Jun 19, 2026

The Age Of The 40-Year-Old Solo Founder Is Here

Bryant Chou, co-founder of Webflow, introduces his new AI-powered platform, Ploy. This episode delves into how Ploy transcends traditional website builders by integrating analytics, CRM, and SEO to autonomously optimize marketing. Chou discusses Ploy's 'anti-slop' approach, leveraging curated data and expertise to produce high-quality web designs, and reflects on building a startup in the AI era compared to Webflow's early days. He also explores the competitive moat of purpose-built AI, the concept of 'agents as customers,' and how experienced founders can leverage AI to 'clone themselves' and achieve unprecedented speed and scale.

Jan 02, 2026

Accelerate Demand Gen with GenAI + SEO | Julian Goldie | Founder & CEO | Goldie Agency | 4K

Julian Goldie, CEO of Goldie Agency, shares his journey from fearing AI's impact on his SEO business to leveraging it to "100X" his operations. He discusses the paradigm shift from traditional SEO to Generative Engine Optimization (GEO), where the goal is to train LLMs to recognize your brand's authority. Julian provides practical strategies for using AI to automate content creation, marketing, and customer service, highlighting how tools like Claude Opus, HeyGen, and Google AI Studio can outperform human efforts and enable solopreneurs to build highly profitable, scalable businesses.

Sep 14, 2025

The ultimate guide to AEO: How to get ChatGPT to recommend your product | Ethan Smith (Graphite)

Ethan Smith, CEO of Graphite, explains Answer Engine Optimization (AEO), the new frontier of getting your product featured in answers from LLMs like ChatGPT. He shares his playbook for ranking in these new systems, revealing why AEO traffic can convert 6x better than traditional search and how even early-stage startups can achieve immediate wins by focusing on landing pages, YouTube videos, and authentic Reddit engagement.