Built This Week

Private equity due diligence used to take hundreds of hours. Now it takes seconds. In Episode 31 of Built This Week , we sit down with August Kiles, Head of Product at Emblem , to break down how AI is transforming investment funds — from venture capital to growth equity to private equity. Emblem is building what they call the “last platform investors will ever need” — a system that ingests entire...

The biggest shift in AI isn’t a new model.  It’s agents managing other agents . In Episode 30 of Built This Week , Sam Nadler and Jordan Metzner break down how they’re actually using the latest AI releases — including Claude Opus 4.6 and OpenAI Codex 5.3 — to build real software inside their own workflows. Jordan walks through a private, fully local AI system built with Claude Code that turns raw...

Can you really build serious internal AI tools in a few hours — and should everyone on your team be doing it? In Episode 29 of Built This Week , Sam Nadler and Jordan Metzner break down an internal AI product they built at Ryz Labs called ScreenEval — a recruiter screen analysis and coaching tool built in under six hours using Claude Code, Supabase, and AWS. We start with a live demo. Sam walks th...

Can you really hack an airplane? And if so, how do you test for it without grounding the fleet for a year? In Episode 28 of Built This Week, Sam Nadler and Jordan Metzner sit down with Eero Salih, CTO of Syberian, to explore how AI is transforming cybersecurity for commercial aviation. We start with a live demo — a flight ops cyber radar Sam built to surface real-time security risks across airline...

Can AI actually reduce cloud costs — or does it just create better dashboards? In Episode 27 of Built This Week , Sam Nadler and Jordan Metzner are joined by Ben, CEO of Espresso AI, to break down a real production system that uses machine learning to actively optimize data warehouse compute in real time. We walk through a live demo built specifically to expose hidden inefficiencies inside Snowfla...

Can AI actually beat prediction markets — or does the house always win? In Episode 26 of Built This Week , Sam Nadler and Jordan Metzner kick off 2026 by breaking down a real AI trading bot Jordan built for prediction markets like Kalshi, using live market data, whale detection, coordination signals, and confidence scoring. Jordan walks through the full system — backend, frontend, live alerts, and...

Car dealerships are losing inventory — and most don’t realize why. Consumers now expect instant pricing, zero friction, and immediate engagement , yet most dealers still rely on slow callbacks, manual workflows, and outdated acquisition models. The result? Cars go straight to Carvana or CarMax. In this episode of Built This Week , Sam Nadler and Jordan Metzner sit down with Anthony Monteiro , CEO...

Home healthcare is breaking. Staffing shortages, last-minute cancellations, credential checks, compliance requirements, and manual scheduling are overwhelming care teams and putting patient outcomes at risk. In this episode of Built This Week , Sam Nadler and Jordan Metzner sit down with Arya Health leadership to see how AI is already replacing hours of manual healthcare operations with real produ...

(Sam Nadler and Jordan Metzner are back — and this week they’re joined by Amar Goel, CEO of BITO, the AI-powered code review agent transforming how engineering teams ship software. Jordan kicks things off by unveiling a surprise build: a fully custom BITO Slack Bot that can run PR reviews, generate stats, crack developer jokes, write haikus, and even drop into Biddo Disco Mode. Amar reacts live an...

Episode 22: Let's do the Math! — Sam Nadler and Jordan Metzner return with one of the most mind-bending episodes yet. Joined by Carina, founder & CEO of Axiom Math, the startup is building a self-improving, formal-reasoning AI mathematician. The trio breaks down why math is the next AI frontier, how Lean formalization works, and why proving theorems is a completely different challenge than sol...

Built This Week – Episode #21 Not your STANDARD Market Sam Nadler and Jordan Metzner are back! And this week, they’re joined by a special guest: Angie Westbrook, CEO of Standard AI . Together, they explore one of the most creative builds yet: an AI-powered retail DJ that uses computer vision and custom AI-generated music to adjust a store’s soundtrack based on real-time foot traffic. Think: mood l...

Built This Week – Episode #20 Episode 20: Compliance, Pomelli, and the Rise of the Robots Sam Nadler and Jordan Metzner are back for a landmark 20th episode of Built This Week !  This time, the duo breaks down how Ryz Labs used AI to build a full compliance and education platform, complete with video-based lessons, automated tests, and certificates: all powered by Video 3.1, React, and Supabase. T...

Episode 19: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall… Who Built the Smartest AI of All? It’s a spooky special! Sam Nadler (a.k.a. Bad Bunny) and Jordan Metzner (the resident vampire) celebrate Halloween with a pair of AI-powered builds that bring equal parts fun and fright. First, they unveil Mirror, Mirror on the Wall , a poetic, Gemini-powered “talking mirror” built in Google’s new AI Studio . Then, they conj...

Episode 18: TrickOrTreat! Sam Nadler and Jordan Metzner get into the Halloween spirit with a playful AI build — TrickOrTreat , an interactive web app that lets users snap a photo and instantly generate custom AI costumes and “Happy Halloween” videos. Built in Replit using NanoBanana and Video 3.1 , it’s a perfect mix of fun, speed, and creativity. The hosts discuss how quick AI builds can boost te...

Episode 18: TrickorTreat! This week on Built This Week, Sam Nadler and Jordan Metzner get into the Halloween spirit with a playful AI build, TrickOrTreat, an interactive web app that lets users snap a photo and instantly generate custom AI costumes and “Happy Halloween” videos. Built in Replit using NanoBanana and Video 3.1, it’s a perfect mix of fun, speed, and creativity. The hosts discuss how q...

Episode 16: AI Agents Reinvent Construction This week on Built This Week, Jordan Metzner and Sam Nadler sit down with Tristan Wilson, CEO of Edgevanta, an AI startup that brings automation to one of the world’s most traditional industries: construction. From parsing 1,200-page bid packages to predicting pricing with AI agents, Edgevanta is helping estimators work faster, smarter, and more profitab...

Episode 15: Sora 2 Took Over AI Video + Our New Parking Data Tool This week on Built This Week, Jordan Metzner and Sam Nadler debut Tix LAX, a new platform that visualizes parking tickets across Los Angeles using city APIs, from officer leaderboards to the surprising car colors that rarely get ticketed. Then, they dive into Sora 2, OpenAI’s latest video model that lets you insert yourself directly...

This week on Built This Week, we team up with Hooman (CEO, Collective) to build—and ship—new tools for solopreneurs. Jordan demos a cash-flow forecaster, insurance compliance checks, lending readiness, and AI business insights…plus a just-for-fun “Make It Rain” mode and mini-game. Then we go deep on Collective’s roadmap and the future of the one-person business. What we built -Cash-Flow Forecastin...

This week on Built This Week , we go full builder mode. Jordan uses Claude to create a live 3D simulation of a liver, showing exactly how statins like Crestor crush cholesterol inside your body. Then Sam takes the mic — and the printer — and 3D prints Built This Week keychains, proving you can literally print your podcast at home. Finally, we break down the biggest AI + tech headlines: Reddit doub...

This week on Built This Week , Jordan Metzner and Sam Nadler bring a mix of practical, playful, and breaking AI news. First, Jordan demos Ryz Chef , a tool that turns your grocery receipts (Amazon, Instacart, even fridge photos) into 11 Mediterranean-inspired recipes — complete with breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert options. Then Sam shares how he and his daughter are using AI-generated imager...

Episode 11: Coding the Beat: Strudel, Claude Dashboards & OpenAI’s $1B Play This week on Built This Week, Jordan Metzner and Sam Nadler dive into the intersection of AI, music, and enterprise tools. Jordan shows off a new project built on Strudel, a live-coding JavaScript music library, turning it into an AI-powered DJ + Ableton-style mixer that generates new beats on the fly. Then, the hosts...

Episode 10: Future in Focus: AI Tools & Big Tech This week on Built This Week, Jordan Metzner and Sam Nadler unveil the AI image platform they’ve been building from scratch at Ryz Labs, powered by Gemini’s new “nano-banana” update and other AI models. Designed to deliver faster, cleaner, and more customizable visuals, it pushes image generation beyond today’s mainstream tools. Then, they put G...

Episode 9: Hiring Tools, Built from Scratch This week, Jordan Metzner and Sam Nadler unveil Ryz ATS , a fully functioning applicant tracking system built in-house using Claude AI. From job templates and smart matching to drag-and-drop pipelines and sourcing CRM, this tool streamlines the entire hiring process with AI as a co-pilot. Then, they explore Envato’s new AI image generation features, buil...

Episode 8: Can Public Make You a Better Investor? This week, Jordan Metzner and Sam Nadler go deep on Public.com , the modern investing platform opening its trading infrastructure to developers. They demo a new tool built live on Public’s API, explore the real potential of programmable investing, and sit down with Emily Kurtz (Head of Product at Public) and Jake Trefethen (Director of AI) to unpac...

Episode 7: How Daily Check-Ins Fix Remote Work Jordan Metzner and Sam Nadler share a simple but powerful internal tool: a Slack-integrated daily check-in system that’s helped their remote team stay accountable, async, and aligned. It’s lightweight, fast, and has changed how their team shares progress. Then they revisit Clay, a thoughtfully designed relationship management tool that helps founders...