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Built This WeekClaude Opus 4.6, Codex 5.3, and the Rise of Multi-Agent AIThe biggest shift in AI isn’t a new model. It’s agents managing other agents.In Episode 30 of Built This Week, Sam Nadler and Jordan Metzner break down how they’re actually using the latest AI releases — including Claude Opus 4.6 and OpenAI Codex 5.3 — to build real software inside their own workflows.Jordan walks through a private, fully local AI system built with Claude Code that turns raw 23andMe data, blood work, medications, and personal health inputs into a unified health dashboard. The goal isn’t diagnostics — it’s creating a long-term, living record that surfaces ins...
2026-02-0718 minBuilt This WeekWe Built an AI Recruiter Coach in 6 Hours (Plus Claude Cowork in Real Time)Can you really build serious internal AI tools in a few hours — and should everyone on your team be doing it?In Episode 29 of Built This Week, Sam Nadler and Jordan Metzner break down an internal AI product they built at Ryz Labs called ScreenEval — a recruiter screen analysis and coaching tool built in under six hours using Claude Code, Supabase, and AWS.We start with a live demo. Sam walks through how ScreenEval ingests recruiter screen transcripts, evaluates candidates, scores recruiter performance, and provides concrete coaching feedback — all without overriding human judgment. The real unlock...
2026-02-0120 minBuilt This WeekWhy You Can't Pen Test an Airplane — AI Cybersecurity for AviationCan you really hack an airplane? And if so, how do you test for it without grounding the fleet for a year?In Episode 28 of Built This Week, Sam Nadler and Jordan Metzner sit down with Eero Salih, CTO of Syberian, to explore how AI is transforming cybersecurity for commercial aviation.We start with a live demo — a flight ops cyber radar Sam built to surface real-time security risks across airline operations. Then Eero breaks down what Syberian actually does: building digital twins of aircraft systems to run risk assessments without ever touching the physical pl...
2026-01-2420 minBuilt This WeekWe Let AI Control Our Data Warehouse — The Results Were SHOCKINGCan AI actually reduce cloud costs — or does it just create better dashboards?In Episode 27 of Built This Week, Sam Nadler and Jordan Metzner are joined by Ben, CEO of Espresso AI, to break down a real production system that uses machine learning to actively optimize data warehouse compute in real time.We walk through a live demo built specifically to expose hidden inefficiencies inside Snowflake and Databricks environments — from over-refreshing dashboards to duplicated queries and underutilized clusters. Then we go deep on how Espresso AI works under the hood: proxy-based routing, workload-aware ML models, and...
2026-01-1625 minBuilt This WeekWe Built an AI Trading Bot for Prediction Markets — Here’s What Actually HappenedCan AI actually beat prediction markets — or does the house always win?In Episode 26 of Built This Week, Sam Nadler and Jordan Metzner kick off 2026 by breaking down a real AI trading bot Jordan built for prediction markets like Kalshi, using live market data, whale detection, coordination signals, and confidence scoring.Jordan walks through the full system — backend, frontend, live alerts, and execution logic — and shares the honest results: a 66 percent win rate that still lost money once fees and market dynamics were factored in.The takeaway is not hype. It is reality.T...
2026-01-0929 min
Built This WeekCar Dealers Are Losing Inventory — AI Is the Only FixCar dealerships are losing inventory — and most don’t realize why.Consumers now expect instant pricing, zero friction, and immediate engagement, yet most dealers still rely on slow callbacks, manual workflows, and outdated acquisition models. The result? Cars go straight to Carvana or CarMax.In this episode of Built This Week, Sam Nadler and Jordan Metzner sit down with Anthony Monteiro, CEO & Founder of Auto Acquire AI, to break down how AI is fundamentally changing how dealerships acquire vehicles directly from consumers.Auto Acquire AI gives everyday car dealers — small, medium, and large — the same...
2025-12-1927 min
Built This WeekThis AI Fills Healthcare Shifts in MinutesHome healthcare is breaking.Staffing shortages, last-minute cancellations, credential checks, compliance requirements, and manual scheduling are overwhelming care teams and putting patient outcomes at risk.In this episode of Built This Week, Sam Nadler and Jordan Metzner sit down with Arya Health leadership to see how AI is already replacing hours of manual healthcare operations with real production systems.Arya Health uses AI to instantly match patients with the right caregivers based on credentials, availability, location, eligibility scoring, and compliance rules all while remaining fully HIPAA compliant.In the episode, we...
2025-12-1240 minBuilt This WeekOpenAI Code Red? The New AI Reviewer Changing Everything(Sam Nadler and Jordan Metzner are back — and this week they’re joined by Amar Goel, CEO of BITO, the AI-powered code review agent transforming how engineering teams ship software.Jordan kicks things off by unveiling a surprise build: a fully custom BITO Slack Bot that can run PR reviews, generate stats, crack developer jokes, write haikus, and even drop into Biddo Disco Mode. Amar reacts live and pulls back the curtain on how BITO’s deep codebase analysis works — revealing how enterprise teams are merging PRs 10× faster, reducing revert rates, and catching issues that “vibe coding” tools simply...
2025-12-0533 min
Built This WeekLet's do the Math!Episode 22: Let's do the Math!—Sam Nadler and Jordan Metzner return with one of the most mind-bending episodes yet. Joined by Carina, founder & CEO of Axiom Math, the startup is building a self-improving, formal-reasoning AI mathematician. The trio breaks down why math is the next AI frontier, how Lean formalization works, and why proving theorems is a completely different challenge than solving them.Jordan also unveils his newest build: the LLM Math Roaster, a tool that scores, compares, and even roasts large models on proofs, with a full leaderboard, custom problem submissions, and an API...
2025-11-2126 min
Built This WeekNot your STANDARD MarketBuilt This Week – Episode #21Not your STANDARD MarketSam Nadler and Jordan Metzner are back! And this week, they’re joined by a special guest: Angie Westbrook, CEO of Standard AI. Together, they explore one of the most creative builds yet: an AI-powered retail DJ that uses computer vision and custom AI-generated music to adjust a store’s soundtrack based on real-time foot traffic. Think: mood lighting meets AI beats, but for shopping.Angie then pulls back the curtain on Standard AI’s computer-vision platform, describing how their “Google Analytics for physical s...
2025-11-1431 min
Built This WeekCompliance, Pomelli, and the Rise of the RobotsBuilt This Week – Episode #20Episode 20: Compliance, Pomelli, and the Rise of the RobotsSam Nadler and Jordan Metzner are back for a landmark 20th episode of Built This Week! This time, the duo breaks down how Ryz Labs used AI to build a full compliance and education platform, complete with video-based lessons, automated tests, and certificates: all powered by Video 3.1, React, and Supabase. They also explore Google’s new AI-powered marketing tool, which auto-generates on-brand social campaigns in seconds (seriously, it’s like having a creative team in your browser). In AI News, the hos...
2025-11-0726 min
Built This WeekMirror, Mirror on the Wall… Who Built the Smartest AI of All?Episode 19: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall… Who Built the Smartest AI of All?It’s a spooky special! Sam Nadler (a.k.a. Bad Bunny) and Jordan Metzner (the resident vampire) celebrate Halloween with a pair of AI-powered builds that bring equal parts fun and fright. First, they unveil Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, a poetic, Gemini-powered “talking mirror” built in Google’s new AI Studio. Then, they conjure up a “Trick-or-Treat Route Optimizer,” a playful demo that uses Maps and AI to find the best candy streets in your city.In Tool of the Week, they...
2025-10-3123 min
Built This WeekTrickOrTreat!Episode 18: TrickOrTreat!Sam Nadler and Jordan Metzner get into the Halloween spirit with a playful AI build — TrickOrTreat, an interactive web app that lets users snap a photo and instantly generate custom AI costumes and “Happy Halloween” videos. Built in Replit using NanoBanana and Video 3.1, it’s a perfect mix of fun, speed, and creativity. The hosts discuss how quick AI builds can boost team culture, inspire side projects, and push generative video forward.Then they spotlight Publer, the social media syndication tool that keeps their content engine running across platforms, and how it helps...
2025-10-2430 minBuilt This WeekSora API, AI Automations, and Apple’s M5 ChipEpisode 18: TrickorTreat!This week on Built This Week, Sam Nadler and Jordan Metzner get into the Halloween spirit with a playful AI build, TrickOrTreat, an interactive web app that lets users snap a photo and instantly generate custom AI costumes and “Happy Halloween” videos. Built in Replit using NanoBanana and Video 3.1, it’s a perfect mix of fun, speed, and creativity. The hosts discuss how quick AI builds can boost team culture, inspire side projects, and push generative video forward. Then they spotlight Publer, the social media syndication tool that keeps their content engine running across platfo...
2025-10-1729 minBuilt This WeekAI Agents Reinvent ConstructionEpisode 16: AI Agents Reinvent ConstructionThis week on Built This Week, Jordan Metzner and Sam Nadler sit down with Tristan Wilson, CEO of Edgevanta, an AI startup that brings automation to one of the world’s most traditional industries: construction. From parsing 1,200-page bid packages to predicting pricing with AI agents, Edgevanta is helping estimators work faster, smarter, and more profitably. Then, the hosts dive into the week’s biggest AI news: Nvidia’s $2B investment into Elon Musk’s xAI, OpenAI’s projected $1 trillion infrastructure spend, and how AI adoption is accelerating across industries, from consulting...
2025-10-1027 minBuilt This WeekSora 2 Took Over AI Video + Our New Parking Data ToolEpisode 15: Sora 2 Took Over AI Video + Our New Parking Data ToolThis week on Built This Week, Jordan Metzner and Sam Nadler debut Tix LAX, a new platform that visualizes parking tickets across Los Angeles using city APIs, from officer leaderboards to the surprising car colors that rarely get ticketed. Then, they dive into Sora 2, OpenAI’s latest video model that lets you insert yourself directly into AI-generated clips, whether skydiving, cooking sushi, or working on an oil rig. In the AI news rundown: OpenAI reaches a staggering $500 billion valuation, Apple shifts focus from Vision Pr...
2025-10-0327 minBuilt This WeekInside the $1.4 Trillion Solopreneur Market + the Tools We Built (ft. Hooman, Collective CEO)This week on Built This Week, we team up with Hooman (CEO, Collective) to build—and ship—new tools for solopreneurs. Jordan demos a cash-flow forecaster, insurance compliance checks, lending readiness, and AI business insights…plus a just-for-fun “Make It Rain” mode and mini-game. Then we go deep on Collective’s roadmap and the future of the one-person business.What we built-Cash-Flow Forecasting from your P&L + balance sheet (with sliders for revenue, expenses, and owner salary)-Insurance Compliance review (flags lapses like workers’ comp and gaps like cyber)-Lending Readiness & Risk report (eligibility +...
2025-09-2638 minBuilt This WeekAI Built My Liver + We 3D Printed Our Podcast (Reddit x Google, Lyft x Waymo News)This week on Built This Week, we go full builder mode.Jordan uses Claude to create a live 3D simulation of a liver, showing exactly how statins like Crestor crush cholesterol inside your body. Then Sam takes the mic — and the printer — and 3D prints Built This Week keychains, proving you can literally print your podcast at home.Finally, we break down the biggest AI + tech headlines:Reddit doubling down with GoogleGroq raising $750M at a $7B valuationLyft teaming up with Waymo to launch robotaxis in NashvilleIf you want AI, hardware, and star...
2025-09-1920 minBuilt This WeekRecipes from Receipts: AI Cooking, Kidpreneur E-Com & Replit’s $250M RaiseThis week on Built This Week, Jordan Metzner and Sam Nadler bring a mix of practical, playful, and breaking AI news.First, Jordan demos Ryz Chef, a tool that turns your grocery receipts (Amazon, Instacart, even fridge photos) into 11 Mediterranean-inspired recipes — complete with breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert options. Then Sam shares how he and his daughter are using AI-generated imagery to launch a small e-commerce project selling 3D-printed hoodie charms, combining entrepreneurship, creativity, and social good. Finally, the hosts break down the biggest AI news: Replit’s $250M raise at a $3B valuation, Oracle’s AI-fueled surge...
2025-09-1219 minBuilt This WeekCoding the Beat: Strudel, Claude Dashboards & OpenAI’s $1B PlayEpisode 11: Coding the Beat: Strudel, Claude Dashboards & OpenAI’s $1B PlayThis week on Built This Week, Jordan Metzner and Sam Nadler dive into the intersection of AI, music, and enterprise tools. Jordan shows off a new project built on Strudel, a live-coding JavaScript music library, turning it into an AI-powered DJ + Ableton-style mixer that generates new beats on the fly. Then, the hosts spotlight a daily use case of Claude that creates instant CFO-style dashboards from raw spreadsheets or PDFs, beating out other LLMs for speed and clarity. Finally, they break down OpenAI’s $1.1B acquisition of S...
2025-09-0523 min
Neural NewscastGlobal Headlines and Breaking Stories - September 2, 2025Welcome to this episode of NNC Daily News! Today, we're diving into a variety of compelling stories from around the globe.⚖️ Brazil’s electoral court moves toward a verdict in Jair Bolsonaro’s trial over an alleged coup plot.⚖️ Representative Jerry Nadler announces he will retire in 2026, opening a high‑profile Manhattan seat.⚖️ A California judge rules the Trump administration violated law by deploying the National Guard to Los Angeles.🌍 As many as 1,000 people die after a landslide levels a village in western Sudan.✳️ Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro warns that any U.S. attack would stain Dona...
2025-09-0315 minBuilt This WeekFuture in Focus: AI Tools & Big TechEpisode 10: Future in Focus: AI Tools & Big TechThis week on Built This Week, Jordan Metzner and Sam Nadler unveil the AI image platform they’ve been building from scratch at Ryz Labs, powered by Gemini’s new “nano-banana” update and other AI models. Designed to deliver faster, cleaner, and more customizable visuals, it pushes image generation beyond today’s mainstream tools. Then, they put Gamma under the spotlight, a presentation app that reimagines how decks and docs are created with AI at the core. In the AI news rundown: Google’s Gemini image model gets a “bananas”...
2025-08-2924 minBuilt This WeekHiring Tools, Built from ScratchEpisode 9: Hiring Tools, Built from ScratchThis week, Jordan Metzner and Sam Nadler unveil Ryz ATS, a fully functioning applicant tracking system built in-house using Claude AI. From job templates and smart matching to drag-and-drop pipelines and sourcing CRM, this tool streamlines the entire hiring process with AI as a co-pilot. Then, they explore Envato’s new AI image generation features, built for non-designers and creators alike. In the AI news rundown: xAI leaks Grok chats into Google search results, Meta re-orgs its AI division under Scale AI’s founder, and OpenAI brings back the ChatGPT model pick...
2025-08-2222 minBuilt This WeekCan Public Make You a Better Investor?Episode 8: Can Public Make You a Better Investor?This week, Jordan Metzner and Sam Nadler go deep on Public.com, the modern investing platform opening its trading infrastructure to developers. They demo a new tool built live on Public’s API, explore the real potential of programmable investing, and sit down with Emily Kurtz (Head of Product at Public) and Jake Trefethen (Director of AI) to unpack what’s coming next. Plus, in the news: Shopify now wants PMs who code, GPT-5 Pro hints at research-grade intelligence, and OpenAI’s model picker is back, and messier than e...
2025-08-1532 minBuilt This WeekHow Daily Check-Ins Fix Remote WorkEpisode 7: How Daily Check-Ins Fix Remote WorkJordan Metzner and Sam Nadler share a simple but powerful internal tool: a Slack-integrated daily check-in system that’s helped their remote team stay accountable, async, and aligned. It’s lightweight, fast, and has changed how their team shares progress. Then they revisit Clay, a thoughtfully designed relationship management tool that helps founders and operators stay in touch without the CRM bloat. In the news, they break down the latest on GPT-5 Pro, OpenAI’s rumored “research-grade” AI, and what the new product tiers might mean for the future of AI....
2025-08-0823 minBuilt This WeekFrom Avatar to AI Hire: Building NTRVSTAEpisode 6: From Avatar to AI Hire: Building NTRVSTAJordan Metzner and Sam Nadler dive into NTRVSTA, a new AI-powered interview automation platform Jordan built to help teams move faster and smarter in the hiring process. The tool uses avatars to conduct adaptive, friendly interviews 24/7 across technical and non-technical roles. They break down how it works, why it saves time, and what they’ve learned from early users. Plus, in the news: Microsoft hits a $4 trillion valuation, Figma’s IPO surges over 250%.— Show Notes:(0:00) Intro(1:17) Why we built NTRVSTA — solving interview...
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