Beat The Odds with Dre, Rodney, & Brylan : Recent Episodes
DAndre Ealy
Behind the scenes at Mercury, a story about Starlink satellites, an inside look into a plumbing company with $2M in profit, and much more.
Dre (@Dreunlimited), Rodney (@Rg2official), and Brylan (@0xHimzel) discuss how United Healthcare was hacked for $22M, Liquid Death's $1.4B valuation, hate speech on X, and much more.
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Rodney
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- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodneygainous/
Brylan
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xHimzel
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brylandonaldson/
Dre (@Dreunlimited), Rodney (@Rg2official), and Brylan (@0xHimzel) discuss how AI is disputing movie production in Hollywood, the business of podcasting, social classes and much more.
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Dre
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DreUnlimited
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dandree/
Rodney
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rg2official
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodneygainous/
Brylan
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xHimzel
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brylandonaldson/
Dre (@Dreunlimited), Rodney (@Rg2official), and Brylan (@0xHimzel) discuss Usher's Superbowl performance, the rise of Chinese marketplace Temu, Sam Altam's quest to raise $1T for AI chips, and much more.
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Dre
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DreUnlimited
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dandree/
Rodney
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rg2official
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodneygainous/
Brylan
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xHimzel
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brylandonaldson/
Dre (@Dreunlimited), Rodney (@Rg2official), and Brylan (@0xHimzel) discuss the lessons of being a founder and much more.
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Dre
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DreUnlimited
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dandree/
Rodney
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rg2official
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodneygainous/
Brylan
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xHimzel
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brylandonaldson/
Dre (@Dreunlimited), Rodney (@Rg2official), and Brylan (@0xHimzel) discuss the state of the US economy, activities happening in crypto, and much more.
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Dre
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DreUnlimited
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Rodney
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rg2official
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodneygainous/
Brylan
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xHimzel
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brylandonaldson/
Dre (@Dreunlimited), Rodney (@Rg2official), and Brylan (@0xHimzel) discuss Perplexity's new $75M funding round, how the Justice Department is filing an antitrust trust suit against Apple, and how you can acquire an existing company for $35,000.
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Dre
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- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dandree/
Rodney
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- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodneygainous/
Brylan
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xHimzel
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brylandonaldson/
Dre (@Dreunlimited), Rodney (@Rg2official), and Brylan (@0xHimzel) discuss the movie Leave The World Behind, how Elon Musk operates according to Walter Isaacson's newest book, our 2024 predictions, and much more.
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Rodney
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rg2official
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodneygainous/
Brylan
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xHimzel
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brylandonaldson/
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Dre (@Dreunlimited), Rodney (@Rg2official), and Brylan (@0xHimzel) discuss a scientific breakthrough affecting sickle cell patients, Google's backlash over Gemini, a new technology that can scan your entire body, and much more.
Dre (@Dreunlimited), Rodney (@Rg2official), and Brylan (@0xHimzel) discuss Elon's recent comments at the DealBook Summit, our first reactions to the Cyber Truck, drama with Diddy, and much more.
On today's episode, we sit down with Jamie, a true trailblazer who has transitioned from being an All-American volleyball player and national champion to making a significant impact in the tech world. Jamie takes us on a journey through her career, sharing valuable insights into her time at Google and her contributions to shaping the operations of Seventh Ave. Join us as we explore the dynamic world of business leadership and learn from Jamie's experiences and expertise in the tech and operations sectors.
In this episode of Beat the Odds, we sit down with Warren Jones, the founder of Toasted Life. Warren shares his journey from college to working at major tech companies like Apple and Airbnb, all while co-creating the vibrant social community known as Toasted Life. Tune in as he discusses his experiences, insights, and the origins of this dynamic platform that brings people together through unique events and experiences.
Dre (@Dreunlimited), Rodney (@Rg2official), and Brylan (@0xHimzel) discuss a startup disputing the defense industry with a new business model, OpenAI's new voice feature, AT&T trying to stop Starlink, and much more.
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Dre
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DreUnlimited
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dandree/
Rodney
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rg2official
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodneygainous/
Brylan
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xHimzel
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brylandonaldson/
Dre (@Dreunlimited), Rodney (@Rg2official), and Brylan (@0xHimzel) discuss Amazon launching a new satellite internet service to compete with Starlink, a new malaria vaccine, and the wild story of a scientist who walked away with $300k vs $1B, and much more.
Dre (@Dreunlimited), Rodney (@Rg2official), and Brylan (@0xHimzel) discuss Beyoncé successful touring business, Amazon's new investment in AI startup Anthropic, OpenAI competes with Alexa and Siri, and much more.
Dre (@Dreunlimited), Rodney (@Rg2official), and Brylan (@0xHimzel) discuss Instacart's S-1, ESPN's fall from grace, OpenAI's plan for enterprises, and much more.
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Dre
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DreUnlimited
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dandree/
Rodney
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rg2official
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodneygainous/
Brylan
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xHimzel
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brylandonaldson/
Dre (@Dreunlimited), Rodney (@Rg2official), and Brylan (@0xHimzel) discuss how Fearless Fund, a black women-led VC firm, is being sued for civil rights violations, self-driving cars take over California, and much more.
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Dre
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DreUnlimited
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dandree/
Rodney
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rg2official
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodneygainous/
Brylan
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xHimzel
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brylandonaldson/
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Dre (@Dreunlimited), Rodney (@Rg2official), and Brylan (@0xHimzel) discuss how founders can prepare for an upcoming fundraising round, the recent news with social media star Kai Cenat's New York event gone wrong, the future of WorldCoin and much more.
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Dre
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DreUnlimited
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dandree/
Rodney
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rg2official
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodneygainous/
Brylan
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xHimzel
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brylandonaldson/
Dre (@Dreunlimited), Rodney (@Rg2official), and Brylan (@0xHimzel) break down the greatest contract in sports history, confirmed UFO Landings by an ex-government employee, Google's new AI robot, and much more.
Ep 35: Dre (@Dreunlimited), Rodney (@Rg2official), and Brylan (@0xHimzel) discuss Greenwood Bank and The Gathering Spot suing each other over an acquisition gone wrong, a look inside the unprofitable world of venture capital, how to acquire an existing business with little to no money and much more.
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Dre
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DreUnlimited
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dandree/
Rodney
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rg2official
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodneygainous/
Brylan
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xHimzel
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brylandonaldson/
Ep 34: Dre (@Dreunlimited), Rodney (@Rg2official), and Brylan (@0xHimzel) discuss Claude, a new AI chatbot from Anthropic to take on ChatGPT; Threads by Meta reaches 100M users in 5 days, and how Liquid Death took over the water world with aggressive marketing.
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Dre
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DreUnlimited
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dandree/
Rodney
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rg2official
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodneygainous/
Brylan
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xHimzel
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brylandonaldson/
Ep 33: Dre (@Dreunlimited), Rodney (@Rg2official), and Brylan (@0xHimzel) discuss a farmer earning $20M with a niche newsletter business, the founding story of Blackberry and how they once dominated the smartphone market, and how Pi raised over $1B for their AI chatbot.
Social Links:
Dre
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DreUnlimited
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dandree/
Rodney
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rg2official
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodneygainous/
Brylan
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xHimzel
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brylandonaldson/
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Ep 32: Dre (@Dreunlimited), Rodney (@Rg2official), and Brylan (@0xHimzel) discuss how a solo founder sold his company for $50M+, what caused a submarine to go missing, how IRL's founder faked having 20M active users, and much more.
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Dre
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DreUnlimited
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dandree/
Rodney
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rg2official
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodneygainous/
Brylan
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xHimzel
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brylandonaldson/
Ep 31: Dre (@Dreunlimited), Rodney (@Rg2official), and Brylan (@0xHimzel) discuss how Reddit is facing off with moderators causing popular subreddits to go private, how Apple's new Vision Pro headset might change personal computers forever, OpenAI releases a new product called Function Calling, and much more!
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- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DreUnlimited
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dandree/
Rodney
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rg2official
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodneygainous/
Brylan
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xHimzel
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brylandonaldson/
Ep 30: Dre (@Dreunlimited), Rodney (@Rg2official), and Brylan (@0xHimzel) discuss the recent comments from Brandon Marshall on the break up of I AM ATHLETE, Professor Scott Galloway's public service announcement for Gen Z, the importance of local machine learning models, and much more.
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- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DreUnlimited
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dandree/
Rodney
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rg2official
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodneygainous/
Brylan
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xHimzel
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brylandonaldson/
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Ep 28: Dre (@Dreunlimited), Rodney (@Rg2official), and Brylan (@0xHimzel) discuss how everyone will have a personal AI chatbot in the future, how Pickleball became the fastest growing sport in the US, how Twitter is disrupting media, and much more.
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Dre
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DreUnlimited
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dandree/
Rodney
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rg2official
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodneygainous/
Brylan
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xHimzel
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brylandonaldson/
Ep 28: Dre (@Dreunlimited), Rodney (@Rg2official), and Brylan (@0xHimzel) discuss SoftBank's Opportunity Fund targeting Black and Latino founders, how Ja Morant is facing a substantial financial loss for his actions, and how Elon believes humanoids are the future and much more.
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Dre
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DreUnlimited
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dandree/
Rodney
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rg2official
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodneygainous/
Brylan
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xHimzel
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brylandonaldson/
Ep 27: Dre (@Dreunlimited), Rodney (@Rg2official), and Brylan (@0xHimzel) discuss the latest from this week's Google IO event, how Bryon Allen purchased The Weather Channel for $300M in cash, an influencer chatbot earning six figures, and much more.
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Dre
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DreUnlimited
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dandree/
Rodney
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rg2official
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodneygainous/
Brylan
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xHimzel
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brylandonaldson/
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Ep 26: Dre (@Dreunlimited), Rodney (@Rg2official), and Brylan (@0xHimzel) discuss YC Founder Paul Graham's latest tweet, ChatGPT VS Bard, Lamar Jackson's big contract, and much more.
Episode 25: Join Dre (@Dreunlimited), Rodney (@Rg2official), and Brylan (@0xHimzel) as they delve into the societal implications of AI agents, explore the future of personal identity, discuss US investments in Chinese AI firms, and cover a variety of other fascinating topics!
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Dre
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DreUnlimited
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dandree/
Rodney
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rg2official
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodneygainous/
Brylan
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xHimzel
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brylandonaldson/
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Ep 24: Dre (@Dreunlimited), Rodney (@Rg2official), and Brylan (@0xHimzel) discuss how Y Combinator became an institution in the business world, how founders should think about pricing their product, startup founder Frank got charged with fraud, and much more.
Ep 21: Dre (@Dreunlimited), Rodney (@Rg2official), and Brylan (@0xHimzel) discuss how founders should stay focused when building an early-stage company, how AI will reshape the economy, uses cases for ChatGPT, and much more.
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Dre
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DreUnlimited
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dandree/
Rodney
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rg2official
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodneygainous/
Brylan
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xHimzel
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brylandonaldson/
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Ep 21: Dre (@Dreunlimited), Rodney (@Rg2official), and Brylan (@0xHimzel) discuss tech devices to help improve your sleep quality, if US Congress bans TikTok, OpenAI's app store moment, and much more.
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- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DreUnlimited
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dandree/
Rodney
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rg2official
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodneygainous/
Brylan
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xHimzel
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brylandonaldson/
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Ep 21: Dre (@Dreunlimited), Rodney (@Rg2official), and Brylan (@0xHimzel) discuss how Silicon Valley Bank collapsed overnight, how ChatGTP4 will change productivity, and much more.
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- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dandree/
Rodney
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rg2official
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodneygainous/
Brylan
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xHimzel
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brylandonaldson/
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Ep 20: Dre (@Dreunlimited), Rodney (@Rg2official), and Brylan (@0xHimzel) discuss how Chess.com grew from a small site to over $100M in annual revenue, how AI might impact unemployment, and a side hustle that could earn over $10k in the next 30 days, and much more.
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- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DreUnlimited
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dandree/
Rodney
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rg2official
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodneygainous/
Brylan
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xHimzel
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brylandonaldson/
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Ep 19: Dre (@Dreunlimited), Rodney (@Rg2official), and Brylan (@0xHimzel) discuss the history of black venture capitalists in America, how Lime beat Bird in micro-mobility, and much more.
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Rodney
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- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodneygainous/
Brylan
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xHimzel
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brylandonaldson/
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References
- Thinking In Systems
- Harlem Capital Report
Today's episode is a new series called ChatGPG (Give People Game), where Dre and Brylan delve into the latest in AI, exploring its effects on business, culture, and society. Today we discuss:
- Roblox is releasing AI tools to make game building more accessible for developers
- Amazon Web Services is expanding its partnership with AI startup Hugging Face.
- Spotify launches AI DJ
- Galileo creates editable UI designs from simple text description
Links
- Roblox
- AWS Partnership with Hugging Face
- Spotify
- Galileo
Ep 18: Dre (@Dreunlimited), Rodney (@Rg2official), and Brylan (@0xHimzel) discuss how founders should navigate an acquisition event, how cutting corners within an organization can have huge impacts beyond the bottom line, Tesla recalls 300,000+ cars, and much more.
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Dre
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DreUnlimited
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dandree/
Rodney
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rg2official
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodneygainous/
Brylan
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xHimzel
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brylandonaldson/
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Today's episode is a new series called ChatGPG (Give People Game) where Dre and Brylan delve into the latest in AI, exploring its effects on business, culture, and society. Today we discuss:
- Quora launches a new AI-powered Q&A app
- A look inside DeepMind and its long history of AI
- Capsule closes $4.5 in seed funding for AI-powered video editing
- Tome is using AI to create incredible presentations
Links
- Quora
- DeepMind
- Capsule
- Tome
Today's episode is a new series called ChatGPG (Give People Game) where Dre and Brylan delve into the latest in AI, exploring its effects on business, culture, and society. Today we discuss:
- Microsofts releases a new Bing and Edge browser to compete against Google
- Google's AI event failure due to misinformation
- Osmo – giving computers a sense of smell
- How Midjourney can turn anyone into an artist/ design expert
- Real-time video editing tool RunwayML
Links
- Microsoft
- Google Paris Event
- Osmo
- Midjourney
- RunwayML
Ep 17: Dre (@Dreunlimited), Rodney (@Rg2official), and Brylan (@0xHimzel) discuss how the founder of Frank, a financial app for college students, tricked JP Morgan Chase into a $175M acquisition, how AI companies should approach bias results, ChatGPT premium plus plan, and much more
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- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DreUnlimited
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dandree/
Rodney
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rg2official
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodneygainous/
Brylan
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xHimzel
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brylandonaldson/
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Today's episode is a new series called ChatGPG (Give People Game) where Dre and Brylan delve into the latest in AI, exploring its effects on business, culture, and society. Today we discuss:
- AI platform Hugging Face is building a community of the future with over 100k open sourced models
- Google's MusicML using natural language to generate original music
- Hollywood utilizing Nvidia's technology to enhance eye contact in film scenes through AI
- The popularity of ChatGPT for creating personalized workout plans
Links
- Buildspace
- Hugging Face
- ChatGPT
- Nvidia Eye Contact
- MusicML
Ep 16: Dre (@Dreunlimited), Rodney (@Rg2official), and Brylan (@0xHimzel) welcome David Alston as their first guest. David is the CEO and Founder of Kickstroid, a cutting-edge app that offers accurate resale predictions for hot releases, tailored sneaker recommendations, and in-depth analysis of sneaker culture. David is also a Program Manager at Microsoft.
In today's episode, we delve into the widespread job cuts happening in tech giants like Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and others. We examine the consequences of these layoffs and provide guidance for employees on how to prepare themselves for such situations.
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- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dandree/
Rodney
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rg2official
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodneygainous/
Brylan
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xHimzel
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brylandonaldson/
David
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alstonda/
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Ep 15: Dre (@Dreunlimited), Rodney (@Rg2official), and Brylan (@0xHimzel) discuss recent security hacks with LastPass, how the founder of social app Gas sold his company twice for $20M+, black Twitter's response to Mielle Organics selling their beauty brand to P&G, FDA approves new technology for testing, and much more.
Ep 14: Dre (@Dreunlimited), Rodney (@Rg2official), and Brylan (@0xHimzel) breakdown Microsoft's $10B OpenAI investment, how artists and content creators are selling their back content catalog for millions, a private network for ultra-high net worth individuals and much more!
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- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dandree/
Rodney
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rg2official
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodneygainous/
Brylan
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xHimzel
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brylandonaldson/
Referenced:
- Microsoft invest $10B into OpenAI: https://archive.is/r6mkJ
- Anthropic’s ChatGPT competitor: https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/09/anthropics-claude-improves-on-chatgpt-but-still-suffers-from-limitations/
- Paul Graham 5 Founders: http://www.paulgraham.com/5founders.html?viewfullsite=1
- Spotter: https://spotter.la/
- Jellysmack: https://jellysmack.com/
- Creator DAO: https://creatordao.com/
- Afropolitan: https://www.afropolitan.io/
- Upfront Ventures: https://upfront.com/
- Launch House: https://www.launchhouse.com/
- Tiger21: https://tiger21.com/
- Tiger Global Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/fatFIRE/comments/wm2ufe/tiger_21_membership/
Show Notes
Ep 13: Dre (@Dreunlimited), Rodney (@Rg2official), and Brylan (@0xHimzel) discuss the advantages of being a second time startup founder and the lessons they've learned while building businesses and working at some of the fastest growing companies in history.
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- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodneygainous/
Brylan
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xHimzel
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brylandonaldson/
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Referenced:
- Fundraising
Show Notes:
- Substack
Ep 12: Dre (@Dreunlimited), Rodney (@Rg2official), and Brylan (@0xHimzel) discuss the big surprises of 2022, wild predictions for 2023 like TikTok getting banned in the US, Google search being disputed by AI bots, and we breakdown the strategy we think OpenAI might take to own the future of AI, and much more.
Ep 10: Dre (@DreUnlimited), Rodney (@Rg2official), and Brylan (@0xHimzel) discuss Deion Sanders leaving Jackson State, how Twitter is failing to protect children, the business behind OnlyFan, and much more.
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Dre, Brylan, and Rodney discuss how Lensa AI is making $1M+ in daily revenue, opportunities for founders using AI, startup lessons from the early days of scaling Bird scooters into one of the fastest-growing companies, and much more.
Dre, Rodney, and Brylan discuss the hype around OpenAI's new API chatGPT, the downsides of trusting AI too early, how Google Search is under attack, if Apple is too dominant to compete against, and much more.
Dre, Brylan, and Rodney discuss the sentencing of Elizabeth Holmes, new updates on the FTX collapse, the pressures of venture capital, and much more.
Dre, Rodney, and Brylan discuss the rapid collapse of FTX and its founder Sam Bankman-Fried and our thoughts on the list of demands from the Brooklyn Nets for Kyrie Irving.
Dre, Brylan, and Rodney discuss the hard lessons of being a startup founder, Elon's recent takeover of social media giant Twitter, how black founders raised less than 1% of funding in Q3, and much more.
Dre, Brylan, and Rodney discuss the recent news of Adobe purchasing Figma for $20B, Apple exploiting its market position, Polygon building the future of financial infrastructure, and why Steve Jobs looked up to Edwin Land.
Dre, Brylan, and Rodney discuss how a small company started in 1995 grew to be worth $50B with $2B in annual profit, steps to take for building a personal brand, the corporate headwinds faced by Kanye West, Google's kill switch and much more.
Dre, Brylan, and Rodney discuss how second time founders get more chances at bat, how Mailchimp went from zero to a $12B exit without taking VC money, and highlights from LA Tech Week.
Dre, Rodney, and Brylan talk about a financial conference making $100M annually, crazy use cases for how AI could replace human creativity, how Disney+ surpassed Netflix, and if LinkedIn can crack the creator economy.
Dre, Brylan, and Rodney discuss navigating through a recession as an early-stage founder, whether Facebook should worry about TikTok, and what's happening at LA Tech Week.