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Jan 2024
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We celebrate our 100th AI Demo with Sunn...

Jason Calacanis
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Today’s show: Sunny joins Jason to celebrate their 100th demo on the show (3:03), explore Paid Leave (17:29), and comb through the X posts of Barsee (32:41), and much, much, more!

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Timestamps:

(0:00) Sunny joins Jason

(3:03) We demo MultiOn, our 100th demo on the show!

(12:01) OpenPhone - Get 20% off your first six months at http://www.openphone.com/twist

(13:30) Jason gives his grade and signs up to use MultiOn.

(17:29) Sunny demos Paid Leave powered by MOMS F1RST.

(21:04) Curotec - Check out http://www.curotec.com/twist and get $5000 off

(23:40) AI demo of Consensus.

(26:53) Consensus reminds Jason of the life and tragedy of Aaron Swartz.

(29:54) Northwest Registered Agent - Get a 60% discount on your next LLC at http://www.northwestregisteredagent.com/twist

(32:41) Sunny jumps onto X to show us important advancements in AI posted by Barsee.

(35:17) Sunny demos “Depth Anything”.

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This episode is dedicated to the memory of Aaron Swartz.

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LINKS:

Check out the list of AI demos here: https://thisweekinstartups.com/AI

Check out MultiOn: https://www.multion.ai/

Check out Paid Leave: https://www.paidleave.ai/

Check out Consensus: https://consensus.app/

Rolling Stone Article on Aaron Swarts: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/the-brilliant-life-and-tragic-death-of-aaron-swartz-177191/

Check out Barsee here: https://twitter.com/heyBarsee

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Great 2023 interviews: Steve Huffman, Brian Chesky, Aaron Levie, Sophia Amoruso, Reid Hoffman, Frank Slootman, Billy McFarland

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