Build on X’s API

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👉 Robert Scoble: https://x.com/Scobleizer

Elon Musk retweeted it. 38 million views later, it points to a much bigger shift: you can now turn X data into apps—fast.

In this episode of The Next New Thing, Andrew Warner talks with Robert Scoble about the new X API changes—and why they matter for builders.

The update makes it cheaper and easier to pull data from curated lists (like communities, experts, or niches) and turn that into something useful with AI. Instead of scrolling feeds, you can send agents to monitor thousands of posts, summarize what matters, and generate outputs—websites, dashboards, even niche apps—in minutes.

Scoble shares how he’s running agents across tens of thousands of posts a day, building tools like real-time news sites and even a weather app powered by climate scientists on X. Andrew pushes on what this actually unlocks for everyday users—and where the friction still is.

The bigger idea: social platforms are shifting from content feeds to programmable data layers, where AI agents do the reading—and you focus on what to build with it.

⏱ Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:09 Why this X update matters
00:45 Turning X data into apps
01:48 Building niche apps with lists
03:00 Monitoring thousands of posts with AI
03:54 Cost changes and API pricing
05:15 OpenClaw + X API integration
06:00 Replacing scrolling with agents
06:18 Tools like Pokee and GenSpark
07:12 Automations (warm intro radar)
07:57 Ending

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