. Conversations with founders kept circling back to the same thing: how do you actually build something valuable when the ground is shifting under your feet? Nobody has the answer yet. But the people who figure it out are going to do it together. Each week, Brian sits down with founders, operators, and builders who are navigating the AI era in real time. Ho...

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Ep. 5: You Can Get Half Your Day's Work Done While...Shaving? | Andrew Ackerman 25.06.2026 30:17

I sit down with Andrew Ackerman, exited founder, reformed VC, professor...and one of the most thoughtful AI users I know, for an unfiltered conversation about how he actually uses this stuff every day. No theory. No "AI will change everything" hand-waving. Just how a non-coder runs his work, his classroom, and his AI-centric startup with Claude. What we get into: • The silly little problem that pu...

Ep. 4: $1M Revenue with 27 Agents and a Lean Team. Here's How. | Todd Balwin 18.05.2026 29:41

Todd Baldwin, CEO of Crafted, breaks down how his lean startup built a data bridge between social media marketing and in-store retail sales — and how AI agents are helping them punch way above their weight. Crafted works with brands selling into Walmart, Target, and regional grocery stores, solving one of the hardest problems in retail marketing: if you run a $100K TikTok or Instagram campaign, ho...

Ep. 3: He Improved Bandcamp Using Claude in Just a Few Days! | Jeff Latz Friday Music 29.04.2026 30:57

Jeff Latz spent 10 years as a professional engineer before walking away to pursue music — and ended up building Friday, an e-commerce platform for independent musicians, almost entirely with AI agents. In this episode, Brian Hecht sits down with Jeff to unpack how he went from professional engineer to solo founder, why he chose Claude Code + Conductor to run multiple AI agents in parallel, and how...

Ep. 2: Hiring Agents Instead of Humans? Here's How to Do It Right! | Davida Ginter ELOO.ai 24.04.2026 32:31

Everyone says "just use AI agents." Nobody explains what that actually means — until now. Davida Ginter is the co-founder of ELOO, an exciting startup that helps companies quickly train and onboard AI agents to perform virtually any task. In this episode, we break down what an agent actually is (vs. just prompting ChatGPT), how to onboard one like a new employee, and why setting it free on day one...

Ep. 1: What is an AI Company in 2026? | Scott Werner Sublayer 14.04.2026 25:55

Scott Werner has spent three years building AI-native products in one of the fastest-moving corners of tech. What he learned: being early isn't the same as being right, and building for where models are going is a trap if you can't sell what exists today. In this conversation, Scott and Brian get into the reality of building in DevTools and AI right now — the pivot from product to distribution, wh...