{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Next New Thing","title":"How Dan Shipper’s AI-first company built 4 apps","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/0a791355\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2942,"description":"\n⏱️ TIMESTAMPS\n00:00 – Intro Montage\n00:52 – Every’s portfolio: Monologue, Spiral, Cora, and Sparkle\n01:48 – How many people use their tools today?\n02:15 – Mostly bootstrapped, with a small raise from Reid Hoffman\n04:00 – Building based on internal needs and workflows\n06:45 – Monologue’s origin story: weekend build, instant love\n09:00 – Why Monologue works for “hybrid language” thinkers\n10:30 – Writing → Building → Sharing: the creative flywheel\n12:00 – Dan’s AI rituals: Journaling, reading, and thinking\n15:00 – Using GPT for self-reflection and lightweight therapy\n17:30 – Getting through dense philosophy (e.g., Kierkegaard) with AI\n19:00 – Spiral’s evolution from summarizer to ghostwriter\n21:00 – Cora: an AI assistant that preps your inbox\n23:00 – Sparkle: automatic file organization, context-aware\n25:00 – How Dan uses AI to create team handbooks and meetings\n27:00 – The “interviewer agent” and writing in your voice\n30:00 – Why Spiral isn’t just a wrapper—it’s a writing copilot\n33:00 – “Software is the new content”: product = publishing\n35:00 – AI is the new Excel, and apps are the new templates\n37:00 – How Every maintains creativity while growing beyond 10 people\n40:00 – “Smuggled Intelligence” and why AI benchmarks need humans\n43:00 – Launching without distribution: the value of momentum\n46:00 – Dan’s personal life as product inspiration (love, thoughts, therapy)\nDan Shipper Every, Spiral AI, Monologue app, Cora email assistant, Sparkle file organizer, AI startup tools, bootstrapped SaaS, AI writing tools, AI for journaling, AI productivity apps, GPT for thinking, AI therapy use, AI benchmarks, smuggled intelligence, building with LLMs, Andrew Warner podcast, product-led AI\nEvery’s style guide + prompt\nhttps://l.thenextnewthing.ai/r/rjyLzl","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/NyHHieTlmHDUHZCr0-GqsmgcxwwW_QdWcFQKUIrpKnI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mZGY1/YWFlNGYzMTA0ZWY1/ZmRlNGY0NDIxMjA0/ZDQyYy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}