{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"AI & I","title":"How Packy McCormick Finds His Next Big Idea - Ep. 29","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4410,"description":"One of the most influential voices in tech explains how AI helps him write and invest.\nThis episode is sponsored by Create. If you want to maximize your gains, both with your body and with ChatGPT, try creatinine gummies from Create. Place your order through this link to get a 30 percent discount: https://trycreate.co/products/creatine-monohydrate-gummies-270-count?discount=every24 \nPacky McCormick’s job is to find, articulate, and invest behind the next big idea.\nHe writes Not Boring, a newsletter that analyzes technology and startups for 200,000 subscribers every week. He also invests in early stage companies through his fund Not Boring Capital and is an advisor at a16z crypto.\nI spent an hour with him to understand how he’s baked AI into the way he thinks, writes, and invests. We get into:\n- How he uses AI to understand dense concepts and refine his arguments\n- His thesis around vertically integrated businesses being the future of tech\n- How Packy uses Claude Projects to edit his newsletter\n- How he makes interactive graphics that represent concepts from his essays\n- The tools Packy uses to research, write, and edit Not Boring\n- When he thinks the next crypto bull run will take place\nWe also use Projects to build an AI tool that grades Packy’s essays live on the show.\nThis is a must-watch for writers, investors, and anyone trying to understand the cutting edge of technology.\nIf you found this episode interesting, please like, subscribe, comment, and share!\nWant even more?\nSign up for Every to unlock our ultimate guide to prompting ChatGPT here: https://every.ck.page/ultimate-guide-to-prompting-chatgpt. It’s usually only for paying subscribers, but you can get it here for free.\nTo hear more from Dan Shipper:\nSubscribe to Every: https://every.to/subscribe \nFollow him on X: https://twitter.com/danshipper \nTimestamps:\n00:00:00 - Teaser\n00:01:24 - Introduction\n00:02:40 - Packy's thesis about the future of technology\n00:07:42 - What Packy quick takes on your crypto...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/tpm1hNSy8JXTtPDypo5McPF0S6eDqruRTGYywu9SVrc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yNDM2/YzU4NDNmYTQxNTJh/MTEzYjE4YmJmYTg5/ODY1NS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}