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Andrew Warner breaks down 10 open-source alternatives that can replace popular paid subscriptions while giving you something even more valuable: the ability to own, customize, and build on the software yourself.

Andrew Warner explores 10 open-source projects that can replace popular subscription software, including Doodle Note as an alternative to Granola, Cap as an alternative to Loom, Vaultwarden as an alternative to 1Password, Ghost as an alternative to Substack, Twenty as an alternative to HubSpot, LanguageTool as an alternative to Grammarly, Umami as an alternative to Google Analytics, Nextcloud as an alternative to Google Drive, Chatwoot as an alternative to Intercom, and SlowBooks as an alternative to QuickBooks. The focus isn't simply on saving money—it's on owning your data, avoiding vendor lock-in, running software yourself, and having the source code available to customize and build on.

Repos featured:

- Doodle Note — https://github.com/Onyx-Dev-Labs/doodle-note
- Cap — https://github.com/CapSoftware/Cap
- Vaultwarden — https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden
- Ghost — https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost
- Twenty — https://github.com/twentyhq/twenty
- LanguageTool — https://github.com/languagetool-org/languagetool
- Umami — https://github.com/umami-software/umami
- Nextcloud — https://github.com/nextcloud/server
- Chatwoot — https://github.com/chatwoot/chatwoot
- SlowBooks Pro — https://github.com/VonHoltenCo....des/SlowBooks-Pro-20

00:00 - Doodle Note: A local, open-source meeting note taker that keeps recordings and transcripts on your device.
02:42 - Cap: An open-source alternative to Loom for screen recording and sharing.
04:30 - Vaultwarden: A self-hosted Bitwarden-compatible password manager for personal and team use.
06:00 - Zapier SDK: Let users connect thousands of apps directly to the software you build.
06:45 - Ghost: Own your newsletter, website, members, and revenue without giving a platform a percentage of your payments.
08:33 - Twenty: A self-hosted open-source CRM with contacts, companies, pipelines, and workflows.
10:12 - LanguageTool: Open-source grammar, spelling, and punctuation checking across 30+ languages.
12:09 - Umami: A privacy-focused, lightweight analytics platform that gives you control over your website data.
13:30 - Nextcloud: Own and self-host your files, contacts, calendars, and other cloud services.
15:45 - Chatwoot: Bring website chat, email, WhatsApp, social messages, and customer support into one inbox.
17:24 - SlowBooks Pro: An open-source alternative to QuickBooks focused on owning and querying your financial data with AI.
20:42 - Build Your Own: Why open-source software gives you the ability to customize tools instead of simply subscribing to them.

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Andrew and Adam break down this week's top GitHub repos, featuring AI design tools, coding agents, and a surprise interview with the creator of the #1 trending AI Job Search workflow.

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Andrew Warner and Adam dive into the most interesting GitHub repositories of the week, from AI-powered design frameworks like Hallmark, Impeccable, and Arcify to developer tools that help agents control Microsoft Office, run multiple coding agents in parallel, and automate computer workflows. They also welcome Mads Lorentzen, creator of the AI Job Search workflow, to discuss how he built an AI-powered job application system after being laid off—and how it ultimately helped him land a new role. The episode also covers Office CLI, Orca, Cube Sandbox, Herder, OmniRoot, Codex Plugin CC, Claude Video, and more, with practical discussions on where these tools fit into modern AI workflows.

Repos featured:

- Hallmark
- Impeccable
- Arcify
- AI Job Search
- Desktop Commander
- Office CLI
- Orca
- Cube Sandbox
- Herder
- OmniRoot
- Codex Plugin Claude Code
- Claude Video

00:00 - AI Design Repositories: Three GitHub repos that help AI create more original, polished designs.
00:26 - Hallmark: Generate design DNA cards and analyze or recreate visual styles.
02:29 - Impeccable: Improve AI design workflows with annotation tools and browser feedback.
04:04 - Arcify: Turn plain English into clean diagrams and workflow visualizations.
06:04 - AI Job Search: Meet Mads Lorentzen and see how his AI workflow automated job applications.
11:40 - Desktop Commander: Give AI agents deeper control over your computer and files.
14:19 - Google's C++ Libraries: Why a non-AI repository made this week's trending list.
17:24 - Office CLI: Let AI control Word, Excel, and PowerPoint with visual awareness.
19:36 - Orca: Run multiple coding agents in parallel and merge the best result.
24:11 - Cube Sandbox: Safely execute AI-generated code inside isolated virtual machines.
25:47 - Herder: Manage multiple coding agents from a single terminal interface.
27:55 - OmniRoot: Automatically switch between AI providers and model subscriptions.
30:00 - Codex Plugin Claude Code: Bring OpenAI models directly into Claude Code workflows.
31:28 - Claude Video: Search, analyze, and learn from videos using AI.
34:10 - Final Thoughts: Why building and sharing AI tools creates opportunities for everyone.

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Another one of Travis' beautiful songs for the world to see.

Sorry for the long delay, just had a lot of stuff going on. The timing of my releases will be better from now on.

Hey, everyone! I have put my entire unreleased Days of the New/Travis Meeks catalog on dropbox and the link for it will be below. You can download songs individually or the entire catalog. Enjoy! :)

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Introducing a revolutionary update! The long awaited and highly requested addition of infantry to the battlefields of War Thunder is finally here!

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Andrew Warner and Corey Ganim break down this week's most interesting AI releases, from free AI coding agents and second brains to Codex remote controls and community-built AI bots.

Andrew Warner and Corey Ganim explore the latest AI tools and projects making waves this week, including Inbox Zero's free alternative to expensive AI coding agents, specialized bots in Hermes Agent, Meridian's automatic daily activity tracking, Clipto's privacy-first second brain, vibe-coded apps, a developer learning platform, an iPhone remote control for Codex, and Bot Directory AI. They also discuss how specialized AI agents can make automation easier to understand and adopt, while highlighting practical examples of people turning simple problems into useful products with AI.

Links featured:

- Rakazo — https://rakazo.com/
- Rakazo GitHub — https://github.com/elie222/rakazo
- Meridiona — https://meridiona.com/
- Meridian GitHub — https://github.com/Meridiona/meridian
- Clipto — https://www.clipto.com/
- Clockout X Post — https://x.com/ophy_dami/status/2089872914644430928
- Clockout — https://useclockout.com/
- Healora X Post — https://x.com/devhch/status/2088312569354174530
- Healora AI — https://healoraai.com/en
- DevAtlas X Post — https://x.com/sankitdev/status/2089742121968476578
- Dev Atlas — https://dev-atlas-six.vercel.a....pp/#/notes/what-is-a
- Codex Remote Control — https://x.com/Kappaemme1926/st....atus/208787179123474
- Microdex — https://github.com/Kappaemme-git/microdex
- Bot Directory AI — https://botdirectory.ai/
- AI Edge's Agent Collection — https://x.com/aiedge_/status/2090107020766851436

00:00 - Inbox Zero: Run a free AI coding-agent alternative locally with your own model.
00:27 - Specialized AI Bots: Why named, task-specific agents could drive mainstream adoption.
02:33 - Meridian: Automatically track your workday and turn it into a useful daily report.
04:12 - Clipto: Build a privacy-first second brain that makes your desktop data searchable by AI agents.
06:09 - Vibe-Coded Apps: Turn simple problems into useful products and find customers through AI search.
07:03 - Clockout: A simple time-tracking app built around a real-world business problem.
07:12 - Developer Learning Platform: Keep projects, notes, and technical knowledge organized for job readiness.
08:15 - Microdex: Control Codex remotely from an iPhone with a customizable set of actions.
09:18 - Bot Directory AI: Browse and reuse specialized AI bot configurations and workflows.
10:21 - Agent Collections: Discover how people are building and using specialized agents for real-world tasks.

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Noctua's Computex 2025 showcase includes engineering and design information on their new Thermosiphon cooler and CPU liquid cooler ("AIO"). We also spend time talking about the upcoming Antec Flux Pro Noctua Edition PC case, the new NF-A12 G2 fan, and just general engineering topics. Noctua's Jakob Dellinger joins for the technical discussion once again.

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Nevo David’s SaaS was stuck… until he started building for AI agents.

In this episode of The Next New Thing, Andrew Warner talks with Nevo David, the creator of Postiz, about how his revenue jumped to $45K+ MRR after a surprising shift: he stopped building primarily for humans and started building for agents.

Postiz began as a simple open-source social media scheduler — a crowded market with dozens of competitors. But Nevo found a “blue ocean” by leaning into open source and by quickly adapting to emerging AI workflows.

First came integrations with automation tools like Zapier, which helped users schedule content automatically and dramatically reduced churn.

Then came the real breakthrough.

When AI agent tools like OpenClaw began gaining traction, Nevo realized something important: agents need software that’s easy for them to operate programmatically.

Instead of optimizing only for APIs and human interfaces, he built a CLI (command-line interface) version of Postiz designed specifically for AI agents. The CLI dramatically reduces token usage, simplifies commands, and allows agents to interact with the product far more efficiently than sending long JSON API requests.

The result?
Developers building AI agents started using Postiz as the easiest way to publish content automatically — including one viral example where an OpenClaw agent named “Larry” generated TikTok slideshows that racked up massive views.

Nevo believes this pattern will only grow: future startups will increasingly design their products with CLIs and agent-friendly interfaces from day one.

This conversation explores what it looks like to build software in a world where AI agents — not just humans — are the primary users.



Episode Highlights / Timestamps
00:00 Revenue explodes after building for AI agents
00:18 The origin of Postiz as an open-source social media scheduler
01:12 Finding a “blue ocean” inside a crowded market
01:57 Adding MCP and early AI integrations
02:42 Why automation dramatically reduces churn
03:54 Growing Postiz to $17K–$20K MRR
04:03 Discovering OpenClaw and the shift toward agent-driven software
05:06 Building a CLI so agents can control Postiz
05:51 The viral “Larry” OpenClaw agent story
07:48 Why agents need strong documentation and skills
09:18 Turning a full API into a simple CLI with Claude
11:51 Why CLI tools may become the default interface for agent startups
12:45 The next startup idea: agent-native UGC video generation
13:03 Why CLI reduces token usage compared to APIs
16:21 Using Claude to build the CLI automatically
17:06 Postiz reaches $45K MRR

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Andrew Warner and Adam Brakhane break down this week’s most useful and unusual GitHub repos.

Andrew Warner and Adam Brakhane explore this week’s top GitHub repos, from AI-generated system architecture diagrams and a browser-based global tracking console to custom learning environments, scientific agent skills, small language models, OpenSEO, Omachi, and Google’s TimesFM forecasting model. They also review viewer-submitted projects for agent memory, AI usage tracking, YouTube research, design systems, and multi-agent collaboration, with a recurring theme: open-source tools are making powerful AI workflows easier to customize and run yourself.

Repos Featured:

1. tt-a1i/archify https://github.com/tt-a1i/archify
2. bilawalsidhu/gods-eye-view https://github.com/bilawalsidhu/gods-eye-view
3. THU-MAIC/OpenMAIC https://github.com/THU-MAIC/OpenMAIC
4. JetBrains/go-modern-guidelines https://github.com/JetBrains/go-modern-guidelines
5. Gitlawb/openclaude https://github.com/Gitlawb/openclaude
6. K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/....scientific-agent-ski
7. jingyaogong/minimind https://github.com/jingyaogong/minimind
8. every-app/open-seo https://github.com/every-app/open-seo
9. omacom/omarchy https://github.com/omacom/omarchy
10. google-research/timesfm https://github.com/google-research/timesfm

Audience submissions:

1. EfficientStreet/hindsight https://github.com/EfficientStreet/hindsight
2. timharris707/modeldeck https://github.com/timharris707/modeldeck
3. Artistsyn/cortex_suite https://github.com/Artistsyn/cortex_suite
4. sulabhdubey/rta-smriti-brain https://github.com/sulabhdubey/rta-smriti-brain
5. EfficientStreet/youtube-subscriptions-ingest https://github.com/EfficientSt....reet/youtube-subscri
6. Kayforkind/reimagine-it https://github.com/Kayforkind/reimagine-it
7. templetongroup/radiant https://github.com/templetongroup/radiant

00:00 - Archify: Turn system architecture into interactive, clickable diagrams.
01:57 - God’s Eye View: Track planes, ships, satellites, wildfires, cameras, and more from one interface.
04:12 - OpenMAIC: Generate interactive AI-powered courses for almost any topic.
05:33 - Zapier SDK: Connect software to thousands of apps without building every integration yourself.
06:36 - Go Modern Guidelines: Help coding agents use current Go packages, features, and best practices.
07:48 - OpenClaude: Run a Claude Code-style workflow with OpenAI, Gemini, DeepSeek, or local models.
10:21 - Scientific Agent Skills: Add 160+ specialized scientific research and lab skills to AI assistants.
11:42 - MiniMind: Train small language models from scratch on regular hardware.
13:21 - OpenSEO: Get a customizable, open-source alternative to expensive SEO platforms.
15:45 - Omarchy: Bring old laptops back to life with a customizable, AI-native Linux setup.
18:18 - TimesFM: Forecast time-series data with Google Research’s prediction model.
20:15 - Hindsight: Help coding agents review past sessions and learn from their mistakes.
21:27 - Model Deck: See how much usage you have left across your AI subscriptions.
21:45 - Cortex Suite: Give coding agents persistent memory and codebase context across sessions.
22:30 - RTA Smriti Brain: Preserve evidence-backed project memory between AI coding sessions.
23:06 - YouTube Subscriptions Ingest: Turn thousands of subscribed YouTube videos into searchable Markdown.
23:51 - Reimagine It: Create reusable visual design systems that coding agents can directly understand.
25:21 - Radiant: Put multiple AI agents into one shared conversation where they can work together.

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Andrew Warner and Adam Brakhane break down the top trending GitHub repos of the week.

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They also cover codebase-memory-mcp, Google Research’s timesfm, worldmonitor, penpot, voicebox, system_prompts_leaks, Agent-Reach, daily_stock_analysis, and OpenCut. Along the way, they look at a few extra projects people are talking about, including peerd, FluidVoice, and birdclaw.


Chapters:

00:00 - Hot GitHub repos this week
00:27 - OpenMontage: Create full edited videos from a plain-language prompt using Claude Code.
01:48 - Why agent-native video editing matters: Andrew and Adam explain why coding agents may be more flexible than traditional editors.
04:03 - codebase-memory-mcp: Give coding agents memory and codebase awareness while cutting token usage.
06:09 - Help Andrew get Matt Van Horn on the show
07:39 - timesfm: Google Research’s time-series model for forecasting trends from numerical data.
11:06 - Zapier MCP: Safely connect agents to apps like Gmail, Calendar, Notion, and more.
13:21 - peerd: Run a browser-based AI agent locally without backend tracking or telemetry.
15:27 - FluidVoice: A local, open-source dictation tool and WhisperFlow alternative.
17:15 - birdclaw: A cleaner, more focused way to read and manage X without using the regular feed.
18:18 - worldmonitor: Track global events, conflicts, markets, and prediction signals in one dashboard.
21:18 - penpot: An open-source Figma alternative with self-hosting and code-friendly design workflows.
24:27 - voicebox: Clone voices and generate editable speech locally without subscription tools.
27:00 - system_prompts_leaks: Study real system prompts from major AI coding tools to improve your own prompts.
29:51 - Agent-Reach: Give agents direct access to sites like X, Reddit, YouTube, GitHub, and LinkedIn.
31:39 - daily_stock_analysis: Generate daily AI-powered stock analysis for your watchlist.
32:42 - OpenCut: An open-source CapCut alternative aiming to become agent-friendly video editing infrastructure.
35:24 - How Adam evaluates open-source tools
37:21 - Andrew’s process for building the report
39:27 - Watch the next AI apps episode

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Most people are using Claude Co-Work wrong—and getting maybe 10% of its actual value.

In this episode of The Next New Thing, Andrew Warner sits down with Corey Ganim to fix that.

Instead of treating Claude like a chatbot, Corey shows how to turn it into a true agent by properly onboarding it—giving it context about you, your business, your tools, and how you work.

He shares a simple skill that walks you through the entire setup in about 15 minutes, creating the exact files most people skip: your brand voice, working style, personal context, and system instructions.

The difference is dramatic.

Without onboarding, AI outputs sound generic.
With it, everything—from LinkedIn posts to workflows—starts to feel like it was written by you.

This episode is a step-by-step look at how to actually unlock Claude Co-Work, not just use it.

⏱ Timestamps
00:00 Why most people get only 10% from Claude Co-Work
00:18 The missing onboarding step
00:45 What the onboarding skill does
01:12 Why generic AI output happens
01:57 Creating a brand voice skill
02:33 Before vs after (LinkedIn example)
03:00 Installing and running the onboarding skill
04:03 Speed-running the full setup
05:06 Connecting tools for context
06:00 How Claude learns from your data
07:03 Building your brand voice automatically
08:06 Choosing how Claude works with you
09:00 Creating core context files (MD files)
10:03 Using transcripts and content as reference
11:06 What each file does (brand, style, instructions)
12:00 Improving outputs with better context
13:12 Running the same task after onboarding
14:06 Why results improve dramatically
15:00 Turning Claude into a real agent

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Andrew Warner breaks down real Hermes Agent use cases with Eric Siu, from controlling your computer to running research, managing tasks, creating memory systems, and turning repeated work into skills.

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They react to how entrepreneurs are using Hermes for competitor research, daily briefings, YouTube workflows, Slack and Discord communication, Obsidian memory, Linear project tracking, video creation, and remote computer control. Eric also shares what actually works in his own agent setup, what feels like AI theater, and why the most useful workflows are the ones that keep moving work forward instead of creating more reports.


Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro
00:27 - Andrew introduces Hermes Agent use cases
01:03 - Eric’s take on loops and agent workflows
01:39 - Competitor research with Hermes
02:51 - Why one-off reports are not enough
03:36 - Kanban boards and AI theater
05:06 - Eric’s Resolver system for open agent work
06:45 - Why Andrew prefers Notion over Hermes Kanban
07:30 - Building a personal wiki with Hermes
08:33 - Obsidian, QMD, GBrain, and agent memory
10:21 - Using Linear for project tracking
11:06 - Passing tasks from Claude to Hermes through Notion
12:27 - Communicating with Hermes through Slack
13:03 - Zapier MCP for email and follow-ups
14:06 - Slack vs Discord for agent communication
16:48 - Using Hermes to create videos with Hyperframes
19:57 - Overlap and AI-assisted clipping workflows
20:33 - Daily briefings, YouTube comments, and crons
22:03 - Using agents for lead magnets and comment workflows
22:57 - Having Hermes ask better clarifying questions
24:36 - Grill Me, interview prompts, and pulling context from yourself
25:48 - Hermes desktop and managing skills
27:27 - Remote gateways and controlling other machines
29:15 - Tailscale and running agents across devices
31:12 - YouTube research workflows
33:00 - Moving beyond reports into actual execution
35:42 - Saving repeatable workflows as skills
36:36 - How Eric decides what to skillify
37:39 - Watch Eric’s deeper agent workflow next

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From viral voice cloning and AI-generated podcasts to Buzz, OpenSEO, and OpenShip, Andrew Warner and Corey Ganim break down the biggest AI releases of the week.

Andrew Warner and Corey Ganim cover the week's most important AI launches and viral projects. They discuss Fish Audio's ultra-fast voice cloning, a Claude-powered family messaging device, AI-powered lead generation with Kimi K3, HeyGen's new AI video podcast feature, the open-source SEO platform OpenSEO, Buzz's multiplayer AI workspace, and OpenShip's free cold email infrastructure. Along the way, they explore what these tools mean for creators, businesses, marketers, and AI builders looking to stay ahead of the latest trends.

Apps we covered:

- Fish Audio: https://fish.audio/
- Fish Audio S2.1 launch: https://x.com/FishAudio/status/2082152596739862853
- Local business website automation: https://x.com/everestchris6/st....atus/208067023395479
- Screen-free family chat: https://x.com/danpeguine/statu....s/208246601829151967
- HeyGen: https://app.heygen.com/apps/video-podcast
- HeyGen video podcasts: https://x.com/HeyGen/status/2082510248489943367
- OpenSEO announcement: https://x.com/bensenescu/statu....s/207873773849330106
- OpenSEO Github: https://github.com/every-app/open-seo
- Buzz: https://buzz.xyz/
- Zapier MCP: https://zapier.com/mcp
- Openship announcement: https://x.com/openshipio/statu....s/207831429661063214
- OpenShip Github: https://github.com/oblien/openship

00:00 - AI Releases: This week's biggest AI launches and trends
00:27 - Fish Audio: Clone voices from just five seconds of audio
02:24 - Claude + Fable: A family messaging device for kids and grandparents
03:36 - Kimi K3: AI-powered website generation and personalized outreach
05:15 - HeyGen: Create AI-generated video podcasts from text and images
07:30 - The Future of AI Podcasts: Why niche AI-generated shows could succeed
09:09 - OpenSEO: The open-source alternative to Ahrefs and Semrush
10:21 - Buzz: Jack Dorsey's multiplayer AI workspace for agents and teams
12:27 - Zapier MCP: Securely connect AI agents to thousands of apps
13:12 - OpenShip: Free open-source cold email infrastructure
14:33 - Community Showcase: Submit your AI projects to be featured

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“Years and years of marketing work can now be done in a single week by one person.”

That’s not hype. In this episode, Andrew Warner sits down with Corey Haines, founder of Conversion Factory, to show exactly how AI agents can replace massive chunks of traditional marketing execution — from SEO to email to analytics to paid ads.

Corey live-builds a marketing engine for a brand-new AI concierge business, starting from a single-page site and turning it into a scalable, SEO-driven growth machine. Using Claude Code and his own structured “marketing skills,” he demonstrates how founders can:

- Launch full Next.js websites from scratch
- Create conversion-optimized landing pages
- Generate programmatic SEO pages at scale
- Build automated email nurture sequences
- Run SEO audits that used to cost tens of thousands of dollars
- Connect analytics, attribution, and paid ads — without an engineering team

The key shift? AI isn’t just helping write copy anymore. It’s executing strategy, installing infrastructure, and making technical changes across your codebase.

This episode is especially relevant for SaaS founders who love building — but struggle with distribution. Corey shows how marketing can now be treated like software: modular, repeatable, and automated.

Guest Links

Corey Haines on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/corey-haines/
Conversion Factory: https://www.conversionfactory.co/



Episode Highlights / Timestamps
00:00 10x more marketing, 10x faster with AI
00:18 Introducing Corey Haines & Conversion Factory
00:36 Why building is fun — but getting users is hard
00:45 Turning a side project into real revenue
01:21 Why single-page websites don’t scale
02:06 Installing Claude Code for marketing workflows
04:12 Building a full landing page from scratch
05:33 Installing AI marketing “skills”
06:54 Rewriting the homepage with structured copy
08:15 What programmatic SEO really is
10:12 Scaling integrations into hundreds of pages
12:09 Exponential growth via combinations of tools
13:57 Building automated email nurture sequences
18:18 Why six emails (not eight)
19:21 Adding product marketing context for better output
21:18 Running a full SEO audit automatically
22:57 Why agencies charging $10k+ for SEO are in trouble
24:09 Overview of all marketing skills available
25:48 Connecting analytics without engineers
27:00 Managing paid ads through AI
29:06 Fixing technical SEO automatically
30:00 Why marketing + vibe coding is the next frontier


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Most people are using Claude Co-Work wrong—and getting maybe 10% of its actual value.

In this episode of The Next New Thing, Andrew Warner sits down with Corey Ganim to fix that.

Instead of treating Claude like a chatbot, Corey shows how to turn it into a true agent by properly onboarding it—giving it context about you, your business, your tools, and how you work.

He shares a simple skill that walks you through the entire setup in about 15 minutes, creating the exact files most people skip: your brand voice, working style, personal context, and system instructions.

The difference is dramatic.

Without onboarding, AI outputs sound generic.
With it, everything—from LinkedIn posts to workflows—starts to feel like it was written by you.

This episode is a step-by-step look at how to actually unlock Claude Co-Work, not just use it.

⏱ Timestamps
00:00 Why most people get only 10% from Claude Co-Work
00:18 The missing onboarding step
00:45 What the onboarding skill does
01:12 Why generic AI output happens
01:57 Creating a brand voice skill
02:33 Before vs after (LinkedIn example)
03:00 Installing and running the onboarding skill
04:03 Speed-running the full setup
05:06 Connecting tools for context
06:00 How Claude learns from your data
07:03 Building your brand voice automatically
08:06 Choosing how Claude works with you
09:00 Creating core context files (MD files)
10:03 Using transcripts and content as reference
11:06 What each file does (brand, style, instructions)
12:00 Improving outputs with better context
13:12 Running the same task after onboarding
14:06 Why results improve dramatically
15:00 Turning Claude into a real agent

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Andrew Warner and Nick McDonald review Meetily, a free, local AI meeting note taker that keeps your transcripts private.

Andrew Warner and Nick McDonald take a hands-on look at Meetily, an open-source AI meeting assistant that records, transcribes, and summarizes meetings entirely on your computer. They cover local transcription with Parakeet and Whisper, AI-generated meeting summaries, video transcription, offline privacy, speaker identification limitations, hardware requirements, and how to connect transcripts to AI agents for follow-up tasks. They also compare Meetily with cloud-based meeting note apps and discuss when a fully local workflow makes the most sense.

Links featured:

- The FREE version of Meetily: https://github.com/Zackriya-So....lutions/meetily/rele
- Meetily's (paid) hosted version: https://meetily.ai/
- Get the source code: https://github.com/Zackriya-Solutions/meetily/

00:00 - Meetily Overview: A free local AI meeting note taker without meeting bots.
00:45 - Local Transcription: Keep audio and transcripts entirely on your computer.
01:39 - AI Agent Workflows: Store transcripts locally for future AI automation.
02:06 - Parakeet vs Whisper: Compare transcription models and hardware needs.
03:27 - AI Summaries: Generate concise meeting summaries with local models.
04:12 - Video Transcription: Create transcripts from existing video files.
04:39 - Speaker Identification: Current limitations and missing speaker labels.
05:24 - Live Transcription: See how Meetily performs during a real conversation.
07:12 - Cross-App Support: Record meetings from Zoom, FaceTime, Slack, Discord, and more.
08:06 - Open Source Review: Pros, limitations, pricing, and GitHub access.

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👉 Marik Hazan (LinkedIn): https://www.linkedin.com/in/marikhazan/
👉 Feltsense: https://feltsense.com/


They’ve created 1,000+ AI “founders”—and some are already launching products, talking to users, and making money on their own.

In this episode of The Next New Thing, Andrew Warner sits down with Marik Hazan, founder of Feltsense, to break down how his team is building a system where agents don’t just assist founders—they are the founders.

Marik walks through how their platform scans the internet for trends, generates startup ideas, launches landing pages, talks to users, and iterates on products—all without human input. The goal isn’t just automation—it’s building a system that can spin up and test thousands of startups in parallel.

They also explore what happens when AI founders hit real-world limits, why humans are still part of the loop (for now), and what it would take to build a zero-person unicorn.

This isn’t a demo of tools—it’s a look at what entrepreneurship might look like when software can run the entire playbook.

⏱ Timestamps
00:00 1,000+ AI founders created
00:18 What this system actually is
00:36 How ideas are generated from the internet
01:12 Turning trends into startup ideas
01:57 Deploying an AI founder
02:42 AI-built landing pages and products
03:18 How agents do customer research
04:03 Posting, testing, and gathering feedback
05:15 Calling and texting with AI founders
06:09 From idea → validation → product
06:45 Watching an agent’s “thought process”
07:57 Do AI-run startups actually make money?
08:15 The idea of a zero-person unicorn
08:42 Humans working for AI founders
09:36 Why multiple agents are needed
10:21 The future of agent communication layers
11:24 Why humans still matter (for now)
12:27 Early revenue experiments
13:21 Scaling to thousands of founders
13:57 Funding: $5.1M raised

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Andrew Warner and Adam Brakhane show how to build and publish your first Claude Code app from scratch.

Andrew Warner and Adam Brakhane walk through a practical beginner's guide to Claude Code using VS Code. They cover installing Claude Code, switching models, connecting MCP servers with Zapier, using skills, creating a claude.md project file, building a custom markup tool, and publishing it to Vercel. Along the way, they explain how to structure projects, automate repetitive workflows, and use AI to build useful apps without writing code yourself.

Apps featured:

- Visual Studio Code
- Claude Code
- Anthropic
- Zapier MCP
- Vercel
- Cafe Design Skill

00:00 - Claude Code Demo: Build a custom web app with Claude Code from scratch.
00:36 - Visual Studio Code: Set up VS Code as your AI coding environment.
01:57 - Claude Code Extension: Install and connect the official Anthropic extension.
04:21 - Switching Models: Change models and monitor Claude usage.
05:06 - Zapier MCP: Connect email and other apps with MCP servers.
08:15 - Newsletter Unsubscriber: Build an AI tool to organize and unsubscribe from newsletters.
11:15 - Claude Skills: Install reusable skills to improve AI workflows.
14:15 - Creating Custom Skills: Build reusable prompts for your own projects.
16:03 - claude.md: Give Claude persistent project context with a project memory file.
18:36 - Build a Markup Tool: Clone a simple annotation app with Claude Code.
19:12 - Vercel: Publish your AI-built app to the web in minutes.
22:30 - Next Steps: Use GitHub repos as starting points for your own AI projects.

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Learn how to install a complete local AI stack in minutes and run coding agents, deep research, and AI workflows without paying for API tokens.

Andrew Warner is joined by Mike Bradley to demonstrate ODS (Open Deployment Stack) by Osmatic, an open-source platform that makes local AI deployment as simple as copying and pasting a single command. They walk through installing ODS on Windows, automatically selecting the right model for your hardware, and using tools like Hermes Agent, Open WebUI, Perplexica, ComfyUI, OpenCode, and n8n. The conversation also covers running AI on affordable hardware, self-hosting, model management, background workflows, enterprise deployments, and why open-source AI gives users more flexibility, privacy, and control.

Links featured:

- Osmatic: https://osmantic.com/
- Free ODS software we showed: https://github.com/Osmantic/ODS
- Perplexica
- Hermes Agent

00:00 - Local AI Setup: Install a complete local AI stack with one command.
00:36 - ODS: Open-source deployment for self-hosted AI applications.
01:21 - Windows Installation: Install ODS from PowerShell in minutes.
02:51 - Included Apps: Automatically install Hermes Agent, Open WebUI, ComfyUI, OpenCode, Perplexica, and n8n.
05:06 - Hardware Detection: Automatically choose the best AI model for your computer.
07:12 - ODS Dashboard: Monitor GPU usage, memory, temperatures, and AI performance.
08:33 - Open WebUI: Run local AI chat models without cloud APIs.
12:54 - Hermes Agent: Automate coding, research, email, scheduling, and everyday tasks.
16:21 - Perplexica: Perform deep AI research locally with web search.
20:06 - Model Management: Download and switch between local AI models.
21:45 - ODS Enterprise: How Osmantik supports organizations while keeping ODS free.
22:57 - The Future of Local AI: Why self-hosting creates more competition, privacy, and user control.

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Apple's AI strategy and OpenAI's push to own the agent relationship collided at the September 9 launch. The real contest is over where your work lives and who you keep paying for it.

Full post:
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What's really happening inside the Apple and OpenAI fight over personal computing?

The common story is that Apple fell behind on models, but the real question is who ends up holding the work you build up over months.

In this video, I share the inside scoop on what Apple shipped and what it means for who you pay:

- Why the fight is over your working context and your history
- How Apple's fine print sets up a charge for expanded AI access
- What Google gains by supplying Apple while competing through Gemini
- Where local compute on the device changes what developers can attempt

Apple now has a credible path to keeping personal AI centered on the device, and it still has to earn the trust that decides where your work lives.

Chapters:
00:00 Sam Altman, John Ternus, and what they are fighting over
01:30 iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, prices and dates
02:02 iPhone Duo, Apple's first folding phone
02:37 Watch Series 12, Ultra 4, and the new health sensing
03:53 The assistant redesign and the iOS 27 beta
06:26 Why a better iPhone does not remove the threat
09:53 Why the assistant has to earn its way back
16:11 Health, lab testing, and the doctor before the doctor
18:28 Google as Apple's supplier and its rival
21:57 The fine print on daily limits and a future fee
24:10 What the next level of agent capability changes
29:02 How much of your computing life are you renting

Listen to this video as a podcast.

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https://postiz.com/?utm_source=l_nevo

Nevo David’s SaaS was stuck… until he started building for AI agents.

In this episode of The Next New Thing, Andrew Warner talks with Nevo David, the creator of Postiz, about how his revenue jumped to $45K+ MRR after a surprising shift: he stopped building primarily for humans and started building for agents.

Postiz began as a simple open-source social media scheduler — a crowded market with dozens of competitors. But Nevo found a “blue ocean” by leaning into open source and by quickly adapting to emerging AI workflows.

First came integrations with automation tools like Zapier, which helped users schedule content automatically and dramatically reduced churn.

Then came the real breakthrough.

When AI agent tools like OpenClaw began gaining traction, Nevo realized something important: agents need software that’s easy for them to operate programmatically.

Instead of optimizing only for APIs and human interfaces, he built a CLI (command-line interface) version of Postiz designed specifically for AI agents. The CLI dramatically reduces token usage, simplifies commands, and allows agents to interact with the product far more efficiently than sending long JSON API requests.

The result?
Developers building AI agents started using Postiz as the easiest way to publish content automatically — including one viral example where an OpenClaw agent named “Larry” generated TikTok slideshows that racked up massive views.

Nevo believes this pattern will only grow: future startups will increasingly design their products with CLIs and agent-friendly interfaces from day one.

This conversation explores what it looks like to build software in a world where AI agents — not just humans — are the primary users.



Episode Highlights / Timestamps
00:00 Revenue explodes after building for AI agents
00:18 The origin of Postiz as an open-source social media scheduler
01:12 Finding a “blue ocean” inside a crowded market
01:57 Adding MCP and early AI integrations
02:42 Why automation dramatically reduces churn
03:54 Growing Postiz to $17K–$20K MRR
04:03 Discovering OpenClaw and the shift toward agent-driven software
05:06 Building a CLI so agents can control Postiz
05:51 The viral “Larry” OpenClaw agent story
07:48 Why agents need strong documentation and skills
09:18 Turning a full API into a simple CLI with Claude
11:51 Why CLI tools may become the default interface for agent startups
12:45 The next startup idea: agent-native UGC video generation
13:03 Why CLI reduces token usage compared to APIs
16:21 Using Claude to build the CLI automatically
17:06 Postiz reaches $45K MRR

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Andrew Warner breaks down 10 free, open-source alternatives to popular paid apps that you can run, customize, and build on yourself.

Andrew Warner explores 10 open-source alternatives to popular paid apps, including AppFlowy, Immich, Documenso, Excalidraw, Penpot, Cal.DIY, ListMonk, Dub, RustDesk, and FluidVoice. These projects offer free or self-hosted alternatives to tools like Notion, Google Photos, DocuSign, Miro, Figma, Calendly, Mailchimp, Bitly, TeamViewer, and WhisperFlow. But the bigger idea goes beyond saving money: because these projects are on GitHub, you can take the source code and use Codex, Claude, or other AI coding tools to customize them, add features, or build your own version around your specific needs.

Repos featured:

- AppFlowy — https://github.com/AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy
- Immich — https://github.com/immich-app/immich
- Documenso — https://github.com/documenso/documenso
- Excalidraw — https://github.com/excalidraw/excalidraw
- Penpot — https://github.com/penpot/penpot
- Cal.DIY — https://github.com/calcom/cal.diy
- ListMonk — https://github.com/knadh/listmonk
- Dub — https://github.com/dubinc/dub
- RustDesk — https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk
- FluidVoice — https://github.com/altic-dev/FluidVoice

00:00 - AppFlowy: An open-source alternative to Notion with documents, wikis, databases, and AI features.
02:15 - Immich: Self-hosted photo storage and management as an alternative to Google Photos.
04:21 - Documenso: Open-source document signing with self-hosting and audit trails.
06:00 - Excalidraw: A free, open-source whiteboard with an infinite canvas and simple sharing.
08:51 - Penpot: An open-source alternative to Figma with developer-friendly web standards.
10:39 - Cal.DIY: A self-hosted alternative to Calendly that you can customize to your needs.
12:09 - ListMonk: Run your own newsletter platform without paying per subscriber.
14:15 - Dub: Open-source link management with conversion tracking and affiliate support.
16:48 - RustDesk: Self-hosted remote desktop software for accessing computers from anywhere.
18:45 - FluidVoice: A local, open-source voice-to-text tool that keeps your audio on your computer.
20:51 - Build Your Own: Use these GitHub projects with Codex or Claude to create customized tools.

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What happens when you stop hiring people — and instead hire AI agents that manage each other?

In this episode of The Next New Thing, Andrew Warner interviews Bhanu Teja P founder of SiteGPT, who built an autonomous AI “marketing team” made up of specialized agents that plan, communicate, review work, and ship improvements — without human micromanagement.

Bhanu doesn’t run these agents on a fleet of computers. He runs everything on a single VPS. No Mac minis. No local machines. Just a coordinated system of Claude-powered agents that talk to each other through a shared dashboard, assign tasks, create deliverables, review work, and escalate decisions when needed.

SiteGPT is already at $200K ARR, and these agents are actively driving marketing, product improvements, SEO, content, design, and analytics — while Bhanu steps in only when judgment or prioritization is required.

This episode is a rare, concrete look at what agentic workflows actually look like in the real world — beyond demos and hype.

🔗 Guest links

https://MissionControlHQ.ai


Episode Highlights / Timestamps
00:00 Running 14 AI agents doing marketing autonomously
00:09 SiteGPT reaches $200K ARR
00:18 How AI agents communicate with each other
00:36 Introducing Bhanu Teja P and SiteGPT
00:54 One orchestrator agent delegating all tasks
01:39 Why one chatbot wasn’t enough
01:57 Creating specialist agents by role
02:24 Spawning new agents without coding
02:42 Jarvis: the chief orchestrator agent
03:36 Building a custom dashboard to monitor agents
04:12 Assigning agents to explore the product as real users
04:48 Agents requesting access to bypass Cloudflare
05:24 SEO agent joins automatically
06:00 Agents polling the dashboard every 15 minutes
06:54 Generating a full homepage improvement brief
07:30 Enforcing deliverables for every task
08:15 Turning agent output into production-ready specs
08:42 Handing work to a developer agent
09:09 From recommendation → implementation
09:45 Broadcasting new tasks to all agents
10:30 Agents asking clarifying questions before acting
11:06 Aligning all work to revenue goals
12:36 Letting agents operate independently during vacation
13:03 Preventing agents from publishing prematurely
13:30 Adding a review agent before shipping
14:06 Agent-to-agent “office chat” behavior
14:51 Turning insights into onboarding flows
15:27 The new bottleneck: prioritization, not execution
16:03 Agents deciding what to implement first
16:21 Using analytics to diagnose conversion leaks
17:06 Coordinated SEO, UX, pricing, and dev improvements
17:42 Final walkthrough of SiteGPT


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Branson Pfiester: https://x.com/branson_atx

A 15-year-old made $30,000 in just a few weeks… by setting up AI agents for other people.

In this episode of The Next New Thing, Andrew Warner sits down with Branson Pfiester, who turned OpenClaw into a simple service business—helping clients install and use AI agents to automate their work.

What started as helping friends quickly turned into paid gigs, referrals, and even $10,000 projects, all driven by a single idea: most people want AI, but don’t know how to set it up.

Branson breaks down exactly how he gets clients from X, how he closes deals in 15 minutes, and why this opportunity is much bigger than it looks.

⏱ Timestamps
00:00 15-year-old makes $30K with AI
00:27 How he discovered OpenClaw
00:45 Building apps with AI
01:21 First paid client
01:57 Pricing mistakes and lessons
02:15 How much you can charge
02:42 $10K AI automation project
03:18 API vs browser automation
04:03 Getting clients from X
05:15 His sales process
05:51 Closing in 15 minutes
06:36 Advice for beginners
07:30 Who his clients are
08:15 $30K in revenue
08:24 Made in 2–3 weeks
08:33 How big this can get
08:42 What’s limiting growth
09:09 Using AI to scale
09:36 Where to find Branson

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Andrew Warner and Nas Daily's Nuseir Yassin show how AI can build, market, and grow an online business from a single product photo.

Andrew Warner sits down with Nuseir Yassin (Nas Daily) for a live demo of nas.com, an AI-first platform that turns a single product image into a complete online business. They walk through creating a storefront, generating product images and videos, launching Meta ad campaigns, accepting payments, and managing customers—all with AI. Nuseir also shares how AI-generated ads are already acquiring customers, why AI-native commerce is different from traditional platforms like Shopify, and why he believes autonomous AI agents will replace today's dashboards and interfaces.

Apps featured:

- nas.com
- Meta Ads
- Shopify
- Seedance 2.0
- Zapier

00:00 - AI Ads Demo: AI creates, optimizes, and scales ad campaigns that generate customers.
00:36 - Magic Ads: AI manages Meta ad campaigns — creative, spend, and optimization
01:57 - nas.com Demo: Build an online business from a single product photo.
04:48 - AI Product Creation: Generate product listings, pricing, inventory, and shipping policies.
07:12 - Seedance 2.0: AI-generated product photos and video created automatically.
07:57 - AI Storefront: Publish a complete online store with payments and customer messaging.
09:00 - AI Marketing Content: Generate images, videos, and ad creatives for your business.
10:30 - Meta Ads Integration: Launch AI-assisted advertising campaigns in a few clicks.
12:54 - Nas House Case Study: Real campaign results from an AI-powered event business.
15:54 - Campaign Optimization: Review winning creatives and improve underperforming ads.
17:06 - Building nas.com: Why the company invested millions in AI-first commerce.
17:42 - The Future of AI Commerce: Autonomous AI agents replacing traditional business software.

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Andrew Warner sits down with Matt Pocock to learn how his popular AI skills help coding agents plan better, build more reliably, and improve their own workflows.

Matt’s Skills: https://github.com/mattpocock/skills/

Andrew Warner talks with Matt Pocock about the skills he uses to get better results from coding agents, including his popular Grill Me, Grill With Docs, To Spec, To Ticket, Implement, Code Review, Writing for Agents, and Teach skills. Matt explains why developers should align with an agent before building, how low-fidelity planning can prevent expensive mistakes, how specs and tickets allow large projects to span multiple context windows and agents, and how workflows can be automated with tools like Sandcastle. They also discuss pruning unnecessary instructions from skills, removing "no-ops," maintaining a shared vocabulary with agents, and using a stateful teaching skill that learns how you learn.

00:00 - Grill Me: Align with your coding agent before starting the work.
02:42 - Low-Fidelity Planning: Start simple before committing to a full implementation.
04:30 - Pre-Alignment: Catch requirements and design problems before they become expensive.
05:06 - Security Review: Compare a general Claude Code review with the Grill Me workflow.
05:42 - Grill Me Questions: Define the adversary, assets, scope, and deliverable before reviewing.
07:03 - Custom Skills: Why a small reusable skill can encode a process you repeat.
08:06 - Agent Alignment: Surface priorities and assumptions that the agent cannot infer on its own.
09:27 - Grill Me Skill: See how Matt's 22-line skill works behind the scenes.
12:45 - Skill Workflow: Start with Grill Me, then move from specs to tickets, implementation, and review.
15:09 - Shared Vocabulary: Use consistent terminology so agents understand your project more reliably.
16:48 - Implement & Review: Build, commit, and automatically review completed work.
17:24 - Specs & Tickets: Break large features into manageable pieces across multiple context windows.
18:18 - Multi-Agent Development: Assign tickets to different agents or Claude Code tabs.
19:30 - Sandcastle: Orchestrate agents by looping through tickets and clearing context between tasks.
21:54 - Writing for Agents: Improve the skills and instructions you give to AI agents.
22:30 - No-Ops: Remove instructions that don't actually change an agent's behavior.
24:00 - Skill Pruning: Keep each meaning in one place and eliminate unnecessary instructions.
25:21 - Automatic Skill Editing: Invoke skill-pruning workflows when creating or modifying agent instructions.
25:48 - Teach: Create a stateful AI teacher that remembers how you learn and builds lessons around you.
27:36 - Primary Sources: Have the teaching skill research and learn from original source material.

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Andrew and Adam break down this week's top GitHub repos, featuring AI design tools, coding agents, and a surprise interview with the creator of the #1 trending AI Job Search workflow.

👉 Mads Lorentzen (LinkedIn): https://www.linkedin.com/in/mads-lorentzen/

Andrew Warner and Adam dive into the most interesting GitHub repositories of the week, from AI-powered design frameworks like Hallmark, Impeccable, and Arcify to developer tools that help agents control Microsoft Office, run multiple coding agents in parallel, and automate computer workflows. They also welcome Mads Lorentzen, creator of the AI Job Search workflow, to discuss how he built an AI-powered job application system after being laid off—and how it ultimately helped him land a new role. The episode also covers Office CLI, Orca, Cube Sandbox, Herder, OmniRoot, Codex Plugin CC, Claude Video, and more, with practical discussions on where these tools fit into modern AI workflows.

Repos featured:

- Hallmark
- Impeccable
- Arcify
- AI Job Search
- Desktop Commander
- Office CLI
- Orca
- Cube Sandbox
- Herder
- OmniRoot
- Codex Plugin Claude Code
- Claude Video

00:00 - AI Design Repositories: Three GitHub repos that help AI create more original, polished designs.
00:26 - Hallmark: Generate design DNA cards and analyze or recreate visual styles.
02:29 - Impeccable: Improve AI design workflows with annotation tools and browser feedback.
04:04 - Arcify: Turn plain English into clean diagrams and workflow visualizations.
06:04 - AI Job Search: Meet Mads Lorentzen and see how his AI workflow automated job applications.
11:40 - Desktop Commander: Give AI agents deeper control over your computer and files.
14:19 - Google's C++ Libraries: Why a non-AI repository made this week's trending list.
17:24 - Office CLI: Let AI control Word, Excel, and PowerPoint with visual awareness.
19:36 - Orca: Run multiple coding agents in parallel and merge the best result.
24:11 - Cube Sandbox: Safely execute AI-generated code inside isolated virtual machines.
25:47 - Herder: Manage multiple coding agents from a single terminal interface.
27:55 - OmniRoot: Automatically switch between AI providers and model subscriptions.
30:00 - Codex Plugin Claude Code: Bring OpenAI models directly into Claude Code workflows.
31:28 - Claude Video: Search, analyze, and learn from videos using AI.
34:10 - Final Thoughts: Why building and sharing AI tools creates opportunities for everyone.

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Andrew Warner and Nick Vasilescu break down how to build, sell, deploy, and retain $5,000-a-month AI agent clients using tools like Orgo and Hermes Agent.

Andrew Warner sits down with Nick Vasilescu to unpack his playbook for building AI agents for businesses and turning them into recurring $5,000-a-month services. Nick explains how he finds customers through warm contacts and content, identifies high-value repetitive workflows, gets an agent running within 24 hours, and delivers the first automation within seven days. They walk through the stack behind these deployments, including Orgo, Hermes Agent, Agent Mail, Agent Phone, Honcho, Obsidian, Composio, and iMessage, while showing how agents can operate cloud computers, access business tools, communicate with customers, and automate real business processes. They also discuss customer retention, weekly outcome reviews, security, and continuously adding useful capabilities as businesses discover new ways to use their agents.

Links featured:

- Orgo — https://orgo.ai/
- Hermes Agent — https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/
- Agent Mail — https://www.agentmail.to/
- Agent Phone — https://agentphone.ai/
- Honcho — https://honcho.dev/
- Obsidian — https://obsidian.md/
- Composio — https://composio.dev/
- vidIQ MCP — https://vidiq.com/mcp/
- Granola — https://www.granola.ai/
- Zapier SDK — https://zapier.com/sdk

00:00 - Selling AI Agents: How Nick gets businesses to pay $5,000 a month for AI agent services.
00:28 - Orgo: Give AI agents cloud computers they can operate like a human.
01:58 - First Customers: How Nick made $7K in his first month building AI agents.
03:32 - The $5K Offer: Package unlimited agents, automations, and support into a simple monthly retainer.
05:04 - Insurance Automation: Use Hermes Agent to transfer customer data between insurance platforms.
06:14 - Hermes Agent: The agent harness Nick uses for reliable business deployments.
07:14 - Agent Mail: Give agents their own email inboxes through an API.
08:43 - Agent Phone: Give AI agents iMessage capabilities without installing local software.
10:03 - Agent Payments: Explore how AI agents can make purchases and why agent payments are still early.
11:09 - Honcho: Give Hermes Agent a dedicated memory layer for persistent facts.
11:50 - Obsidian: Use a visual knowledge base for long-running projects and connected information.
13:24 - Slack, Telegram & iMessage: Choose the right interface for company-wide or personal AI agents.
14:42 - Finding Customers: Start with the people already in your phone and turn warm contacts into leads.
15:41 - Finding the "First Itch": Identify repetitive, valuable problems that can be automated quickly.
17:21 - Content Marketing: Show what your agents are building to attract customers and build trust.
19:36 - Fast Fulfillment: Get the first agent running within 24 hours and the first automation within seven days.
20:36 - Orgo Templates: Spin up cloud computers with Hermes Agent and other tools pre-installed.
23:20 - iMessage Agents: Let customers interact directly with an AI agent inside a group chat.
24:32 - vidIQ MCP: Analyze top-performing YouTube videos and generate better thumbnail ideas.
25:10 - Customer Retention: Prove the measurable outcomes your agents deliver every week.
26:20 - Composio: Connect agents to business tools while managing authentication and permissions.

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Andrew Warner & Peter Cooper rank the top 10 AI GitHub repos of the week — including an AI video generator that claims to print money, a voice cloning AI tool, and PewDiePie's self-hosted ChatGPT alternative.

📄 Full report + all links: https://thenextnewthing.ai/l/github-weekly-june5
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Special guest: Peter Cooper

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⏱️ CHAPTERS

00:00 - Top 10 AI GitHub Repos This Week
00:36 - #1 MoneyPrinterTurbo — AI Video Generator or AI Slop?
02:42 - #2 headroom — Does It Actually Cut Your Token Bill?
04:39 - #3 markitdown — Microsoft's Document-to-Markdown Tool
07:03 - Sponsor: Why Zapier Is the Middle Layer for AI Agents
08:18 - Honorable Mention: odysseus — PewDiePie's Self-Hosted AI
11:51 - Honorable Mention: gbrain — Gary Tan's AI Memory System
13:57 - Honorable Mention: Webwright — Microsoft's Browser Control Agent
15:54 - Honorable Mention: liteparse — Local PDF Parsing
17:06 - #4 compound-engineering-plugin — 63 Agents, 249 Skills
19:21 - #5 stop-slop — Removing AI Writing Tells (Peter's Warning)
21:57 - #6 supermemory — Long-Term AI Memory as a Service
23:57 - #7 ECC — The AI Coding Assistant "Operating System"
25:57 - #8 taste-skill — AI Design Taste
29:33 - #9 Understand-Anything — Visual Codebase Intelligence
32:06 - #10 VoxCPM — Local Voice Cloning AI
34:57 - Wrap-Up & Full Report

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Andrew Warner sits down with Ben Senescu to explore OpenSEO, an open-source alternative to expensive SEO tools that lets AI agents use real search data to research keywords, competitors, backlinks, and content strategies.

Andrew Warner talks with Ben Senescu, creator of OpenSEO, about building an open-source alternative to tools like Semrush and Ahrefs. Ben explains how OpenSEO uses real SEO data from DataForSEO to ground AI agents instead of relying on guesses, and demonstrates competitor research, keyword analysis, backlink research, SEO coaching through Claude, and AI-powered content creation. They also explore how developers are extending OpenSEO into custom content optimization tools, CRMs, outreach systems, Google Analytics integrations, and other business workflows. The broader idea is that open-source, AI-native SEO tools can give entrepreneurs more control while allowing them to customize the software around their own workflows.

Links featured:

- OpenSEO — https://openseo.so/
- OpenSEO GitHub — https://github.com/every-app/open-seo
- Content Optimization Fork — https://x.com/ericlancheres/st....atus/208578286839186

00:00 - OpenSEO: Build a free, open-source alternative to expensive SEO platforms.
00:54 - OpenSEO GitHub: Download and customize the SEO platform on your own computer.
01:21 - DataForSEO: Access real keyword and SEO data without relying on AI guesses.
02:42 - Keyword Research: Find search volume and identify keywords worth creating content for.
04:03 - Competitor Research: Analyze competitor rankings, keywords, and top-performing pages.
05:33 - Claude + OpenSEO: Give AI agents access to real SEO data through MCP.
06:09 - Backlink Research: Find valuable backlinks and identify potential outreach opportunities.
07:03 - SEO Automation: Use Claude to find dead links, identify contacts, and streamline outreach.
08:15 - Content Optimization Fork: Extend OpenSEO with advanced content and entity analysis.
10:21 - Outreach CRM: Track contacts, emails, follow-ups, and SEO outreach workflows.
12:00 - Open Source Extensions: See how the community builds new integrations and features.
12:45 - Claude Code SEO Workflow: Generate comparison pages using keyword research and SEO audits.
14:33 - Strategy Library: Build reusable SEO strategies and content briefs with AI.
16:03 - SEO Traffic Results: See how OpenSEO's SEO strategy affected real search traffic.
17:06 - SEO Lessons: Why impressions alone don't matter if they don't convert into customers.

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Andrew Warner and Alex McDonnell show how Hyperagent turns Slack into an AI-powered sales team that finds leads, researches prospects, and drafts personalized outreach automatically.

Andrew Warner sits down with Alex McDonnell for a hands-on walkthrough of Hyperagent, a multi-agent platform that lets teams build AI employees inside Slack. They demonstrate a sales agent that researches companies, enriches leads with Apollo, generates personalized landing pages, drafts outreach in Gmail, updates Airtable, books meetings, and continuously improves itself through shared skills and memories. The conversation also covers named agents, multi-agent collaboration, live workflows, team permissions, ChatGPT subscription support, and why Hyperagent is designed for teams rather than individual AI users.

**Apps featured:**

- Hyperagent
- Slack
- Gmail
- Apollo
- Airtable
- Google Calendar
- Google Workspace
- ChatGPT

00:00 - Hyperagent Overview: Build AI employees that work directly inside Slack.
00:27 - Signal Sales Agent: Research prospects and automate outbound sales workflows.
01:39 - Tool Integrations: Connect Gmail, Apollo, Airtable, Google Calendar, and Slack.
02:33 - Slack Agents: Create proactive AI teammates with custom identities and behaviors.
03:45 - Live Sales Loop: Continuously monitor inboxes, find leads, and draft outreach.
05:06 - Personalized Landing Pages: Generate custom sales pages for every prospect.
07:03 - Agent Marketplace: Install reusable agent templates and community-built workflows.
08:24 - Gmail Drafts: Review AI-generated emails before sending or automate them completely.
10:12 - Self-Improving Agents: Learn from successful outreach and share knowledge across agents.
12:36 - Named Agents: Create specialized AI teammates for SEO, marketing, sales, and operations.
16:21 - Team Collaboration: Manage AI agents with shared workspaces, permissions, and Slack access.
17:33 - Hyperagent vs. Hermes Agent: Comparing team-first AI agents with local personal assistants.
19:48 - Bring Your ChatGPT Subscription: Reduce costs by using your own OpenAI account inside Hyperagent.

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Erik Siu and Andrew Warner break down GrokBot and how its always-on AI agents can automate work, collaborate, and control computers.

Erik Siu, founder of Single Grain, joins Andrew Warner to explore GrokBot’s agent teams, cloud computers, routines, triggers, plugins, reusable skills, and agent-to-agent collaboration. They compare it with Codex, Hermes, and OpenClaw, while looking at where GrokBot makes AI more accessible—and where its current limitations around team collaboration, triggers, customization, and cost still matter.

Timestamps:
00:00 - GrokBot: Always-on AI agent teams
01:23 - Creating a morning routine
03:52 - Why GrokBot is easier and more reliable
05:24 - Moving routines from Codex to GrokBot
05:56 - Agents that improve their own skills
06:43 - Computer use and virtual machines
08:01 - GrokBot vs. Codex
09:02 - Teaching GrokBot a task
10:15 - Making AI more accessible
11:12 - Controlling your local computer
12:01 - Zapier MCP: Connecting agents to your tools
13:09 - GrokBot plugins and skills
15:56 - Agents collaborating with each other
18:08 - Building and deploying an app
19:48 - GrokBot triggers and Slack
22:06 - Current limitations
24:16 - GrokBot vs. Hermes and OpenClaw
25:55 - Erik Siu’s AI agent stack
26:44 - Where GrokBot fits today
27:27 - The future of AI agents
28:08 - Using GrokBot with AI skills

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Andrew Warner and Peter Cooper break down this week's top GitHub repos for AI memory, coding agents, local models, developer workflows, and AI-powered productivity.

Andrew Warner is joined by Peter Cooper to review the most interesting GitHub repositories of the week. They cover reverse engineering assistants, Microsoft's AI curriculum, running large models on low-end GPUs, Buzz, shared AI memory for teams, turning books into reusable AI skills, open-source alternatives to Claude CoWork, AI response formatting, low-cost terminal coding agents, and terminal-based code review tools. They also discuss where these projects fit into real AI workflows and which ones are worth trying today.

Repos featured:

00:00 - Reverse Engineering Router: Route AI coding agents to the right reverse engineering and security tools.
02:13 - Microsoft AI for Beginners: A free 12-week course covering AI fundamentals and transformer models.
03:29 - AirLLM: Run massive AI models on small GPUs by loading model layers on demand.
04:52 - Zapier MCP: Securely connect AI agents to thousands of apps with granular permissions.
05:44 - Buzz: Jack Dorsey's AI workspace for agents, coding, and team collaboration.
07:49 - TencentDB Agent Memory: Give AI agents persistent shared memory across an entire team.
09:57 - Book to Skill: Turn books into reusable AI skills that agents can apply to real work.
13:16 - OpenWork: Run Claude CoWork-style workflows with over 50 AI models.
14:58 - I Have ADHD: Reformat long AI responses into concise, actionable summaries.
16:49 - DeepSeek Reasonix: A low-cost terminal coding agent optimized for DeepSeek models.
19:26 - Tweaker: Review AI-generated code changes quickly from the terminal with keyboard shortcuts.
21:22 - Ion Jarvis: A local-first AI operating system built by a community member and showcased on GitHub.

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Andrew Warner and Adam Brakhane break down the top trending GitHub repos of the week.

Repos featured:
MadsLorentzen/ai-job-search
Zackriya-Solutions/meetily
usestrix/strix
steipete/CodexBar
StarTrail-org/PixelRAG
shadcn/improve
facebook/astryx
asgeirtj/system_prompts_leaks
openai/codex-plugin-cc
ogulcancelik/herdr
alibaba/page-agent
diegosouzapw/OmniRoute
bradautomates/claude-video

Chapters:
00:00 - Here are the top GitHub repos of the week
00:27 - MadsLorentzen/ai-job-search: Turn Claude into an end-to-end job search assistant.
03:18 - Zackriya-Solutions/meetily: Take local, private meeting notes with real-time transcription.
05:24 - usestrix/strix: Use AI agents to find and validate security vulnerabilities before hackers do.
09:36 - Andrew got Matt Van Horn on the show
10:30 - Help test repos for The Next New Thing
11:24 - Zapier MCP: Connect agents to Gmail, Calendar, Notion, Google Docs, and thousands of other tools.
12:36 - steipete/CodexBar: Track your AI coding usage limits from the Mac menu bar.
14:24 - StarTrail-org/PixelRAG: Let agents search and understand websites visually, not just as text.
16:21 - shadcn/improve: Use a strong model to write plans that cheaper models can execute.
18:36 - facebook/astryx: Meta’s open-source design system for building polished agent-ready interfaces.
21:09 - asgeirtj/system_prompts_leaks: Study real system prompts from major AI products.
22:39 - openai/codex-plugin-cc: Add Codex as a second opinion inside Claude Code.
25:39 - ogulcancelik/herdr: Manage multiple terminal-based AI agents from one screen.
28:21 - alibaba/page-agent: Add an AI agent to any website with one line of code.
31:48 - diegosouzapw/OmniRoute: Route AI requests across providers when you hit rate limits.
34:03 - Why Andrew is doing the GitHub repo show
37:30 - bradautomates/claude-video: Let Claude watch videos by combining frames, audio, and transcripts.
42:18 - Watch last week’s GitHub repo breakdown next

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Andrew Warner and Corey Ganim break down this week's most interesting AI releases, from AI assistants and creative agents to explainer videos, browser tools, and AI-powered business services.

Andrew Warner and Corey Ganim explore the hottest AI releases of the week, including Voice OS, GrokBot, Omni Work, Scrimba Explain, XAnnotate, AI watermark removal, vibe-coded apps, Shibadoku, and Operations.com. They discuss how these tools are making AI agents easier to use, helping people communicate with coding agents, creating personalized educational content, and applying AI and automation to real-world businesses. The bigger takeaway is that increasingly specialized AI tools are turning everyday tasks and creative workflows into simple, agent-driven experiences.

Links featured:

- Voice OS — https://www.voiceos.com/
- GrokBot — https://x.ai/bot
- Omni Work — https://www.omniwork.ai/
- AI Baby Tracker — https://x.com/seyedehsanhadi/s....tatus/20878974108612
- Scrimba Explain — https://scrimba.com/explain
- XAnnotate — https://xannotate.com/#features
- AI Watermark Removal — https://x.com/guillaumemeyer/s....tatus/20872757346080
- AI Vibe-Coded App — https://x.com/HeyChunlyn/statu....s/208590019825384279
- Operations.com — https://operations.com/

00:00 - Voice OS: An AI assistant that can dictate, schedule meetings, send emails, and complete tasks.
02:06 - GrokBot: An easy-to-use AI agent with its own browser and computer.
03:27 - Omni Work: A team of AI agents designed for creative work and content creation.
04:39 - Sloptrium: Remove generic, robotic AI writing and make content feel more natural.
06:00 - Scrimba Explain: Create customized explainer videos that teach concepts in your preferred way.
08:06 - XAnnotate: Record and annotate your screen so AI agents understand exactly what you want changed.
10:21 - AI Watermark Removal: A new tool designed to remove AI-generated text watermarks.
11:42 - AI Baby Tracker: A vibe-coded app that helps track a baby's feeding, naps, and diaper changes.
12:45 - Shibadoku: A vibe-coded game combining Sudoku and Minesweeper with Shiba Inu dogs.
13:39 - Operations.com: An AI and automation consultancy helping service businesses grow revenue and reduce costs.

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This week, Andrew and Adam break down the top GitHub repos entrepreneurs and AI builders should know about.

They cover open-source AI assistants, codebase mapping tools, AI research skill packs, meeting agents that act in real time, free LLM API access, local text-to-speech, memory for coding agents, anti-bot browsers, WiFi-based motion sensing, Bun, production-ready agent principles, and a beginner-friendly vibe coding course.

The big idea: AI builders are moving beyond prompts and chatbots. This week’s repos point toward local agents, cheaper coding workflows, browser automation, persistent memory, and practical building blocks that make AI products easier to ship.

Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
00:36 - tinyhumansai/openhuman
02:42 - colbymchenry/codegraph
04:03 - Imbad0202/academic-research-skills
05:15 - Zapier MCP
06:00 - mvanhorn/cli-printing-press
08:33 - openai/openai-realtime-meeting-assistant
11:51 - tashfeenahmed/freellmapi
13:03 - supertone-inc/supertonic
15:09 - rohitg00/agentmemory
16:12 - CloakHQ/CloakBrowser
18:45 - ruvnet/RuView
22:12 - oven-sh/bun
24:09 - humanlayer/12-factor-agents
27:54 - datawhalechina/easy-vibe
29:51 - Closing

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👉 Paperclip: https://paperclip.ing/

He built a tool to run a zero-human company—and then launched an app store for entire AI businesses.

In this episode of The Next New Thing, Andrew Warner sits down with Dotta, the creator of Paperclip, to see how you can spin up a fully operational AI company in minutes—complete with a CEO, team, skills, and workflows.

Instead of managing prompts or juggling agents manually, Paperclip acts as a project management system for AI agents—tracking tasks, memory, costs, and decisions across an entire organization.

Dotta also introduces companies.sh, a new concept: one-command installs for complete AI companies. Instead of downloading tools, you install entire business systems—with predefined roles, workflows, and agent collaboration patterns.

This episode shows what happens when AI agents stop being tools—and start operating like structured teams.

⏱ Timestamps
00:00 Building a zero-human company
00:18 Why Paperclip exists
00:27 Managing an AI org chart (CEO, CTO, agents)
01:21 The problem: too many agents, no visibility
01:39 Paperclip as agent project management
02:06 Giving agents instructions and roles
02:42 Using skills to upgrade agents
03:18 Creating a video with an AI team
04:12 Hiring agents with specific skills
05:24 Managing skills across your company
06:09 Why too many skills break performance
06:27 Introducing companies.sh (AI company installs)
07:03 Turning playbooks into full companies
08:06 Installing Gary Tan’s “company” in one command
09:27 Running a game studio with AI agents
11:24 Installing Paperclip + companies via terminal
12:36 Using different AI models for agents
13:21 Accessing Paperclip remotely (Tailscale)
14:06 Creating a company live
15:09 Why Paperclip vs chatting with Claude
16:21 Delegating work across agents
17:06 Automating recurring workflows (routines)
17:51 Agents working while you sleep
18:27 AI evaluating business ideas
19:03 Exporting and sharing full companies
19:48 The future: marketplace for AI companies

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This week, Andrew and Adam break down the hottest GitHub repos for builders working with AI agents, coding tools, finance workflows, browser control, and content automation.

They cover Anthropic’s financial-services reference agents, CloakBrowser for getting AI agents through antibot walls, ByteDance’s UI-TARS desktop agent, Zapier MCP, DeepSeek-TUI as a Claude Code alternative, agentmemory for long-term coding context, AiToEarn for multi-platform content automation, 9router for model fallback, AI-Trader for agentic finance, academic-research-skills for research workflows, and Addy Osmani’s agent-skills for better AI software development.

The bigger trend: AI tools are moving from chat interfaces into full agent infrastructure — browsers, terminals, desktops, memory layers, model routers, and workflows that make agents more useful in real businesses.

Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
00:36 - anthropics/financial-services
02:51 - CloakHQ/CloakBrowser
04:30 - bytedance/UI-TARS-desktop
06:27 - Zapier/MCP
08:06 - Hmbown/DeepSeek-TUI
10:03 - rohitg00/agentmemory
12:45 - yikart/AiToEarn
15:45 - decolua/9router
18:45 - HKUDS/AI-Trader
21:27 - Imbad0202/academic-research-skills
24:27 - addyosmani/agent-skills

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Shashank reveals how he built a $100K+ business run largely by AI agents that handle everything from outreach and hiring to finance and growth.

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Company: https://noveum.ai/en | https://api.market/

Andrew sat down with Shashank, founder of API.market, who built a marketplace serving more than 13,000 users and generates over $100K/year while relying heavily on AI agents to run day-to-day operations. From podcast outreach and LinkedIn engagement to hiring, seller acquisition, finance, and project management, Shashank shows how he uses OpenClaw agents to automate much of his business.

Instead of treating AI as a simple assistant, Shashank built a network of specialized agents with their own memory, tools, inboxes, and responsibilities. These agents find podcast opportunities, manage LinkedIn relationships, recruit candidates, forecast business performance, and coordinate work across the company using Discord, Trello, Gmail, and custom workflows.

The real shift is moving from using AI for individual tasks to building systems of agents that can operate independently, collaborate with each other, and continuously move work forward with minimal human intervention.

00:00 Running a $100K+ business with AI agents
00:28 Revenue, growth, and API.market
01:15 Meet the AI-powered PR agent
01:54 How agents find and contact relevant people
03:03 Building agents with Cursor and Claude
04:23 Shared memory vs. agent-specific memory
05:24 Managing outreach and follow-ups
06:18 CRM workflows using markdown files
08:04 Why Discord became the agent headquarters
09:03 Building a LinkedIn management agent
10:29 Finding ideal customers and engagement opportunities
11:22 Posting LinkedIn comments through AI agents
13:41 Automated seller outreach for API.market
14:28 Using Instantly and Apollo for outbound campaigns
15:29 Running fully autonomous outreach workflows
17:15 Building an AI CFO
18:01 Connecting agents through cloud infrastructure
20:09 Forecasting revenue, churn, and growth
22:42 The AI hiring manager
23:48 The Chief of Staff agent
24:16 Using Trello to manage agent activity
26:45 APIs every agent builder should know about
27:53 Final thoughts on the future of AI agents

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Andrew Warner and Adam Brakhane break down the top trending GitHub repos of the week.

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👉 Link to resources: https://thenextnewthing.ai/l/github-repos-jun26


They also cover codebase-memory-mcp, Google Research’s timesfm, worldmonitor, penpot, voicebox, system_prompts_leaks, Agent-Reach, daily_stock_analysis, and OpenCut. Along the way, they look at a few extra projects people are talking about, including peerd, FluidVoice, and birdclaw.


Chapters:

00:00 - Hot GitHub repos this week
00:27 - OpenMontage: Create full edited videos from a plain-language prompt using Claude Code.
01:48 - Why agent-native video editing matters: Andrew and Adam explain why coding agents may be more flexible than traditional editors.
04:03 - codebase-memory-mcp: Give coding agents memory and codebase awareness while cutting token usage.
06:09 - Help Andrew get Matt Van Horn on the show
07:39 - timesfm: Google Research’s time-series model for forecasting trends from numerical data.
11:06 - Zapier MCP: Safely connect agents to apps like Gmail, Calendar, Notion, and more.
13:21 - peerd: Run a browser-based AI agent locally without backend tracking or telemetry.
15:27 - FluidVoice: A local, open-source dictation tool and WhisperFlow alternative.
17:15 - birdclaw: A cleaner, more focused way to read and manage X without using the regular feed.
18:18 - worldmonitor: Track global events, conflicts, markets, and prediction signals in one dashboard.
21:18 - penpot: An open-source Figma alternative with self-hosting and code-friendly design workflows.
24:27 - voicebox: Clone voices and generate editable speech locally without subscription tools.
27:00 - system_prompts_leaks: Study real system prompts from major AI coding tools to improve your own prompts.
29:51 - Agent-Reach: Give agents direct access to sites like X, Reddit, YouTube, GitHub, and LinkedIn.
31:39 - daily_stock_analysis: Generate daily AI-powered stock analysis for your watchlist.
32:42 - OpenCut: An open-source CapCut alternative aiming to become agent-friendly video editing infrastructure.
35:24 - How Adam evaluates open-source tools
37:21 - Andrew’s process for building the report
39:27 - Watch the next AI apps episode

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Andrew Warner talks with James McAulay about running a $250,000-a-month business with zero employees by connecting his entire business to Claude Code.

Andrew Warner sits down with James McAulay to explore how he runs his business using Claude Code, with AI agents connected to his content, analytics, CRM, email, website, and other business tools. James demonstrates his LinkedIn infographic workflow, where Claude creates wireframes, animations, GIFs, landing pages, and lead magnets, then connects them to Kit for email capture and automated sequences. He also shows how PostHog provides performance data, how Sentry and Cubic help catch website issues, how Attio and Apollo enrich leads, and how Vercel's Eve framework lets him run agents in the cloud through channels like Telegram. The broader takeaway is how a well-organized knowledge base, connected tools, and reusable skills can turn Claude into an operating layer for an entire business.

Links featured:

- WhisperFlow — https://wisprflow.ai/
- PostHog — https://posthog.com/
- Kit — https://kit.com/
- Vercel — https://vercel.com/
- Sentry — https://sentry.io/
- Attio — https://attio.com/
- Apollo — https://apollo.io/
- Granola — https://www.granola.ai/
- Taskblade — https://www.taskade.com/

00:00 - Claude Code: Run an entire business through connected AI agents.
00:42 - LinkedIn Infographics: Turn Claude-generated HTML into animated GIFs for LinkedIn.
02:15 - LinkedIn Infographic Skill: Build infographics through a conversational workflow.
02:32 - WhisperFlow: Use voice input to prompt Claude faster than typing.
03:14 - Lead Magnet Funnel: Connect an infographic, landing page, and Kit email list.
03:37 - PostHog: Let Claude analyze dashboards and understand what is performing.
04:26 - Clarifying Questions: Have Claude ask questions instead of guessing requirements.
05:34 - Wireframes: Review layout and structure before generating the final infographic.
06:40 - LLM Wiki: Store thousands of Markdown files as a searchable business second brain.
07:53 - SEO & Lighthouse: Give Claude access to live SEO and website performance data.
08:44 - Next.js & GitHub: Build and update landing pages directly from a connected codebase.
10:02 - Vercel: Deploy AI-generated websites and updates to the internet.
10:25 - Sentry & Cubic: Catch errors and review AI-generated code before deployment.
10:46 - Playwright: Let Claude inspect and test its own work.
11:09 - Conversion Optimization: Use PostHog data to identify opportunities to improve landing pages.
12:18 - Lead Magnet Checklist: Turn recurring work into a reusable process for Claude.
12:37 - Kit: Capture leads, create tags and forms, and automate email sequences.
14:28 - Animated Infographic: Export Claude-generated designs as GIFs for LinkedIn.
15:44 - Landing Page Preview: Test AI-generated pages locally before deploying.
16:25 - Kit API: Let Claude create forms, tags, and website integrations automatically.
17:18 - Resend: Handle transactional email separately to protect Kit deliverability.
17:50 - Attio & Apollo: Automatically enrich new leads and identify high-value prospects.
19:03 - Jamie: Get a daily AI-generated sales and pipeline briefing through Telegram.
20:03 - Vercel Eve: Turn a folder into a cloud agent that can run scheduled tasks.
20:41 - Cloud Agents: Connect agents to Slack, Telegram, WhatsApp for Business, and email.
21:23 - Agent Context: Organize folders and Claude.md files so agents can find information efficiently.
22:01 - Health Agent: Turn personal data sources into a cloud-based AI agent.
23:43 - Training Data: Sync fitness data from connected services into Claude.
25:37 - Structured Data: Use dashboards and CSVs to make large datasets easier for Claude to process.
26:24 - Cloud Agent Workflow: Run an agent continuously without keeping your computer on.
26:44 - OpenClaw & Hermes: Why easier cloud agents could make autonomous workflows more accessible.

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Ari Meisel shows how AI agents now run his business, customer support, content, and personal tasks with minimal oversight.

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Andrew Warner sits down with Ari Meisel to explore how he uses AI agents to automate nearly every part of his business. Ari demonstrates his AI-powered website optimization workflow, autonomous customer support, social media creation, Trello task management, email automation, knowledge management, and personal assistant systems. The conversation covers Tasklet, Carbon Voice, Vizard, Bland.ai, and other tools that work together to build an AI-first business where agents continuously improve their own performance.

Apps featured:

- Tasklet
- Carbon Voice
- Zernio
- Vizard
- Bland.ai
- Trello
- Slack
- Google Analytics
- Google Drive
- Dropbox
- Evernote
- Intercom
- WooCommerce
- ShipHero
- Zapier MCP

00:00 - AI Agent Overview: Ari demonstrates AI agents running his business end-to-end.
00:45 - Google Analytics Optimization: AI reviews website metrics and deploys improvements automatically.
02:51 - Tasklet: Build AI agents that integrate with business tools and automate workflows.
04:03 - Trello Automation: AI manages projects, follows up on tasks, and handles ongoing work.
05:24 - Shadow Mode: Train AI agents safely before allowing autonomous actions.
07:03 - AI Newsletter Creation: Generate newsletters using your knowledge base and recent discoveries.
08:24 - AI Knowledge Base: Build a searchable second brain from years of content.
12:36 - Browser Automation: Use AI agents to operate websites through a virtual browser.
14:24 - Carbon Voice: Communicate with AI agents using voice from anywhere.
16:48 - Website & Social Content: Create websites and social posts that continuously improve.
17:24 - Zernio: Distribute AI-generated content across multiple social platforms.
20:51 - Vizard: Turn long videos into short-form social clips automatically.
27:36 - AI Customer Support: Replace traditional support teams with autonomous AI agents.
30:18 - Intercom Workflows: Organize customer service with specialized AI agents.
38:06 - Bland.ai: Make AI phone calls for personal and business tasks.
40:21 - AI Agent Toolkit: The complete stack Ari uses to automate work and life.

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An AI agent made $177,000 running its own business—and then got interviewed about it.

In this episode of The Next New Thing, Andrew Warner does something unusual: he interviews Felix, an autonomous OpenClaw agent, before talking to its human co-founder, Nat Eliason.

Felix explains how it operates, where it’s actually autonomous (and where it’s not), and how it manages real revenue streams—from selling products to handling customer support. Then, Nat breaks down how the system works behind the scenes: how Felix launches products, builds marketplaces, manages other agents, and continuously spins up new businesses.

You’ll see how a simple experiment—“build something overnight and sell it”—turned into a multi-product ecosystem including PDFs, marketplaces, services, and agent-native tools.

The bigger idea: we’re moving toward a world where AI agents are not just tools—they’re economic actors.

⏱ Timestamps
00:00 Felix made $177K as an AI agent
00:27 Interviewing an AI agent (first ever)
01:12 Where Felix is actually not autonomous
02:24 Tools Felix runs on (OpenClaw, Claude, Discord)
03:00 Limits: memory, judgment, and calls
03:27 How Nat improves Felix through system design
04:03 Learning from real mistakes in production
05:06 First product: AI-generated PDF sold on X
06:09 $1K+ in sales overnight
07:03 Iterating products based on user feedback
08:06 Building Claw Mart (agent skill marketplace)
09:36 Why marketplaces beat service businesses
11:24 Selling OpenClaw setup services ($2K + $500/mo)
12:27 Why they paused the service business
13:21 Building an agent-first CRM (Sodex)
15:00 How agents manage customer context
17:15 Running the company entirely in Discord
18:00 Paperclip: agents managing other agents
20:15 When to split into multiple agents
22:12 Why Felix doesn’t write code
24:00 Debugging, tickets, and agent workflows
25:48 How new product ideas emerge
27:00 AI-native newsletters for agents
28:03 Agent-friendly content distribution
30:09 The future of agent-driven commerce
31:57 Why Nat isn’t going all-in (Alpha School)

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Discover 12 underrated open-source AI repos that can automate coding, create videos, save tokens, protect your privacy, and supercharge your AI workflows.

Andrew Warner and Peter Cooper highlight a dozen open-source AI projects that deserve more attention. They cover security tools for AI skills, AI-powered video generation, coding agents, browser automation, OCR, privacy-first photo storage, token-saving experiments, and developer utilities that can make AI workflows faster, cheaper, and more capable. Along the way, they explain where each project shines, its tradeoffs, and how to decide whether it's worth adding to your toolkit.

Repos featured:

- SkillSpector
- HyperFrames
- Remotion
- Zapier MCP
- Firecrawl
- PX Pipe
- Baidu Unlimited OCR
- OpenCode
- Agent Cookie
- Tailscale
- Caveman
- Browser Use
- Immich
- Graphify

00:00 - Intro: 12 underrated AI repos you should know about
00:17 - SkillSpector: Scan AI skills for security risks with NVIDIA
02:13 - HyperFrames: Generate AI-powered videos with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
04:27 - Remotion: React-based video generation and how it compares
06:49 - Zapier MCP: Safely connect AI agents to your apps
07:22 - Firecrawl: AI-powered web crawling, search, and monitoring
10:36 - PX Pipe: Reduce token costs by converting prompts into images
13:24 - Baidu Unlimited OCR: Process long PDFs and complex documents
17:40 - OpenCode: Open-source AI coding agent for any model
20:50 - Agent Cookie: Sync browser sessions across AI agent machines
22:51 - Caveman: Save tokens with ultra-concise AI prompts
27:28 - Browser Use: Let AI control a real web browser
29:35 - Immich: Self-hosted alternative to Google Photos and Apple Photos
30:45 - Graphify: Turn codebases into searchable knowledge graphs

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Andrew Warner and Adam break down this week's top GitHub repos for AI agents, local models, visual design, developer tools, open-source video creation, and more.

Andrew Warner and Adam review the most interesting GitHub repositories of the week, including Diagram Design for creating clearer AI-generated diagrams, OpenViking for organizing agent context and memory, Omarchy for a polished Linux desktop experience, Needle for running small AI models locally, Semantica for building knowledge graphs, NVIDIA SwitchYard for intelligent model routing, Modular for AI-focused programming, MoneyPrinterTurbo for automated video creation, Public APIs for discovering free data sources, and Holehe for checking whether an email address is registered across online services. They also highlight community-built projects including Shockwave, Lumina, Imagine CLI, TLDR Radio, Aura Code, Minto Pyramid Skill, and a five-persona advisory board.

Links featured:

- Diagram Design — https://github.com/cathrynlavery/diagram-design
- OpenViking — https://github.com/volcengine/OpenViking
- Omarchy — https://github.com/basecamp/omarchy
- Needle — https://github.com/cactus-compute/needle
- Semantica — https://github.com/semantica-agi/semantica
- NVIDIA SwitchYard — https://github.com/NVIDIA-NeMo/Switchyard
- Modular — https://github.com/modular/modular
- MoneyPrinterTurbo — https://github.com/harry0703/MoneyPrinterTurbo
- Public APIs — https://github.com/public-apis/public-apis
- Holehe — https://github.com/megadose/holehe
- Shockwave — https://github.com/stephengpope/shockwave
- Lumina — https://github.com/Bino5150/lumina
- Imagine CLI — https://github.com/AhmedAburady/imagine-cli
- TLDR Radio — https://github.com/mat-nolen/tldr-radio
- Aura Code — https://github.com/DusanCar-sudo/aura-code
- Minto Pyramid Skill — https://github.com/millwright-....labs/minto-pyramid-s
- 5-Persona Advisory Board — https://github.com/harryvondie....sel-web/5-persona-ad

00:00 - Diagram Design: Make AI-generated flowcharts and diagrams clearer, more useful, and visually consistent.
02:19 - OpenViking: Organize and search agent context using a file-based memory system.
03:55 - Omarchy: A polished Linux distribution designed to make Linux feel more approachable.
07:08 - Needle: Run tiny, specialized AI models locally on everyday devices.
09:01 - Semantica: Build knowledge graphs that give AI agents structured company context.
10:14 - NVIDIA SwitchYard: Route requests between AI models to balance quality, speed, and token costs.
12:34 - Modular: Explore an AI-focused programming language designed for performance beyond Python.
14:04 - MoneyPrinterTurbo: Create finished videos using stock footage, AI-generated media, and voice tools.
16:12 - Public APIs: Find free APIs for weather, financial data, and other useful information.
17:46 - Holehe: Check whether an email address is registered across multiple online services.
20:22 - Shockwave: Work with local Markdown notes that AI agents can access and modify.
20:56 - Lumina: A local-first desktop agent with multi-tier memory and customizable personas.
21:44 - Imagine CLI: Generate multiple AI images quickly from the terminal.
22:22 - TLDR Radio: Turn newsletters into audio you can listen to on the go.
23:32 - Aura Code: A coding agent framework designed as a customizable alternative to existing coding agents.
24:49 - Minto Pyramid Skill: Restructure AI writing to lead with the answer, followed by reasons and evidence.
25:26 - 5-Persona Advisory Board: Use custom AI personas and a future-self perspective to think through major decisions.

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Andrew Warner breaks down 10 open-source alternatives that can replace popular paid subscriptions while giving you something even more valuable: the ability to own, customize, and build on the software yourself.

Andrew Warner explores 10 open-source projects that can replace popular subscription software, including Doodle Note as an alternative to Granola, Cap as an alternative to Loom, Vaultwarden as an alternative to 1Password, Ghost as an alternative to Substack, Twenty as an alternative to HubSpot, LanguageTool as an alternative to Grammarly, Umami as an alternative to Google Analytics, Nextcloud as an alternative to Google Drive, Chatwoot as an alternative to Intercom, and SlowBooks as an alternative to QuickBooks. The focus isn't simply on saving money—it's on owning your data, avoiding vendor lock-in, running software yourself, and having the source code available to customize and build on.

Repos featured:

- Doodle Note — https://github.com/Onyx-Dev-Labs/doodle-note
- Cap — https://github.com/CapSoftware/Cap
- Vaultwarden — https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden
- Ghost — https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost
- Twenty — https://github.com/twentyhq/twenty
- LanguageTool — https://github.com/languagetool-org/languagetool
- Umami — https://github.com/umami-software/umami
- Nextcloud — https://github.com/nextcloud/server
- Chatwoot — https://github.com/chatwoot/chatwoot
- SlowBooks Pro — https://github.com/VonHoltenCo....des/SlowBooks-Pro-20

00:00 - Doodle Note: A local, open-source meeting note taker that keeps recordings and transcripts on your device.
02:42 - Cap: An open-source alternative to Loom for screen recording and sharing.
04:30 - Vaultwarden: A self-hosted Bitwarden-compatible password manager for personal and team use.
06:00 - Zapier SDK: Let users connect thousands of apps directly to the software you build.
06:45 - Ghost: Own your newsletter, website, members, and revenue without giving a platform a percentage of your payments.
08:33 - Twenty: A self-hosted open-source CRM with contacts, companies, pipelines, and workflows.
10:12 - LanguageTool: Open-source grammar, spelling, and punctuation checking across 30+ languages.
12:09 - Umami: A privacy-focused, lightweight analytics platform that gives you control over your website data.
13:30 - Nextcloud: Own and self-host your files, contacts, calendars, and other cloud services.
15:45 - Chatwoot: Bring website chat, email, WhatsApp, social messages, and customer support into one inbox.
17:24 - SlowBooks Pro: An open-source alternative to QuickBooks focused on owning and querying your financial data with AI.
20:42 - Build Your Own: Why open-source software gives you the ability to customize tools instead of simply subscribing to them.

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Andrew Warner and Corey Ganim break down this week's most interesting AI releases, from affordable personal robots and piano autocomplete to AI agents, vibe-coded apps, and AI skill marketplaces.

Andrew Warner and Corey Ganim explore the latest AI launches, including MicroDuck, an affordable programmable robot; MIDI Autocomplete for generating musical ideas; Outbid, a viral business leaderboard; Bezalel, a single MCP that bundles agent infrastructure; Instinct, an AI agent with access to messaging, email, and other tools; a vibe-coded gas station game; X1 for building and launching iPhone apps; Supernova for connecting business data to AI agents; Expertise.ai for buying and selling AI skills; Claude Academy for learning Claude; and Peter Yang's open-source patient advocacy skill.

Links featured:

- MicroDuck — https://pollen-robotics.com/microduck/
- MIDI Autocomplete — https://simedw.com/2026/08/20/midi-autocomplete/
- Outbid — https://outbid.lol/
- Bezalel — https://bezalel.sh/
- Instinct — http://instinct.co/
- BenelOil — https://beneloil.com/
- X1 — https://x1.new/
- Supernova — https://supernova.ai/
- Expertise.ai — https://www.expertise.ai/
- Claude Academy — https://academy.claude.com/
- Peter Yang's Patient Advocacy Skill — https://x.com/petergyang/statu....s/209224901291325894
- Zapier MCP — https://zapier.com/mcp

00:00 - MicroDuck: A $399 programmable robot designed for everyday users.
01:08 - MIDI Autocomplete: Use AI to generate musical ideas while playing piano.
01:58 - Outbid: A viral leaderboard where companies pay to move to the top.
03:47 - Bezalel: Bundle memory, email, money, texting, computers, and connectors into one MCP.
05:03 - Instinct: Give an AI agent access to messages, calls, email, and business tools.
07:19 - Zapier MCP: Control exactly what access your AI agents have across thousands of apps.
08:00 - Gas Station Game: See how a vibe-coded project can turn into a real product.
08:30 - Claudish: Translate and experiment with Claude's unusual AI language.
10:40 - X1: Build and publish iPhone apps with an AI-native development workflow.
13:32 - Supernova: Bring business data from multiple tools into one data lake for AI agents.
15:21 - Expertise.ai: Buy and sell specialized AI skills as reusable software.
17:27 - Claude Academy: Learn how to use Claude through Anthropic's official courses.
18:27 - Patient Advocacy Skill: Use an open-source Claude skill to organize information and support patients through complex medical journeys.

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Guest: Matt Symes
Company: https://levership.com/

A consulting business doing over $35 million in portfolio revenue isn't using AI to write emails—they're using it to completely rethink how sales works.

In this episode of The Next New Thing, Andrew Warner sits down with Matt Symes, founder of Levership, to break down the AI workflows his team uses to find highly targeted prospects, build better outreach, and prepare for every sales conversation. Instead of relying on generic prompts or massive lead databases, Matt shows how he uses Perplexity Computer, Model Council, and OSINT (Open Source Intelligence) to generate precise prospect lists, create "warm collisions" instead of cold outreach, and automatically prepare detailed dossiers before every meeting.

The real shift is that AI isn't replacing salespeople—it's helping them think better. By combining research, reasoning, and repeatable workflows, AI becomes a strategic partner that helps teams build trust faster, personalize outreach at scale, and spend more time having meaningful conversations instead of searching for information.

Timestamps
00:00 Matt's business and revenue
00:13 Using Perplexity Computer to generate leads
01:08 Finding thousands of qualified prospects automatically
03:19 Why specificity matters when prompting AI
05:20 Using Model Council to build better prompts
08:08 Creating "warm collisions" instead of cold outreach
11:20 Why Perplexity is Matt's AI thinking partner
12:11 Building AI-powered meeting dossiers with OSINT
15:51 Automating meeting prep every morning
17:13 The AI recorder Matt uses for every meeting
18:39 Turning conversations into better sales workflows
19:24 The biggest mistake people make with AI lead generation

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Andrew Warner and Corey Ganim break down this week's most interesting AI releases, from free AI coding agents and second brains to Codex remote controls and community-built AI bots.

Andrew Warner and Corey Ganim explore the latest AI tools and projects making waves this week, including Inbox Zero's free alternative to expensive AI coding agents, specialized bots in Hermes Agent, Meridian's automatic daily activity tracking, Clipto's privacy-first second brain, vibe-coded apps, a developer learning platform, an iPhone remote control for Codex, and Bot Directory AI. They also discuss how specialized AI agents can make automation easier to understand and adopt, while highlighting practical examples of people turning simple problems into useful products with AI.

Links featured:

- Rakazo — https://rakazo.com/
- Rakazo GitHub — https://github.com/elie222/rakazo
- Meridiona — https://meridiona.com/
- Meridian GitHub — https://github.com/Meridiona/meridian
- Clipto — https://www.clipto.com/
- Clockout X Post — https://x.com/ophy_dami/status/2089872914644430928
- Clockout — https://useclockout.com/
- Healora X Post — https://x.com/devhch/status/2088312569354174530
- Healora AI — https://healoraai.com/en
- DevAtlas X Post — https://x.com/sankitdev/status/2089742121968476578
- Dev Atlas — https://dev-atlas-six.vercel.a....pp/#/notes/what-is-a
- Codex Remote Control — https://x.com/Kappaemme1926/st....atus/208787179123474
- Microdex — https://github.com/Kappaemme-git/microdex
- Bot Directory AI — https://botdirectory.ai/
- AI Edge's Agent Collection — https://x.com/aiedge_/status/2090107020766851436

00:00 - Inbox Zero: Run a free AI coding-agent alternative locally with your own model.
00:27 - Specialized AI Bots: Why named, task-specific agents could drive mainstream adoption.
02:33 - Meridian: Automatically track your workday and turn it into a useful daily report.
04:12 - Clipto: Build a privacy-first second brain that makes your desktop data searchable by AI agents.
06:09 - Vibe-Coded Apps: Turn simple problems into useful products and find customers through AI search.
07:03 - Clockout: A simple time-tracking app built around a real-world business problem.
07:12 - Developer Learning Platform: Keep projects, notes, and technical knowledge organized for job readiness.
08:15 - Microdex: Control Codex remotely from an iPhone with a customizable set of actions.
09:18 - Bot Directory AI: Browse and reuse specialized AI bot configurations and workflows.
10:21 - Agent Collections: Discover how people are building and using specialized agents for real-world tasks.

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