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The new rules for hiring, building, and betting on AI | This Week in AI E002

2026-02-25 · 88 min · episode 2 · 13 entities

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    Link in episode "The new rules for hiring, building, and betting on AI | This Week in AI E002": https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-startups/id315114957
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    Link in episode "The new rules for hiring, building, and betting on AI | This Week in AI E002": https://notion.com/twist
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    Link in episode "The new rules for hiring, building, and betting on AI | This Week in AI E002": https://partners.launch.co/
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    Link in episode "The new rules for hiring, building, and betting on AI | This Week in AI E002": https://thisweekinai.ai/

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  • mentioned partners.launch.co company
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    Link in episode "The new rules for hiring, building, and betting on AI | This Week in AI E002": https://partners.launch.co/
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    Link in episode "The new rules for hiring, building, and betting on AI | This Week in AI E002": https://partners.launch.co/

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  • mentioned Twist website
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    Link in episode "The new rules for hiring, building, and betting on AI | This Week in AI E002": https://notion.com/twist
  • mentioned thisweekinai.ai website
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    Link in episode "The new rules for hiring, building, and betting on AI | This Week in AI E002": https://thisweekinai.ai/
  • references Twist website
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    Link in episode "The new rules for hiring, building, and betting on AI | This Week in AI E002": https://notion.com/twist
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    Link in episode "The new rules for hiring, building, and betting on AI | This Week in AI E002": https://thisweekinai.ai/

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  • mentioned This Week in Startups podcast
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    Link in episode "The new rules for hiring, building, and betting on AI | This Week in AI E002": https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-startups/id315114957
  • references This Week in Startups podcast
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    Link in episode "The new rules for hiring, building, and betting on AI | This Week in AI E002": https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-startups/id315114957

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    Feed author/publisher: Jason Calacanis

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    The new rules for hiring, building, and betting on AI | This Week in AI E002
Episode description as stored
Jason Calacanis sits down with two founders building at the frontier of AI products and infrastructure: Tanay Kothari (Wispr Flow) and Richard Socher ( You.com & AIX Ventures). They dig into the Citrini "doom post" that rattled markets, the real economics of automation waves, and how AI-first teams are being rebuilt from the ground up. We explore how the agentic shift is reshaping companies, costs, and careers: The AI Doom Post Debunked: Why the viral Citrini Substack predicting 10% unemployment and an S&P crash is completely wrong. AI-First Hiring: How Wispr Flow shipped their #1 Android voice app with one engineer running ten Claude agents simultaneously — and stopped hiring junior developers entirely. Customer Support at Scale: How Wispr went from needing 200 support agents to 4 by automating 15 distinct support loops, from bug tickets to product feedback. The Cognitive Surplus: Why automation doesn't destroy jobs, it creates the next wave of businesses nobody has predicted yet. Open Source vs. Closed Models: Why DeepSeek forced every major lab to innovate faster, and how Wispr built its own 90% gross margin voice model by starting on open source. Taiwan & the Chip Risk: Apple's Mac Mini onshoring, the 2027 CCP military warning, and the five contingency plans the world is quietly building around TSMC. OpenClaw Mania: Producer Oliver joins the show to talk about how he is using OpenClaw to do his tasks for him. This Week In Startups is made possible by: Notion - https://www.notion.com/twist Quadratic - https://www.Quadratic.ai/twist Timestamps: 00:01:16 - Welcome & Guest Introductions: Tanay Kothari (Wispr Flow) and Richard Socher ( You.com ) 00:03:33 - Why Voice Dictation Finally Works: How Wispr turns rambling speech into send-ready messages 00:05:43 - Foot Pedals, Rings & the Future of Voice Input Modalities 00:09:32 - The Citrini "Doom Post": The viral Substack predicting 10% unemployment and an S&P crash 00:11:52 - Quadratic - Bringing the productivity boost of AI into your spreadsheets. Visit https://www.quadratic.ai/twist to sign up and use the code TWIST to get one free month of their pro tier subscription. 00:14:28 - Debunking the Doom: Cognitive Surplus, the Lump of Labor Fallacy & Why People Adapt 00:22:08 Notion ****- Notion brings all your notes, docs, and projects into one connected space that just works with AI built right in. Try Notion, with Notion Agent, at https://www.notion.com/twist 00:26:18 - Open Source vs. Closed Models: How DeepSeek Forced Innovation & Who Wins the Cost Race 00:38:05 - Building AI-First Teams: Certifications, Agent Management & the New Skill Stack 00:43:42 - Customer Support Reinvented: How Wispr Went from 200 Agents to 4 01:16:29 - Breaking News: Apple Onshores Mac Mini to Houston & The Taiwan Chip Risk Explained Subscribe to This Week in AI on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-startups/id315114957 Subscribe to This Week in AI on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6cPSOft5WRm3zJq7gchacA?si=3b86d10c10434b21 Thanks for watching! 🤖 If you want to stay ahead of the curve on all things AI, make sure to join our community across all platforms: 📩 Get the Weekly Newsletter: https://thisweekinai.ai/ 📺 Subscribe on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@ThisWeekinAIPodcast 📸 Instagram: www.instagram.com/thisweekinaipodcast 📱 TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@thisweekinaipodcast ✖️X: https://x.com/ThisWeeknAI Follow Jason: X: https://twitter.com/Jason LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasoncalacanis Follow Oliver: https://x.com/oliverkorzen Check out all our partner offers: https://partners.launch.co/