Recommendation · MoneyVoss recommends asking your coding agent to add observability with Arize AX to the application as the first step of closing the loop. This is simple because the OpenAI Agents SDK the app is built on is already instrumented with OpenInference — the open standard used by the entire observability industry — so all you have to do is turn it on: point it at your endpoint with your API key and it sends the traces it was already generating.
AI Engineer · From Vibes to Production: Evaluating and Shipping AI Agents That Work 201 — Laurie Voss, Arize AI
Recommendation · MoneyThe next step after basic observability is to ask your agent to pull your traces and look for things that are going wrong. A default off-the-shelf coding agent won't know how to do this — it needs the skills installed with the repo. The agent uses an AX command line tool with the API key and endpoint to pull the same traces visible in the UI and inspect them programmatically, summarizing span kinds, statuses, and errors. The skills (in .agents/skills, or installable via `npx skills install arize-ai`) are what give the agent all the information it needs.
AI Engineer · From Vibes to Production: Evaluating and Shipping AI Agents That Work 201 — Laurie Voss, Arize AI
RecommendationDr Ghayas Issa explains that menin inhibitors are epigenetic therapies that take a little more patience; if the patient is deriving benefit and there is no clear progression, he would err on the side of keeping the menin inhibitor to see if it eventually turns into a full response.
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Research To Practice · Acute Myeloid Leukemia — An Interview with Dr Ghayas Issa on the Role of Menin Inhibitors
Recommendation · SocialDon't put too much emphasis on how startled she was or the fact that she's leaving right now at the start of the conversation, and don't put too much pressure on her early. Once you have her undivided attention, just vibe for the first couple minutes.
Coach Kyle · A Realistic Approach at a Shopping Center (Infield)
RecommendationThe host recommends finding and featuring unknown, real people on the cover instead of celebrities, and conducting a nationwide casting call to find them.
Figma · 8 Designs That Inspired i-D Magazine's Editor in Chief | Source Material
Recommendation · MoneyAndrew Chen recommends that founders apply to Speedrun when they have a team of 2-3 people, have not taken outside capital, and are willing to move to San Francisco for the 12-week program. Teams larger than 3-5 people are rare and dividing ownership too thinly is undesirable. Founders should be prepared to bootstrap on their own dime for six months before applying.
The a16z Show · What It Takes to Build a Startup | Andrew Chen & Matt Perault
Recommendation · MoneyAndrew Chen recommends that founders in the Speedrun program should spend the 12 weeks focusing only on building the product and selling the product, figuring out if the business is going to work. Founders should not outsource coding or hire junior developers early; instead, keep the team to 1-2 people using AI coding tools.
The a16z Show · What It Takes to Build a Startup | Andrew Chen & Matt Perault
Recommendation · MoneyShaun Crimmins recommends defining success criteria and baseline metrics before the pilot starts, then showing tangible progress against those numbers week by week. He suggests having the customer write down a guess at their current metric value in week one, then comparing it to the actual number after the first week. Use stories from other companies to help the customer define their baseline numbers when they don't know them.
30 Minutes to President's Club | No-Nonsense Sales · #607 - How to Turn Every Sales Pilot Into a Closed Deal | Shaun Crimmins
Recommendation · MoneyShaun Crimmins recommends starting with upstream metrics you can impact during the pilot, then connecting them to larger business outcomes. Do not focus on the ultimate C-level business impact metric during a short pilot; instead, pick a leading metric upstream that you can move in 2-4 weeks. Pilots should impact a leading metric, then help the buyer connect the dot to the lagging (business impact) metric, without necessarily accomplishing the lagging metric during the pilot.
30 Minutes to President's Club | No-Nonsense Sales · #607 - How to Turn Every Sales Pilot Into a Closed Deal | Shaun Crimmins
Recommendation · MoneyRob Walling advises founders facing a terms of service threat from a competitor to first evaluate whether they think they have done something wrong, then talk to a lawyer. If a lawyer is unaffordable, an LLM like ChatGPT or Claude can be used cautiously, as there is no attorney-client privilege and chat logs can be subpoenaed. Founders should also assess the seriousness of the threat (a letter from an attorney is more serious than an angry email) and the likelihood the competitor will follow through. Receiving multiple threats may indicate overly aggressive marketing.
Startups For the Rest of Us · Episode 849 | Legal Threats, AI as Platform Risk, Building Confidence, and More Listener Questions (Rob Solo)
Report · MoneyWhen a new model arrives, Optiver runs it on internal benchmarks to immediately know the metrics and shares results company-wide.
AI Engineer · How a Trading Firm Ships New AI Models the Same Day - Noyan Tokgozoglu, Optiver
Report · MoneyWhen a new model is integrated, Optiver must make it available in their gateway with the right APIs, interfaces, and cost management set up correctly; new models often also mean harnesses need updating, which Optiver manages and delivers.
AI Engineer · How a Trading Firm Ships New AI Models the Same Day - Noyan Tokgozoglu, Optiver
Report · MoneyNouha Dziri reports that Cohere measured 2.4x more reward per delegation call when the lead agent plans and delegates up front rather than delegating throughout the run.
AI Engineer · How to Get Frontier Coding Results at 70% Lower Cost - Nouha Dziri, Cohere
Report · MoneyDziri reports that replacing Sol sub-workers with cheap Luna workers while keeping Sol as lead yields almost the same performance at 60% less cost.
AI Engineer · How to Get Frontier Coding Results at 70% Lower Cost - Nouha Dziri, Cohere
Creator perspective · BodyDr. Scott Forbes argues creatine is extremely safe even in children and adolescents, citing 15-plus adolescent studies showing performance enhancement. He advises parents to first check foundational habits — regular exercise, good sleep, and whole foods with lots of fruits and vegetables — which are much more important than supplements; if a child is athletic and doing those things, definitely give them creatine.
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Garage Strength · What Actually Happens To Your Body on Creatine w/ Dr. Scott Forbes
Principle · MoneyFarza states that the first 10 seconds of any video should communicate what you're doing and why it's important — you can get across so much in just 10 seconds. Most launch/demo videos are about one minute long, and the setup portion should only be about 10-20% of the video, analogous to a movie's opening setup.
Y Combinator · This Is How You Should Actually Make Launch Videos
Creator perspective · MoneyThe number one thing the team does with outbound agents is relentless competitor and lookalike tracking, and it is working — a perfect use case for outbound. Competitor tracking can be done with Muse literally for free for B2B, in two parts: feed your Muse agent your customers, or use a custom-built agent if you have one — the speaker used Muse and it was really great at this. If a company has no outbound today, it should do these two parts: load in its customers and also load in its direct competitors, or ask Muse who it thinks the competitors are.
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The Official SaaStr Podcast: SaaS | Founders | Investors · SaaStr 883: The AEO Playbook: How to Get Picked by Agents (The Agents #017)
Report · MoneyThe reviewer describes the Slashy demo as having too much text and activity, with a screen recording that plays too fast for viewers to follow what the AI agent is typing, making it hard to mentally orient around what's happening.
Y Combinator · How To Stand Out In A World Of AI Designs
Report · MoneyThe reviewer describes the Slashy social proof section, headlined 'loved by the busiest people', and notes that using investors and founders as social proof makes viewers think the product is only for investors and founders, potentially alienating general consumers.
Y Combinator · How To Stand Out In A World Of AI Designs
Report · MoneyThe reviewer states that after reading the Slashy website, he is still very confused about what the product actually does, who should use it, and why.
Y Combinator · How To Stand Out In A World Of AI Designs