This Week in Startups: The “AI wrapper” debate, AI-powered lead gen, auto-clips, resumes, and more with Sunny Madra | E1792

Jason Calacanis 8/15/23 - Episode Page

Show Notes

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Today’s show:

First up, Sunny Madra is back to discuss the “AI wrapper” stigma, the first official demo-to-investment, and demo more useful AI products! (2:41) Then, Tonebase CEO Igor Lichtmann joins to demo his product, break down how he achieved product-market fit while maintaining capital efficiency, and more! (42:47)

Time stamps:

(0:00) Sunny Madra is back for more AI demos!

(2:41) The “AI wrapper" debate; VenturusAI is joining the LAUNCH Accelerator as the first full-circle demo-to-investment

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(11:23) Klap.app turns YouTube links into multiple TikTok-style videos with captions and ranks them on "Virality Score"

(19:08) Kickresume uses generative AI tools to help users build a fully-fleshed out resumes and prepare for job interviews

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(26:34) Browse AI helps users build AI-powered web scraping/data extraction bots with no code

(34:16) Oppwiser is an AI-powered lead gen platform for sales teams

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(42:47) Tonebase CEO Igor Lichtmann joins to demo his music education startup, break down how he achieved product-market fit while maintaining capital efficiency, and more!

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