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The Startup Ideas Podcast

by Greg Isenberg · English

Get your creative juices flowing with The Startup Ideas Podcast. Published twice a week, we bring you free startup ideas to inspire your next venture. Hosted by Greg Isenberg, CEO of Late Checkout and former advisor to Reddit and TikTok. Subscribe so you don't miss out. For more startup ideas, we created a database of 30+ startup ideas you can take at https://gregisenberg.com/30startupideas

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OpenAI DevDay: Dots, Agents & $100B OpportunitiesGreg Eisenberg breaks down OpenAI DevDay 2026 launches and argues they enable “billions of dollars” in transaction volume for founders building on ChatGPT.29 Sep 2026 · 19 min

$5T opportunity: AI Roll UpsA “$5T opportunity” for AI-enabled roll-ups of small service businesses (accounting, insurance, property management).28 Sep 2026 · 30 min

Muse AI Connectors: The Next App Store Moment?Meta has opened Muse, its personal AI agent, to developers via “Muse connectors,” letting approved services plug into Muse workflows (the “AI app store” moment).24 Sep 2026 · 26 min

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$5T opportunity: AI Roll UpsA “$5T opportunity” for AI-enabled roll-ups of small service businesses (accounting, insurance, property management).28 Sep 2026 · 30 min · 10 chapters

The Right Way To Write With AIHow to write with AI without producing “AI slop,” by building a “digital brain” (a personal library of stories, opinions, and lessons) that AI can remix and repeat in your voice.21 Sep 2026 · 1 h 10 min · 21 chapters

Jev is HERE. How to use itJev is a new “classifier/decision” AI (not a text-chat LLM) created by Diogo Almeida (credited with research that built ChatGPT).18 Sep 2026 · 28 min · 12 chapters

Instinct AI: The AI Assistant for normal peopleA walkthrough of Instinct AI, an invite-only “personal agent” app aimed at non-technical users, showing how it works inside, what it’s good at, and key risks (especially email privacy).15 Sep 2026 · 28 min · 8 chapters

Building a Software Factory that actually works (Full Course)How to build a “software factory” using AI agents—an assembly-line workflow that isolates work, enforces code structure, requires proof, and uses automated code review loops so agents can ship…14 Sep 2026 · 31 min · 17 chapters

You're using GPT-6 Astra WRONGHow to use OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra for practical productivity and money-making, not just demos—covering prompts, workflows, and “computer use,” plus building a hardware agent prototype with Blender.10 Sep 2026 · 23 min · 11 chapters

Local AI Clearly ExplainedExplains “local AI” (models running on user-controlled hardware like laptops, phones, Raspberry Pi, or office workstations) versus cloud AI, and maps the local AI stack: model (e.g.,…8 Sep 2026 · 39 min · 17 chapters

These 5 Github Repos are a goldmineThe host reviews five (described as “six” earlier, but only five detailed) free/open-source GitHub repos that help in the “agentic era,” emphasizing practical workflows: making AI writing sound…2 Sep 2026 · 25 min · 7 chapters

Making $$$ as a Marketing EngineerThe “marketing engineering” era—using AI agents plus data, code, and taste to turn market signals into pipeline, faster experiments, sharper positioning, and a continuously learning marketing system.31 Aug 2026 · 35 min · 13 chapters

WebMCP clearly explained (and how to make $$)WebMCP (Google/Microsoft experimental) and how websites can expose “agent-ready” actions so AI agents can complete tasks in-browser without scraping the full DOM.26 Aug 2026 · 29 min · 11 chapters

Screensharing top takes in AI/startupsHow to make startups “AI-native” (LLM-readability, role-based AI loops, human-in-the-loop), plus startup takeaways from iMessage agent directories, customer support as a growth loop, and broader…25 Aug 2026 · 41 min · 13 chapters

Grok Bot: make a 1 person company with agentsHow to use GrokBot to run a “1-person company” where a small set of AI agents executes an entire business end-to-end (research, content, sales, automation), with best practices to avoid “agent creep”…21 Aug 2026 · 44 min · 20 chapters

You need to be skillsmaxxing (10x your Claude/Codex)“Skillsmaxxing” for multiplayer AI—using “skills” (SOPs for Claude/Codex) to standardize repeatable workflows across a team, and sharing them via GitHub-backed plugins with version control and…19 Aug 2026 · 32 min · 22 chapters

How to use Claude Code better than 99% of PeopleHow to configure Anthropic Claude Code to behave like “AI employees” by setting up a repo-based operating system (workspace, memory, briefs/plan mode, specific tickets, “eyes” via desktop…17 Aug 2026 · 48 min · 18 chapters

How to Build an AI-Native Company in 2026How to build an “AI-native” company/workforce in 2026 using proactive agent teams, shifting from “managing agents” to enabling them, and designing the right context, goals, and tool access.12 Aug 2026 · 48 min · 24 chapters

Making $$$ selling to AI AgentsHow Cloudflare’s AI-agent monetization (AI crawl control, pay-per-crawl, and X402/HTTP 402 payment-required) could create a new “agent web” business model where agents pay for useful resources…10 Aug 2026 · 34 min · 18 chapters

These AI Marketing Agents Get You CustomersBuilding AI “marketing agents” that generate leads and run outbound on autopilot, plus an organic variant that turns internal conversations into scheduled LinkedIn content.5 Aug 2026 · 44 min · 20 chapters

Graph Engineering Clearly ExplainedExplains “graph engineering” as a practical way to structure AI work into a workflow graph (planner → parallel researchers → skeptic/checker → merger/synthesizer → human approval), instead of one…3 Aug 2026 · 26 min · 9 chapters

Jack Dorsey's Buzz: The New Hermes Agent?Jack Dorsey’s new Buzz app, positioned as an “agentic Slack killer,” where teams chat with software agents that can brainstorm, code, run workflows, and integrate with tools and APIs.28 Jul 2026 · 39 min · 15 chapters

How I use Claude Code + MCPs to run my marketingHow to deploy “marketing agents” using Claude Code plus MCP-style tool integrations to run marketing in the cloud, with a focus on Facebook Ads feedback loops and data-driven creative iteration.27 Jul 2026 · 38 min · 12 chapters

Most Valuable Skill of 2026: Managing AI AgentsHow to run teams of AI agents 24/7, focusing on cloud agents, automations, and building a “software factory” that writes, reviews, and ships code continuously.24 Jul 2026 · 45 min · 19 chapters

FDE: The $1M/Year AI Job ExplainedForward Deployed Engineering (FDE) for AI—why it’s valuable now that “intelligence” is commoditized, what FDEs do, and a claimed 30-day roadmap to become an FDE.20 Jul 2026 · 52 min · 21 chapters