AI-Powered Coding & Space Tugboats? Inside the Future of Software & Satellites! | E2099

2025-03-18 · 62 min · 23 entities

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Link in episode "AI-Powered Coding & Space Tugboats? Inside the Future of Software & Satellites! | E2099": https://tiktok.com/@thisweekinstartups
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Link in episode "AI-Powered Coding & Space Tugboats? Inside the Future of Software & Satellites! | E2099": https://youtube.com/thisweekin
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Episode description as stored

Today's show: Alex interviews two incredible founders from the TWIST 500! First, Replit CEO Amjad Masad breaks down how AI-powered coding is changing software development and what the future of agents looks like. Then, Starfish Space co-founder Austin Link explains how they're building a satellite towing service to extend missions and clean up orbit. Two deep dives into the future of tech and space. Timestamps: (0:00) Alex kicks off the episode! (0:53) Discussing Replit's capabilities and introduction of CEO Amjad Masad (4:17) Replit's evolution and turning down a billion-dollar acquisition offer (9:48) Vapi - Go to https://vapi.ai/twist and get 1000 minutes free per month - for life. (11:42) Impact of LLMs and AI agents (17:13) Choosing Anthropic's Claude for Replit (19:46) Northwest Registered Agent. Form your entire business identity in just 10 clicks and 10 minutes. Get more privacy, more options, and more done—visit http://northwestregisteredagent.com/twist today! (21:29) Anthropic success and closed source AI implications (24:37) Replit market response and economics of AI models (28:14) Future of Replit's AI tools and plans (33:41) LinkedIn Jobs - Post your first job for free at https://www.linkedin.com/twist (35:12) Introduction to Starfish Space and its mission (38:50) Core missions and challenges of the Otter satellite (47:29) First official mission with Otter and key partnerships (50:57) Economics and ownership of satellite services (53:11) Key components of the Otter project (57:19) Startups in the space economy and comparison with Orbit Fab (59:08) Starfish Space hiring push and final thoughts Subscribe to the TWiST500 newsletter: https://ticker.thisweekinstartups.comCheck out the TWIST500: https://www.twist500.com Subscribe to This Week in Startups on Apple: https://rb.gy/v19fcp Links from the show: Check out Starfish Space: https://www.starfishspace.com/ Check out Replit: https://replit.com/ Follow Amjad: X: https://x.com/amasad LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amjadmasad/ Follow Austin Link: X: https://x.com/Austin LinkLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/austin-link-space/ Follow Alex: X: https://x.com/alex LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexwilhelm Thank you to our partners: (9:48) Vapi - Go to https://vapi.ai/twist and get 1000 minutes free per month - for life. (19:46) Northwest Registered Agent. Form your entire business identity in just 10 clicks and 10 minutes. Get more privacy, more options, and more done—visit http://northwestregisteredagent.com/twist today! (33:41) LinkedIn Jobs - Post your first job for free at https://www.linkedin.com/twist All rights for the video shared and linked below belong to the original copyright holder, and we are using the footage under the principle of fair use. * Great TWIST interviews: Will Guidara, Eoghan McCabe, Steve Huffman, Brian Chesky, Bob Moesta, Aaron Levie, Sophia Amoruso, Reid Hoffman, Frank Slootman, Billy McFarland * Check out Jason's suite of newsletters: https://substack.com/@calacanis * Follow TWiST: Twitter: https://twitter.com/TWiStartups YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/thisweekin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisweekinstartups TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thisweekinstartups Substack: https://twistartups.substack.com * Subscribe to the Founder University Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@founderuniversity1916