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Learn why poker players wear sunglasses at the tables from José Andrés Rodriguez, a software engineer who turned strategy into live tournament wins.

Having logged over two million hands online and taken first place in live tournaments with hundreds of competitors, he approaches the tables with the rigor of an entrepreneur managing a bankroll.

We discuss:

🃏 The honest reality of whether you can make a living playing poker, from massive income variance to grueling casino hours.

🧠 How he handles 12-hour grinds when his heart rate stays at 120 bpm, using music and nutrition to maintain his mental edge.

💻 What a poker solver actually does to calculate optimal decisions, and how AI tools are reshaping tournament study.

⚛️ His investigation into whether you can build a fusion reactor at home—and the 30,000-volt hazard that halted the project.

😂 What happened when Bill Clinton tagged his Twitter handle by mistake after mistaking him for the world-famous Spanish chef.

If you’re interested in poker strategy, tournament preparation, mindset, side hustles, or hearing from people with unusual careers… you’ll love this episode.

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Explore whether aging is a disease with Ildikó Sirman, CEO of AYUN. Rising from IT customer support to COO of a Swiss unicorn, Ildi now leads a clinical startup focused on preventative health and cellular longevity.

In this conversation, we cover:

✨ What science says about the maximum human lifespan and why immortality misses the real point.

✨ Why preserving muscle mass and aging are directly linked, starting from your 30s.

✨ Experiencing cryotherapy chamber benefits at -110°C to combat burnout and chronic stress.

✨ How AYUN tests over 150 data points—including visceral fat and VO2 max—to catch disease risks decades early.

✨ The practical mindset shifts required to navigate life as a female startup CEO and mother.

This is one of the most eye-opening conversations we’ve ever recorded — and you do NOT want to miss it.

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Discover whether LLMs can achieve AGI with corporate tech insiders Jose, Antonio, Miguel, Juan, and Edu as they dissect machine learning and politics. 🤖🎃

Drawing from daily enterprise roles and systems engineering, the panel debates real-world automation, autonomous reasoning limits, and societal risks.

• Why Jose rejects an AI president for Switzerland and warns against AI in government decision making because models simply validate what leaders prompt.

• Why autonomous tech works in narrow cases like self-driving, but Edu questions whether AI can make moral decisions for a nation 10 to 20 years ahead.

• Exactly how many years until AGI arrives—Edu predicts at least 15 to 20 years powered by quantum hardware, disputing Elon Musk's timeline for Grok.

• How NVIDIA Omniverse simulations and contextual memory let machines replicate human trial-and-error experience.

💬 What do you think? Should humans stay in charge, or is AI the next step in evolution of politics?

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Learn what ChatGPT Atlas is and how it impacts browsing as software engineer Mauro Foresti returns to break down OpenAI's bold move against Chrome.

As a returning guest and developer, Mauro weighs in on whether OpenAI can genuinely disrupt entrenched browser habits or if users will resist an AI-first interface.

• The stakes behind ChatGPT Atlas vs Google Chrome, and whether OpenAI can steal Chrome's market share by leveraging ChatGPT's 80% chatbot dominance.

• The critical AI browser security risks that arise when an integrated AI agent reads your full browsing history and streams live screen data to cloud servers.

• Why the question of whether ChatGPT Atlas is based on Chromium matters less than OpenAI's ability to reshape everyday navigation habits.

• Early user friction with OpenAI's operator agent mode, including 9-minute wait times for single tasks and inconsistent query results.

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Discover why startups fail as ⁠Juan Sanz⁠ shares the raw story of GouBlue, a corporate carpooling app that collapsed before launch. Co-founding the venture during his MBA in Madrid, Juan led product strategy and helped build a smart mobility platform accepted into Bankia's accelerator.

They talk about:

📱 How having a superior product and custom matching algorithm still failed against bad timing and COVID lockdowns.

💥 The danger of starting with four co-founders, running a startup like a democracy, and lacking clear accountability.

💰 How they built an MVP for under $10,000 that received an acquisition valuation of €100,000 before shutting down.

🚗 The shift from B2C to B2B to solve parking lot saturation and cut CO2 emissions for corporate parks.

It’s funny, honest, and painfully relatable.

If you’ve ever dreamed of starting a startup, listen to this first.

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Descubre por qué fracasan las startups con Juan Sanz y la historia real de GouBlue, una app de carpooling nacida en un MBA.

Como cofundador del proyecto, Juan repasa los obstáculos técnicos, las fricciones internas y las decisiones de producto que frenaron el lanzamiento.

Juan e Iván hablan de:

📱 Cómo tener un producto superior no garantiza el éxito frente al mercado.

💥 La dolorosa verdad sobre tener demasiados cofundadores y la falta de compromiso.

✅ La trampa de acumular features en el backlog antes de validar con usuarios reales.

Es divertido, honesto y dolorosamente familiar.

Si alguna vez has soñado con crear una startup, escucha esto primero.

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See why AI is replacing entry level jobs as Giorgio Azzinnaro and Ivan Pena break down the workforce crisis locking Gen Z out of their first careers.

Drawing on Ivan’s engineering tenure at Accenture and Giorgio’s software startup background, they cut through the headlines with real labor market numbers.

- Why Goodwill’s CEO warns of a youth unemployment crisis as companies cut over 946,000 jobs.

- How to use apps in ChatGPT to book hotels, play Spotify, and run mobile tasks via the new SDK.

- Why OpenAI is hiring monetization leads and whether ChatGPT will have ads to cover massive energy costs.

- The reality of OpenAI AgentKit vs n8n, and why single-provider builders won’t crush workflow automation.

💬 Drop your take in the comments: Can Gen Z survive the AI wave?

Interesting links:

- Giorgio's new YouTube channel

https://www.youtube.com/@borgoat

- Goodwill CEO says he’s preparing for an influx of jobless Gen Zers because of AI—and warns, a youth unemployment crisis is already happening

https://fortune.com/2025/09/21/goodwill-ceo-preparing-for-influx-of-jobless-gen-z-ai-automation-kill-entry-level-jobs-youth-unemployment-crisis/

- Concern un US and major European economies over job security due to AI

https://www.dbresearch.com/PROD/RI-PROD/PDFVIEWER.calias?pdfViewerPdfUrl=PROD0000000000602059

- Lufthansa to slash 4,000 jobs in push towards AI and digitisation

https://www.businesstravelnewseurope.com/Air-Travel/Lufthansa-to-cut-4000-jobs-and-increases-mid-term-profit-targets

- Accenture lays off thousands of employees globally, citing their inability to retrain in AI skills

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/accenture-lays-off-more-than-11000-employees-ceo-julie-sweet-says-we-are-exiting-employees-we-cant-/articleshow/124205771.cms

- Accenture plans on ‘exiting’ staff who can’t be reskilled on AI amid restructuring strategy

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/26/accenture-plans-on-exiting-staff-who-cant-be-reskilled-on-ai.html

- So far this year, companies have announced 946,426 job cuts, the highest YTD since 2020 when 2,082,262 were announced

https://www.challengergray.com/blog/september-job-cuts-fall-37-from-august-ytd-total-highest-since-2020-lowest-ytd-hiring-since-2009/

- San Francisco will allow police to deploy robots that kill

https://thehill.com/homenews/ap/ap-u-s-news/ap-san-francisco-may-allow-police-to-deploy-robots-that-kill/

- Google releases Gemini Robotics 1.5

https://deepmind.google/models/gemini-robotics/gemini-robotics/

- Google releases Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model

https://blog.google/technology/google-deepmind/gemini-computer-use-model/

- Meta releases Vibes: A New Way to Discover and Create AI Videos

https://about.fb.com/news/2025/09/introducing-vibes-ai-videos/

- OpenAI releases Sora 2

https://openai.com/index/sora-2/

- Viral call-recording app Neon goes dark after exposing users’ phone numbers, call recordings, and transcripts

https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/25/viral-call-recording-app-neon-goes-dark-after-exposing-users-phone-numbers-call-recordings-and-transcripts/

- Anthropic releases Claude Sonnet 4.5, which according to the Software Engineering (SWE) benchmark, beats GPT-5 Codex

https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-sonnet-4-5

- Anthropic releases Imagine with Claude

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGiqrsv530Y

- Lovable releases Lovable Cloud & AI

- OpenAI and NVIDIA announce a strategic partnership to deploy 10 gigawatts of NVIDIA systems

https://openai.com/index/openai-nvidia-systems-partnership/

- OpenAI is looking for someone to oversee all monetization efforts, including bringing ads to ChatGPT

https://sources.news/p/openai-ads-leader-sam-altman-memo-stargate

- Buy it in ChatGPT: Instant Checkout and the Agentic Commerce Protocol

https://openai.com/index/buy-it-in-chatgpt/

- OpenAI introduces AgentKit, including Agent Builder, Connector Registry, and ChatKit

https://openai.com/index/introducing-agentkit/

Find out whether AI will replace software developers as tech leads and engineers across Como and Madrid debate rising corporate pressure and burnout.

Armed with microphones on the streets of Italy and Spain, we gathered raw takes from engineering leads, career consultants, and developers navigating rapid workplace shifts.

• Why developers are now padding task estimates by 30% by default to push back against demands for higher output.

• Software engineer David’s take on whether remote work decreases productivity or simply restores personal well-being.

• Why complex business architecture keeps tech leads essential, even as executives wonder if AI is coming for your job.

• How one developer runs 6 to 8 iterations in Claude plan mode to automate tests and config without expanding head count.

• What the future of work post pandemic means for middle managers caught between AI efficiency and C-suite expectations.

Tune in to hear the voices, the laughs, and maybe a glimpse of where we’re all headed.

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What does it take to turn setbacks into success? In this special anniversary episode, our Giorgio shares his journey from struggling in the education system to dropping out of high school and launching his first small business.

With the help of our friend Mauro Foresti, we dive into his childhood challenges, lessons learned outside the classroom, and how those experiences shaped his path as an entrepreneur.

If you’re interested in stories of resilience, self-made success, and what it really means to build a business from the ground up, this episode is for you.

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Albania just made history by appointing an AI bot, Diella, as minister to fight corruption. A bold experiment that could inspire other countries, but also raises new risks like prompt injection.

In this episode, we dive into this milestone, explore the latest AI news, and share our usual product updates.

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Interesting links:

- LiveMonetize: Monetize your live streams

https://livemonetize.com/

- DMreplies: Reply your Instagram DMs right away

https://www.dmreplies.com/

- Albania appoints AI bot (Diella) as minister to tackle corruption

https://www.reuters.com/technology/albania-appoints-ai-bot-minister-tackle-corruption-2025-09-11/?s=08

- Google’s Gemini tops Apple’s App Store

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/16/google-gemini-tops-apples-app-store-snagging-lead-spot-from-chatgpt.html

- ChatGPT still leads ChatBot market share by far

https://gs.statcounter.com/ai-chatbot-market-share#monthly-202503-202508

- Veo 3: GA, price reduction, and support for vertical format

https://developers.googleblog.com/en/veo-3-and-veo-3-fast-new-pricing-new-configurations-and-better-resolution/

- Veo 3 for free on YouTube, only in certain English-speaking countries

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/googledeepmind_were-bringing-veo-3-to-youtube-shorts-activity-7373762426942414848-J-z5

- Alibaba releases Wan2.2-S2V: best open-source speech-to-video model

https://huggingface.co/Wan-AI/Wan2.2-S2V-14B

- Alibaba releases the new open-source Qwen3-Next architecture

https://qwen.ai/blog?id=4074cca80393150c248e508aa62983f9cb7d27cd&from=research.latest-advancements-list

- ByteDance releases Seedream 4.0 which beats Nano-Banana according to benchmarks

https://www.techradar.com/ai-platforms-assistants/tiktok-creators-new-ai-image-generator-is-the-best-ive-ever-seen-and-its-terrifying

- OpenAI adds 'powerful but dangerous' support for MCP in ChatGPT dev mode

https://venturebeat.com/dev/openai-adds-powerful-but-dangerous-support-for-mcp-in-chatgpt-dev-mode

- OpenAI releases GPT-5-Codex + CLI + IDE extension

https://openai.com/index/introducing-upgrades-to-codex/

- How people are using ChatGPT

https://openai.com/index/how-people-are-using-chatgpt/

- OpenAI bets $300 billion on Oracle contract to power artificial intelligence expansion despite ongoing losses

https://www.techradar.com/pro/openai-bets-usd300-billion-on-oracle-contract-to-power-artificial-intelligence-expansion-despite-ongoing-losses

- Oracle’s stock rose 40% making Larry Ellison the richest man in the world for just one day

https://www.ceotodaymagazine.com/2025/09/how-did-larry-ellison-surpass-elon-musk-as-the-richest-man-for-just-one-day/

- Why OpenAI’s $300 billion deal with Oracle has set the ‘AI bubble’ alarm bells ringing

https://fortune.com/2025/09/16/oracle-openai-deal-ai-bubble-alarm-bells/

- OpenAI and Microsoft are rewriting their partnership

https://finimize.com/content/openais-microsoft-deal-could-add-billions-to-its-bottom-line

- Microsoft to use some AI from Anthropic in shift from OpenAI

https://www.reuters.com/business/microsoft-use-some-ai-anthropic-shift-openai-information-reports-2025-09-09/

- Meta just dropped a huge breakthrough with the launch of their new Ray-Ban Display glasses, combining a built-in display and AI integration

https://www.instagram.com/p/DOuhE9tCDdx/?igsh=MWNhbHp2Nmh4dWpzdQ%3D%3D

- Google SynthID

https://deepmind.google/science/synthid/